ABC will carry the morning kickoff on Rocky Top.
The network designation is set for the SEC opener between the No. 1 Texas Longhorns and the No. 15 Tennessee Volunteers on September 26 at Neyland Stadium in Nashville, the SEC announced on Monday, with ABC set to televise the 11 a.m. Central kickoff.
It’s the first-ever on-campus matchup between the two programs, who have only ever met three times in the Cotton Bowl — a 20-14 win by the Volunteers in 1950, a 16-0 victory for the Longhorns in 1952, and a 36-13 win in 1968 for a Texas program that went on to win back-to-back national championships…