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The Southeastern Conference matchup between the No. 1 Longhorns and No. 14 Volunteers in Knoxville is already one of the biggest games in the country this weekend.
When the free press comes under fire, HuffPost doesn't back down. Stand with independent journalism — become a member today.could go all the way to the game on the field, with headaches for coaches and players, Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian said this week.
The Southeastern Conference matchup between the No. 1 Longhorns and No. 14 Volunteers in Knoxville is already one of the biggest games in the country this weekend. Trump will watch Texas quarterbackTeams must be ready to lose all communication on their headsets between coaches on the field and the players “anytime enters the stadium, leaves the stadium or changes locations within the stadium,” Sarkisian said.
“They cut the headsets to coaches. They cut headsets for coach-to-player communication. So you have to have a plan for that, if and when it happens, and you get no warning. It just gets cut out,” Sarkisian said.
“You have to have a plan to adjust if and when he comes in the middle of the first quarter, leaves in the fourth quarter, or decides he’s got to use the restroom,” Sarkisian said. Hollywood Smothers #2 of the Texas Longhorns runs the ball in the first half against the UTSA Roadrunners at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on September 19, 2026 in Austin, Texas.
Trump has attended more college football games than any recent sitting president, and he arrives in Knoxville in the midst of a midterm election season and a heated debate over the role of money in college sports thatHeadset communications emerged as the latest subplot surrounding this presidential visit. Coaches communicate with each other on their headsets throughout the game and alsoDisruptions to those communications, from a deafening crowd, technical glitch or presidential security measure, can present problems for coaches and teams.
Coaches involved in last season’s College Football Playoff championship between Miami and Indiana in New Orleans cited that game as an example of how Trump’s movements affected them.. Sarkisian said Miami coach Mario Cristobal told him Trump’s leaving at that point disrupted communications on the Hurricanes’ final possession, which ended with a game-clinching interception. President Donald Trump stands in the box and waves to fans during the Indiana vs. Miami game at Hard Rock Stadium.
Indiana coach Curt Signetti disputed Sarkisian’s version of events around the final drive. But Cignetti noted communications briefly cut off in a key moment of the fourth quarter as Indiana was trying to protect its lead. In his weekly radio show on Thursday, Cignetti recalled that when Trump left the game “around the 7-minute mark ... there were two or three plays we couldn’t hear at all.
” “Communication device came back right after the touchdown,” Cignetti said.
“And we had no problem the rest of the game. ”of Trump’s movements at the game, the president left the stadium with “with just under 8 minutes left in the 4th quarter. ”The White House on Friday insisted Trump’s departure caused no problems for the teams.
“No, President Trump’s departure from the CFP championship in January did not cause headset or comms issues for the teams,” the White House It’s unclear if Trump’s presence at other games like the Super Bowl have created issues. An NFL spokesman declined comment Friday when asked if league officials work with the Secret Service when a president attends a game like the Super Bowl to minimize any impact on team communications.
For Saturday’s noon kickoff, University of Tennessee officials sent a midweek advisory encouraging fans to arrive “significantly earlier” than for a typical game. Gates will open 30 minutes earlier than usual to get the crowd of more than 100,000 into Neyland Stadium. Fans were warned of the Secret Service conducting enhanced screening at the stadium gates and they “should expect increased wait times as kickoff approaches.
” A Texas spokesman said the visiting Longhorns team had not been advised to change its usual arrival time of about two and a half hours before kickoff. But there will be a treat for early fan arrivals. Spectators who get inside during the first hour after gates open get half-price concessions, including alcohol.
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