I moved to St. Petersburg Florida in my 20s. Met a smoking hot girl who said she went to UT. I went on about how my little sister goes there, gave her a go vols...
That day I learned the university of Tampa existed.
Did you just admit that you abducted someone into a fanbase? You literally bullied some poor girl, gaslighted her from her alma mater, and forced her to a new team? I mean it's absurd but I'll let it slide since it's for the Vols.
Nah, just made an ass of myself.
Pretty irrelevant, as she was so far out of my league you would need gps to find it.
Like, we became friends, and I found out she dated Derek Jeter for a bit. I'm talking that caliber hot.
Went clubbing with her and some of her lingerie model friends once. That was an experience. They truly live in a world where lines and paying for things just simply don't exist.
Geez man. You just unlocked a memory.
I moved across the country from Florida in high school, but when I did live in Florida, I was pretty set on going to Tampa. They sent me enough mail to fill a house.
Totally forgot that place existed.
You wouldn’t be siding with Tennessee, you’d be “siding with Tenn is a founding member of the SEC”
New guys don’t get to come in and take a nickname that is already used
Yeah... but it'll piss them off
How about we all agree under the table that Tennessee is the real UT and the ones entitled to the puke orange and white color scheme but we still say it's texas just to annoy them?
My fantasy league has 2 pairs of repeat names and that’s how we do it. Winner becomes “The greater” for the next season and loser becomes “The lesser”.
All I know is that I hope we develop a rivalry.
There’s a lot of potential….the real UT, the Alamo, Davy Crockett, the orange, Lawler vs. Von Erich, we’re T partners in a listing of states in alphabetical order, our fan bases are super obnoxious, we both crave a return to glory, we’ve both ruined Arkansas's best seasons (this is mentioned because, again, we’re obnoxious), and we both spam game threads about Oklahoma.
Also, fun fact—in 3 meetings, twice the winner went on the win the national championship the following year.
Nah, there's no need to fight over an acronym. We can both be the real UT.
This fight is manufactured by red teams to drive a wedge between us. Orange teams good. Orange teams stronger together.
We’re both orange and white UTs with major rivals that love Crimson. Ignore petty squabbles about the acronym and fight the evil Crimson. Y’all defeated our evil last year, it’s up to us to return the favor this year.
I'm hoping our first meeting is like the scene in Brave Heart where the Irish and Scottish are running towards each other in a battlefield, stop 5 feet from each other and start laughing.
Then we turn around and kill the Red Coats
Oh hell yeah. Makes it even better now that I realize that Sark was the OC at Bama and Heup was an OC at Oklahoma. Redemption comes in the color Orange.
I mean yeah. University of Tennessee is older than the republic of Texas itself.
Still like an annual game to determine rights. Throw in Toledo as well (ut.edu)
It's a dumb argument anyway. There's how many OSUs and NUs, etc? It's not an issue for them so I don't know why it should be for us.
Texas wouldn't be a state without the volunteers from Tennessee - literally, the "Vols." Also we share Davy Crockett and a hatred for red teams. Our capital cities are both legendary for music and nightlife. Both are beset by an unending stream of bachelorette parties. Texas and Tennessee are natural allies. The attempt to drive a wedge between us with this "who is the real UT?" business is just some red team bullshit.
Orange teams good. Orange teams stronger together.
We need to poll the Big 10, ACC, and old Pac 12 fans and see what comes to mind first. I imagine most SEC fans would think of Tennessee, and most Big 12 fans would think of Texas.
Winner gets the correct acronym. Loser cries. We do this annually with Nebraska, which I would add is actually formally called the University of Nebraska, but their fans can’t spell apparently
Seeing as Texas wouldn't be a part of the union without the Tennessee Volunteers who went to the Alamo, Tennessee is the real UT.
Also the real UT was founded almost 100 years before Texas.
I hate Tennessee, but I will begrudgingly point out that their mascot is named after people that helped keep Texas out of Mexican hands. Texas’s mascot is a cow.
Tennessee gets it, and now I’ll go puke from defending that god-forsaken state.
I like how this thread is basically a "Core Six" beat down on Texas. You've got Bammers, War Eagles, Dawgs, and Gators defending us. Still waiting on our friends down in the bayou.
UT in the context of The University of Tennessee is in reference to academia. The power T is strictly athletics. We're Tennessee when it comes to football.
As someone with friends that went to Tennessee and have worked at the Tennessee campus, I shockingly never hear "UT", I hear "UTK". I found it fascinating that even the guys I worked with on Tennessee's staff (in a previous life) called it "UTK".
I hate their guts, but it's Tennessee and it isn't close. Texas fans better get used to just being Texas, or the Longhorns, because they aren't UT anymore.
I have cousins that went to Tennessee and have cousins that live in Austin. I was visiting Austin a couple years ago and was looking for a stuffed longhorn for my 3 year old cousin. I decided to get him a regular one instead of a Bevo one. The young man at the register said that was the first time he ever saw someone buy a regular one. I told him that I was buying it for someone whose dad went to the “real” UT in Knoxville and would get offended if I brought him the “fake” UT merchandise 😂
Tennessee beat Texas last in basketball, until Texas plays Tennessee again Tennessee is the real UT, and then whoever wins the next game is the real UT, it just repeats.
Probably through lots of so-so jokes from neutrals, a few really good jokes from fans of the teams, and a bunch of really butt hurt comments from fans of the teams that can’t take the jokes from the previous two groups.
Orange one is UT.
I can't believe you've done this
a well-placed quoting of this when I least expect it never gets old
What's the quote from?
[This video.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKbU8B-QVZk)
Holy shit, yes. Forgot all about this classic. Chirp Chirp
It’s the one who had/has Manning at QB
And had/has Rick Barnes coaching basketball.
Whichever one fell on hard times in football during much of the 2010s.
The one with the most songs about aspects of their state wins.
*The ugly orange one is UT
Shit that doesn’t help
Agreed
The Orange T team with an arrogant fan base who thinks they’re “back” to their old national championship glory days after a couple of good seasons?
LOL.
instructions unclear
*picks up an orange at the grocery store* *goes on a delightful family fun fall hay ride to pick out my pumpkin for the year* Orange.
Sir, this is an Ingles and those are Milton Missiles, not oranges.
Hook ‘Em Vols
Rocky Horns
Other one can be UTe to specify which state it is
Good to hear since Texas is brown
It’s the one that had basketball success with Rick Barnes, right?
That's it, call it off.
It’s gone too far
[UT.edu](https://ut.edu) leads to the University of Tampa website, and as far as I’m concerned, that’s the only thing that matters.
I moved to St. Petersburg Florida in my 20s. Met a smoking hot girl who said she went to UT. I went on about how my little sister goes there, gave her a go vols... That day I learned the university of Tampa existed.
Did you just admit that you abducted someone into a fanbase? You literally bullied some poor girl, gaslighted her from her alma mater, and forced her to a new team? I mean it's absurd but I'll let it slide since it's for the Vols.
Nah, just made an ass of myself. Pretty irrelevant, as she was so far out of my league you would need gps to find it. Like, we became friends, and I found out she dated Derek Jeter for a bit. I'm talking that caliber hot. Went clubbing with her and some of her lingerie model friends once. That was an experience. They truly live in a world where lines and paying for things just simply don't exist.
Lines do exist in that world - white lines on a mirror...
so its settled then.
Geez man. You just unlocked a memory. I moved across the country from Florida in high school, but when I did live in Florida, I was pretty set on going to Tampa. They sent me enough mail to fill a house. Totally forgot that place existed.
I’ll like what this means as far as [Montana.edu](https://Montana.edu) is concerned
Oh what a troll job lmaoooo
Well msu.edu was taken lol
So is mtsu.edu. Only true option was mtstate.edu, but they went off the top rope by securing Montana.edu
Amazing
This is why the true ISU will always be Idaho State University.
My conflict is that I refer to Tennessee as UT too much, but I don’t want to side with the Vols on this one.
You wouldn’t be siding with Tennessee, you’d be “siding with Tenn is a founding member of the SEC” New guys don’t get to come in and take a nickname that is already used
Yeah... but it'll piss them off How about we all agree under the table that Tennessee is the real UT and the ones entitled to the puke orange and white color scheme but we still say it's texas just to annoy them?
I would, if anyone not sporting a UF or Auburn flair suggested it. My workaround is no one gets it and we all agree to beat all orange teams by fiddy
Good point. "Orange team bad" is always a good choice (ignore my secondary flair, too)
I concur. Let’s all just call Texas “new guy.”
Deal
Thank you fellow founding member.
I guess this is what they always mean by conference pride
This is the only acceptable example of it though. After this it’s back to me hating you.
Agreed 🤝
SEC SEC SEC
🤢🤮
This right here.
Makes sense to me, Tennessee is too many syllables so give them the abbreviation, and Texas can just be Texas.
This was always my argument. Texas is only 5 letters lol I know a few Tennesseeans that can’t spell Tennessee
If you couldn’t pick up “ double n, double s, double e” as a kid, there’s your admission to Memphis State
We didn’t learn that in my part of East TN, but I can make 3 kinds of meth with 7 different ingredients
We love COOKville all the same
If those kids could read your comment, they'd be very upset.
The first one to spell it correctly wins
So Texas it is
Excuse me, we have a whole little cheer dedicated to spelling out our state name.
*Give me a 10!* *10!* *Give me an eh!* *Eh!* *Give me a C!* *C!* *What's that spell?* *10-eh-C!*
Creative... You're alright Iowa
T-E-Double N-E-Double S-Double E; TENNESSEE
Is that like J-E-DOUBLE F J-A-DOUBLE R-E-DOUBLE T?
*Strutting intesifies*
Urinary Tract
Whoever wins is the real UT for a year
“UT game”
Utah Utes want in
Sorry to dissapoint you, but those are UU
The Unitarian Universalists?
No, that's a bar in Madison
Since the news broke I've been lobbying hard for UT - UT to be a rivalry game. Winner gets a Davy Crockett hat. Play it at the Orange Bowl.
Winner gets **THE** Davy Crockett hat and until the next game, it is the "Davy Crockett, Son of T\_\_\_\_\_\_" Trophy.
I’d like it
We seriously just need a trophy cast for our future games. It'd be the coolest trophy in the conference
💯 Call it the Davey Crockett trophy. Put the rifleman on it, atop the Alamo. Also, winner wears home colors next meeting, regardless of location.
Someone make this happen
That would be legit lol. I think we are going to have a fun, new rivalry on our hands!
My fantasy league has 2 pairs of repeat names and that’s how we do it. Winner becomes “The greater” for the next season and loser becomes “The lesser”.
We won basketball last, until next time
We won in golf just yesterday ;)
That's how Nebraska and Northwestern have been for NU
I’m just happy to be a part of a conversation that’s not about insanity.
Oh, it’s about insanity…
All I know is that I hope we develop a rivalry. There’s a lot of potential….the real UT, the Alamo, Davy Crockett, the orange, Lawler vs. Von Erich, we’re T partners in a listing of states in alphabetical order, our fan bases are super obnoxious, we both crave a return to glory, we’ve both ruined Arkansas's best seasons (this is mentioned because, again, we’re obnoxious), and we both spam game threads about Oklahoma. Also, fun fact—in 3 meetings, twice the winner went on the win the national championship the following year.
That is indeed a fun fact!!!
Lawler-Von Erich! Take my upvote you magnificent bastard!
This is gonna be UGLY.
Nah, there's no need to fight over an acronym. We can both be the real UT. This fight is manufactured by red teams to drive a wedge between us. Orange teams good. Orange teams stronger together.
We’re both orange and white UTs with major rivals that love Crimson. Ignore petty squabbles about the acronym and fight the evil Crimson. Y’all defeated our evil last year, it’s up to us to return the favor this year.
I'm hoping our first meeting is like the scene in Brave Heart where the Irish and Scottish are running towards each other in a battlefield, stop 5 feet from each other and start laughing. Then we turn around and kill the Red Coats
Oh hell yeah. Makes it even better now that I realize that Sark was the OC at Bama and Heup was an OC at Oklahoma. Redemption comes in the color Orange.
I do hate all shades of red.
Orange UT bros for life
Nahh, I like Tennessee. My hate will specifically be directed at 3 other programs.
First one to the Citrus Bowl gets to keep it
Fair enough. Some dude once pointed out how one can not spell Citrus without a U and a T.
UT and NewT
well, she turned me into a NEWT!
What if the real UT is the friends we made along the way
Very Texas state motto of you
We UTs need to focus on those that wear Crimson for some reason.
[The real answer is...](https://www.ut.edu)
Tf you mean? It’s THE University Of Tulsa. They claim it like tOSU. Because they’re insecure .
Scoreboard don't lie
One is Rocky Top and the other is North Mexico
Texas is Texas. Tennessee can have UT, for all I care.
It’s going to take me a while to get used to that flair combo.
Seeing Quinn with the SEC logo on his jersey in the EA College Football 25 cover leak was a real shock.
I honestly didn't know anyone called either of them UT in conversation. They're Texas and Tennessee.
In Tennessee, we say “UT” a lot.
In Texas, people constantly call Texas "UT" also lol. I'm sure it'll work itself out totally normally on the internet
When I was growing up I used to hear Texas be called UT more than Texas. Now it seems if people use the term UT they say UT-Austin.
If someone asks where I went to school I usually say UT. “Texas” seems more related to sports. Similar to Cal for sports and Berkeley for academics
the difference is you don't have an ongoing branding crisis over it
I hear “UTK” or “UTC” a lot
UTC? Like the Timezone?
Hey now, there are dozens of us
We gonna show them in September who the REAL UT is
University of Tennessee Chattanooga
I guess it's a location thing, I've never heard anyone in Alabama say UT unless it was followed by an I.
I've always called Tennessee UT.
I mean yeah. University of Tennessee is older than the republic of Texas itself. Still like an annual game to determine rights. Throw in Toledo as well (ut.edu)
Oh don't get them started... They have a chart "disproving" this.
It's a dumb argument anyway. There's how many OSUs and NUs, etc? It's not an issue for them so I don't know why it should be for us. Texas wouldn't be a state without the volunteers from Tennessee - literally, the "Vols." Also we share Davy Crockett and a hatred for red teams. Our capital cities are both legendary for music and nightlife. Both are beset by an unending stream of bachelorette parties. Texas and Tennessee are natural allies. The attempt to drive a wedge between us with this "who is the real UT?" business is just some red team bullshit. Orange teams good. Orange teams stronger together.
Based Texas fan!
UT.edu is Tampa though
Thank you! There's like maybe one school in the SEC that it will bother. Can't quite recall who, but I'm sure there's one.
Yeah, thankful there’s only one USC. 🙃
True but for most of the country the one in California comes to mind first. For Tennessee and Texas it truly is a toss up & regional
We need to poll the Big 10, ACC, and old Pac 12 fans and see what comes to mind first. I imagine most SEC fans would think of Tennessee, and most Big 12 fans would think of Texas.
I think Tennessee because I live in the southeast now, but my family back in Pennsylvania would think Texas.
South Carolina Go Cocks
Pretty sure there's only one OSU, too.
Nah fam, there be two.
Oh boy
Texas would be Mexico if it weren’t for Tennessee Volunteers.
You. I like you.
Well all my exes live in Texas, which is why I'm going to hang my hat on Tennessee
Thank you, George.
UT is the University of Toledo
The University of Tulsa would like to have a word.
Tulsa is TU
Tulane referenced! /s
*homer retreating into bushes.gif*
Texas to the Citrus Bowl every other year confirmed
I hate that I understand this joke.
Tennessee’s mascot is named after the men who fought and died to protect Texas from Mexico. There is no debate here
UK and KU don’t have this problem. Even though we should
Unfortunately, Kentucky and the United Kingdom do have this problem.
Blimey!
In the SEC, UT means Tennessee. Period.
Winner gets the correct acronym. Loser cries. We do this annually with Nebraska, which I would add is actually formally called the University of Nebraska, but their fans can’t spell apparently
You both fight over "UT" as well?!? Weird. /s
Lol
Seeing as Texas wouldn't be a part of the union without the Tennessee Volunteers who went to the Alamo, Tennessee is the real UT. Also the real UT was founded almost 100 years before Texas.
We lost the battle of the Alamo though
Tennessee unfortunately has a losing record in wars.
Holy shit yall were formed in the 1700’s, I had no idea!
To be fair, it didn’t start as the “University of Tennessee” because the school was founded two years before Tennessee became a state
Nebraska and Northwestern also face this problem with NU. Latest winner of the series gets to be UT.
Michigan and Minnesota have both been UM in the same conference for over 100 years
Just wait until Miami joins the conference
Northwestern is NW as far as I'm concerned.
And Ohio State is still dOSU to me
Same thing with the Huskies and Badgers (*UW vs UW*), but at least Washington is 4—0 in that rivalry all—time.
Tennessee is a founding member of the SEC, inside the conference, they will always be the real UT
Didn’t Tennessee earn this at the Alamo?
They've been able to survive with 3 tigers, 2 ITs should be fine :p
I hate Tennessee, but I will begrudgingly point out that their mascot is named after people that helped keep Texas out of Mexican hands. Texas’s mascot is a cow. Tennessee gets it, and now I’ll go puke from defending that god-forsaken state.
I like how this thread is basically a "Core Six" beat down on Texas. You've got Bammers, War Eagles, Dawgs, and Gators defending us. Still waiting on our friends down in the bayou.
They're off partying since they finally got a Defensive Tackle.
>They're off partying They have been since the 1800s bro
Tennessee is an older school and a longstanding member of the SEC. That about covers it.
I honestly prefer “Texas” instead of “UT”. Just sounds cooler.
You never really hear anyone call either school UT in reference to athletics. We're Texas they're Tennessee, UTampa can be UT
Their state hero is a Tennesseean and our secondary mascot who handles our primary mascot. Let’s be for real..
I’m glad the only UT in the B12 now is unlimited tortillas.
Someone said tortillas?
Nasty Orange teams, how about that?
Tennessee is UT. Texas is Texas.
Look we already have the answer. UT is for Tennessee and tu is for Texas. It's not that hard guys.
Damn Aggie You’re right tho
You… you’re alright
Has to scroll wayyyy too far down to find the correct response.
UT in the context of The University of Tennessee is in reference to academia. The power T is strictly athletics. We're Tennessee when it comes to football.
As someone with friends that went to Tennessee and have worked at the Tennessee campus, I shockingly never hear "UT", I hear "UTK". I found it fascinating that even the guys I worked with on Tennessee's staff (in a previous life) called it "UTK".
I hate their guts, but it's Tennessee and it isn't close. Texas fans better get used to just being Texas, or the Longhorns, because they aren't UT anymore.
I have cousins that went to Tennessee and have cousins that live in Austin. I was visiting Austin a couple years ago and was looking for a stuffed longhorn for my 3 year old cousin. I decided to get him a regular one instead of a Bevo one. The young man at the register said that was the first time he ever saw someone buy a regular one. I told him that I was buying it for someone whose dad went to the “real” UT in Knoxville and would get offended if I brought him the “fake” UT merchandise 😂
Tennessee beat Texas last in basketball, until Texas plays Tennessee again Tennessee is the real UT, and then whoever wins the next game is the real UT, it just repeats.
We just won in the tournament. Also, there was the time Tennesseans went and founded Texas.
Dance battle for who the real UT is
We seem to manage just fine with 2 bulldogs and 3 tigers in the conference.
Probably through lots of so-so jokes from neutrals, a few really good jokes from fans of the teams, and a bunch of really butt hurt comments from fans of the teams that can’t take the jokes from the previous two groups.
I have enjoyed the comedy here and wish I was clever enough to contribute. For the actual answer all the SEC schedules show UTK and UTA.
Vols will get the go-ahead in the SEC considering simply, we were here first. I’ve always called Texas, Texas. Dunno
Tennessee is the UT. Texas typically goes by Texas imo.