Tennessee Vols HC Josh Heupel needs to make sure to avoid picking up a penalty that's new to college football in 2024
Tennessee Vols head coach Josh Heupel is an extremely competitive guy who tends to mix it up with officials during games. Heupel has been known to get animated from time to time when he doesn't agree with a call. There was the time he received an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty against Clemson in the Orange Bowl. […]
Tennessee Vols head coach Josh Heupel is an extremely competitive guy who tends to mix it up with officials during games.
Heupel has been known to get animated from time to time when he doesn't agree with a call.
There was the time he received an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty against Clemson in the Orange Bowl.
Or the time he very much disagreed with the officials who ruled that Jaylen Wright's forward progress was stopped against Purdue before crossing the goal line in the Music City Bowl.
Or the time he not-so-subtly hinted that the officiating in Tennessee's loss against Alabama in 2023 was uneven.
Heupel, like many other great head coaches, can get lost in the moment a bit during ultra competitive situations. There's nothing wrong with that — but you don't want it to cost your team, either.
That's why Heupel needs to make sure he doesn't commit a penalty that's new to college football this season.
In 2024, teams will be allowed to use iPads on the sideline to review previous plays. One of the rules with the iPads, though, is that coaches/players under no circumstances can use the devices to show an official that they blew a call. If they do, it's an automatic 15-yard penalty.
So in other words, Heupel, nor any of his coaches/players, can pull a Patrick Beverly this season and expect to get away with it.
