It was revealed early this week that Michigan had staffers at multiple games across the country last season involved in the sign-stealing saga, and one of those team was Tennessee.

Michigan had a staffer at Tennessee’s 2022 game against Kentucky, scouting the Vols as they looked to be a playoff team and a potential opponent for the Wolverines. The Vols’ playoff hopes were ultimately cut short by a fluke-loss to South Carolina later that season.

On Wednesday during the SEC coaches teleconference, Josh Heupel gave his thoughts on the Michigan controversy.

“I just heard of that a little while ago that that had happened,” Heupel said. “It’s obviously something for us, offense, defense, special teams that I think every team in the country is certainly, you try to hide your signals and constantly change them up and make sure that nobody’s getting a beat on you and for us that’s obviously important because it’s the form of communication that we have on the field.”

In light of the controversy, the topic of having in-helmet communication has come up. The NCAA currently prohibits having radios in players’ helmets during games, unlike the NFL. Several coaches have weighed in on the topic, and Heupel gave his thoughts on the matter.

“As far as putting a mic in the helmet of your Mike linebacker or your quarterback, I think that’s something that everybody across the country has looked at,” Heupel said. “And for whatever reason, it hasn’t passed, but certainly something that moving forward potentially has a chance to be a part of college football, certainly at this level.”

While there hasn’t been motion on allowing the change, it seems like it will be a topic of conversation for the NCAA moving forward and there could be potential for change in the coming years.