Josh Heupel jokes about Tennessee-Ole Miss game: ‘Maybe wish I would have had a golf ball that night’

Nine months after the game, mustard bottles and golf balls still get brought up at the mention of the Ole Miss-Tennessee game.

Lane Kiffin shared Monday that he has signed a lot of mustard bottles and golf balls this offseason. Heupel says that hasn’t been the case for him, but he did get some SEC Media Days chuckles from the College Football Hall of Fame audience when referencing the items thrown onto the field that night.

“I didn’t sign any mustard bottles or golf balls. Maybe wish I had had a golf ball that night, you know what I mean? I’m only kidding,” Heupel told reporters, smiling.

“It was a great, competitive atmosphere, man. That’s college sports as good as it gets. Just the energy and electricity inside of that stadium for 59 minutes, man, it was special.”

Time will tell if Heupel eventually gets unique autograph requests as the head coach on Rocky Top.

Lane Kiffin signed mustard bottles at SEC Media Days this week.

Heupel’s response is gold. “I didn’t sign any mustard bottles or golf balls… maybe wish I would have had a golf ball that night. You know what I mean? I am only kidding.” Lol #Vols pic.twitter.com/fSqPn1XNev

— Madison Hock (@MadisonHock) July 21, 2022

Andrew Olson

Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.