{"id":442507,"date":"2026-09-21T01:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T01:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/442507\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T01:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T01:56:09","slug":"checker-neyland-color-sections-swapped-for-tennessee-vs-texas-ut-athletics-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/442507\/","title":{"rendered":"Checker Neyland color sections swapped for Tennessee vs. Texas, UT Athletics says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">What This Story Is About<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee Football announced that the color sections will be swapped for Checker Neyland at this weekend\u2019s game against the Texas Longhorns. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Why It Matters<\/p>\n<p>Checker Neyland designates Tennessee Volunteer fans to wear either white or orange depending on their seat assignment, mimicking a checker pattern that showcases the team\u2019s official colors across the stadium. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">What Happens Next<\/p>\n<p>ESPN College Game Day will broadcast live from UT Knoxville on Saturday, September 26, and fans are encouraged to wear the colors that match up with their ticket for game day. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) &#8211; Tennessee Football has announced the color sections will be swapped during the Checker Neyland game on Saturday against Texas, according to their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VolFootball\/posts\/pfbid024mPKVXn1jDcuacQRhEPvibN6CjyC8EedxxQKN1s9PFWmzNQV3jiUjKuBZVBg1291l\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VolFootball\/posts\/pfbid024mPKVXn1jDcuacQRhEPvibN6CjyC8EedxxQKN1s9PFWmzNQV3jiUjKuBZVBg1291l\">post<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">UT Athletics said the decision to swap section colors was influenced by \u2018popular demand.\u2019 <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">For new fans, Checker Neyland designates Tennessee Volunteer fans to wear either white or orange depending on their seat assignment, mimicking a checker pattern that showcases the team\u2019s official colors across the stadium. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">UT designated the game against Texas as the official \u201cChecker Neyland\u201d game before the season premiered, and fans are expected to see a whole lot of orange in the upcoming weekend against Texas. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wvlt.tv\/page\/wvlt-news-and-weather-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"wvlt\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/EAFJZDKWSJFMFGBA5C5FOEW7NM.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Tennessee Volunteers will take on the Texas Longhorns on Saturday, September 26 at noon, and ESPN College Game Day will broadcast live from UT Knoxville.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Fans are encouraged to wear the colors that match up with their ticket for game day. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Check out which color you\u2019re supposed to wear at the official link for <a href=\"https:\/\/checkertn.com\/football\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/checkertn.com\/football\/\">Checker Neyland<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WVLT. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What This Story Is About Tennessee Football announced that the color sections will be swapped for Checker Neyland&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442508,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[152972,27,29,28,152973,112767,19634,69663,23501],"class_list":["post-442507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-checker-neyland","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-texas-vs-ut-vols","tag-ut-football","tag-ut-sports","tag-vols","tag-volunteers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}