AUSTIN, Texas — The temperature in LSU's locker room when the Tigers arrived at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium for last Saturday's game against the Longhorns was 68 degrees, and the temperature after the game was 74 degrees, according to an internal report conducted by the Texas athletic department.

The report was ordered by Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte after LSU coach Ed Orgeron said this week the air conditioning in the Tigers' locker room in Austin wasn't working last Saturday night.

The information for the internal report, based on air-conditioning sensors located in the visiting locker room, was gathered by Texas executive senior associate athletic director Arthur Johnson, who oversees facilities and operations. Johnson said the sensors revealed the temperature rose from 68 degrees as players, coaches and staff began going in and out of the locker room.

Orgeron went so far as to say LSU was informed by someone at Louisiana Tech — Texas' season-opening opponent — about a lack of air-conditioning in the visitor's locker room at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, so LSU brought its own "blowers."

But Louisiana Tech football coach Skip Holtz said this week he didn't get a call or have contact with anyone at LSU while also noting he didn't find anything out of the ordinary related to the temperature in UT's visiting locker room.

When Horns247.com reached out to Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte on Thursday for comment, Del Conte said, "(Louisiana Tech athletic director) Tommy (McClelland) called me personally and told me no one from LSU reached out to he or Skip (Holtz) about any air-conditioning issue."

A message left for McClelland by Horns247.com wasn't immediately returned.

Del Conte released a statement earlier this week saying Texas takes pride in providing a first-class experience for visiting teams and that the air-conditioning in the visitor's locker room is fine working order.

A report surfaced over the weekend that the air conditioning in the visitor locker room at Royal-Memorial Stadium was not working when the Longhorns hosted the Tigers for Saturday's Top 10 showdown won by the Tigers 45-38.

Orgeron then 'confirmed' the report Monday, stating he was aware of the air-conditioning issues entering the game because he contacted officials at Louisiana Tech, who apparently told him the A/C at the stadium was not functioning.

Del Conte, however, refuted those claims after he checked in with UT's facilities staff.

"The comment today about lack of air conditioning in our visiting locker room is the first we’ve heard of any issues in that area," Del Conte said in a statement. "We provide one of the best visitor setups available and are proud of the efforts we put forth in hosting our guests. Our facilities staff did not receive any complaints from either Louisiana Tech or LSU, and we’ve confirmed that our air conditioning in the visiting locker room is in good working order."

Orgeron's claims came as the Tigers were being questioned about a rash of his players being slow to get up from"injuries," repeatedly bringing a halt to play in the third quarter during a 19-play touchdown drive by the Longhorns that took 7:17 off the clock.

During the 19-play drive, four different LSU players remained down on the turf, stopping the game clock five times, for what appeared to cramping. (Three of the players returned shortly after stopping the clock, while one did not return to the game.)

The ABC broadcast team even made a joke of the "injury" clock stoppage in the third quarter when play-by-play analyst Rece Davis joked that LSU DT Tyler Shelvin might've been "signaled" to stop the drive.

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"Tyler Shelvin has made his way to the LSU sideline after going down," Davis said as the ABC cameras caught Shelvin standing perfectly fine on the sideline after finally coming off the field. "He caught a cramp, perhaps ... or a signal, one of the two."

The comment was met with laughter from both Davis and color analyst Kirk Herbstreit.

While Orgeron didn't directly state the "cramps" were due to the conditions in the locker room, he did mention the air conditioning — or allegedly, lack thereof — in the same comment when asked about his defense's cramping issues.

"First of all, I called Louisiana Tech, and they told us about it," Orgeron said at his weekly press conference. "So we did some things in the dressing room that were better. It wasn't great, but it was better.

"I don't think that caused as much as going out there and having to play (85) plays on defense. I think that had a lot to do with it."