Wabi Sabi Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 https://www.instagram.com/p/C2nozwyP9MB/?igsh=bHJiZW5oajlmMmE3 Texas is catching a lot of beef on social media for apparently requesting that the BYU students remove the shirts spelling out Horns Down. Personally, I think it's part of the fabric of college sports and requesting them to remove it is petty. I hope the directive didn't come from Terry, or anyone affiliated with Texas. All this is going to do is stoke the fire and every fan base moving forward will pile on... Am I in the minority here? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HookemTexas Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 I agree with you. Pretty much no Longhorn cares about someone doing a horns down. I think if Texas turns it around like some have suggested into a secondary gesture (mess with the bull, you get the horns pointed down) then it'll be a forgotten thing. Something like horns up to start the games, horns down on attack mode, horns back up to finish the game. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BubbaJacques Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Word out of BYU is that BYU officials cracked down on Horns Down because it represented behavior not befitting their fine institution. It is funny to me how our new and very temporary conference brothers at Cincinnati, UCF, and BYU (UH excluded since they remember us from the SWC) are fascinated by the Horns Down phenomenon. It's too bad that we won't be gracing them with our presence after this year. As for how we will survive in the SEC, I went to the game in Tuscaloosa and saw more Horns Downs than I had ever before. Somehow we still won the game by double digits. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Burton Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 19 minutes ago, Scott Luedecke said: https://www.instagram.com/p/C2nozwyP9MB/?igsh=bHJiZW5oajlmMmE3 Texas is catching a lot of beef on social media for apparently requesting that the BYU students remove the shirts spelling out Horns Down. Personally, I think it's part of the fabric of college sports and requesting them to remove it is petty. I hope the directive didn't come from Terry, or anyone affiliated with Texas. All this is going to do is stoke the fire and every fan base moving forward will pile on... Am I in the minority here? I could care less about Horns Down. I thought BYU officials are the ones who banned it, not Texas. For the love of all that is holy, I hope Texas didn't get offended by that. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gus fleener Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Embrace the hate. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Fans can do it all day. I don't care since they are obviously too stupid to come up something original. As far as players go, I think it is unsportsmanlike, I know I'm an old grey beard. I do remember a UT player getting penalized for doing a guns up at Lubbock, so what's good for the goose is good for the gander. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atticus Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 1 hour ago, Bobby Burton said: I could care less about Horns Down. I thought BYU officials are the ones who banned it, not Texas. For the love of all that is holy, I hope Texas didn't get offended by that. The truth is only an obstacle in the way of a narrative. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurntOrangeCrush Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Horns down has never bothered me. I expect every fan base to do it. As a matter of fact, I have never known anyone that actually got offended. Give me a break. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Strayhorn Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 (edited) 2 hours ago, Baron said: Fans can do it all day. I don't care since they are obviously too stupid to come up something original. As far as players go, I think it is unsportsmanlike, I know I'm an old grey beard. I do remember a UT player getting penalized for doing a guns up at Lubbock, so what's good for the goose is good for the gander. it is only unsportsmanlike if it is face of a Longhorn player and deserves an actual taunting penalty, otherwise its just all part of the fun. imho Edited January 28 by Shawn Strayhorn imho 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 1 minute ago, Shawn Strayhorn said: it is only unsportsmanlike if it is face of a Longhorn player and deserves an actual taunting penalty, otherwise its just all part of the fun. Yeah, I get that, but as i said a Texas player (i think it was Marquise Goodwin) got flagged when he housed a punt and mocked the tech fans by doing a guns up. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Strayhorn Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 6 minutes ago, Baron said: Yeah, I get that, but as i said a Texas player (i think it was Marquise Goodwin) got flagged when he housed a punt and mocked the tech fans by doing a guns up. That penalty was stupid as well, he was having fun and enjoying the moment. I think part of reality is that most other schools dont have anything near as iconic as the 'horns up' hand gesture , so it is easy for others to lock onto it and try utilize it as a unifier. Either way, I think we should take pride in fact that every fan base in nation recognizes horns up/down 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HookemTexas Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 16 minutes ago, Baron said: Yeah, I get that, but as i said a Texas player (i think it was Marquise Goodwin) got flagged when he housed a punt and mocked the tech fans by doing a guns up. I think it stemmed from Mike Davis doing a holster motion after a TD and getting flagged for taunting. Mack Brown said in a post game interview that it shouldn't have been a taunting penalty if horns down isn't a penalty. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Strayhorn Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 walk down street and give a thumbs up and people look at you like you are a dork lol give a horns up and they know exactly what you mean and if they a college football fan you can have some fun banter 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 2 minutes ago, HookemTexas said: I think it stemmed from Mike Davis doing a holster motion after a TD and getting flagged for taunting. Mack Brown said in a post game interview that it shouldn't have been a taunting penalty if horns down isn't a penalty. Your memory is better than mine. lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AusMOJO Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 This stems from Coach Terry's problem with it during the UCF game, I believe. Teams know he's soft when it comes to that, so they're trying to get in his head. I doubt any Texas fan or player is concerned about it. It's just apart of competitive sports, embrace the hate. Doesn't really matter what Texas does, opposing fans are going to call us soft or whatever, when it comes to horns down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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