Big 12 officials to continue cracking down on Horns Down gesture

[TexasTowelie]

The Big 12 wants to crack down on taunting this college football season, and that includes the Horns Down gesture teams love to make when they're beating the University of Texas.

The symbol has been a sore spot for Texas fans and Big 12 officials alike as it has been flagged as unsportsmanlike conduct at times - including twice against West Virginia in a 2018 game in Austin - and completely ignored at others.

At Big 12 Media Days on Thursday, the conference's director of officials Greg Burks tried to put a point on how it will be called this season.

“If you do a Horns Down to a Texas player as an opponent, that’s probably going to be a foul,” Burks said. “If you turn to the crowd and do a Horns Down … it will probably not be a foul.”

Read more: https://www.lmtonline.com/sports/college/article/Big-12-officials-Horns-Down-gesture-Texas-penalty-16317844.php
(Laredo Morning Times)

[underpants]

1. Priorities

Gotcha.

[TexasTowelie]

2. You might want to check with El Supremo about that. nt

[El Supremo]

5. So many people get the correct hook-'em-horns sign wrong.

This is the correct way:

Note how the thumb and middle fingers come together to make the nose.

And this is the incorrect way:

When I was younger, this meant "fuck you" in stereo:

All never to be confused with:

[Staph]

3. There are tons of West Virginia fans that are furious about this.

We didn't invent the Horns Down gesture -- it's apparently something started by the folks from Oklahoma.

But only West Virginia seems to get penalized for it.

Twice.

In one game.

We won anyway.

[MichMan]

4. Wouldn't that also make the horns up gesture after a good play taunting as well?

[El Supremo]

6. Let's not forget the "Go Frogs" gesture:

There are more in Texas. It was an infectious disease.

[TexasTowelie]

7. Since my college mascot was a pirate I used the hooked hand.

Now that I had the foot amputated I can show my Pirate support by showing up with a peg leg at events. I doubt anybody else will be able to top that.