While I think it's an overreaction by Texas, I don't want OU getting flagged for using it.....the team gets enough penalties already.
Coach Riley says OU will refrain from using "horns down" sign....
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This whole discussion is nothing but the Horns being epic candy asses.
Wussy Big 12 Commish should mandate no hook em horns which is offensive to the Sooner Nation. Fair is fair in this battle. This shows favoritism and is a further indication that the Big 12 braintrust licks bevo balls.
seems like I recall baby Mack Brown complaining about this. Sad to see society becoming so sensitive. Im betting every sooner fan in the stands will be doing it all day
Every Sooner fan...at the game...at the bar...at home watching the game. I hope they get booed like never before. Bevo ball lickers.
I hope this nonsense is not a big deal to the team as it is the fans.
I think it is CT, but I also think the team will honor riley's wishes. They did last year.
Well the fact that an official has instructed the spirit squad and the Schooner squad to refrain from doing it is very telling in that OU has bowed down to the wishes of UT. I think it's wrong to do this.
I won't.
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Herman said he says Hook Em is school spirit, so why is a hand sign spirit exactly? His argument is flimsy and pathetic.
It hurts my feelings when they yell "OU SUCKS" in their fight song. It makes me so sad. I've been known to cry. I think Lincoln Riley should tell UT...
...SCREW THAT. Texas sucks. Go down there and kick their fgt asses.
...SCREW THAT. Texas sucks. Go down there and kick their fgt asses.
Whatever it is or isn't, this nonsense cannot be a distraction for Riley's team.
The best revenge is doing well....so beat Texas !
I for one give Riley, his coaches and his players more credit than this. I mean if a cheerleader or a member of the Schooner squad is a distraction to the players, then Riley has already lost his team. OU officials telling the cheer squad to back off, back down from throwing the 'horns down' is simply pathetic weak sauce. The game is ONLY being played for the entertainment value. Nothing more and nothing less. And part of the entertainment is the crowd, the band, and the atmosphere at the game.
I say OU goes to dominate Texass and at the end of the game, all OU players go to midfield and throw "Horns Down".
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There will be a lot of horns down after the game.
As Toby Keith says...a lot less talk and a lot more action !! Blow these Shorthorn cry babies out of the Cotton Bowl by 50 points.
right up Hermans *** would be a good place to plant it
And yet, not one word from Tom Herman about their fight song with "OU sucks" in the lyrics. Freaking whiny-assed hypocrite.
Will be sure to watch for the flags to fly after we see a steer player holding up a "hookem" coming out on the field, after a good play or satanist score...
Well said. I agree, if horns down is taunting then hookem is also taunting.
This whole "horns down", "hookem horns" outrage will likely lead to some people on both sides getting hurt.
OU and Texas already hate each other....and now this.
OU and Texas already hate each other....and now this.
No lack of credit was given to Riley and his players.
Riley stated his players would not flash the sign during the game primarily so his team could focus on preparation, thereby making this potential distraction a non-issue for his players and coaches.
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Riley is wrong on this one. Offensive genius, head coach badass... No one is perfect. He's a West Texas disciple. OU is something else.
Respectfully disagree.
Riley is trying to keep his players focused on the game itself and to prevent an unsportsmanlike penalty (or penalties) of 15 yards.
I don't believe Riley is trying to appease Herman and his players or the Big 12. How is he wrong on this ?
Logic should prevail over emotion here.
Take the penalty. Take several if necessary. Like I said, if the Lognhorns run out with horns up.... Lincoln should have the Sooners run out of the tunnel with horns down. Send a effing message to the league. W.W.S.D.? The pussification continues.
If the "horns down" hand sign incites you to violence, then you probably already need to be in an institution. Geez, it's not like a racial slur, or insulting someone's wife/kids/parents.
BTW, we should have dumped this mattress stain of a conference years ago when the SEC was expanding. Thanks, Boren.
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I’m talking about other people, not myself. You should have figured that out.
I seem to remember a Cotton Bowl game in the early 1990s when Miami took over 200 yards in penalties while beating the Horns by 30. Wouldn't bother me a bit to see OU do something similar.
1991 Cotton Bowl, a Miami 46-3 win.
15 penalties for 202 yards....9 penalties for unsportsmanlike conduct and three personal fouls.
This was precipitated by trash talk and taunting by Texas players prior to the game.
Dirtiest game I've ever seen. While I enjoyed Texas getting blown out, it gave me yet another reason to hate Miami.
15 penalties for 202 yards....9 penalties for unsportsmanlike conduct and three personal fouls.
This was precipitated by trash talk and taunting by Texas players prior to the game.
Dirtiest game I've ever seen. While I enjoyed Texas getting blown out, it gave me yet another reason to hate Miami.
In a game between the Horns and Canes, you root for a meteor strike.