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Horns down=bad karma

After Iowa "scored" to make the game 20-3 Iowa, Tate gave the "horns down". The play was called back and he threw an interception on the next play. From that point on Texas outscored Iowa 23-10.

Shawn Bell Gave the "horns down" when Baylor went up 7 -0 but they ended up losing 63-31 (I think) two weeks later he hurt his knee and was out for the season.

In 2003 Arkansas Coach Houston Nutt Gave the "horns down" and Arkansas lost 3 of thier next 5 games. The next season The lost to Texas at home and went 5-6.

It seems the "horns down" sign has a pretty decent karmic payback.

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Thats why other teams
Should get their own catchy hand signals.

Envy is a tempting mistress though.

by orangeblood1 on Jan 2, 2007 8:17 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

i thought that too
some iowa fan gave me the horns down at the bar where i was watching the alamo bowl after we went down by 14 pts. i told him he just lost the game for his team. i don't think he understood why though.

by greenman on Jan 2, 2007 8:23 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

It should also cost them 15 yards
The Horns Down hand gesture never bothered me that much. In my mind, it's really not that much different than our fans chanting OU Sucks 100 times a game.

But I figure if players can get a 15 yard unsportsmanlike penalty for taunting, then Tate should have been flagged for running around like a crack baby shooting the Horns down. He wasn't just celebrating what he thought was another TD pass, he was showing up the other team and giving the proverbial FU to the UT fans.

There's nothing anyone can do about fan behavior, but the players shouldn't have to put up with that shit on the field.

by 54b on Jan 2, 2007 8:48 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Drew Tate is a hothead
It's great to be passionate about the game, but he's just over the top.  And the flip side of that passion is, when he's playing poorly, he pouts and rants at his teammates.

I agree with 54b, this should be added to the same category as taking off the helmet after a TD.  Unsportsmanlike, indeed.

Starting in January 2007, just another Limey Longhorn

by patienthornsfan on Jan 2, 2007 9:06 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Add to the list
Every year in Dallas, OU fans give the horns down.  Then they are forced to drive back to Oklahoma.  Talk about bad karma.

by JohnsonUT on Jan 2, 2007 9:09 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

I have the answer
So horns down seems like a bad thing like thumbs down; however, thumbs down means you just broke your thumb while horns down means you just got stabbed through the heart while you wiggle hopelessly on the  ground.
"It's so beautiful," "Don't you think that's beautiful? That crystal's so beautiful. It's coming home all the way to Austin, Texas."

by 2Bearnest on Jan 2, 2007 3:25 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

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