The SEC will not treat the 'Horns Down' gesture as an unsportsmanlike conduct as Texas prepares to enter the SEC in 2024, according to SEC's coordinator of officials.
The"Horns Down" gesture has been a topic of controversy over the last several years as theBig 12 director of officiating Greg Burks addressed the gesture at last year’sDante Stills of the West Virginia Mountaineers celebrates with the"Horns Down" signal after the game against the Texas Longhorns at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas, on Nov. 3, 2018.
"Let me be very clear with 'Horns Down,'" Burks said in July 2022, according to ESPN."I have no ownership on this symbol. This symbol is the same as all other signals. It's when you do it, who you do it to and which manner you do it." Last season, Alabama head coach Nick Saban was visibly upset with one of his players following a win over Texas in Week 2. , cameras caught the seven-time national champion yelling toward his players. Alabama head coach Nick Saban looks on prior to the game against Texas at Darrell K Royal Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas, on Sept. 10, 2022.
"I told our players, ‘We’re not doing this,’" Saban said on his weekly radio appearance while displaying the"Horns Down" gesture."Don’t do it. It’s not classy. We don’t need to degrade the other team’s traditions. Just go play." "It’s the same way in all the things that you do," Saban continued."You make choices and decisions, whether it’s in school, as a person, as a player.
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