Do you really thing Bronco is stupid enough to face somebody like Texas or Oklahoma on the road when they already have to face TCU and Utah on the road every other year? It's no surprise they seem to be scheduling these bigger games when they play both TCU and Utah at home. And if the Cougars win, it's just another feather in the cap and a kick start to a potential BCS bowl game in 2011. How can I be so optimistic about things? This year's recruiting class will have an entire season under their collective belt. Secondly, IF they get beat they won't get killed-a close September loss to Texas doesn't hurt you all that much in season long race. Why? First and foremost, in 2011 BYU will most likely not need to be proving itself to the country because the MWC will be set to join auto-bid BCS leagues already in 2012. Sure, Oklahoma disappointed this year, but with a healthy Bradford, they likely would have been playing for a Big 12 championship. I'm sure the decision from BYU to accept has a lot to do with 1) BYU is 43-9 over the last four seasons, and 2) they beat Oklahoma in what was basically a home game for the Sooners. The announcement from BYU today is that the Cougars and the Texas Longhorns are going to two-step in Austin on September 10, 2011. Photo courtesy McCombs School of Business.Well, Bronco certainly isn't afraid to play anybody, anywhere. The dean was mad, but the deed was done, as Texas Exes historian Jim Nicar says in his full account of the sign’s creation. The next day the stadium was full of Hook ’em Horns signs.Īlthough UT lost that game 47-20, the University came away with a symbol it would cherish for decades to come. “And do you know what that sign means in Sicily?!” Nowotny thundered. Had it been approved by the University administration? No, it indeed had not! He confronted Clark right after the rally, demanding to know how he could declare a sign official. So Clark went ahead and introduced it to the crowd, pronouncing it “the official hand sign of The University of Texas, to be used whenever and wherever Longhorns gather.”ĭean of Students Arno Nowotny was livid. He and his classmate Henry Pitts had been talking about how the hand sign with the index and little fingers sticking out looked a little bit like a Longhorn. A Campus Chest student “preacher” urged students to “Git the Spirit,” and the Texas Cowboys passed around empty chicken buckets as collection plates for the fundraising drive.Īfter all that, Clark decided to try something new. The planners decided to make it similar to an old-time revival, with the Longhorn spirit what was being revived. UT head cheerleader Harley Clark was game. Since it was also the week of Campus Chest, an annual charity fundraising drive, the program chair suggested that its traditional variety show be combined with the Friday night pep rally. Loyal Longhorns rallied nightly on campus, lit red candles all over the city, and plotted other ways to keep the faith in the week before the game. And with A&M out for recruiting violations, the University could still make the Cotton Bowl on New Year’s Day if it could just beat nationally ranked TCU. The team had a disappointing 4-4 record.īut UT was 3-3 against its Southwestern Conference rivals. This now-legendary hand gesture debuted in 1955, when the Longhorns were having a football season not so unlike this one. The Hook ’em Horns sign turns 55 years old today, and there’s a funny story behind its creation.
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