BYU student section asked to remove 'Horns down' shirts against Texas

Harper responded in a follow-up tweet that he believes it was BYU that asked for the change. This is what it looked like before the shirts were covered.

Whether it was Texas or BYU that made the request, it's another chapter in the Longhorns' ongoing battle against teams and fans taunting them with anything related to "Horns down," whether it be a hand signal, chant or shirt.  

Texas opponents have started doing a "Horns down" hand signal in games against then across all sports, especially when they defeat the Longhorns. And the Longhorns are not taking any of that well. It most recently resulted in Texas basketball coach Rodney Terry confronting members of the UCF basketball team last week for making the gesture following their game. It is not the first time Texas has been upset by this.

What Texas doesn't realize is that the more it complains about it, the worse it makes itself look. And the worse it makes itself look, the more opponents are going to keep poking at them in an attempt to rile them up. 

Texas has two potential courses of action here: It can either stop making itself look soft — and calling attention to it — when other teams and fans taunt them, or it can stop doing the Hook 'em Horns hand signal after their own wins.

If you don't want other teams throwing your stuff back in your face when they beat you, maybe you shouldn't throw at them when you beat them.