The SEC outlined its plan to handle disciplinary action for teams and players using the “Horns down” gesture when Texas joins the conference in 2024.
The sign is used to tweak the Longhorns and their fans, who have used the “Hook ’em Horns” gesture since the 1950s. John McDaid, the SEC’s coordinator of officials, wrote in a statement Tuesday that a potential unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for “Horns down” would need to fall within at least one of three areas.
“Is [the 'Horns down' gesture] taunting an opponent? Is it making a travesty of the game? Is it otherwise compromising our ability to manage the game?” McDaid said, per Action Network’s Brett McMurphy.
