Social media reacts to Rodney Terry being upset about horns down
Texas basketball lost an embarrassing game on Wednesday to UCF, 77-71.
At one point, the Longhorns held a 12-point lead but, to some surprise, blew it and lost the game. Texas now sits at 1-3 in Big 12 conference play, losing two in a row.
Following the ending of Texas’ loss, the players lined up to shake hands like they normally do. Texas head coach Rodney Terry saw something that upset him and told the UCF players, “That’s classless, don’t do that.” Many were speculating on what happened until the postgame press conference, where Terry explained what he saw.
“About 6 or 7 guys putting the horns down. We don’t do that because when you do those kinds of things, it looks very classless.”
Of course, when people do the “Horns Down” sign, it gains attraction. Many Texas fans could care less about it, but obviously, it didn’t sit well with Rodney Terry.
Here is how social media reacted to it.
Here's what #Texas head coach Rodney said happened in the handshake line with #UCF:
"About 6 or 7 guys putting the horns down. We don't do that because when you do those kinds of things, it looks very classless."#HookEm | @KVUE pic.twitter.com/qV0nVNgb24
— Tyler Feldman (@TylerFeldmanTV) January 18, 2024
UCF came back from 16-points down to beat Texas tonight and celebrated by doing Horns Down.
Texas coach Rodney Terry called them “classless” for doing it.
Longhorns fell to 1-3 in conference play thanks to the loss. @UCFStool pic.twitter.com/nOtrF2PpGi
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) January 18, 2024
Texas hired Rodney Terry😭😭😭
— Cyclone Larry (@CycloneLarry69) January 18, 2024
I almost got Rodney Terry’s glasses tattooed on my body and I am glad I didn’t
— Longhorn Lads (@LonghornLads) January 18, 2024
.@RodneyTerry , The coach of Texas basketball….
Show me where Knightro hurt you pic.twitter.com/Xfl7nATgVw
— Barstool UCF (@UCFStool) January 18, 2024
Rodney Terry pic.twitter.com/6j7LWym2Uv
— Wayne" Austin High's Finest (@Dewayne42005783) January 18, 2024
Rodney Terry is setting the “we don’t care about the horns down” movement back decades tonight. https://t.co/4k01i54ToP
— Robert Behrens (@rcb05) January 18, 2024
Rodney Terry was a terrible hire.
— SweetDollaIceT (@SweetDollaIceT) January 18, 2024
Rodney Terry is soft. Wouldn’t be shocked if he gets fired this year https://t.co/pen9RIAEv5
— Big 12 (@Anything_BigXII) January 18, 2024
Wait. So, Rodney Terry was yelling at UCF players for throwing the "horns down"? That can't be true. pic.twitter.com/OdibOjWwmt
— catoraño (@catorano) January 18, 2024
Rodney Terry bro…. they have every right to put horns down. They just beat us in our own house after being down double digits. Come on now.
— Allie (@ItMe_Alice) January 18, 2024