On a radio show Tuesday evening, Oklahoma Sooners head coach Lincoln Riley revealed that the Big 12 Conference informed his program that doing the “Horns Down” hand sign in Saturday’s league championship game against the Texas Longhorns will result in a penalty.
After West Virginia players were twice flagged for making that hand sign in Austin during the 42-41 Mountaineers victory in early November, Riley said on Monday that he’d asked the league office for clarification.
“Are you serious?” Texas senior defensive end Charles Omenihu said on Tuesday. “I ain’t too worried about that.