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Tom Herman to skill players: Hug a big guy after a TD

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While Texas Longhorns head coach Tom Herman believes that “culture is what leads when no one is watching,” he also has some strong thoughts about what his skill players should do when everyone is watching.

To be more precise, what they are required to do after scoring touchdowns, which stems from Herman’s belief about what wins football games.

“This game is won up front,” Herman told Trevor Matich in a segment filmed for ESPN. “The essence of this game is to move another human against his will where he doesn’t want to go. It just seems backward to me that we reward these guys that run around on the edges and carry the football.