AUSTIN, Texas — Texas educator Rodney Terry apologized Saturday nearest his workforce beat Disagree. 9 Baylor for a way he reacted previous within the moment when he noticed some Central Florida avid gamers do a “horns down” hand signal within the moments nearest the Knights beat the Longhorns on their house courtroom.
Terry had known as the movements by way of UCF avid gamers “classless” and faced a number of of them within the postgame order for handshakes. The “horns down” hand signal has lengthy been worn by way of Texas competitors, and Terry’s feedback have been extensively criticized throughout social media.
“I had no intention of trying to show up anyone, or offend anyone in terms of what occurred at the end of that game,” Terry mentioned.
He described UCF educator Johnny Dawkins as “a really good friend of mine.”
“He has a good program and they’re having a good year. Personally, if I offended him or his program, or anyone for that matter, that was not my intention,” Terry mentioned.
“We have a lot of passion for who we are and what we are representing. We try to do that in a class manner, at the highest level,” Terry mentioned. “If I offended some of our fans as well in not handling myself in the right way … I apologize to our fan base as well, and understand what it means to be the head coach at the University of Texas and what our brand stands for.”
