ARLINGTON, Texas — Greg Burks cracked a smile at the question.
“I figured that’d be the first question asked,” the Big 12 coordinator of football officials said Thursday at Big 12 Media Days at AT&T Stadium.
The question? The Big 12’s latest stance on “Horns Down,” the unofficial hand signal of the Oklahoma Sooners — and other Texas opponents.
“If you do a Horns Down to a Texas player as an opponent, that’s probably going to be a foul,” Burks said in his annual address on rule changes and points of emphasis. “If you turn to the crowd and do a Horns Down … it will probably not be a foul.