The weekly Forty Acres Insider post from Texas Longhorns athletics director Chris Del Conte addressed the controversy that has arguably received more attention this week than Saturday’s loss to the Oklahoma Sooners that dropped Texas to 2-2 on the season — the scene of senior quarterback Sam Ehlinger standing alone on the Cotton Bowl field singing “The Eyes of Texas.”
A frustrated fanbase viewed the scene as an apparent sign that the football program lacks unity and widely connected it to recent issues on the field.
During the summer, football players, along with other athletes, began speaking out about racial injustice and formally requested that the school remove The Eyes of Texas as the alma mater and not force players to remain on the field to sing it, among other requests.