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No, Texas was not involved in BYU students removing ‘horns down’ shirts

As the Texas Longhorns fell to the No. 21 BYU Cougars 84-72 in Provo on Saturday, the national discourse wasn’t about the Cougars shooting 64.0 percent or ending a two-game losing streak. It wasn’t about the Longhorns ended a two-game winning streak, either.

It was about BYU students being forced to remove t-shirts with “horns down” painted on them sometime early in the game or before the game.

The front row of #BYU's student section, closest to the Texas bench, had white t-shirts with blue paint on that spelled out "Horns Down.