Part of the lead up to any bowl game is a slew of press conferences and photo opportunities with the head coaches from the two teams.
With the Texas Bowl between Arkansas and Texas coming on Monday, Arkansas’ Bret Bielema and Texas’ Charlie Strong appeared to pose for your everyday, run of the mill handshake photo. However, Bielema decided to make this one interesting.
LOOK AT COACH B's left hand in this pic!!! #HornsDown @RazNation @KARK4News @KNWAnews http://pic.twitter.com/TAvbOB3Uik
— Aaron Peters (@AaronPetersRN) December 27, 2014 See that? With his left hand, Bielema went with the Texas “Hook ‘Em Horns” sign, but he did it upside down. The “Horns Down” is considered disrespectful, so Bielema’s little gesture predictably caused a bit of an uproar.
Bielema told an Arkansas sports talk host that he did not do the “horns down,” leading some to believe that the picture was altered.
Ran into Bret Bielema at practice and he says he did not do the "horns down" in photo with Charlie Strong. Appears to have been photoshopped
— Bo Mattingly (@SportsTalkwBo) December 27, 2014 However, Aaron Peters, the Arkansas sports anchor who took the picture, maintained that it was not photoshopped.
For ANYONE who thinks I would photoshop a pic (or even know how to) you do not know me. I simply took the pic on my phone and noticed it.
— Aaron Peters (@AaronPetersRN) December 27, 2014
I took 4 pics in a row. From my phone. I noticed the last one and tweeted it. Do not know how to photoshop pics http://pic.twitter.com/LoxL5wc5I1
— Aaron Peters (@AaronPetersRN) December 27, 2014 On top of that, video from a news broadcast shows that Bielema DID in fact do the “Horns Down.”
Got all that?
I’m not sure it’s really that big of a deal, but maybe it will add a bit more juice to the matchup between the 6-6 Razorbacks and the 6-6 Longhorns. The game kicks off at 9 p.m. ET at NRG Stadium in Houston on Monday night.
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