After a decade and a half of disappointment, the Texas football program earned adequate good faith from its fanbase after earning a College Football Playoff (CFP) birth last season. Texas posted a strong 12-2 record, won nine games in the conference, and finished third in the final CFP poll. However, Longhorn devotees are out for blood this week after the school’s athletics Twitter page ((also known as X) posted an all-inclusive graphic celebrating Pride Month.
The response from Texas football and college sports fans to the Pride Month post was overwhelmingly negative, with the comments and quotes section flooded with expressions of disgust. Despite having less than 300 thousand followers, the tweet has garnered over one million views and one thousand replies, indicating the magnitude of the backlash.
Texas Football Fans: React to Main Athletics Account Making Public Acknowledgment of Pride Month
Captioned “love is love, y’all” with a heart emoji and the hashtag ‘HookEm,’ the Texas Longhorns athletic page shared a happy Pride Month graphic on Tuesday. The tweet quickly went viral, with the replies and quotes becoming the subject of discourse for being largely negative. Texas football fans, college sports devotees, and political and social buffs were quick to have their voices heard. Many took exception to Texas athletics publicly supporting Pride Month.
It's not too late to delete this
— Kaylee Campbell Layton (@itskayleelayton) June 12, 2024
Exhibit A why my family is no longer donating to to TexasExes!
— jjnewboots 🇺🇸🐾🇺🇸 (@jjnewboots) June 12, 2024
Pathetic. You aren’t getting another dime of our money. Stick to education
— TCentex22 (@TCentex22) June 12, 2024
“Love is love” is a super weird motto and an awful principle because it justifies just about everything, including incest. https://t.co/3LeYddsdDC
— Derrick Wilson (@dtwilson117) June 12, 2024
While Veterans get a day LGBTQ have taken up almost a half a year with their special months and days.
Not against the community at all. Several gay friends, but I'm sick of hearing about it all the time.
— 🤘Rusty🤘🏴☠️ (@sbu12dbg) June 12, 2024
— John Dunn (@txjohndunn) June 12, 2024
The Dallas Cowboys and Kansas City Chiefs are among nine teams in the NFL that do not publicly support Pride Month. However, most professional teams sell Pride Month-related merchandise on their website. Kansas City kicker Harrison Butker faced heavy criticism earlier this offseason for having strong words against Pride Month. Among MLB teams, the Texas Rangers are the only pro baseball team not to host a dedicated Pride Night this season.
Texas Football: Looking For Repeat CFP Appearances
The Texas football program is fresh off its best season in 14 years, winning 12 games and earning a birth to the College Football Playoff for the first time since its inception in 2014. With the CFP expanding to 12 teams in 2024, Texas will have an elevated chance to return to the postseason next year despite a move to the SEC. The Longhorns will again lean on quarterback Quinn Ewers next fall after throwing for 3,479 yards and 22 touchdowns against six picks. Ewers and Texas finished the season scoring 35.8 points per game, the 15th-best average in the nation.
Meanwhile, the defense was also strong, allowing just 18.9 points per game, a top-20 mark in the country. They finished tops in the Big 12 regarding rushing yards allowed, holding opponents to a measly 2.9 yards per rush attempt. Texas will transition to the SEC after nearly three decades in the Big 12 next season.
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1 Comment
For several reasons, one should not read much into this article. In fact, I’m not sure what the agenda of this reporting is. But, there are 50 k students at the Austin campus, so 1000 negative replies is statistically insignificant. Secondly, people tend to reply to Tweets when they have a beef and not supportive. Thirdly, this is Texas, so replies positively could theoretically land one in hot water. And finally, ever heard of spam replies, AI, etc? Hard to believe anything alleged today on X particularly, which doesn’t verify anything on the platform. So, who cares? I know that you think LGBTQ is such an “important” topic and hate to see a Rainbow flag, like Alito’s wife, but is it really hurting anyone, really?
BTW, UT is a progressive school historically as it is now, so that probably tells one where sympathies really lie. Really.