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Baker Mayfield does not think highly of a Big 12 rule regarding the “Horns Down” gesture. Last year, West Virginia wide receiver David Sills was penalized for doing a Horns Down gesture while playing against Texas. The league this year said players could face unsportsmanlike conduct penalties for doing the anti-Texas gesture, though it depends on the circumstance. “I think it’s very soft they’re implementing a rule about it. It shows the sensitivity of today’s day and age,” Mayfield said on the “Pardon My Take” podcast with Barstool Sports. Mayfield has a point. Simply doing "Horns Down" after a touchdown should not result in a penalty the way it did for Sills. The new rule suggests there will be a penalty for a player flashing it at an opponent or an opposing team’s bench. Trash talk is part of the game, and doing "Horns Down" at Texas while playing them is a way of trash-talking. Mayfield, who starred at Oklahoma, has been a Longhorns antagonist for a while, so it’s no surprise he’s not a fan of the rule.
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