On 1/17/06, Gonz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The University of Texas team name is the "Longhorns". I guess the term > originated as a yell for victory and to gore the opponents with the > extra long horns of a longhorn cow. The simultaneous waving of the hand > with only the index and little finger extended symbolizes the horns of > the longhorn.
And, what Gonz didn't tell you, Mark (since it appears that you may not know - or even care, but I'll tell you anyway), is that the University of Texas Longhorns won the national college football championship with a recent victory in the Rose Bowl, over previous #1 USC. USC hadn't lost a game in something like 3 years, were going for their third straight title, and were heavy favourites to win (even though Texas hadn't lost in, what, a year and a half?). It was truly one of the great football games of all time, with the 'Horns scoring on almost the last play of the day, on a 24 yard run by their QB, who had the game of his life (both running and throwing). So there, aren't you glad you asked? cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
