A new motto adopted by the University of Texas’ football team has ignited backlash, according to reports Sunday.
Texas Longhorns’ football head coach Steve Sarkisian has assigned the team the slogan “embrace the hate” for the upcoming football season. The university’s bookstore has reportedly started selling the slogan on official t-shirts.
Sarkisian says that new motto is a nod to the intense criticism the program has received over their decision to leave the Big XII conference for the Southeastern Conference (SEC) starting in the 2024 season. (RELATED: Vince Young Claims Playing Quarterback At Texas Is Pretty Much The Same As Being An NFL QB)
“I think that they’ve kind of assumed this mentality of, ‘Embrace the hate.’ We get it. We’re the University of Texas, we get it. This is our last year in the Big 12,” he said to ESPN.
“We can sit there and be a…
