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Tim Capurso

Oklahoma Player Gets Booed After Trolling Texas During Sugar Bowl Halftime Charity Event

The Oklahoma-Texas rivalry never sleeps. 

Along with other good deed-doers, Sooners offensive lineman Ethan Downs was honored during halftime of the Sugar Bowl between Washington and Texas for his charitable work in the community. Clearly, Downs didn't come to New Orleans for just that, though. 

As the ESPN broadcast showed all of the Good Works team, Downs seized his chance to needle the pro-Texas crowd at the Caesars Superdome, flashing the Horns Down sign, a hand gesture used by opponents to troll the Longhorns. 

Texas fans were not pleased, as thunderous boos and even an "OU Sucks" chant rained down on the Oklahoma player. 

Downs's charitable work was immediately forgotten by the ruthless Texas crowd, which might as well have only seen the Horns Down sign. College football fans couldn’t help but applaud the Sooners player for his cojones to pull off such a troll move.

Oklahoma's season, which ended with an Alamo Bowl loss to Arizona, may not have gone the way the Sooners had hoped entering the year. But the Sooners, who beat Texas earlier this season, got the last laugh in the Red River Rivalry for this year. 

Downs seemingly just wanted to remind Texas of that fact. 

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