Texas players made two controversial celebrations during their ranked SEC victory over Tennessee, drawing widespread attention online. Colin Simmons was penalised for mimicking urinating after a sack, while Raleek Brown performed an exaggerated gesture after scoring, prompting criticism and ridicule.

Simmons’s celebration reduced a 16-yard sack to a one-yard loss because of the unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty, and he later apologised. Brown’s end-zone routine included a raised leg, a gesture towards his groin, an apparent sniff and pretending to collapse, while the article highlighted both incidents as unusually provocative for a major college football game.