The only reason he is so passionate about this is because his beloved school has no traditions to hang their hat on that don't involve A&M, or were all but eliminated because of the social upheavals of the 1960s and 1970s, which changed students' attitudes toward long-established University traditions, and many were abandoned and forgotten, including the red candle hex. By the mid-1980s, there were no football rallies at all on the campus.
History of Texas Fight: was written in an attempt to counteract the songs and yells of the Texas Aggies, which were not too complimentary to our Student Body and some of which tended to ridicule 'The Eyes of Texas'.
"Long before I entered The University of Texas in 1909 and until about the year 1928 the Aggies had one of the most effective and awe inspiring songs used by any student body any where any time. 'Farmers Fight' at that time was their sacred College song. It was to them what 'The Eyes of Texas' had always been to us. The song was a repetition of the words 'Farmers Fight' sung to the well known bugle call 'Taps' in the same slow tempo as the bugle call is used by the army for lights out at night.
Hook'em horns hand gesture: The Texas Aggies had their "Gig 'em" thumbs-up sign. With a big Texas vs. TCU game coming up on Saturday, why can't Texas fans have their own hand signal?
Clark liked the idea, and decided to introduce it at Gregory Gym rally. He demonstrated the sign to the crowd, and declared, "This is the official hand sign of the University of Texas, to be used whenever and wherever Longhorns gather."