Claims extracted
23
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
17%
4 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
69/100
Fox News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
15
Sports
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
As anticipated, there was no game on Saturday's college football slate, as the Texas Longhorns made their trip to Knoxville to face the Tennessee Volunteers.
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Longhorns → anticipate → Volunteers
Emotions were bound to be high, and with that often comes some big celebrations.
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celebrations → bind → that
That said, no one was prepared for what some Longhorns had up their sleeves ... and in their pants.
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Longhorns → say → pants
Of course, over-the-top celebrations are nothing new, but let's see what the Longhorns were throwing down on Saturday.
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Longhorns → see → Saturday
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page → contain → partners
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News → sign → wager
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that → create → newsroom
Let's start with junior edge rusher Colin Simmons, who hauled down a scrambling Faizon Brandon for a big, 16-yard loss deep in their own end of the field.
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who → let → field
That's the kind of celebration you dust off to make your buddies laugh during a Thanksgiving Day pickup game in the backyard after a couple of Michelob Ultras.
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buddies → dust → Ultras
The celebration hurt the team — and not just from a reputational perspective — as Simmons was handed a penalty for "simulating using the restroom," which meant that the sack resulted in just a single-yard loss.
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sack → hurt → loss
Of course, social media went nuts.
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media → go → ?
And, as if this all wasn't crazy enough, Jemele Hill, winner of the 2021 OutKick Woke All-Star Challenge, wrote something that made me laugh, and for the reason it was intended.
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it → write → reason
We give credit where it's due around here.
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it → give → credit
Of course, Simmons apologized, but did so using possibly the worst phrasing given the situation.
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Simmons → apologize → situation
We get what he meant...
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he → get → what
Well, at least that was the end of south-of-the-equator celebrations we got from the Longhorns on Saturday.
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we → get → Saturday
It's not like anyone trotted into the end zone for a game-winning touchdown, then popped their leg up like Captain Morgan, swiped their hand across their crotch, pretended to sniff it, and then passed out or anything.
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anyone → trot → it
Wait, running back Raleek Brown did what?
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Brown → wait → what
If this is what they do in a stadium in front of thousands of people, what kind of celebrations are they doing elsewhere?!
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they → do → celebrations
A moment like this meant that the admin for the DUDE Wipes X account sprang into action to do what they'd taken an oath to do.
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they → mean → oath
I just can't get over that both of those happened in the same game.
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both → get → game
You'd think after the first incident someone would've said, "Hey, fellas, let's steer clear of any celebrations that might stray into the groin-al region.
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that → think → region
Man, McConaughey is going to need to have a word with the team about this.
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McConaughey → go → this
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