Danny Stutsman responds to questions about alleged 'Horns Down' tattoo

Following his own terrific performance and a massive Red River victory for his team, Oklahoma linebacker Danny Stutsman made even more headlines off the field with his controversial Horns Down tattoo.

Now, the controversy is not about the content of the tattoo. It’s quite simple really: Oklahoma fans love and Texas fans hate it. The real question is whether the ink is real or fake. After Wednesday’s turn in the saga, the answer is still up in the air.

The Sooner star joined the Pat McAfee Show on Wednesday, where he was asked about a number topics, but lastly, whether he still had the tattoo. Because on Monday, he revealed that the tattoo had been removed after the game by posting a picture of what appeared to be his own bare and ink-less thigh.

But when on with McAfee, Stutsman surprised everyone when he claimed to still have the tattoo.

“I mean, I’ve kind of kept it up. You know, it might be real or it might be fake,” Stutsman said as he pulled up the right leg of his shorts to show off evidence of the anti-Texas symbol, which was still there. “But I think you guys can see it right there.”

McAfee was impressed and commented that “it looks pretty real.” Stutsman then added: “It could be a temporary tattoo. I mean, I’ll kind of leave it up. Maybe in 20 or 25 years we can go back to this discussion. But Texas fans, it is whatever they want to believe.”

However, he says some Texas fans are taunting him since he sometimes has to look at the logo in its horns up form rather than horns down.

“I’m kind of getting backlash, they say whenever I am taking a s**t, I’m going to see it. But I’m staring at my phone anyways, so I don’t really care,” says Stutsman.

Either way, Danny Stutsman has earned the right to rub Saturday in the faces of Longhorn fans, especially after he recorded nine tackles, including 1.5 for a loss. And the one that was for a loss was massive and came during a goal line stand for the Sooners, as he forced a one-yard loss on third-and-goal from the 1. The play after that, Billy Bowman came up with the stop to force a Texas turnover on downs at a crucial moment in the game.