AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Losing football games is one thing at the University of Texas. A challenge to the hallowed school song is quite another.
A controversy over
has lingered for weeks now at Texas, with some players refusing to sing it after games or even stand for it given its links to the racist"The Eyes of Texas"
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