The Longhorns again made it tough on themselves in the win over the Volunteers, with Simmons a big story coming out of the game.
The Texas Longhorns continued on their winning ways on Saturday, taking down Tennessee 20-17 at Neyland Stadium.
Steve Sarkisian's No. 1-ranked team again made hard work of it, but as good teams do, even when you aren't playing your best, you stack wins.
Now 4-0 on the season, the Longhorns, led by Arch Manning (14 of 19 for 201 yards, one interception) did just enough to escape with a win as the Vols were driving late to try and tie the game.
But the defense stood tall when it needed to, and that is where our big storyline comes from.
Star rusher Colin Simmons had quite the day at Neyland Stadium, and, in truth, it will be remembered for perhaps not even what he did to the Tennessee offense.
Simmons totaled a whopping 5.0 sacks on the day as the Vols' offensive line simply had no answer to him at any stage during the game.
But the biggest storyline came from one of Simmons' sacks...more so what happened after it.
As we know, getting a sack is a big deal for a D-lineman, and for Simmons, he celebrated...albeit rather uniquely, and for himself a penalty.
An unsportsmanlike penalty on Simmons was called for "simulating using the restroom," turning a 4th-and-29 into a first down for Tennessee.
And on the ABC/ESPN broadcast, Kirk Herbstreit didn't hold back.
"Just an absolute idiotic move by Colin Simmons doing that," Herbstreit said.
And his fellow commentator Chris Fowler followed up with "Yeah, it's idiotic, and it doesn't get much more vulgar, either."
It was an all-time brain fade by one of the Longhorns' defensive leaders, and it is lucky Texas escaped with a win, because if they hadn't, we might look back on this call as one that helped sink Texas.
A 4th and 29 with the Longhorns set to get the ball back, only to gift Tennessee a first down.
Simmons had a great day, getting five sacks, but didn't cover himself in glory with that celebration.
