Ted Cruz likens UT football to 'girls junior high team'

Ted Cruz's most controversial quotes

As Texas' junior senator, Ted Cruz has been a firebrand since he first arrived in Washington. Take a look at some of the Tea Party darling's most controversial quotes and photos of his announcement.

Caroline Cruz, 6, right, waves an American flag after she joins her father, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas on stage, with his wife Heidi, and their other daughter Catherine, 4, left, as Cruz announces his campaign for president. Monday, March 23, 2015, at Liberty University, founded by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, in Lynchburg, Va. less Ted Cruz's most controversial quotes

As Texas' junior senator, Ted Cruz has been a firebrand since he first arrived in Washington. Take a look at some of the Tea Party darling's most controversial quotes and ... more Photo: Andrew Harnik, Associated Press Photo: Andrew Harnik, Associated Press Image 1 of / 20 Caption Close Ted Cruz likens UT football to 'girls junior high team' 1 / 20 Back to Gallery

It's been a trying season on the 40 Acres, as the UT football team has taken its lumps on the field and off.

Another insult came Friday from Texas U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz. The Lone Star State's junior Republican senator and presidential candidate was speaking at a town hall event in Sioux City, Iowa, on Friday and noted that Iowans take their politics as seriously as Texans take football.

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Someone in the audience then said "Not now," a reference to Texas' 24-0 loss at Iowa State on Halloween night.

Cruz then took a swipe at the Longhorns, who are 4-6 this season.

"I was with (Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa), physically, not too far away when y'all whipped the Longhorns, and I didn't even have anything to defend myself," Cruz said. "I think they canceled their football program and brought in a girls junior high team instead."

Cruz attended Princeton for his undergraduate work before going to Harvard Law School. He did serve as an adjunct professor at the University of Texas School of Law from 2004-09 and reportedly has Longhorns memorabilia in his office.