Charlie Strong’s offseason motto for the Longhorns has been “Put the ‘T’ back in Texas.” And he’s meant it. He prohibited players from throwing up the “Hook ‘Em Horns” sign with their hands, saying they had to earn it. He’s made them walk the half-mile to practice instead of taking a bus like they used to under Mack Brown. And he’s even stripped the longhorns off their helmets.

When players arrived for the first day of practice on Monday, their helmets were solid white. The orange longhorns were gone.

#Longhorns coach Charlie Strong took the logos off team helmets. Cedric Reed said guys will have to earn it #HookEm — Anwar Richardson (@AnwarRichardson) August 4, 2014

You can get a decent look in this photo.

#Texas LB Jordan Hicks goes through individual drills. He's coming back from Achilles injury. pic.twitter.com/WBTVTn2g7f — Brian Davis (@BDavisAAS) August 4, 2014

The Texas culture is changing under Strong, and this is just another example. In his first preseason news conference on Sunday, he announced three potential starters will miss at least one game for violating team rules and confirmed seven other players had been dismissed.

“You have 85 guys on scholarship. If 80 of them are doing it the right way, why can’t the rest of them do it the right way?” Strong said. “They knew the first day I took the job, when I laid out the core values in that first team meeting, what the program is all about.”

Texas DE Cedric Reed: "Coach Strong, he weeds out the people who shouldn't be here. The guys who are here have bought in." — Mike Finger (@mikefinger) August 4, 2014

The all-white helmets might be a small thing, but it’ll go a long way once the players earn their horns back.