In praising University of Houston, Gov. Greg Abbott flubs team slogan



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Oops, he did it again.

Gov. Greg Abbott was back at it tweeting about Houston sports Thursday night after the University of Houston's victory at Cincinnati.

The Cougars, after being in a tight game for most of the first three quarters, rolled to a 40-16 win.

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That prompted Abbott to tweet this from his personal account: "Congrats to Houston Cougars sealing the victory & remaining in hunt for National Championship. #HTownTakeDown @UHouston #HOUvsCIN"

Congrats to Houston Cougars sealing the victory & remaining in hunt for National Championship. #HTownTakeDown @UHouston #HOUvsCIN — Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) September 16, 2016

It's nice to see the state's top elected official throw the Cougars some love, but there's one little snag.

"#HTownTakeDown"? Really, Governor?

Anybody remotely interested in UH football since Tom Herman's hiring in late 2014 knows the program's slogan is "H-Town Takeover." Just search Twitter and you'll find numerous UH fans who've changed the names on their account to #HTownTakeover.

You'd think Abbott would known since he threw his support behind UH as a Big 12 expansion candidate and then showed up to handle the opening coin toss at the Sept. 3 opener against Oklahoma at NRG Stadium. It was part of a grip-and-grin tour that saw Abbott toss the coin at three different college games in Texas in two days (and again at Texas A&M last weekend). Either he likes to flip coins a whole lot or enjoys being the center of attention.

The responses to Abbott's UH tweet were amusing, with Cougars fans correcting him and one even responding with the standard Twitter diss "delete your account."

The Twitter flub is nothing new for Abbott. On Labor Day, a tweet from his office's verified account said to "remember the men & women who wear the uniform to defend our freedoms." Of course, the holiday has nothing to do with the military and Abbott was roundly mocked in the replies to the tweet.

And then there's what happened last October.

With the Astros leading the Kansas City Royals late in Game 4 of the American League Division Series and six outs away from advancing to the AL Championship Series, Abbott's office account tweeted out "Congrats to the @astros on advancing to the ALCS! Hoping for an all-Texas #ALCS. Looking at you @Rangers."

We all know what happened next. The Astros collapsed in Game 4 and then lost the series finale in Kansas City. Of course, the Rangers took Abbott's encouragement and blew their series against Toronto as well.

The Cougars can only hope they don't get a similar kiss of death.

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