So, since it's stolen from OSU (Go Pokes) do y'all have to give them royalties for the right to put your fingers up in the nationally known "Loser" symbol? Just asking.

Exhibit A:



Feghs

Anyone else find this a little ironic?






But there is a Spirit can ne'er be told,
It's the Spirit of Aggieland

More gayness:





But there is a Spirit can ne'er be told,
It's the Spirit of Aggieland

Stolen from OSU? I'm pretty sure they stole it from us, including our f'ing mascot and Masked Rider.

HAHAHAHAHA!! you damn dirty monkeys never cease to amaze me with your shear lack of common sense. Oh the irony is strong with this one my friends:

you left out the best part of that picture - the other "gun" is firmly planted where the sun don't shine.

Wing is my good friend so I will excuse him this time.





GOATS WILL NOT BE PROVIDED, YOU MUST FURNISH YOUR OWN GOAT.

I've got my guns up.

"They're up baby!"





GOATS WILL NOT BE PROVIDED, YOU MUST FURNISH YOUR OWN GOAT.

I love the ags who act like they have the patent for fire.

OSU Established....1890
Tech Established...1923

And they stole it from you?

Uhh....ok.

They started doing the guns up about 30 years ago, long after we had started doing it. They recently changed their mascot, and aside from the face, it looks very similar to ours, and I think last year or the year before they started using their own version of the Masked Rider.

Hell, they even started using the "Orange Power" chant about 4-5 years ago, clearly derived from our "Raider Power" chant.

I call foul...obviously Aggies stole "Thumbs Up" from the Romans.

Careful,....it sounds like tceh may have found a rival......


God I hope so. Maybe they'll quit humping our leg.

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Hell, they even started using the "Orange Power" chant about 4-5 years ago, clearly derived from our "Raider Power" chant.

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you canNOT be serious!!!

nebraska does "husker" "POWER"
t.u. does "texas" "FIGHT"
and about a million other schools do that chant where one part of the crowd says one thing and the other part responds.

i really hope you aren't insinuating that osu, nebraska, t.u. and many others stole that from tech.

Who cares...we all know Aggies invented all of them. Let us all pay homage to the great creative minds that came up with waving a towel above ones head, setting things on fire, massive unison chanting, and all thing in general. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

Raider Power, no.

The guns up most definitley. That was around at Tech way before Okie Lite started doing it.

And you guys poking fun at "guns up" when you do thumbs up is pretty funny.

Thumbs up has NOTHING to do with supporting our athletic teams, and is more closely related to "Gig 'Em" I could go into it, but I don't need to argue the merits of Aggie Traditions compared to Red Raider lack therof.

WE ARE NOT YOUR RIVALS!


Next.

That's fine, I wasn't the one coming on here "snickering" on your hand signs.

Just because it's a "tradition", doesn't mean it isn't stupid.

Like flinging tortillas?

You'd think that would be a bit offensive to your fanbase since it is kind of slighting their staple of food.

Never said it was stupid. But I did say it was from OSU. This is from your athletics site...

GUNS UP
The hand sign of Texas Tech was originated by a Tech graduate who was attending law school at Texas in 1972. It is made by extending the index finger outward while extending the thumb upward to form a gun. The idea is that Raider Red will shoot down his opponents.

MASKED RIDER
The Masked Rider is a colorful symbol of Texas Tech school spirit and pride, and also carries with it a certain mystique. Wearing black riding clothes, mask, bolero hat and red cape, the Masked Rider, mounted on a black quarterhorse, leads the football team on to the field. Early Tech students started the tradition on Sept. 26, 1936. Called Ghost Riders because no one knew their identity, the rider wearing a scarlet satin cape and mounted on a palomino stallion, would appear mysteriously during home football games, circle the field at breakneck speed, and disappear for the remainder of the game. Years later, George Tate, a member of the class of 1937, owned up to being the first Ghost Rider. On Jan. 1, 1954, when Tech played in the Gator Bowl, a horse named Blackie was loaned by Jim St. Clair to Joe Kirk Fulton, a student chose to ride him. Wearing Levi's red shirt, red and black cape and a black cowboy hat, Fulton led the team onto the field. The Atlanta Constitution described Fulton as "cowboy in a red cape on a charger" and noted that the event was "typically Texas." The dramatic entry by the horse and rider electrified the crowd as well as the team, which beat Auburn 35-13. Ed Danforth of the Atlanta Constitution wrote: "No team in any bowl game ever made a more sensational entrance." In 1997 Fulton reinacted the famous first ride prior to the family day game against Kansas State.

Earliest Dates for GU: 1972
Earliest Dates for Rider: 1936

OSU's had Pistol Pete since 1924 I believe. Latest evolution was in 54. Couldn't find a date for their "Go Pokes" but I'd reckon it was shortly thereafter. But hey, I could be wrong. It's been known to happen before.

What I do know that isn't wrong...

TECH IS NOT OUR RIVAL.

That just never gets old.

Phillip C. Ellis
Fightin' Texas Aggie Class of 2004
Southwest Editor, Paintball News
Mayberry Marauders Paintball Scenario Team
Atmosphere Development Coordinator, Mackz Xtreme Sportz

We stopped throwing tortillas a few years ago, get with the times, moron.

I'm aware you stopped.

The fact still remians you considered it a tradition while you were doing it.

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

You were throwing them at the Houston Bowl last year. Had a couple thrown at me even though I was in the Tech student section (my sister goes there)

i thought it was "get your grades up"

I saw tortillas flying at Kyle THIS year

Yeah, I was gonna say the same. Seen plenty of tortillas in flight in the last few years including at Kyle last fall.


Not that I really care.

OSU and Tech would make a great rivalry, OSU steals everything from tech and theyre both similar schools academically....meaning they focus on everything BUT academics (OSU football commercial was great this year, all 5 min dedictaed to their new Rec center not mentioning anything about their supposed school) And as one tekker suggested they can have the "Battle for the Saddle" where the winner gets a special saddle for their respective horse unless it commits ritual sepuku and kills itself out of shame, then the saddle reverts to the other team. The best benefit of all is that the fleas finally get their long sought rivalry with someone who cares!

"What's this garbage? Melon rinds, pantyhose, a term paper from Texas Tech!" -Mayor Quimby, The Simpsons

YES! Battle for the Saddle! Oh...wait...OSU has a rival too! Phooey!

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Hell, they even started using the "Orange Power" chant about 4-5 years ago, clearly derived from our "Raider Power" chant.

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Um, no. My dad went to osu in the 70's and he says they were doing it then. Do you have to make stuff up?

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my dad took me to games there when i was a kid and they were doing orange power and the go pokes thing in the '80s.

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no longer actually tacking on an extra year. i had to get a real job.