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re: What has your team "borrowed" from others?
Posted on 5/7/15 at 9:26 pm to DaleDenton
Posted on 5/7/15 at 9:26 pm to DaleDenton
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There are originators and then there are followers, aggy followed Iowa and Minnesota in this instance.
I don't know the full story and don't pretend to, but it's a common-enough phrase that I can see a school picking up on it with no knowledge of another school already ("already" in this case being 20 years earlier) using it. It wasn't trademarked until 1989 and I have no recollection of anybody else using it at that time. Having said that, it has always surprised me that A&M was able to get the trademark.
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You originated the elephant walk and nut squeeze for defense traditions.
You know way too much about A&M. Again, why Baylor? You're in Waco, ain't ya? Admit it.
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Posted on 5/7/15 at 9:55 pm to finestfirst79
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I don't know the full story and don't pretend to, but it's a common-enough phrase that I can see a school picking up on it with no knowledge of another school already ("already" in this case being 20 years earlier) using it. It wasn't trademarked until 1989 and I have no recollection of anybody else using it at that time. Having said that, it has always surprised me that A&M was able to get the trademark.
I've read alot on this matter for ammunition purposes. A lot of schools used the 12th man thing, Iowa and Minnesota both before a&m. The 12th man was at a lot of different places it was a common term. Then, the Seahawks picked it up and pretty much made it main stream and marketed the term. Aggy wanted to start marketing the term and didnt want any one else to because for some reason they felt entitled and pushed and pushed for trademark. Now they push papers at anyone who uses it.
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