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Serious Question: Why does TAMU say "Gig em"?
Posted on 9/16/14 at 8:24 am
Posted on 9/16/14 at 8:24 am
Inquiring minds want to know.
Posted on 9/16/14 at 8:26 am to Pavoloco83
It's our ghey little secret
Posted on 9/16/14 at 8:27 am to Pavoloco83
Oh boy, here comes a 12 page thread on their traditions 

Posted on 9/16/14 at 8:27 am to Pavoloco83
It's some jailhouse action that they practice out on the prairie.
Posted on 9/16/14 at 8:28 am to Pavoloco83
Apparently a gig is a pronged spear for hunting small game, such as frogs. The Ags were set to play the TCU Horned Frogs, and someone said "gig 'em," and it stuck for everyone.
Posted on 9/16/14 at 8:29 am to Navytiger74
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"Gig 'em, Aggies!" he said as he made a fist with his thumb extended straight up. And with that the first hand sign in the Southwest Conference came into being.
The truth is out, we has teh ghey
This post was edited on 9/16/14 at 8:30 am
Posted on 9/16/14 at 8:30 am to jso0003
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Why does TAMU say "Gig em"?
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This post was edited on 9/16/14 at 8:31 am
Posted on 9/16/14 at 8:31 am to Tigerman97
its when they playfully poke each other in the ballsack with cocktail forks. its a tradition.
Posted on 9/16/14 at 8:48 am to jso0003
I shoulda known better than to ask tRant a question. 

Posted on 9/16/14 at 9:12 am to Pavoloco83
It's a Texas "'em" thing.
Hook'em was taken, and so was Sic'em.
F'em looked to feminine.
Someone bulched, "Hey, that'll work".
Hook'em was taken, and so was Sic'em.
F'em looked to feminine.
Someone bulched, "Hey, that'll work".
Posted on 9/16/14 at 9:15 am to Pavoloco83
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nquiring minds want to know.
Google is your friend.
Posted on 9/16/14 at 9:22 am to Tridentds
Because we are gonna GIG THOSE FROGS!
Posted on 9/16/14 at 9:28 am to Stlox
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It's a Texas "'em" thing.
Hook'em was taken, and so was Sic'em.
F'em looked to feminine.
Someone bulched, "Hey, that'll work".
Not bad.
Posted on 9/16/14 at 9:28 am to Stlox
Yep, hook em and sic em, which didn't start until almost 35 years later, were already taken.
Posted on 9/16/14 at 9:39 am to Pavoloco83
It was versus tcu and a yell leader at yell practice (1930s) said "We are going to gig Em"(paraphrased) in reference to gigging a frog. Then, in the motion of gigging a frog he stuck his the up in the air
Posted on 9/16/14 at 9:46 am to Projectpat
quote:I know. beating Georgia has left me with only the aggies to troll. Georgia is too easy right now. 28-52 4 ever! the natty goes to the aggies in august!
We really did a number on your psyche
Posted on 9/16/14 at 9:53 am to Pavoloco83
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Inquiring minds want to know.
Because, unlike any good Southern boy, the Aggie brain trust at the time didn't understand that you don't use a frog gig on a lizard even if one variant on the lizard's name includes the word "frog".
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