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Randolph Duke taking it to the next level.
Posted on 1/31/14 at 10:47 pm
Posted on 1/31/14 at 10:47 pm
The Seahawks Pay For An Aggie Phrase
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A&M's claim to the trademark on "the 12th man" rests on the legendary 1922 game giving birth to the expression. But in recent years a University of Texas alumnus who writes under the pen name Randolph Duke has been poking holes in the story. He uncovered a 1912 article in The Iowa Alumnus in which "the loyal spirited Iowa rooter" is called "the 12th man on the team." And even earlier than that, in 1900, a magazine from the University of Minnesotareferred to "the mysterious influence of the 12th man on the team, the rooter."






This post was edited on 1/31/14 at 10:49 pm
Posted on 1/31/14 at 10:51 pm to WhiskerBiscuitSlayer
Posted on 1/31/14 at 11:12 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
Who cares? Trademarks don't work like patents, it doesn't matter if someone else used "12th man" at some point beforehand unless they bothered to register it or start selling 12th man shite.
He's also talking about Seattle invalidating because the "info on the aggy trademark filings is false" which is full retard. I've filed tons of trademarks. A trademark filing consists of the mark you want to claim, a description of the goods you want to claim it for (shirts, bumper stickers, w/e), and a picture of your goods. There's no "give us the storied history of your trademark" field.
Randolph Duke's Aggsession is legitimately weird and scary to me.
He's also talking about Seattle invalidating because the "info on the aggy trademark filings is false" which is full retard. I've filed tons of trademarks. A trademark filing consists of the mark you want to claim, a description of the goods you want to claim it for (shirts, bumper stickers, w/e), and a picture of your goods. There's no "give us the storied history of your trademark" field.
Randolph Duke's Aggsession is legitimately weird and scary to me.
This post was edited on 1/31/14 at 11:29 pm
Posted on 1/31/14 at 11:27 pm to WhiskerBiscuitSlayer
Wow. A blog post by the WSJ "language columnist."
That'll show mean ol' Aggy!
Has A&M ever claimed to have invented the term "12th Man"?. I've heard no such thing.
I appreciate his willingness to go through old doctoral theses to prove his point though
This guy -- get help. srsly.
That'll show mean ol' Aggy!
Has A&M ever claimed to have invented the term "12th Man"?. I've heard no such thing.
I appreciate his willingness to go through old doctoral theses to prove his point though

This guy -- get help. srsly.
Posted on 2/1/14 at 12:24 am to WhiskerBiscuitSlayer
Randolph Duke is a major candidate for a mass shooting.
Posted on 2/1/14 at 1:16 am to Roger Klarvin
You could tell me that the sips stole their hand sign from the Comanche, and I may give the story a passing yawn--if that.
To have even a scintilla of the brain power on this topic as has Randy ... kinda makes you tilt your head in a confused state.

To have even a scintilla of the brain power on this topic as has Randy ... kinda makes you tilt your head in a confused state.

Posted on 2/1/14 at 7:47 am to WhiskerBiscuitSlayer
He is in dire need of a blow job by some skank.
Posted on 2/1/14 at 8:23 am to WhiskerBiscuitSlayer
Look the dude obviously can't get laid so he has lots of extra energy and frustration he must get rid of. We are just the lucky people he chooses to relieve it on 

Posted on 2/1/14 at 9:58 am to WhiskerBiscuitSlayer
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And the 500+ word missives are a secret code UT grads use to keep our communications unknown to the aggys who lurk over here. We use words with more than one syllable and write posts more than five words long.

Posted on 2/1/14 at 10:01 am to WhiskerBiscuitSlayer
I don't get why one person would spend so much time on the internet just trying to convince anonymous posters that a non-rival school from a rival conference is........something. Idk what words to even use to describe such behavior 

Posted on 2/1/14 at 10:13 am to TbirdSpur2010
its probably DeLoss Dodds
This post was edited on 2/1/14 at 10:14 am
Posted on 2/1/14 at 10:14 am to TbirdSpur2010
Mortimer needs to get a handle on his brother and call off the $1.00 bet 

This post was edited on 2/1/14 at 10:15 am
Posted on 2/1/14 at 11:25 am to WhiskerBiscuitSlayer
Posted on 2/1/14 at 11:35 am to Projectpat
He's worse than that bevel dude on TexAgs. Man on a fricking mission
Posted on 2/1/14 at 11:37 am to Projectpat
Must be nice to be a grown arse man with that much time on your hands.
Posted on 2/1/14 at 11:40 am to Agforlife
Time to expose this psycho
Posted on 2/1/14 at 11:44 am to Gradual_Stroke
Who was this?
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(Undid revision 593436675 by Randolph Duke (talk) vandalism. any edits by Randolph Duke should be considered invalid on any A&M-related page) (undo)
Posted on 2/1/14 at 11:45 am to Projectpat
Hopefully Dr RC fighting the good fight 

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