Nov 14, 2024 · The practice of gigging frogs and fish was widely known across Texas and elsewhere in the U.S. from the late 1800s onwards, documented in newspapers. But this wasn’t the only use for “gig ’em” or “gigging” that Aggie students were familiar with.

Oct 16, 2014 · The sign took a while to work its magic as TCU won the game 47-20. Some Horned Frog students, such as sophomore strategic communication major Alex Harrington, believe TCU’s signature hand gesture dates back for …

Whether walking to class or traveling abroad, you never know when a fellow TCU fan will give you the famous frog hand sign. Texas is full of collegiate hand signs to represent university mascots and school spirit: The University of Texas with “Hook’em Horns,” Texas A&M University’s Gig’em thumb, Baylor University’s bear claw, and ...

The "Gig 'em" hand signal tradition began at a 1930 Midnight Yell Practice held before the football game against the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs. In an attempt to excite the crowd, Pinky Downs, a 1906 Texas A&M graduate and member of the school's Board of Regents, asked "What are we going to do to those Horned Frogs?" [14]

Aug 29, 2013 · "Pinky" Downs, class of 1906, was a member of the A&M Board of Regents and gave a speech, asking the Aggies what they were going to do to the Horned Frogs. The term comes from hunting frogs or fish using a pronged spear called a "gig."

Oct 9, 2021 · Though a Horned Frog is actually the Texas Horned Lizard, that did not stop Downs from degrading those sacred reptiles as inferior amphibians. Since people hunt frogs with a pronged tool...

He answered his own question with “Gig ’em, Aggies!” — referencing a sharp-pronged frog-hunting tool called a gig. For emphasis, he made a fist with his thumb extended straight up. Today, the phrase and thumbs-up gesture are a symbol of Aggies’ optimism, determination, loyalty and the Aggie Spirit.

Jul 11, 2024 · Prior to the football game against TCU in 1930, A&M Regent, Pinky Downs (Class of 1906), shouted, “What are we going to do to those Horned Frogs?” Sticking with the theme of frog hunting, he said, “We’re going to ‘Gig’em, Aggies!”

Gig ‘em, Aggies!” as he made with a fist with his thumb straight up. “Gigging” a frog refers to the practice of impaling a frog with a multi-speared rod called a Gig.

At a yell practice before the 1930 TCU game, A&M board of regent Pinky Downs '06 shouted, "What are we going to do to those Horned Frogs?" His muse did not fail him as he improvised, borrowing a term from frog hunting. "Gig 'em, Aggies!" he said as he made a fist with his thumb extended straight up.