2002 Origin Story for the UL Hand Sign

[facelessjonmoon]

At media day 2002 not a single football player or coach knew about it. If it was active with football players Tillman would not have been showing the sign he did. Much less the coach.

I showed Tillman after I took this picture, it didn't catch on right away.

I can assure you there were players doing this in 99-00. (Insert attendance joke here)

A particular DE from Tampa, FL is the first that showed me and others. This particular player graduated before 2002

Back to your main point , yes this was definitely an organic thing that did not originate from the “marketing and communications department” of the university

[Turbine]

I can assure you there were players doing this in 99-00. (Insert attendance joke here)

A particular DE from Tampa, FL is the first that showed me

I showed CC Brown at media day and he was the very first player to do.

He ran out the tunnel with both hands in the air both doing the UL hand sign with both hands

[facelessjonmoon]

I showed CC Brown at media day and he was the very first player to do.

He ran out the tunnel with both hands in the air both doing the UL hand sign with both hands

Turbs, you’re the man but CC Brown wasn’t on the team until 03 season. He was in juco during the 02 season. I have pictures of players doing this before he was on the team

[Turbine]

I showed the hand sign to the painted GOUL guys and I got them to pose all showing it.

I showed it to Cayenne (El Sidonio on RP) at a Tennis match (out of costume) He started doing it at games.

I use to stand in the tunnel after games holding the UL hand sign up and the football players would shoot it back.

However, I have almost six thousand pictures I took at practice, events, media day, post game, between 1999 and 2003 and not one player or fan was showing the UL hand sign.

I have thousands more pictures I took from 2004 to 2008 before David Walker kicked me out. By then it had caught on nd I have lots of UL hand signs in those years.

[facelessjonmoon]

I showed the hand sign to the painted GOUL guys and I got them to pose all showing it.

I showed it to Cayenne at a Tennis match (out of costume) He started doing it at games.

I sue to stand in the tunnel after games holding the UL hand sign up and the football players would shoot it back.

However, I have almost six thousand pictures I took at practice, events, media day, post game, between 1999 and 2003 and not one player or fan was showing the UL hand sign.

I have thousands more pictures I took from 2004 to 2008 before David Walker kicked me out. By then it had caught on nd I have lots of UL hand signs in those years.

Thank you sir for helping push this along. (I still stand by my first hand experience on this)

Were you part of the media during that time?

[Turbine]

I got this group of huge fans to pose in 2005 and two of them had never heard of it.

[Turbine]

Were you part of the media during that time?

Yes but for this site.

I also did color for Tuerlings football. (1 season)

And later ran Ticker tape advertisements during games on the old scoreboard.

[Turbine]

This is the first picture ever taken of Cayenne doing the hand sign.

He did it regularly after that

[facelessjonmoon]

Yes but for this site.

I also did color for Tuerlings football. (1 season)

And later ran Ticker tape advertisements during games on the old scoreboard.

Sweet. Thank you for your work there and ongoing work here

*I tried to send you a PM but inbox full

[Turbine]

Turbs, you’re the man but CC Brown wasn’t on the team until 03 season. He was in juco during the 02 season. I have pictures of players doing this before he was on the team

I had shown it to players in 2002 I went to every media day from 2002 to 2008. The picture I posted of CC https://forumeus.com/showthread.php/...=8543#post8543 was after media day 2003

If anyone has a hand sign picture prior to 2002 I would like to see it.

There is not one hand sign in any picture or movie of the players going into the stands or coming out of the stands or in the position pictures set up or Big Lynn. Nada

CC was the first.

Here is a picture of a player doing the UL hand sign coming out of the tunnel from 2005 vs FIU (still not fully adopted by all)