2002 Origin Story for the UL Hand Sign

[RaginRash]

Originally posted by oldman
how can we get this started? i mean the 2 fingers up and the thumb out signifying ul, texas has the 2 fingers up........what do you think?

Ive recently seen a couple of students in the student section do this for the first time. UL ROCKS!


Even the resident raginpagin mulletheads can relate!

[Boomer]

Ive recently seen a couple of students in the student section do this for the first time. UL ROCKS!


Even the resident raginpagin mulletheads can relate!

……Very cool if we could get the entire stands to put a UL hand during the Alma Mater1

[Turbine]

In my search today for Spirit leader polls, I came across this from 2002.

It wasn't started with university approval

[RaisingCajun08]

And the University stole the idea.

[Turbine]

And the University stole the idea.

LOL no it was free for the taking, I think the fans made it go.

Organic

[Boomer]

LOL no it was free for the taking, I think the fans made it go.

Organic

……think the fans help but can add so much more….the playing of the Alma mater with a packed stadium of students and alumni raising the right arm with the UL showing forth with the hand sign…..chills to all!!!……and the fight song conclusion “Geaux UL”!!!!!

[facelessjonmoon]

In my search today for Spirit leader polls, I came across this from 2002.

It wasn't started with university approval

Football players started using that in 99-00. It gradually caught on

[Turbine]

Football players started using that in 99-00. It gradually caught on

At media day 2002 not a single football player or coach knew about it. I showed Tillman after I took this picture.

[facelessjonmoon]

At media day 2002 not a single football player or coach knew about it. I showed Tillman after I took this picture.

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.