THE ORIGIN OF TECH’S “GUNS UP” GESTURE

  • THE ORIGIN OF TECH’S “GUNS UP” GESTURE
    THE ORIGIN OF TECH’S “GUNS UP” GESTURE
You start out with a closed fist. Then stick out your forefinger and raise your thumb. All of a sudden your hand looks like a cocked pistol. That’s Texas Tech’s “Guns Up” gesture that students use at sporting events and in greeting each other. Next year, 2021, will mark the 50th year of “Guns Up.” In 1971, Glenn Dippel and his wife Roxie, both graduates of Texas Tech, saw a cartoon of a Yosemite…

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