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(08-03-2015 02:22 PM)trueeagle98 Wrote:  It is really spreading every where and soon the origins will turn into a jumbled mess. We know where it came from for us. Now is it possible someone else coincidentally started the same thing across the country with out ever hearing it before? well, yes. It seems to be fully adopted by GS and hopefully we have the TM.

It's like the 12th man...we all know that's an A&M thing but you see it in a lot of places, I even think the Student Eagle Club used it for a year or two back in the day.

(08-03-2015 08:47 PM)Eagles Cliff Wrote:  UGA fans will argue, but that school (through Vincr Dooley) kicked Erk to the curb after the NC in 1980. Erk was told he would be HC because Dooley was going to Auburn. UGA has made a lot of money and become the biggest underachiever in college football while Erk built something uniquely special at Georgia Southern. Remember he left the National Champions to start a program from scratch for $1 more than his UGA salary. F..k UGA!

GATA is Erk's and GS because UGA stopped using it and doing it.

+1

(08-03-2015 01:44 PM)StanMolsonMan Wrote:  I don't have a dog in this fight, but I am with CatMom. It doesn't feel right. It is like with New Orleans and Who Dat? As an avid Falcons fan, I hate hearing that, but if all of a sudden the University of Miami decided they were going to put that on a shirt. I would be like dude get your own. Let it be a Southern and to an extent UGA thing.

The University System of Georgia or the BOR has a trademark on it I believe. So wear it all you want but don't try and sell it.

(08-03-2015 01:57 PM)Hail Southern Wrote:  Erk Russell was the ultimate motivator. He coined the term while at UGA, but I view it as his. When UGA or GS use it, I view it as honoring Erk. In general, I think it should stay within GS and UGA unless someone uses it specifically to honor Erk. But, the world keeps spinning either way.

I agree but I see it more and more in other places now. Erk Russell was the original person that came up with GATA. I wish we could have patent the thing. I have a feeling we will see it more and more all over the place.

(08-04-2015 09:42 AM)eagle9098 Wrote:  

(08-03-2015 01:57 PM)Hail Southern Wrote:  Erk Russell was the ultimate motivator. He coined the term while at UGA, but I view it as his. When UGA or GS use it, I view it as honoring Erk. In general, I think it should stay within GS and UGA unless someone uses it specifically to honor Erk. But, the world keeps spinning either way.

I agree but I see it more and more in other places now. Erk Russell was the original person that came up with GATA. I wish we could have patent the thing. I have a feeling we will see it more and more all over the place.

there is a trademark on it.

It is in fact trademarked by the Georgia Board of Regents: http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=860651...atusSearch

(08-04-2015 10:35 AM)ButlerGSU Wrote:  It is in fact trademarked by the Georgia Board of Regents: http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=860651...atusSearch

So basically its official use is limited to Georgia Southern all the time and thuga when they are trying to use it for occasional marketing purposes or when a coach thinks it is cool from time to time.

DeMarco Murray was wearing that GATA shirt because he was recognizing the phrase "Get After That Ass," or "Get After Them Aggressively" that is used by his former high school in Las Vegas, Bishop Gorman, who's football program is currently ranked #1 in the Nation

(09-03-2015 08:30 AM)JD702 Wrote:  DeMarco Murray was wearing that GATA shirt because he was recognizing the phrase "Get After That Ass," or "Get After Them Aggressively" that is used by his former high school in Las Vegas, Bishop Gorman, who's football program is currently ranked #1 in the Nation

...which was stolen from Georgia Southern in general and the late, great, legendary Erk Russell specifically.