Vick 'em / Gig 'em

[Benjamin Zimmer]

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,300616,00.html

LUBBOCK, Texas —  Texas Tech has banned the sale of a T-shirt bearing
the likeness of Michael Vick hanging the dog mascot of rival Texas
A&M.

The red and black shirts, with text that says "VICK 'EM" on the front
in an apparent reference to the Aggies' slogan "Gig 'em," was created
by a Tech student who was trying to sell them before Saturday's game
in Lubbock.

The back of the shirt shows a football player wearing the No. 7 Vick
jersey holding a rope with an image of the mascot Reveille at the end
of a noose. Vick, who faces up to five years in prison after pleading
guilty to a federal dogfighting charge, is suspended indefinitely by
the NFL.

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Barry's already covered "Gig 'em":

http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/gig_em_aggies/


--Ben Zimmer

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