SINCE SEPTEMBER 2012
EVERYBODY WAS GRIFFINING.
An 88-yard touchdown, a quarterback sitting on the turf with both arms raised—and a pose the internet couldn't resist.
Griffining.com is coming back as a restored gallery of one very specific moment in sports and internet history.
09.09.12THE TOUCHDOWN
88 YARDSRG3 TO PIERRE GARÇON
#GRIFFININGTHE INTERNET JOINS IN
Original 2012 sections
THE PHOTO GALLERIES
Kids4 restoredLandmarks9 restoredCelebritiesrecovery pendingGeographical10 restoredTop 10recovery pendingBaylorrecovery pending
The gallery now includes restored 2012–2013 posts with verified historical dates and captions. Other contributions are still being recovered from the original site.
The recovered collection
RESTORED FAN PHOTOS
Griffining — @hailskins2821 (beside a wooded stream)
Griffining — @AlexSorrell (outside a football stadium)
Griffining — @GJGlasson
Griffining — @davebriggstv
Griffining — @AdamAngus15
Griffining — @_MoBot_
Griffining — @AlexSorrell
Griffining — @albeelucero
2026 restoration journal
BEHIND THE POSE
Griffining Was Still Evolving in May 2013: Wedding Gifts and New Fan Photos
A May 21, 2013 Washington Post joke about wedding-registry gifts shows Griffining acquiring new meanings, while two original Griffining.com fan submissions survived on…
Read the research ↗Beyond the Stadium: Where Griffining Fan Photos Traveled in 2012–2013
Twelve documented original Griffining.com posts—from FedEx Field to the Taj Mahal, Jerusalem and Mont Blanc—with restored photographs and clear historical-date caveats.
Read the research ↗How Griffining Left the Internet: Adidas Shirts, Fox Sports and RG3 Joining the Pose
Contemporary 2012 reporting traces how Griffining moved from fan photos into an Adidas T-shirt, a Fox Sports production and a photograph with Robert…
Read the research ↗How Griffining Went From a Fan Hashtag to Washington’s Official 2012 Retrospective
Contemporary September 2012 reporting shows how Griffining spread through fan photographs; Washington's official team retrospective later ranked the pose among its 2012 celebrations.
Read the research ↗It was really a thing