I was doing my usual late-Saturday, early-Sunday research through various box scores for my Division III Fantasy League I run [ http://continue.to/d3fantasy ] and just happened to find something pretty interesting (more so scary);
Both Mount Union's and Muskingum's starting kickers are named Mike Zimmerman.
But that's just the beginning.
Both are sophomores. Both are 5'10''. Both are 160 lbs.
Wow.
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Sometimes the best names are hidden on the rosters.
Wabash has a freshman RB named...Bronson Lacillade.
Wow, that's not even my favorite Wabash RB. Don Juan Brown is a dope name.
I think I found someone named hoeington or something, and a pimp joke popped into my head ... but having an official capacity and all, I wisely forgot it before I could write it down.
Nice thread through. I find a few of these every week.
There's also the team name game, but I'm saving that one for the slow ATN week ...
From the reusing work department...
"On a lighter note, announcers beware – Juniata's roster includes Mohammad Ali Khoshnevisan and Mohammad Amin Khoshnevisan. The brothers will have to be identified by their full name to distinguish between the two."
how about the brothers from UofR
Peter Kum-Nji
Paul Kum-Nji
I wonder if Mary Kum-Nji also goes to the UofR??
I'd be remiss if I didn't mention this gem at the bottom of the Buffalo State roster.
99 Puke Ho Ching 5'11 Fr. LB Gouverneur, NY
Let's not forget our friend at Montclair State, Billy Dee Williams. Unfortunately, he doesn't wear 45.
Hahaha ... these are great! :D
And Billy Dee has a kindred spirit at FDU-Florham, Billy D. Williams (#10 IIRC).
Ulysses Encarnacion RB, Rowan
Last year, Bridgewater (Va.) had a freshman defensive end named Michael Jackson.
I had a co-worker whose name was Michael Jordan...
When he introduced himself, he used to say..."I'm Michael Jordan...the poor one"...
Great find, John McGraw! For the kid's sake, I SURE hope his name is pronounced poo-kay or pew-kay, not, well, puke! ;D
although I might puke if I was from gouverneur ny......that place is like the Hoth from the empire strikes back
From what I was told this past Saturday, his name is pronounced Pooka. Unfortunately at least to my knowledge he didn't get in the game so I wasn't able to get that gem in over the air.
Other names that have popped up on my radar
Kean University
17 Agim Bajramovic LB
66 Murat Ambaroglu OL
96 Migirdic Ambaroglu DL
MIT (His picture was in the Kickoff Preview)
25 Muamba Muanankese RB
Willy P
64 Bekim Abazoski OL
80 Hamza Abdelhadi WR
93 Wolf Emilien DL
But, without question, the starting TE on the all-time All-Name team, and I think Gordon will back me up on this is former Kings College tight end Harry Dickey.
Quote from: John McGraw on September 26, 2005, 10:52:28 PM
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But, without question, the starting TE on the all-time All-Name team, and I think Gordon will back me up on this is former Kings College tight end Harry Dickey.
Wow ... I just about died when I read that ... :D :D :D
bman
I went to college with a Michael Jordan but he was also rich so he had to be introduced as "the one without athletic talent".
Capital has a QB named Hershey, a receiver named Kraft and a punter named Gerber...sounds like aisle nine at the grocery store.
Heidelberg compliments with FR RB Chris Cola and LB Vic Bologna.
I'm grateful that I don't do play-by-play for Kean!
I did finally have no trouble with UM's Tshimanga Biakabatuka, but I was also happy that the fan's just called him 'Touchdown Tim'! When he went off for 5(?) TDs against Ohio State, the announcers might have died if not for the nickname.
As a lecturer facing MANY unusual names, I'm always grateful for the occasional 'John Smith' (which, of course, always turns out to be 'Smythe').
This is interesting. I played with a guy named Mohammad Kohistani, and if you look at it, it's really not a hard name to pronounce, even if you have to do the grade-school sound-it-out.
But PA announcers across the south must have just freaked when they saw an ethnic name. They would call out 'Kostentoonie' and 'Kokennani' with the tackle, and we'd laugh like "there's no other k in there. Where'd that come from?'
In a way, that reminds me that names aren't really funny when they're from another background (although someone the person trying to Americanize the name is), but the funniest ones tend to be some of the ones mentioned on this thread ... just a bad combination of common names.
Saw a name on the NCAA leaders, I forget from where though. Not really funny, but different ... Ryan Sir Louis.
That's Ohio Wesleyan's quarterback, yeah.
I think Trin8-0 unearthed the best name yet.
Check out the name of this Middlebury Panther:
9 Tiger Lyon Jr. QB 6'2" 185 Coronado/El Paso, Texas
He should've gone to Coast Guard or Wash U.
Oh my.
I still think you can't get better than Witt's Will Block, not sure if he's on the roster this year.
I always liked names that spelled out game functions.
Like Jim Zinn at DeSales for basketball.
When he came off the bench, it led to the inevitable exhange:
Where is Jim? Jim Zinn (the game).
Okay, maybe only inevitable when I was calling games. :)
I trust Will Block played OL (or perhaps FB)? ;)
Ypsi: Perhaps Will Block was the Mad Hatter.
frank,
A pun THAT bad deserves a boost in your karma! :P
Bluffton has a safety named Taylor Iceman. When he had two interceptions in the first half against Adrian, the newspaper reporter sitting next to me in the press box was envisioning a clever headline about Iceman cooling off the Bulldog passing attack. Then Adrian scored 38 straight points over the rest of the game, so that put an end to that line of creative thinking.
The most interesting name I ever heard was
Wonder Monds Jr - I believe he went to Nebraska and did a stint with the 49ers -
I also think his son Wonder Monds III either played a high level of football or baseball -
and his middle name was tremendous!
So not only a unique name but one passed through several generations
His middle name was Terrific, actually, and he played minor league baseball.
However, he did not play D-III, so let's stay on track.
OK I got a new one and it may be the best name for a linebacker in Division III...
Hanover College's Rowdy Raymer
And how about the WIAC...
Elmhurst's Frito St. Hilaire
North Central's Vito Della Polla
Millikin's Antione Chillers
Um, rc, those are all CCIW teams!
Former Rowan coach, Dick Wackar.
Ypsi
Pardon the typo. I mistyped. But the names are still worth noting.
Quote from: Pat Coleman on October 04, 2005, 12:45:39 PMHowever, he did not play D-III, so let's stay on track.
I was thinking the same think, not because I like to strong-arm the message board participants, but because that would open a whole 'nother bag of worms, from DeCody Fagg to Cory Lekerkker.
Here's a D3 one I like:
Schuyler Onderdonk, Principia
There was a Rowdy Hoover on the DL for Bridgewater for a while.
Can I play a different name game?
What about best team names? Or most unique?
Corsairs, Yeomen, Poets, Sagehens ... they're different.
Least imaginative: Johnnies, Tommies, Lutes, etc.
Most repetitive (here's the game I really want to play)
Pioneers: Grinnell, Carroll, Utica, Widener ... who am I forgetting?
Yellow Jackets: Defiance, Randolph-Macon, Waynesburg, Howard Payne, Rochester
Bulldogs: Adrian, Redlands, TLU
The all teams link for whoever cares to look (doing mine off the top): http://www.d3football.com/schools.php
how about the cardinals for the most repetitive?
Catholic, North Central, St. John Fisher, Otterbein and Wesleyan!
A look at that list ... there are definitely some fun ones out there. Student Princes, Continentals, Prairie Fire.
Then of course the Tigers (HSC, ETBU, Trinity, DePauw, etc.), Bears (Wash U., Williamette as in -cats, Coast Guard, ONU as in Polar, WNEC as in Golden), several Spartans and a Tartans. Some Dutchmen fly, some don't. Some Eagles are Golden too, some regular.
Lions, Panthers, Cougars, Cardinals, Crusaders repeat ... but is Linfield the only Wildcats?
Gusties, Auggies...
Forgot Baldwin-Wallace as Yellow Jackets.
Not even sure what I'm trying to accomplish ... For another day, I guess.
(goes off to set fantasy lineups)
Here you go Gordon: Lee Rankinen, Beloit
"Lee's rankin' in the top 15 in the nation in receiving..."
Any relation to the Alabama guy?: Khalee Prothro, Widener Fr.
Louisiana College is also Wildcats.
Quote from: K-Mack on October 06, 2005, 05:02:40 PM
Pioneers: Grinnell, Carroll, Utica, Widener ... who am I forgetting?
Lewis and Clark is also the Pioneers. Do we count them since their season is over after Saturday?
Tigers
Add William Paterson to the list of Pioneers. Plus there are several Knights out there also.
Transylvania is on the list of Pioneers -- but they don't have football ....
KMack
Two Polar Bears actually. Don't forget about Bowdoin.
reality: In that regard a Bowdoin alumnus, Commander Robert E. Perry, is generally credited with being the first human to reach the North Pole, occurring in 1909.
reality: Bowdoin spells his last name Peary although other sources spell it Perry. I guess Bowdoin ought to know.
reality: In case you care, Peary was Bowdoin class of 1877, meaning he "discovered" the North Pole when he was approximately 54 years old. A difficult physical achievement for an old timer.
Puget Sound has funny man Steve Martin starting @ linebacker for them.
Even though it isn't D3, one of my favorite names was Allan Allen. He started @ WR @ Idaho about 10 years, playing alongside another great name receiver, Yo Murphy.
I don't know how I missed this earlier....
Ladies and Gentlemen may I introduce SO QB Mickey Mental.
K-Mac:
I just saw your note about Prothro.
Khalee and the 'Bama wide receiver appear to be from different states. But I wondered the same thing.
In team names -
Menlo College Oaks
another team name---
the whittier poets from LA
how intimidating
I don't know of any "Saxons" other than Alfred's....
Nor did I know of any "Larries" (St. Lawrence)...but they changed to Saints (grrr)
Dick Dimon (pronounced Diamond!)- Guard for the Hamline Pipers in St Paul!
When asked what his middle name was in order to verify his porn star status, we found he has none!!
Thats a sweet name!
The NESCAC has to have the overall most unique nicknames. With the exception of the Middlebury Panthers & Wesleyan Cardinals of course. (The best name on each team follows the mascott):
Amherst Lord Jeffs Ngai Otieno
Bates Bobcats Claudney Obas
Bowdoin Polar Bears Ray Wang
Colby White Mules Guy Sack
Connecticut College Camels (no football team)
Hamilton Continentals Pizzy Pisanelli, Claudius Zorokong, Ledbelly Ledbetter,
Trinity Bantams Tyrell Ruff
Tufts Jumbos Max Hatfield-Biondo
Williams Ephs Keith Butts
(not to mention the afore mentioned Panthers' QB: Tiger Lyon)
I trust that Colby's Guy Sack is DL or LB? Hopefully not OL or QB!! ;)
I wonder if Guy Sack was ever a ball boy...
rc,
Sickie that I am, I reward TRULY abominable puns with points - here you go!
You have to wonder what Guy Sack' fathers name is and if he has a brother named Harry.
Here's one that you don't see anymore. Nice to see someone's last name mean the same thing as what they do.
Rowan WR Dustin Katcher
Good thing he doesn't play baseball
Minus -1 for not paying attention Mac. Apparently you do see that anymore.
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on October 03, 2005, 09:56:05 PM
I trust Will Block played OL (or perhaps FB)? ;)
K Mack
Minus one to you sir. Will Block was a RB not a OL or FB. You chose to cite a quote that was a speculation.
Kettle meet pot. Pot may I introduce you to kettle?
K Mack,
I consider it a SERIOUS violation of ethics to post a "quote" which is in fact an altered quotation - posters may compare my ACTUAL post (next-to-last post on page 4) with what K Mack 'quoted'.
Is there any reason you can give why we should trust your column anymore?
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on October 03, 2005, 09:56:05 PM
I trust Will Block played OL (or perhaps FB)? ;)
Ypsi
What are you talking about??? The quote KMack pulled is the same one I pulled above. It was from Page 2 on Oct. 3. I agree that it is not easy to believe most of what KMack says though. Who is that guy anyways? ;)
OMG! My humblest apologies to K-Mack (and, though I could delete my post, I'll leave it there as a reminder of my transgression!) - I had a total brain-fart and read 'Will Block' as the recently discussed 'Guy Sack'.
K-Mack, OBVIOUSLY I retract my statement about your column. Sorry!
rc, thanks for the catch - MAN, is my face red! (I must be posting too early - my transgressions are LESS egregious at 2 in the morning!)
Quote from: reality check on October 14, 2005, 09:57:34 PM
Kettle meet pot. Pot may I introduce you to kettle?
Is this a black joke? :o
Moving on ... Not that I necessarily agree that message boards should be held to the same standards as journalistic quoting/double-sourcing, etc ... I didn't remember altering that quote, so I'm glad that got resolved.
As far as my column, I thought you were kidding ... usually though, it's the other way around. Someone
is kidding, and some reads it literally.
Oft are the message board posts mis-read, without voice inflection. I have friends in a fantasy league that fight every week about how
they weren't sounding angry, but the other guy
totally was ... and just missed the joke, etc.
So ... um ... heard any interesting names lately?
Defiance College (HCAC) has a wide receiver named Scooter Curtis, a DL named Joseph Borer and an OL named Pent Pearl. I would definitely NOT tease the last guy about his name, either.
JF,
The first two names DO sound apt, and I'll take your advice NOT to make fun of the third name! (I don't think I've ever been dumb enough to mock a lineman!) ;)
Heres one of my favorites--- Millikin U. - Dortanian Blunt - LB
the starting defensive tackles from Albright three years ago - Benditt and Strokoff. Sounds kinda dirty to me
Quote from: splik on October 19, 2005, 01:41:35 PM
the starting defensive tackles from Albright three years ago - Benditt and Strokoff. Sounds kinda dirty to me
actually it sounds more painful than dirty.... who would Benditt?
Quote from: theoriginalupstate on October 19, 2005, 07:29:00 PM
Quote from: splik on October 19, 2005, 01:41:35 PM
the starting defensive tackles from Albright three years ago - Benditt and Strokoff. Sounds kinda dirty to me
actually it sounds more painful than dirty.... who would Benditt?
Someone without Viagra? ;)
In the interest of accuracy. Will Block was a RB last year, a DB this.
Westminster punter Dusty Rhoades
Western Connecticut has a freshmen DE..
Oren Shake
Too many thoughts come to mind for this one :)
This is the Funniest name I could Find, Please feel free to call him by his shortened name.
ONU Polar Bear -
94 - Richard Roudybush
...although he doesn't go by his shortened name.
I guess I really missed the boat since I didn't list Roudybush myself.
I personally prefer ONU's Jimmy Goforth (and multiply)
From SI.Coms The Ten Spot, written by a Williams Alum:
Quote4. SI.com's Stewart Mandel asked the 10 Spot to discuss Arkansas' quarterback situation. That topic is generally too hard-newsy for our purposes, but heaven knows we're always desperate for material. Thus we will report that freshman Casey Dick will start in place of Robert Johnson this weekend against South Carolina. Or, as the headline on a major sports Web site (briefly) put it on Monday, "Dick to replace Johnson vs. Gamecocks." It almost seems like piling on to mention that the quarterback change was made by, yes, coach Houston Nutt.
Quote from: NCCARDS99 on November 01, 2005, 04:52:30 PM
This is the Funniest name I could Find, Please feel free to call him by his shortened name.
ONU Polar Bear -
94 - Richard Roudybush
Grove City has a Roudybush as well....RB Ken Roudybush was tackled by Alfred's Jake Syracuse!
knightstalker: Does that mean Nutt was playing with the 'cocks without his Johnson?
Yes but he had his Dick.
Quote from: frank uible on November 02, 2005, 01:58:56 AM
knightstalker: Does that mean Nutt was playing with the 'cocks without his Johnson?
I sent my restatement of this to you PM.
Nutt blew the game when roudybush intercepted his third pass of the game.
Wackar needed a change , so he asked dick to rise to the occassion, but benditt and strokoff were all over dick. Wackar had to pull dick and replace him with johnson, where Johnson came from behind to beat the gamecocks. :)
The maturity level here is overwhelming.
(Not that I wasn't laughing).
OK, a new name game challenge went out in this week's ATN.
QuoteIt's the end of the year, and if your team is out of it, you might be feeling a little silly. We already have a best names thread, which incorporates player names and unique team nicknames, on Post Patterns. Let's add to that matchups you'd like to see, based on names. Bethel-Bethany, Whitworth-Whittier. Or you're free to be much more clever, like perhaps Crown vs. King's or Plymouth State vs. Rockford.
Plymouth Rock, people? Come on! Where's my rimshot?
(Has more where that came from)
The first bit of feedback on that question:
> Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by
> Al Shibley (xxxxxxxxx) on Friday, November 04, 2005 at
10:06:14 AM
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> Subject: Matchup
> Age: old
> Hometown: Brigadoon
> Team I follow: RPI
> Notes: How about a round-robin between the three Division III football
teams called the Engineers.
> Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Worcester Polytechnic Institute
(WPI) and Rose Hulman Institue of Technology (RHIT)? If only because it is
fun to hear the radio announcers try to differentiate between the teams.
>
> It would be even better if RHIT would use its original name, Rose
Polytechnic Institue (RPI).
>
> Would the folks in Tera Haute be able to follow a broadcast from the WPI
guys? "Wustah has the ball at the Ah P I fahdee yahd line."
>
> Would anyone be confused by the various names used to describe the
Engineers from Troy? RPI, Ren suh leer, Rens ler; depending on whether
you're an Alum, someone currently associated with the school or a native of
the small city about five miles south of campus. How do they pronounce the
city of the same name about 100 miles north of Rose Hulman?
>
> I know, I know; way too much time on my hands.
K-Mack: Isn't MIT also called the Engineers?
You are correct sir.
Not many took me up on my game, but I'm pretty sure I can think of plenty of cornball matchups, just as soon as this playoff talk dies down. :D
Along the names line, can I just say that coocooforCoeKohawk is by far the best board moniker? I laugh every time I see it.
OK, um, carry on.
Quote from: K-Mack on November 17, 2005, 03:31:35 PM
Along the names line, can I just say that coocooforCoeKohawk is by far the best board moniker? I laugh every time I see it.
OK, um, carry on.
This just proves you can have crappy karma and still feel the love on this board. Thanks!
Quote from: coocooforcoekohawk on November 17, 2005, 09:33:34 PM
Quote from: K-Mack on November 17, 2005, 03:31:35 PM
Along the names line, can I just say that coocooforCoeKohawk is by far the best board moniker? I laugh every time I see it.
OK, um, carry on.
This just proves you can have crappy karma and still feel the love on this board. Thanks!
Either that, or that 'coocoo' can still be cuckoo!
But I 'applaud'!
QuoteThis just proves you can have crappy karma and still feel the love on this board. Thanks!
Well, we all shine on... 8)
Out in Cal Lu (California)----- THere's a Charlie Brown, no linnus though. He's short and stubby just like the character.
As for a team name
WHitter POETS have been mentioned four times in the past years about colleges with funny mascots during a hit early morning show. The broadcasters, Kevin and Bean from KROQ in Los Angeles ripped the schools mascot and declared them the most soft mascot and school around LA.
D'Brickashaw Ferguson,OT,UVA...what were his parents thinking?
What about Mohammad Ali Khoshnevisan? Plays for Juniata
Nathan Schwartzkopf plays for Blackburn. Is he the Generals son?
Alpha Koroma from Wesley
Could be a Frat
Could be a Nice Cigar
Could be a Good Drink
But definately a good football player!!
Quote from: PA_wesleyfan on December 13, 2005, 05:40:30 PM
Alpha Koroma from Wesley
Could be a Frat
Could be a Nice Cigar
Could be a Good Drink
But definately a good football player!!
GOOD ONE!
How about....Avatus Stone, Achille Kolla, and Dweh Siklo from The Catholic University of America
Quote from: Tez18 on December 14, 2005, 12:06:39 PM
How about....Avatus Stone, Achille Kolla, and Dweh Siklo from The Catholic University of America
I LOVE the name Achille Kolla - but the trainer better keep a sharp eye on his ankle and shoulder areas! ;D
QuoteNathan Schwartzkopf plays for Blackburn. Is he the Generals son?
I was interested (read: bored) enough to do some digging. The General spells his name differently -- "Schwarzkopf." So maybe not, unfortunately.
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on December 14, 2005, 06:12:17 PM
Quote from: Tez18 on December 14, 2005, 12:06:39 PM
How about....Avatus Stone, Achille Kolla, and Dweh Siklo from The Catholic University of America
I LOVE the name Achille Kolla - but the trainer better keep a sharp eye on his ankle and shoulder areas! ;D
Yeah, I liked The Catholic University of America
here's some more. Idris McClain (Amherst), Mike Myers (Amherst), The Austin College Kangaroos, Guy Sack LB'er (Colby White Mules), Head Coach Art Bell (Coast to Coast Am radio show) Salve Regina,
Quote from: Trin8-0 on October 13, 2005, 04:14:56 PM
Colby White Mules Guy Sack
Quote from: gordonmann on September 25, 2005, 11:39:05 PM
From the reusing work department...
"On a lighter note, announcers beware – Juniata's roster includes Mohammad Ali Khoshnevisan and Mohammad Amin Khoshnevisan. The brothers will have to be identified by their full name to distinguish between the two."
Tez
Some of the names you are "discovering" have already been posted on this thread. You gotta do your homework to play the game right. :)
Quote from: reality check on December 16, 2005, 11:04:23 AM
Quote from: Trin8-0 on October 13, 2005, 04:14:56 PM
Colby White Mules Guy Sack
Quote from: gordonmann on September 25, 2005, 11:39:05 PM
From the reusing work department...
"On a lighter note, announcers beware – Juniata's roster includes Mohammad Ali Khoshnevisan and Mohammad Amin Khoshnevisan. The brothers will have to be identified by their full name to distinguish between the two."
Tez
Some of the names you are "discovering" have already been posted on this thread. You gotta do your homework to play the game right. :)
So there's two what about the other 10 or so?
POMONA SAGEcocks once had BOBBY Buchsay (if thats how you spell it) on their team. Everyone on my teams Offense line would make fun of him.
Anyways, the sagecock mascot itself.......wow :o
Quote from: Browneagle64 on December 16, 2005, 12:39:06 PM
POMONA SAGEcocks once had BOBBY Buchsay (if thats how you spell it) on their team. Everyone on my teams Offense line would make fun of him.
Anyways, the sagecock mascot itself.......wow :o
Pomona-Pitzer SageHens
McDaniel Green Terror. Now thats a nickname
Tez
You miss the point.
(If you are going to post a bunch of times on a thread that is old, it would have made sense to read the first couple pages, otherwise you're just re-posting in many cases.)
Khoshnevisan and Sack were "interesting player names" when they were posted months ago.
And of the other 8 you posted, I wouldn't consider them "interesting". They're mainly kids with foreign names which are only "interesting" because they're foreign. "Art Bell" is not interesting IMO. Achille Kolla was a good one. Guy Sack is funny but a re-post (although "White Mules" deserves some merit). Khoshnevisan is interesting mainly because his brother of a nearly identical name is also on the team.
TEZ18-----
To point out something that you don't probabily know, the reason why some pomona Pitzer players don't want to be called a SAgeHEN is because as you might not know this is a female type of bird. Thus the word, sagecock would be a bit better for them.
So even if i point out sagehen, then that would lower down their image. SO i would rather call them sagecock. STill this is one funny mascot as well.
Brown: Pomona could simplify the matter by calling itself the Sages.
Frank-----
You are right on the money. I would call them just pitzer instead of sometype of chicken, bird, hen or whatever the mighty sagehen is
I prefer the alliteration already going and suggest the Pomona Pitzer Pumas. ;)
I 've always enjoyed the Potent Peckers of Pomona Pitzer.
They could take on the Clamorin' Clucks of Trinity College...in fact they did in basketball last year!
Quote from: frank uible on December 20, 2005, 12:49:02 PM
Brown: Pomona could simplify the matter by calling itself the Sages.
Would that make it the CalTech Cumins, the Redlands Garlics, etc. ;)
By now, we're all going to Scarborough Fair... :D
Quote from: smedindy on December 20, 2005, 11:18:37 PM
By now, we're all going to Scarborough Fair... :D
"...Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme..."
But I only suggested cumin and garlic ;D! The parsleys, rosemarys(ies?), and thymes are on YOUR head!
Pomona Pumas is a better name. I'll take it.
Michael Irvin....but he played LB!
Quote from: Tezbaseball on December 13, 2005, 12:27:18 PM
Nathan Schwartzkopf plays for Blackburn. Is he the Generals son?
No, Gen Schwarzkopf's son is about 28 years old now.
My dad played high school football for the FREEPORT PRETZELS.
GO WILDCATS!
BRING BACK THE BAND!
BRNG 'EM BACK AND TURN 'EM LOOSE!
Let us not forget that in their first year in the NFL, the Green Bay Packers lost to the Beloit Fairies.
How about Chris Baer who plays for the Trinity (TX) Tigers ... I'm not lyin' !!
Think about the Wizard of Oz and it will come to you ... ;D
RedandPurple:
I also went to high school in Freeport and played basketball & ran track for the Pretzels. Graduated in '76 ... when did your dad graduate?
TigerDad
I wonder who his dad is...
You also missed the chance to mention #53 SO D-lineman Lyon Forage. Together with Chris they complete the trifecta.
Some interesting past and present player names:
Present: Colt McCoy, QB, Texas (No, Oklahoma doesn't have a Hatfield to duel with him.
Past: Dusty Magnum, K, Texas (Kicked game-winning FG vs. Michigan--got a name that would work perfectly in a Louis L'Amour or Larry McMurtry Western novel.)
Jim Rockford, WR, Oklahoma (around the time JC Watts was QB,) There was the joke about when he was drafted, the pick required the most investigation.
Sirr Parker, Texas A & M RB, (Scored probably the most controversial TD in Big XII conference Championship game history back in '98 vs. K-State.)
Ba dumm bumm. (Drum rim-shot.)
Played in HS for the Henry Senachwine Mallards(don't that strike fear in your heart) had an pitcher named Brian Allard.
WLC alum,
do not get me started on the non-D3 crazy names, a friend and I exchange files on it every college football season, and we've recently expanded to basketball. Just some great stuff out there.
Keeping it D3, I see something at least once a week that should be on here, I just haven't been updating it. I guess I thought the thread was dead.
Just off the Draddy list I posted the other day there were a few cool unique ones:
Allegheny (Pa.), James Savage ... Savage is rough-like
Bates (Maine), James Walker ... Hold up. Jimmie Walker?
Case Western Reserve (Ohio), Thomas Brew ... "Hibbidy-hoo, crack a" Brew?
Johns Hopkins (Md.), Brian Nickel ... maybe someday he'll be a starter at corner, but for now ...
Salisbury (Md.), Wilhelm Leinemann ... I hope he can block
Redlands (Calif.), Jeffrey Gazaille ... I hope he's fast
Wartburg (Iowa), Nick Noble ... just reminds me of Nick Nolte, Nick Novak, etc.
This is probably inappropriate, but this one is way to interesting to pretend I didn't see it.
Capital's backup QB is named Marty Assmann.
Chances are he's either been getting teased all his life, like my friend Zach Weiner ("it's wine-err!") or is lovingly referred to by his teammates and friends as "the assmann"
K-Mack, I held a job once where before talking to each customer it was important that I first review their information and make a note of certain things, one of which was their occupation. Well, I would always abbreviate a few factoids and write these abbreviations on the front of their file so that I could readily have that info whenever pulling their file.
One day I'm discussing a customer with my manager (their file is in front of us) and my manager says, "I see he's not a "Boob-Guy." I ask him what in the world he's talking about. He says, "Well, you have "Ass Man" written on his file, so I'm assuming for whatever reason the guy told you that about himself and you apparently seemed to think it was important enough to write it down."
What I had really done was just abbreviated his occupation, which was "Assistant Manager." At that moment, it occurred to me there were numerous customers I had dealt with who were Assistant Managers (for some reason there are an inordinate number of people who like to list this as their occupation, regardless of what it is they really do for a living). To this day, there are still hundreds of files that I handled for this company with the words "Ass Man" written in big letters on the front of their files!!!
Cosmo Kramer IS the A55MAN! :)
Foss,
That's pretty funny. Even your manager's response.
Found this one on MIAA:
Quote from: MacLeod on October 31, 2006, 11:11:11 AM
The Scot gun rides again for all those in cahoots with Albion. CWRU had a guy on their team in 98 named William Wallace, Brehm sounds more Pennsylvania Dutch. :)
the Duluth Eskimos
Speaking of Duluth, am I the only one who finds it hard to believe there was a saint named "Scholastica?"
You guys really crack me up. Alma College Scots...formerly named the Alma College Fighting Presbyterians...not kidding
The frozen chosen baby - would make for a great hockey team name!
To revive an old thread:
North Park has a recruit coming in named Steve Brusky. This may not seem so interesting, except that he is from Milwaukee!
(A tip of the hat to matblake for the find.)
wabash rb - don juan brown
depauw - spud dick
Quote from: iwu2314 on May 28, 2007, 09:12:55 PM
wabash rb - don juan brown
Pretty sure that's been mentioned on this thread before. It's definitely a favorite.
Huntingdon has posted an updated roster (http://football.huntingdon.edu/) on their website. Shows an incoming freshman; #18 Taurus Ford.
One of may all time favorites (Since I see Kramer mentioned here) was a player for Susquehanna in the mid 80s, whose name was Cosmo Iacavazzi(sp?)
As a broadcaster, I would get him in as many plays as I could...
Been seeing some good ones while browsing. Thanks for kicking this thread up Hawks ... will be sure to "file a report" here after reading/editing Kickoff. Maybe while, as a break from it.
here's a couple
I was just looking at the Wesley incoming Frosh and they have a who's who for this page,
Mike Magnifico TB go ahead k-mack say it . "There's a Magnifico run"
Russhon Anderson too bad he's a CB
Abeeb Badmus TB just a kool name
Brian Smothers LB
Rozelle Glaze OL 6-3 340lbs Rozie Glaze is just a football kind of name
Quote from: PA_wesleyfan on August 04, 2007, 11:04:04 PMMike Magnifico TB go ahead k-mack say it . "There's a Magnifico run"
I try to leave corny at home when I'm on-air, but I admit, it happens.
That Motel 6 commercial that's out now with the announcers kind of reminds me of being on the road with Pat.
Quote from: K-Mack on October 06, 2005, 05:02:40 PM
Can I play a different name game?
What about best team names? Or most unique?
Corsairs, Yeomen, Poets, Sagehens ... they're different.
Least imaginative: Johnnies, Tommies, Lutes, etc.
Most repetitive (here's the game I really want to play)
Pioneers: Grinnell, Carroll, Utica, Widener ... who am I forgetting?
Yellow Jackets: Defiance, Randolph-Macon, Waynesburg, Howard Payne, Rochester
Bulldogs: Adrian, Redlands, TLU
The all teams link for whoever cares to look (doing mine off the top): http://www.d3football.com/schools.php
The most original, Cal Lutheran Kingsmen. No other school, high school or college, has it.
Quote from: hatchet molly on August 06, 2007, 04:35:39 PM
Quote from: K-Mack on October 06, 2005, 05:02:40 PM
Can I play a different name game?
What about best team names? Or most unique?
Corsairs, Yeomen, Poets, Sagehens ... they're different.
Least imaginative: Johnnies, Tommies, Lutes, etc.
Most repetitive (here's the game I really want to play)
Pioneers: Grinnell, Carroll, Utica, Widener ... who am I forgetting?
Yellow Jackets: Defiance, Randolph-Macon, Waynesburg, Howard Payne, Rochester
Bulldogs: Adrian, Redlands, TLU
The all teams link for whoever cares to look (doing mine off the top): http://www.d3football.com/schools.php
The most original, Cal Lutheran Kingsmen. No other school, high school or college, has it.
William Paterson is also the Pioneers.
There are plenty of Knights out there, but so far NJCU is the only Gothic Knights I have seen.
GO THICK NIGHTS! :D
My high school was the Holy Name Napoleon's in Worcester, MA.....awful!!
We were the DeKalb "Barbs". Barbed wire was invented in our town.
Lenox (MA) HS Millionaires. One has to be a liitle familiar with Lenox in order to appreciate.
Au contraire, Penn High School in Indiana are the Kingsmen!
Quote from: smedindy on August 06, 2007, 08:23:57 PM
Au contraire, Penn High School in Indiana are the Kingsmen!
Yeah, I had to believe Kingsmen is no Richmond Spiders or Annandale (Va.) Atoms.
And methinks I discussed on this thread, I know my boy Hustle wrote a column about it once, but Pa. high schools take the cake: Grape Pickers, Konkrete Kids, etc.
There's the Hoopeston (IL) Corn Jerkers.
Indiana has a few:
Vincennes Alices
LaPorts Slicers
Hobart Brickies
Northeast Dubois Fighting Jeeps
Quote from: smedindy on August 07, 2007, 12:14:39 AM
There's the Hoopeston (IL) Corn Jerkers.
Indiana has a few:
Vincennes Alices
LaPorts Slicers
Hobart Brickies
Northeast Dubois Fighting Jeeps
can't ... stop ... laughing.
The other ones are good too.
Why am I convinced there must be a website, or at worst a blog post, devoted to this somewhere?
So far, not much found. But there's this:
QuoteMascot of the Week: We'll be going alphabetically from state-to-state looking for the best mascots/nicknames in the country each week in Quick Hits. This week's state is Alabama, and the Frisco City High "Whippets" are unrivaled when it comes to mascots in the Yellowhammer State. A whippet is a smaller version of a greyhound and a member of the "sighthound" dog group. The Slocomb High "Red Tops" and the Highland Home "Flying Squadron" deserve honorable mention.
Jason Hickman: jason@maxpreps.com
Don't forget the Cobden (IL) Appleknockers!
They nearly pulled a 'Hoosiers' in 1960 - finished second in the state long before Illinois went to divisions (the school had far fewer than 200 students). As I recall, their starting 5 had two sets of twins (cousins of each other), all around 6'6". They were beaten by a team whose tallest player was 6'2" - the Pekin Chinks(!). That city name comes from the 'fact' that it was exactly opposite Peking (Beijing) China (it really isn't); the 'mascot' mercifully went away long before 'PC' (they are now the Dragons), but back in 1960 the KKK may well have been the biggest political party in Pekin (there was reportedly a local ordinance, fortunately never tested, that any 'Negro' on the streets after sunset could legally be shot).
I guess I provided TWO interesting mascot names, but at least Appleknockers is kinda cute!
Yeah, that's like one of those underground trivia questions ... what state has the biggest KKK population?
(wait for person to name southern state)
A: Indiana
(wait for look of shock on person's face)
I don't know if that's true anymore, but I definitely remember hearing that at one time.
I'll be sure to take 64 or 65 if I ever have to make my way around that part of the state :) or :(
Quote from: K-Mack on August 07, 2007, 12:48:17 AM
So far, not much found. But there's this:
QuoteMascot of the Week: We'll be going alphabetically from state-to-state looking for the best mascots/nicknames in the country each week in Quick Hits. This week's state is Alabama, and the Frisco City High "Whippets" are unrivaled when it comes to mascots in the Yellowhammer State. A whippet is a smaller version of a greyhound and a member of the "sighthound" dog group. The Slocomb High "Red Tops" and the Highland Home "Flying Squadron" deserve honorable mention.
Jason Hickman: jason@maxpreps.com
I am an alum of Whitewater, WI H.S. We are also the Whippets.
I think many high schools have unique nicknames based on their geography, history or a leading industry of their city. Wisconsin is no different, a few of the interesting ones from the Badger State off the top of my head:
Rhinelander Hodags http://members.aol.com/joviko/hodag.html (http://members.aol.com/joviko/hodag.html)
Monroe Cheesemakers
Kimberly Papermakers
Schofield D.C. Everest Evergreens
Horicon Marshmen
Hurley Midgets
Oconomowoc Coons
but possibly my favorite is
Kaukauna Galloping Ghosts http://www.kaukaunalibrary.org/LocalHistory/GallopingGhost.asp (http://www.kaukaunalibrary.org/LocalHistory/GallopingGhost.asp)
for more information about high school team names visit here:
http://www.tekonsha.k12.mi.us/scaa/teamnames.htm (http://www.tekonsha.k12.mi.us/scaa/teamnames.htm)
other notables:
Ozark AR Hillbillies
Smackover AK Buckaroos
Lincoln CA Fighting Zebras
Napa CA Vintage Crushers
Shelly ID Russets
How about a few matchups worth seeing:
Normal IL Ironmen vs Ashland WI Ore Dockers in a classic heavy metal matchup
Silver Grove KY Big Trains vs Clintonville WI Truckers or Dearborn MI Fordson Tractors
Falmouth MA Yachtsmen vs Manitowoc Lincoln WI Ships
Mt. Clemens MI Battling Bathers vs Elk Lk-Glenbeulah WI Resorters or Farmerville LA Fighting Farmers
Provincetown MA Fishermen vs Point Hope AK Tikigaq Harpooners
St. Lawrence NY Larries vs Jimtown IN Jimmies
Yuma AZ Criminals vs Thief River Falls MN Prowlers or Cleveland John Marshall Lawyers
Fort Lee NJ Bridgemen vs Washburn WI Castle Guards
the list goes on and on - go have some fun!
Freeport HS (In IL) are the Pretzels. :)
Eastern PA and western Jersey have a few more.
Easton PA Red Rovers
Phillipsburg NJ Stateliners
Belvedere NJ County Seaters
This next one I have seen three times, one was a high school around Fayetteville NC, the second was my high school and the third is John Carroll.
Warren Hills Blue Streaks.
Quote from: kirasdad on August 07, 2007, 06:17:05 AM
Freeport HS (In IL) are the Pretzels. :)
New Berlin H.S. Illinois are also the Pretzels
Quote from: Knightstalker on August 07, 2007, 06:58:53 AM
Eastern PA and western Jersey have a few more.
Easton PA Red Rovers
Phillipsburg NJ Stateliners
Belvedere NJ County Seaters
This next one I have seen three times, one was a high school around Fayetteville NC, the second was my high school and the third is John Carroll.
Warren Hills Blue Streaks.
Harrisonburg Virgina are also the Blue Streaks.
Maybe the alltime best (or worst, whatever the case may be)
Poca H.S. West Virginia - Dots.
They are the Poca Dots ;)
Interesting their uniforms don't match their name:
http://eteamz.active.com/PHSVB/ (http://eteamz.active.com/PHSVB/)
http://eteamz.active.com/phs_softball/index.cfm (http://eteamz.active.com/phs_softball/index.cfm)
They have no sense of humor.
Quote from: smedindy on August 06, 2007, 08:23:57 PM
Au contraire, Penn High School in Indiana are the Kingsmen!
My bad. Thanks for the correction. :-[
How about the Havre, Montana Blue Ponies.
Medford High Black Tornadoes. Tornadoes in Oregon? ???
Oldenburg Academy of the Immaculate Conception in Indiana are the Twisters, but that makes sense.
And as a citizen of Indiana (for 9 more days) (with two bi-racial daughters) I am not shocked, nor stunned, by that trivia question.
Quote from: hatchet molly on August 07, 2007, 09:53:36 AM
How about the Havre, Montana Blue Ponies.
Medford High Black Tornadoes. Tornadoes in Oregon? ???
More accurately they are the North Medford High Black Tornado. NMHS was a rival of my high school back in the day in the ol' Southern Oregon Conference.
Never thought I'd see a southern Oregon high school pop up in conversation on this site!
Quote from: hatchet molly on August 07, 2007, 09:50:18 AM
Quote from: smedindy on August 06, 2007, 08:23:57 PM
Au contraire, Penn High School in Indiana are the Kingsmen!
My bad. Thanks for the correction. :-[
Actually, there are at least five high schools known as the Kingsmen -
Christian Heritage - Trumbull CT
Kings Park - Kings Park NY
Nazareth - Brooklyn NY
Penn - Mishawaka IN
Putnam - Milwaukie OR
You can do a search for school mascots on Maxpreps.com.
Back in my Alaska days it was tough to beat the Aniak Halfbreds ...
The U of Alaska-Southeast (Juneau) has the Whales . . . not bad until you use Lady Whales for the women's teams.
Some great dogmushing nicknames based on hometowns: Herbie Nayukpuk, the Shishmaref Cannonball (https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iditarod.com%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2Fstory%2FoZUImd8E3gTMRyNbthb.jpg&hash=86a82fc883b5853e973c1527039d902b00711dd6)and another guy called the Loafer from Ophir.
In North Dakota, a crosstown rivalry is helped by the nicknames when the Dickinson Midgets play the Trinity Titans. I don't know if they ever play the Moorhead Spuds.
Best logo might go to the Richland, Wash., Bombers, where they honor the nuclear facility with a mushroom cloud on their helmets.
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I believe Hutto (TX), a town near Austin/Round Rock, is the only school in the nation to be known as the "Hippos."
Supposedly in the early 1900s a hippopotamus escaped from a circus train and the rest is history.
Sorry if this was posted on a previous page...
Pekin (IL) H.S....the "Chinks"...although the politically incorrect nickname at the Peoria area school was changed some years ago, I think.
I don't think "Politically Incorrect" is harsh enough for that one...
I discussed the Pekin Chinks on the previous page; not terribly surprising in a county which was 99.9+% white right up 'til the 70s (the constant rumor was that a majority of politicians and cops were KKK up to that time - I left Peoria in the 60s, so cannot confirm one way or the other). They did change the name to Dragons quite some time ago (c. 1980?).
Quote from: repete on August 07, 2007, 12:43:45 PM
The U of Alaska-Southeast (Juneau) has the Whales . . . not bad until you use Lady Whales for the women's teams.
Worse yet might be Pius XI H.S. in Milwaukee. They are the Popes...ok until you use Lady Popes for the women's teams. ???
http://www.piusxi.org/ (http://www.piusxi.org/)
Any conversation about nicknames should begin and end with the Watersmeet(MI) Nimrods. ;)
Some other favorites from Michigan
Detroit Southeastern Jungaleers
Detroit Pershing Doughboys
Bad Axe---Hatchets
Bessemer Speedboys
Calumet Copper Kings
Dexter Dreadnaughts
Ishpeming Hematites
Kingsford Flivvers
Midland Chemics---Home of Dow Chemical, also have a High School named Midland Dow, they are the Chargers. ???
West Iron County Wykons
Zeeland Chix----built a second HS renamed the original one Zeeland East Chix, named the second Zeeland West Dux.....naturally.
This was on the Watersmeet web page:
Something of Interest
In the year of 1986, ESPN,"Sports America Show," compiled the 10 top nicknames for high school sports teams. the "Nimrods" ranked third out of the 10 top nicknames.
1.) SYRUPMAKERS of Cairo,GA.
2.)BEETDIGGERS of Brush,Colo.
3.)*NIMRODS* of Watersmeet, MI.
4.)IMPS of Cary,N.C.
5.)ATOMSMASHERS of Jonhson Prep, Savannah,GA.
6.)ANGORAS of Clarkston,GA.
7.)FLIVVERS of Kingsford,MI.
8.)SQUIRRELS of Winslow,AZ.
9.)PEGLEGS of Stuyvesant in New York City
10.)DOTS of Poca,W. VA.
http://www.watersmeet.k12.mi.us/nimrod.html (http://www.watersmeet.k12.mi.us/nimrod.html)
I had to look because I didn't know the definition of Nimrod. When I was younger our family had a camping trailer called a nimrod and I thought it had something to do with camping...considering Watersmeet is in the sticks of the MI UP, that might have worked. But, I was wrong.
The Belfry Bats in MT.
Quote from: sac on August 07, 2007, 07:39:15 PM
Any conversation about nicknames should begin and end with the Watersmeet(MI) Nimrods. ;)
Guy at my job wears that T-shirt once a week.
This thread is humming now, great job today by all. Plenty of laughs here.
I definitely agree that local history inspired a lot of these names, and in fact their uniqueness is something that makes them stand out.
I finally found a web page devoted to this. I knew there would be one:
http://www.halcyon.com/marcs/mascoths4.html (this is page 4 of 5, change the URL to go back to the start, as in http://www.halcyon.com/marcs/mascoths.html )
Recently updated and includes many of the names we've already mentioned.
Poca Dots is funny to me ... as is Bad Axe Hatchets.
Lady Whales is pretty good too.
My favorite one I've seen along the way is Fluvanna (Va.) County Flying Flucos.
My old editor started a campaign for the new Hanover County (Va.) HS to be nicknamed the Tomatoes, based on the county's famous agricultural export. It gained some steam, but eventually they picked Hawks (*cough* lame)
Oh, at the bottom of the page on that site it has links to a college version of the same list.
Several of our D3 teams are highlighted there.
You can also see them sorted by state. For instance:
Pennsylvania (PA): William Bodine Ambassadors (HS), Lock Haven Bald Eagles (Coll), St. Hubert Bambies (HS), Penn State-Behrend Behrend Lions (Coll), Canon-McMillan Big Macs (HS), Ambridge Bridgers (HS), Boiling Springs Bubblers (HS), West Philadelphia Catholic Burrs (HS), Roman Catholic Cahillites (HS), William Allen Canaries (HS), Biglerville Canners (HS), Punxsutawney Chucks (HS), Episcopal Academy Churchmen (HS), Franklin and Marshall Diplomats (Coll), Franklin Electrons (HS), LaSalle Explorers (Coll), Haverford Fords (Coll), Abington Galloping Ghosts (HS), Swarthmore Garnet (Coll), North East Grape Pickers (HS), Karns City Gremlins (HS), Smethport Hubbers (HS), Northampton Area Konkrete Kids (HS), Annville-Cleona Little Dutchmen (HS), State College Area Little Lions (HS), Washington Little Prexies (HS), Williamson Mechanics (Coll), Carmichaels Mighty Mikes (HS), Williamsport Millionaires (HS), Muhlenberg Muhls (HS), Penn State Nittany Lions (Coll), Mars Planets (HS), Washington and Jefferson Presidents (Coll), Bishop O'Reilly Queensmen (HS), Aliquippa Quips (HS), Easton Red Rovers (HS), Penn State-Fayette Roaring Lions (Coll), Steelton-Highspire Steamrollers (HS), Hampton Talbots (HS), Carnegie Mellon Tartans (Coll), Slippery Rock "The Rock," (Coll), Villa Maria Academy Victors (HS)
42 Total (30 HS, 12 Coll)
Little Prexies? Queensmen? Mighty Mikes? Electrons?
Those rule.
Someone remind me to order my Canon-McMillan sweatshirt this fall.
(was kidding)
http://www.prepsportswear.com/Product.aspx?qs=1&rnd=633221209456980738&schoolid=187858&productid=52
I don't know...it seems the Electrons are always negative and I like teams that have a positive attitude! :D
Better yet would be the Neutrinos ... nothing can stop them! ;D
there was a high school senior i believe linebacker that is going to easter illinois, his name is Nick Nasti great football name i think
I've always been partial to the Aitkin (MN) Gobblers.
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Smed and Ron ... boooooo!
Nick Nasti ... ;D
Nick Nasti can always use the name for the WWE if football doesn't work out..
Alfred University has a freshman fullback coming all the way from Anchorage, Alaska to pursue an education in AU's specialty....ceramic engineering. (No, not necessarily designing a better toilet....ceramic materials have a multitude of high-tech applications these days). He's a keeper.
The kid's name is Keeper Nott.
Never mind.
I haven't read them all, but you you can't leave out:
DePauw Tigers:
18 Spud Dick QB 5-11 190 Sr.
11 Jeff Bonner WR 6-0 185 Sr.
13 Tim Himrod WR 5-10 155 Fr.
23 Justin Hacker WR 6-1 170 Fr.
Take your pick on:
Dick completes to ...
Wooster QB - Assman :-*
I believe you mean Capital
Wabash has a few interesting freshmen -
DB Keonta Virge
QB Josh "Promised You A" Miracle
RB Tommy Mambourg
QB Josh Raspopovich
RB Fenton Blew (So XFER)
DB Matt Zakrzewski (A heck of a Scrabble hand...)
Browsing OAC rosters, here's the best I could find of the guys that weren't mentioned last season:
Interesting Names:
Cody Cruzen ONU FR DB (and he looks like he played in Dazed and Confused)
Benny Junco ONU FR DB
Humphrey Edomwande ONU RB
Chukubueze Iheama JCU SO DL
Blaine Balderston JCU FR DE
Carter Shaver Marietta SR LB (watch the pick em spreads)
Ryan Bobo Marietta FR FB
Revenel Severe Musky SO DL
Jihad Quran Wilma FR DL (Holy struggle, holy book)
Varden Pierre Berg SO FB
Mickey Mental BW SR QB (I know I listed him last yr but the name is that good)
Andrew Allmandinger CAP SO LB
Michael Zag CAP SO WR (Should have zigged)
CJ Carroll OTT FR WR (selfish pick: my hs was CJ, rival hs was Carroll)
Brett and Elliott Glass OTT SR/SO DB/WR (They make up Brett Elliott)
Lambert Budzinski MUC SO DE
Celebrity Names:
David Carr JCU FR WR? (Was he cut by Carolina?)
Casey Jones JCU FR SS (Mighty Casey)
Will Smith JCU FR LB (Getting jiggy wit it)
Dustin Rhodes MUSKY FR DL (Former WWF wrestler Gold Dust)
Alex Keeton Wilma FR DL (Michael J Fox's character on Family Ties)
Kenny Smith CAP FR WR ("The Jet", NBA basketball analyst)
Will Smith CAP SR OL (Still getting jiggy wit it)
Sammy Kershaw MUC FR LB (country music star)
Josh Hamilton MUC FR LB (Cincy Reds; comeback POY candidate)
We should assign everyone a conference and do a complete list that way.
This could definitely be a topic of the week.
I always liked I.M. Hipp. A back from one of those dixie scholls some years ago.
Quote from: bushman on September 16, 2007, 05:39:18 PM
I always liked I.M. Hipp. A back from one of those dixie scholls some years ago.
Yeah, who attended
(Southern) Nebraska University (http://www.mydjconnection.com/articles/2004/01/30/sports/sports2.txt)... :D :D :D
Nebraska, isn't that next to alabama? Oh well I still liked the name
Hey, be fair - it's southern if you're in the Dakotas. ;)
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on September 16, 2007, 05:51:17 PM
Hey, be fair - it's southern if you're in the Dakotas. ;)
I think that Nebraskans might warm up to a name change, South South Dakota.
After all, I have heard Okies refer to my proud state as Baja Oklahoma. :o ;D
Hmmm...Baja South Dakota...
Or make it two words... Baja Southdakota...
That might gain some acceptance around the Big XII, if not around the country. :D
This isn't D3, but I liked it and thought I'd share.
South Carolina has twin LBs named Jasper and Casper.
Seriously.
CWRU has a FR WR Brian Webster who's not much bigger than Emmanuel Lewis!
boooooo!
yaaaay for contributing though.
Sorry, but our broadcasters have commented that he isn't as big as his listed 5-9 170. And he looks smaller to me than another player listed at 5-9 155. It's just the picture that sticks in my mind whenever I hear "Pass complete to Webster."
Just discovered Montclair QB Michael Jump. So every pass is a ... .
CNU had a Lineman (now coach) named
Max Crush
I'll contribute the name of a freshman QB at Wabash
Josh Miracle
Specializes in Hail Marys ;D
I like Max Crush.
From Huntingdon's roster yesterday (the south and upper midwest are great for names), I found LB Wogga Pate.
Pat pointed out DeAngelo Hill ... one letter from making the famously-named list.
Also LB Granger Shook, DL Essex Taylor, OL Dino Tampary, QB Taurus Ford.
Hey, that's good. Was that already on this thread?
Word on the street is that might not be the last we hear of him. But anyway ...
Bashbro - I already did that one. Though I showed my age (and taste for obscure new wave music) by calling him Josh "Promised You A" Miracle.
/simple minds
Sorry Smed...missed that one.
Ok here is probably one that hasn't appeared on here.
Sam Lightbody - (6-9, 321 Washington State, Tampa Bay Bucs)
Pretty heavy if you ask me.
Reminder to self: I think it was the Augustana-IWU game that had some good solid unique names ... I'll have to get at that later, but wanted to post before the thought left my mind ... maybe for good.
The University of Wyoming Cowboys have a LB'er named Zeb Whipp (http://wyomingathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/whipp_zeb00.html). Could even be a good name for a circus animal trainer.
as previously mentioned .........Taurus Ford........ came in the second 1/2 (3rd or 4th team QB) and ran / threw for 2 td's for Huntingdon Hawks ..... great name....good kid.... outstanding athlete
Go Hawks
The last time Capital had a 200 yard rusher in a game was in 1993.
His name is O'Bryant O'Neill.
O'My.
Quote from: reality check on October 11, 2007, 05:40:22 PM
The last time Capital had a 200 yard rusher in a game was in 1993.
His name is O'Bryant O'Neill.
O'My.
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Has anyone mentioned Mickey Mental? He's the QB for Baldwin-Wallace.
Yeah runyr
I've given him his due for the last two seasons in here.
I would like to mention that I played with a pretty good name for a LB in Marcellous Payne. I remember one of the coaches calling him "Mercilous" Pain.
I think we have winner....Meet North Carolina Frosh Wrestler Long Wang (http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-wrestl/mtt/wang_long00.html)
Is he related to DePauw QB Spud Dick?
On Wabash's roster this year:
Lemi Laki - DB - Xenia, OH
Fenton Blew - RB - Carmel, IN / Air Force
Luke Zinmaster - DL - Logansport, IN
Sorry, no Don Juan Brown this year...
Quote from: wildcat11 on July 30, 2008, 05:04:34 PM
I think we have winner....Meet North Carolina Frosh Wrestler Long Wang (http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-wrestl/mtt/wang_long00.html)
This guy's pursuing medical school and has a promising future in phalloplasty.
Oh dear lord ...
From the IIAC:
Buena Vista: WR Chom Thammavongsa and DB Tregg Fay
Coe: DB Gessum Fadul, LB Calvin Thomas (Former Cowboy?)
On the Thomas More roster...
#22 Deuce Doucette.
Quote from: OxyBob on August 12, 2008, 03:40:22 AM
Quote from: Purple Heys on August 12, 2008, 03:25:53 AM
LB Calvin Thomas (Former Cowboy?)
Calvin Hill?
Duane Thomas?
Calvin Thomas played for the Bears.
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimage.bizrate.com%2Fresize%3Fsq%3D160%26amp%3Buid%3D719780949%26amp%3Bmid%3D115184&hash=2905cd116653da1b89e7561f9c7bff287c8e5ee4)
OxyBob
I meant Duane Hill... ;)
Fun with Hiram's roster! (http://www.hiram.edu/athletics/menssports/football/roster.html)
Brandon Nuby, as you might expect, is a freshman.
DeWayne Cherrington, Zalton Brooks, Oseas Sanchez and Oliver Dickerhoof just have cool names. Dwight Phinizee II ain't bad either.
Ok...I will contribute another one.
Great Linebacker name.
Zach Hurtt - Wittenberg
Quote from: bashbrother on October 10, 2008, 10:43:41 AM
Ok...I will contribute another one.
Great Linebacker name.
Zach Hurtt - Wittenberg
How about the best of the defensive lineman names-BJ Hammer, not to mention his younger brother-Blair?
Quote from: wab64 on October 10, 2008, 11:47:35 PM
Quote from: bashbrother on October 10, 2008, 10:43:41 AM
Ok...I will contribute another one.
Great Linebacker name.
Zach Hurtt - Wittenberg
How about the best of the defensive lineman names-BJ Hammer, not to mention his younger brother-Blair?
Hurrt is tremendous for a linebacker. Hammer sounds a lot better with BJ than Blair, IMHO.
Rowan linebacker Moe Ghotok (Go-toc) With a name like that, what else would he be?
King's quarterback: Olayinka Soda
For some reason, it's tough say his last name without the first when doing play-by-play.
Concordia Baseball:
Phil Moenkedick
Craig Knochenmus
Clem Dupuis
This thread never bores me.
Thanks parents of the world!
Abeeb Badmus Wesley RB
K-Mark:
For 7 straight seasons the Hammer brothers spent their games in the opponents backfields terrorizing quarterbacks and running backs for Wabash. I don't think the opponents much cared whether it was number 91 or number 54. Between the two, they compiled 103 tackles for loss and 55 quarterback sacks (58 if you include the 2000 Aztec Bowl and the 2003 Charity Bowl in Vienna Austria). The sacks are evenly split at 27.5 a piece. Few Wabash fans will forget BJ's 15.5 sack season in 2000, or Blair's "Great Sack Attack" in the playsoffs against Wittenberg in 2002 - a sack causing a fumble with Wabash scoring on the next play, followed on Wittenberg's next offense play by another sack, with Blair grabbing the ball from the quarterback, and "rumblin, bumblin' stumblin" in for a touchdown all within 40 seconds. The one season that they played together was for the Little Giants and they combined for 20 sacks. Although, there was one high school game where Blair's high school team was visiting Terre Haute South Vigo High School and at least the spectre of BJ was in the game. Blair had multiple sacks that evening, and each time the Terre Haute field announcer (obviously a Wabash fan) would duly announce "Sack by Beee Jay... Hammer" in the style of the Wabash field announcer. At then end of the game, Blair said that he kept looking for his brother. At the end of the day, opponents didn't care which Hammer had "hammered" them, they just felt like they had been run over by a truck in a red jersey.
Depauw QB - Spud Dick
Let me tell you, young Mr. Dick throws one hot potato!
College Football's Name Team (http://sports.aol.com/ncaafb/photos/college-football-all-name-team?icid=100214839x1212221538x1200750204)
On the Linfield roster:
Bubba Lemon -- great name, Bubba, for a FB player
Sparky Gonzalez -- he's from Hawaii
I may have posted this before - and maybe not. However, it is worth reposting if I did. When I played HS ball we played Shelby High School every year. They had a DB and NG named Shawn Bonecutter and Brad Butcher respectively. No joke - I still remember hearing the announcer calling out "tackle by Bonecutter and Butcher".
I'm posting this so that we will all be on the lookout for any good freshman names during 2009. :)
The pre season roster for Wabash reveals a defensive end/ linebacker type named Kessler Armbruster from a top program in Southern California-Mater Dei. The only thing you can say about the Hammers is that there were two of them.. Bash also has a back-up QB named Josh Miracle
His specialty throwing the Hail Mary?
Quote from: Pat Coleman on August 10, 2009, 10:35:10 PM
His specialty throwing the Hail Mary?
Pat- in his limited playing time backing up Matt Hudson, Miracle seemed to be more of an option runner rather than a dropback passer. Nice comment, though. Ranks right up there with who is bringing the hot dish to the Cal Lutheran- Pacific Lutheran clash a year ago. You haven't lost the touch.
This thread made me go look through the yellow jacket roster -
Freshmand Defensive Lineman
Styles Major
Quote from: RMCFan on August 11, 2009, 12:04:48 PM
This thread made me go look through the yellow jacket roster -
Freshmand Defensive Lineman
Styles Major
He needs to hang with current Tampa Bay Buc, Stylez G. White (http://www.buccaneers.com/team/playerdetail.aspx?player=White,Stylez%20G.,91), AKA Greg White.
Greenville Il college has a Julius Ceasar, Adonis Brown and a Rendell Flood
It's hard to top Elliot Ness from Cal Lutheran.
http://www.clusports.com/football/roster/2020
I think a couple of years ago I called him Josh "I Promised You A" Miracle, but I guess there are no Simple Minds fans in the house...
Josh would have been a great hockey player, Miracle on Ice.
He wouldn't happen to live anywhere near 34th Street in Thousand Oaks?
This has to be among the top 10...
Carnegie Mellon LB Socrates Zacharias
Just saw an interesting name on the box score from the Monmouth / Loras game yesterday.
I bet opposing defenses like to keep Loras QB, Vaughn Gesing ;D
OL Chico Rowland, Bethel
Quammie Semper, Sr., Oberlin
LB - Cam McCambridge, Sr., St. John's
WR Horace Gant, Sr., St. Olaf
Quotethere are no Simple Minds fans in the house
Try again over at the Liberty League.
Quote from: wab64 on August 10, 2009, 07:26:04 PM
The pre season roster for Wabash reveals a defensive end/ linebacker type named Kessler Armbruster from a top program in Southern California-Mater Dei. The only thing you can say about the Hammers is that there were two of them.. Bash also has a back-up QB named Josh Miracle
Wonder if Josh is from around Marion, Ohio? I used to wrestle a guy, back in the day, from there named Kirk Miracle.
Anyone get former Wesley RB Alpha Koroma.
How about Wesley freshman Mike Notabartolo.
I'll say again, this thread never bores me. I saw a few on my travels to NY, maybe in Rochester, but they escape me now. I'll have to look them up as repayment to all the fine work you guys are doing. :)
K-Mack
You'll get to anounce Abeeb Badmus,Wesley tailback a few times this weekend in Dover.
Quote from: PA_wesleyfan on September 29, 2009, 05:46:51 PM
K-Mack
You'll get to anounce Abeeb Badmus,Wesley tailback a few times this weekend in Dover.
Oooh, how do you know about that? Not that it's a secret ...
I've got my sources!!!! ;)Who I have to text play by play to in Texas!!! ;D
And it has appeared on the Wesley football web site!!! http://athletics.wesley.edu/sports/fball/2009-10/news/20090930_fsu
Quote from: K-Mack on October 01, 2009, 10:04:16 PM
Quote from: PA_wesleyfan on September 29, 2009, 05:46:51 PM
K-Mack
You'll get to anounce Abeeb Badmus,Wesley tailback a few times this weekend in Dover.
Oooh, how do you know about that? Not that it's a secret ...
Excellent, looking forward to running into you again, Keith.....
-Ski
Ski
Tell me it's not going to rain!!!!
Quote from: PA_wesleyfan on October 01, 2009, 10:34:43 PM
I've got my sources!!!! ;)Who I have to text play by play to in Texas!!! ;D
And it has appeared on the Wesley football web site!!! http://athletics.wesley.edu/sports/fball/2009-10/news/20090930_fsu
I did eventually see that :)
2009 Edition of "Funny Names from the OAC":
Otterbein:
FR RB Josh Cupp
SO WR Elliot Glass (only funny because they're on the same roster)
Muskingum:
FR DE Tug McGraw (doing great for his age)
Heidelberg:
SR DB Julius Higginbotham
Wilmington:
JR DL Alex Keeton (Wonder if he has any "Family Ties" to Michael J Fox?
SO LB Jihad Quran (guessing he might get some extra attention at the security check when he flies)
CAP:
SR QB Marty Assmann
FR QB Mike Tyson (no face tattoo)
Quote from: reality check on October 04, 2009, 04:13:46 PM
2009 Edition of "Funny Names from the OAC":
Otterbein:
FR RB Josh Cupp
SO WR Elliot Glass (only funny because they're on the same roster)
Muskingum:
FR DE Tug McGraw (doing great for his age)
Heidelberg:
SR DB Julius Higginbotham
Wilmington:
JR DL Alex Keeton (Wonder if he has any "Family Ties" to Michael J Fox?
SO LB Jihad Quran (guessing he might get some extra attention at the security check when he flies)
SR QB Marty Assmann
FR QB Mike Tyson (no face tattoo)
If enough d3football Ohio fans follow country-western music-how about having Tim McGraw and Faith Hill perform a pre-game or post-game performace sometime? ;) ;) :D :D :D
Maybe he has graced these pages before but front page Choctaw Quartez Ashmore as a nice ring to his name.
Quote from: D O.C. on October 20, 2009, 03:05:47 PM
Maybe he has graced these pages before but front page Choctaw Quartez Ashmore as a nice ring to his name.
Austin Divinity, another Choctaw player that might deserve mention. He's a returner/wide receiver/running back.
Following the hallowed tradition of BJ Hammer at Wabash is junior linebacker CJ Gum. (btw, BJ Hammer is the head coach at Whittier and his brother is an assistant. I think their names are altogether too feroiuous for a school that calls itself the Poets).
Quote from: wab64 on November 17, 2009, 07:04:53 PM
Following the hallowed tradition of BJ Hammer at Wabash is junior linebacker CJ Gum. (btw, BJ Hammer is the head coach at Whittier and his brother is an assistant. I think their names are altogether too feroiuous for a school that calls itself the Poets).
Actually, Hammer the Younger left his assistant position a couple years back. :)
Williams has a coach listed on the bottom of the team roster as Donnie Brooks.
Cornell College's Freshman WR #88 Thaddeus Derbyshire sounds like a character from the upcoming Sherlock Holmes movie.
...or, at 5'8" 162, a hobbit.
Today I went to Sherman, Texas to catch a couple of quarters of the Birmingham-Southern at Austin College game. The wide receivers coach for Austin College is named Austin Coachman.
The starting right guard for Austin is Patrick Coleman. Sounds like a possible D3 Football All-American.
Yeah been meaning to revive this thread with Patrick Coleman. Good call.
This one I didn't believe was real:
http://www.widenerpride.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2357
I'm sure he gets tired of 90s R&B references from corny older folks. How many Tevins are there to begin with?
Heres a fun one to say: Sosthene Kapepula. LB for Wesley. (Sus-then)
Hanover O-linemen
Matt Money
Josiah Nickels
Waiting for Kickoff and perusing CWRU's roster found an interesting train of player names:
Collin Desens
Colin MacLeod
Cullen Dolan
Cullin Brown
Around the NCAC:
Allegheny - FR DL Quinntin Tarbox
Allegheny - SR DL Blayze Schindler
Denison - JR DB Riley Tight (always on press coverage)
Denison - SO LB Cameron Crowe (an auteur in our midst?)
DePauw - JR DL Tophel Secuskie
Wittenberg - SO QB Chris Sookdeo
Wittenberg - FR WR Preston Snodgrass (the class butler???)
Wooster - JR RB Jimmy Tomcufcik (please, no typos...)
Wabash - FR QB Bauer Schmeltz
Here's an old school one.
Back in the day Northwestern College had a standout Linebacker named...
Kirby Scull
He was pretty good too. 3x All-Conference - 162, 188 and 180 tackles in the 1988-1990 seasons and he recorded 28 tackles in a game three times.
Linebacker Scull lived up to his name pretty well :)
Buffalo State - Caesarae Lewis
Lycoming - Parker Showers
Bethel olineman Britton Stratton, 2nd cousin to Briggs, word is he's got a motor that doesn't stop... ;)
Quote from: hazzben on September 07, 2012, 03:14:09 PM
Bethel olineman Britton Stratton, 2nd cousin to Briggs, word is he's got a motor that doesn't stop... ;)
Hahaha...oh, good gravey!! K+
Here is a Freshman QB for Lewis and Clark: Greg Goodenough
I mean, how good is he?
DePauw has a RB named Armani Cato.
The jokes can write themselves.
Rhodes has a freshman WR named Jonathan Wiener.
Before you start with the yuk yuks (or wonder why): Jonathan Wiener is also the name of the young man who made the play-by-play call on the Trinity-Millsaps Miracle play ten five years ago this year.
EDIT: can't believe I whiffed on the date, thanks K-Mack!
Quote from: Ron Boerger on September 29, 2012, 10:11:27 PM
Rhodes has a freshman WR named Jonathan Wiener.
Before you start with the yuk yuks (or wonder why): Jonathan Wiener is also the name of the young man who made the play-by-play call on the Trinity-Millsaps Miracle play ten years ago this year.
Only because I have the mug on my desk at work, the date of the miracle was Oct. 27, 2007, or roughly five years ago.
Catholic and Lycoming have some good names.
http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fball/2012-13/roster
(T.J. Tutone, Timbo McGarry and Eric Hrynczyszyn)
I have to look the Lyco ones up but I remember liking some off that roster
I guess time really flies when you're having fun. :-)
Quote from: K-Mack on September 29, 2012, 10:40:06 PM
Catholic and Lycoming have some good names.
http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fball/2012-13/roster
(T.J. Tutone, Timbo McGarry and Eric Hrynczyszyn)
I have absolutely NO idea how to even attempt to pronounce that name. That's gotta be a fun one for opposing announcers :)
Quote from: hazzben on October 07, 2012, 05:18:55 PM
Quote from: K-Mack on September 29, 2012, 10:40:06 PM
Catholic and Lycoming have some good names.
http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fball/2012-13/roster
(T.J. Tutone, Timbo McGarry and Eric Hrynczyszyn)
I have absolutely NO idea how to even attempt to pronounce that name. That's gotta be a fun one for opposing announcers :)
If Eric gets involved in many plays, whatever they pay the Catholic play-by-play guy, he deserves a raise!
(A number of years ago, U of Michigan had a star running back named Tsimanga Biakabatuka. One of the announcers threw in the towel and started calling him 'Touchdown Tim'! :P)
Quote from: hazzben on October 07, 2012, 05:18:55 PM
Quote from: K-Mack on September 29, 2012, 10:40:06 PM
Catholic and Lycoming have some good names.
http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fball/2012-13/roster
(T.J. Tutone, Timbo McGarry and Eric Hrynczyszyn)
I have absolutely NO idea how to even attempt to pronounce that name. That's gotta be a fun one for opposing announcers :)
Actually much easier than it looks:
Hrynczyszyn: her-ZISH-in
(credit: CUA Game 5 notes (http://static.psbin.com/f/5/d1u7vpvztlzbjr/Game_five_CUA_at_Randolph_Macon_10512.pdf))
i will believe the pronunciation is correct when Pam Ward says it, not until! ;)
In army basic training we had a guy with a name like that. We called him "alphabet".
Pep, with his imagination, was a bit amused as he was perusing NCAA Stat leaders. It's just a no-brainer that the leading pass receiver in the country, averaging 10 catches per game, would be Hanover's Daniel Passafiume. With a slight Italian accent, it's always a "pass..eh...for me!"
Get the fight song ready!
Quote from: AUPepBand on October 09, 2012, 08:44:43 PM
Pep, with his imagination, was a bit amused as he was perusing NCAA Stat leaders. It's just a no-brainer that the leading pass receiver in the country, averaging 10 catches per game, would be Hanover's Daniel Passafiume. With a slight Italian accent, it's always a "pass..eh...for me!"
Get the fight song ready!
His Twitter name is PassIt2Me or something to that effect. He's in on the joke.
Quote from: K-Mack on September 29, 2012, 10:40:06 PM
Catholic and Lycoming have some good names.
http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fball/2012-13/roster
(T.J. Tutone, Timbo McGarry and Eric Hrynczyszyn)
I have to look the Lyco ones up but I remember liking some off that roster.
Here it is:
http://athletics.lycoming.edu/roster.aspx?path=football
Parker Showers
Zack Czap (sounds like zak-zap, right?)
Kabongo Bukasa
Craig Needhammer (I'm sure he's heard em all)
Tyler Botchie (WR; doubtful he's a long-snapper or holder)
There are more, but those are my top five. I feel lame for giving my kid a generic name.
Quote from: K-Mack on October 17, 2012, 09:15:50 PM
I feel lame for giving my kid a generic name.
You mean you passed over Peat or Anthracite?
North Carolina Wesleyan's kicker is named Hampus Lithen.
Chicago RB, Ian Gaines.
Oberlin punter Shenks
St. Thomas:
QuoteFreshman Wolfgang Dvorak blocked a punt after Hobart's opening three-and-out series
Quote from: K-Mack on December 03, 2012, 04:25:50 AM
St. Thomas:
QuoteFreshman Wolfgang Dvorak blocked a punt after Hobart's opening three-and-out series
Any relation to Anton?