Signing Day Coverage (by the names)
Since signing day is apparently one of the hallowed days on the sports calendar, I figure I should acknowledge it in some way. And with help from colleague Alan Goldenbach, I realized the most Bog-worthy acknowledgement possible: by the names.
Best homage to the Golden Girls: OL Bearthur Johnson, Maryland
Best Biblical reference (tie): WR Genesis Cole, Tulsa; WR Zion Babb, Michigan; C Sampson Genus, South Florida
Best knight imagery: S Sir DeMarco Bledsoe, TCU
Best-named son of a former NFL QB: C T-Bob Hebert, LSU
Best Scrabble player: DT Xzavier Stewart, Kent State
Best color imagery (tie): DE Gelo Orange, Wake Forest; WR Golden Tate, Notre Dame
Most generous: WR Co-Eric Riley, Mississippi State
Best future Maryland basketball player: RB Daniel "Boom" Herron, Ohio State
Player who really ought to have signed with Virginia: RB Jamarion Cavness, TCU
Most redundant: RB Jock Sanders, West Virginia
Best hotel imagery: OT Windham Rotunda, Troy
Best first name that features none of the typical five vowels (tie): QB Tysyn Hartman, Kansas State; S Cyhl Quarles, Wake Forest
Best use of the apostrophe (tie): LB J'Courtney Williams, Virginia; WR D'Amon Merkerson, Syracuse; QB A'Jami Guyton, Central Florida; DT Donte'e Nichols, South Carolina; DE Sa'Coby Carter, Middle Tennessee St.
Best homage to a former Heisman winner: OG Simpson Rushing, UTEP
Feel free to contribute your own.
And also, this at long last gives me a reason to link to one of the greatest Web sites in the world, Name of the Year, whose Hall of Name includes such understated classics as Assumption Bulltron, Crescent Dragonwagon, Doby Chrotchtangle, Licentious Beastie, Mummenschontz Bitterbeetle and, of course, Nimrod Weiselfish. This year's winner was Princess Nocandy, although I have no idea how that beat out Wolfgang Winkelmayer or Gay Straite.
Although I still like Texas football phenom Phyre Quickly Burns.
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February 8, 2007; 12:32 PM ET
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Posted by: Colin | February 8, 2007 12:48 PM
I'll always be a fan of the basketball player, Cheif Kickingstallionsims.
Posted by: Trey | February 8, 2007 1:15 PM
Bearthur Johnson? You cannot bea serious!
I love how some people are just directly spelling the phonetic mis-pronunciation of Xavier. As if to acknowledge that they know how it's correctly pronounced, but emphatically want it to be mis-pronounced. Hilarious!
(I'm pick up on it a lot, being a Xavier alum)
Posted by: Kev | February 8, 2007 1:29 PM
the NOTY "About" page also features "Maximum Havoc Steinberg". you've gotta work that onto a business card somehow.
Posted by: jamie | February 8, 2007 1:33 PM
On the About NOTY page, the guy claims former Terp Herman Veal and Skin Dexter Manley as inspirations to start the award.
Posted by: Kev | February 8, 2007 1:40 PM
i don't want to alarm anyone, but 2005 Name Of The Year winner Tanqueray Beavers was shot and killed in December:
http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/news/1166436944242710.xml&coll=1
Posted by: jamie | February 8, 2007 1:59 PM
It seems as though you should've written it as #### Straite
Posted by: smperk | February 8, 2007 3:13 PM
Best Self-Anagram: CB Gary Gray, Notre Dame
Posted by: Matt J. | February 8, 2007 4:48 PM
Jerrod Gooch - OL Texas Tech
Gooch!
Posted by: Herm | February 8, 2007 5:12 PM
Most likely to "shopping" L. Coles and P. Warrick: Phelon Jones
Posted by: Dude | February 9, 2007 1:48 AM
Mississippi State's class is remarkably strong...
Co-Eric Riley
Jazzmen Guy
and of course
Mike Hunt
Posted by: Kerwin4two | February 9, 2007 9:43 AM
Sorry, I don't get a couple of the jokes.
Best future Maryland basketball player: RB Daniel "Boom" Herron, Ohio State
Player who really ought to have signed with Virginia: RB Jamarion Cavness, TCU
Please explain. Thanks
Posted by: Gerry | February 13, 2007 7:25 PM
UVA is the Cavaliers, Cavs for short...so someone exhibiting "Cavness" would have fit right in.
The Maryland one stumped me too, and hearing the name "Daniel Herron" gave me an ugly flashback to the Cards-A's Mulder trade...
Posted by: Nathan | March 2, 2007 2:10 PM
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I think my favorite has to be Akbar Hemmingway.