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847badgerfan

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Re: Great CFB Player Nicknames
« Reply #28 on: February 26, 2020, 11:20:19 AM »
He could have been something. Nickname instead is Pouty Face.
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Re: Great CFB Player Nicknames
« Reply #29 on: February 26, 2020, 11:32:30 AM »
Speaking of baseball, during Fantasy Camp at least half the players blow out their legs during camp, and most are in the 30-40 age range and thought they were in shape.

Then you have associated arm injuries, sliding injuries, arm fatigue, bruises from bouncing balls abd HBP.  I have learned the hard way what is needed and survived pretty well this year though I was sore at the banquet, I was still walking normally.  It was amusing to see 35 year olds hobbling up to collect their award.

All the newbies said it was a LOT harder than they expected.  There is at least one guy who is 74, but I'm probably next oldest.

Of course, a player who is say 30 and a real player won't have these issues except for the typical baseball injuries over 162 games.  They all say they were all bruised up and sore after the first month.
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Re: Great CFB Player Nicknames
« Reply #30 on: February 26, 2020, 04:55:02 PM »
How about Bob "Hitman" Sanders. 
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« Reply #31 on: February 26, 2020, 05:12:36 PM »
Quote from: MarqHusker on February 25, 2020, 11:45:12 PM
My objection to that was I believe he gave himself that nickname and that ain't cool.  Putting the QB to sleep iirc.  Keith Jackson abused him in that '86 game, among others.  Thomas was a great OLB though.
I thought he brought that name with him from the Dallas high school
we could ask Burnt Eyes

the Sandman bought Burnt and I shots in Lincoln after a Horn game there
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« Reply #32 on: February 26, 2020, 05:46:05 PM »
There used to be a guy in the CFL named Spaghetti Legs.
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Re: Great CFB Player Nicknames
« Reply #33 on: February 26, 2020, 08:56:53 PM »
Quote from: HawkFrenzy on February 26, 2020, 04:55:02 PM
How about Bob "Hitman" Sanders.
Dirty hit Sanders?
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Re: Great CFB Player Nicknames
« Reply #34 on: February 26, 2020, 09:48:39 PM »
(Not NCAA)RAMS LB Hacksaw Reynolds supposedly sawed a VW Beetle in half
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« Reply #35 on: February 26, 2020, 09:54:27 PM »
(Not NCAA)Indians use to have an outfielder Walter "No Neck" Williams and if you saw him he didn't appear to have one.Browns had Joe "Turkey" Jones - he fell for the free thanksgiving bird prank, 2-years straight.Had to drive 2 hrs out of town to pick it up and it wasn't there.Dodgers had a relief man Don Stanhouse - nicknamed "Stan The Man Unusual" because he was out there.Jimmy Piersall who once ran around the bases backwords said in the 50's "I'm not crazy and I have the papers to prove it"
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Re: Great CFB Player Nicknames
« Reply #36 on: February 26, 2020, 10:19:09 PM »
Quote from: MrNubbz on February 26, 2020, 09:48:39 PM
(Not NCAA)RAMS LB Hacksaw Reynolds supposedly sawed a VW Beetle in half
Bo Jackson leaped over one.
Ha, if rural southerners pronounced their Rs better, he'd have been known as Boar Jackson.  
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Re: Great CFB Player Nicknames
« Reply #37 on: February 27, 2020, 10:45:57 AM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on February 26, 2020, 08:56:53 PM
Dirty hit Sanders?
Loved watching Bob play back in the early 00s.

That said, he's fortunate the targeting rule wasn't in effect at that time.
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Re: Great CFB Player Nicknames
« Reply #38 on: February 27, 2020, 10:56:19 AM »
I think my favorite would be "Bo" for its simplicity and recognizability.   But, it wasn't a football nickname.

Crazy Legs is excellent IMHO.  The Galloping Ghost is pretty neat, and shows that it was created in that era, no one today would contrive such a moniker.

Ironhead is pretty cool.
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« Reply #39 on: February 27, 2020, 11:26:03 AM »
Mark  "The Bird" Fidrych
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« Reply #40 on: February 27, 2020, 12:26:57 PM »
How about Bruce "I can't live on $700,000" Sutter
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Re: Great CFB Player Nicknames
« Reply #41 on: February 27, 2020, 01:31:56 PM »
The Galloping Ghost is definitely a good example of an early sports nickname, but hardly the first.  Cy Young and Cap Anson got Red (another nickname, heh) Grange beat by several decades.

And if Cy, Cap, and Galloping Ghost sound dated, "Old Hoss" Radbourn and "Orator Jim" O'Rourke say, hold my beer.  Those are some 19th century type nicknames for sure.
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