Return of FridayList
I know you all missed it so... Here we go. Today's List is a bit haphazard, given the time in the locker room and the creativity of those involved.
We have a sampling of Giants players' nicknames from their football lives, from Pop Warner on up... Plus a few of the best nicknames given out over the last couple years:
Barry Cofield -- Zeus, Baby Huey. "My mom gave me both of those. I was a big kid."
Chris Snee -- House. "From high school."
Best Snee nickname from the locker room: Crawl. "The Pauly Shore character from 'Son-In-Law.' -- Rich Seubert
Brandon Jacobs -- Chocolate Thunder. "Coach Dick Spurlock from Coffeyville CC gave me that one."
From the locker room: Hightower, courtesy Derrick Ward.
Derrick Ward -- D-Ward. "Been that since Pop Warner."
From the locker room: Chub. "Cause he's short and chubby." -- Jacobs
Zak DeOssie -- The Albatross. "My teammates at Brown."
From the locker room: Bam Bam. "He's always hitting people, all the darn time." -- Chase Blackburn
Reggie Torbor -- Moose. "I was a running back in high school and I just ran over everybody."
Rich Seubert -- Little Dick. "My grandma gave me that one."
From the locker room: Stewie. "He looks just like that kid (from Family Guy)." -- Snee
Steve Smith -- Scuba Steve. "The guy from 'The Waterboy.' It just stuck." Smith tossed out a couple for his senior receivers: "Plax is Lanky, and Toomer is Captain."
We saved the best two for last... And for anonymity's sake, since no one wanted to own up to telling me.
Justin Tuck -- Big Midget. Former locker-room cut-up Frank Walker gave Tuck that one.
Kareem McKenzie -- Peaches. Carlos Emmons provided that one. And Kareem does not like it, apparently.
OK, a bit random, and maybe we can grab some more today. But that's the List. More later.
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"Brandon Jacobs -- Chocolate Thunder. 'Coach Dick Spurlock from Coffeyville CC gave me that one.'"
Give me a break. Did Coach Dick Spurlock not realize that Choclate Thunder had already been taken by Darryl Dawkins?
This is like nicknaming Larry Johnson either "Magic" Johnson or Larry "Legend".
(It's not as a bad as stealing Lawrence Taylor's nickname - ahem, LaDanian Tomlinson - but still.)
"Zak DeOssie -- The Albatross. 'My teammates at Brown.'"
Also, leave it up to the Ivy Leaguers to give someone a nickname that references (18th Century poet) Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner"...
Alex, my thoughts exactly on the Albatross.
I am curious about that one too and think it deserves a little follow up. If the nickname is a Coleridge reference, that would seem to indicate that he is bad luck or a drag on the team.
However, albatrosses are one of the largest flying birds and have a huge wingspan.
I hope the reference came from the latter, because as we all know, the Giants don't need any more bad luck.
Of course, even if it is an animal reference, it's still pretty obscure, so your point about the Ivy Leaguers is still valid.
Actually, the Albatross is GOOD luck...until the Ancient Mariner (Coughlin?) inexplicably shoots him.
"Little Dick"!? Oh my.
And "Big Midget" is pretty dang funny.
Cazart,
Good point. Well, true enough, hence the point of damnation in killing the bird in the poem.
However, In popular thought (as popular as an albatross gets in popular thought), I think the image of cursedness and the albatross about the neck, is what stands out, and what most people would associate a metaphorical albatross with.
Certainly, you have brought yet another possibilty to the machinations of those crazy Ivy League football players. I say Mr. Staple does a little follow up on this one.
And, "little dick," being either a nickname someone would confess to, or make up in the interests of self deprecating humor while being asked a stupid question, tells me that's a guy I would like to have a beer with.
I love Jacobs, but if "Chocolate Thunder," really was my nickname, I'd make sure someone else was telling (or not telling) the press. For me, it would be something akin to saying: "They call me Huge Teutonic Warrior, feel free to mention that in your press articles from here on in. Oh, and that rumour that some people call me shriveled white wimp...that's just a rumour."