"The most important aspect of Christianity is not the work we do, but the relationship we maintain and the surrounding influence and qualities produced by that relationship. That is all God asks us to give our attention to, and it is the one thing that is continually under attack.
"
- Oswald Chambers, My Utmost For His Highest
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Is "Colt McCoy" not simultaneously the most ridiculous, most sublime, and most fitting for quarterback position at the University of Texas name there could ever be.
Colt McCoy. That's so made up.
I can play this game too. Try these names on for size:
Chest Throckmorton
Branford Cannon
Biff Brawnson
Shooter McAwesomeness
Radical von Velociraptor
You try too . . .
Trackbacks:
Trackback URL: http://thinklings.org/bloo.trackback.php/5156.
Comments on "A Name Specifically Designed for the Destiny of the Child":
2. Bird
- 01/06/2009 10:15 am CST
A lot of these football families purposefully give their kids football sounding names. A lot of times it's a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy I guess.
Same thing with frat/sorority types. My old roommate in college always used to say that he wouldn't be allowed into a frat because he had a normal name (Joe), and not a typical frat guy name: Dax, Egan, Tab, Gannon, etc.
6. Bill
- 01/06/2009 12:07 pm CST
Dak Absblaster
Bulk Powers
Stone Rockwell
Sterling Hamilton
Jett Swift
8. Bill
- 01/06/2009 12:43 pm CST
The list of frat-friendly names reminded me of this from Jay Nordlinger's latest
I was looking at a photo of “Hollywood’s Next Wave” — a group photo (young actors and actresses). And the caption read, “From left, Jessica Szohr, Penn Badgley, Blake Lively, Chace Crawford, Ed Westwick, Leighton Meester, and Taylor Momsen.” And I’m thinking, “You know, it’s getting very hard to tell boys’ names from girls’ names. I mean, who’s a boy and who’s a girl?”
9. Wickle
- 01/06/2009 1:36 pm CST
Rocky Strong
Mac Truckman
Lars Largearms
... but few names have quite the testosterone-intensity of ...
Wolf Blitzer
11. Jared
- 01/06/2009 2:33 pm CST
Dak Absblaster and Lars Largearms are being filed away by yours truly for future use.
Seriously, those names are too good not to use in some satiric context.
---
Lars Largearms kinda reminds me of Scott Baio's character on "Arrested Development": Bob Loblaw, the lawyer.
12. Milly
- 01/06/2009 6:09 pm CST
McAwesomeness
Is he single and my age?
Or older I can take older.
Any doctors or attorneys?
I’ll take a nerd this go round.
13. Quaid
- 01/06/2009 10:51 pm CST
It started sounding like a Flintstones episode halfway through the comments.
Yes - Colt McCoy IS the perfect name for a quarterback from Texas. Another interesting exercise might be to posit what a good quarterback name might be for other schools:
Harvard:
Ace Reeder
Baylor:
Judge Rocket
A&M:
Bud Budsen
Texas State:
Billy Jewel
Leave a Comment:
"Major Applewhite" is a close 2nd for a Texas QB, now offensive coordinator......."Jack Armstrong" was a Cincinnati Reds pitcher a few years ago who looked the part.