19 June 2006

Nickname Results

Last week, I posted about a nickname contest on the Carolina Panthers website. Well, the results are in. Apparently, they received over 2500 nicknames from fans! I had 4 (bold and red) make the honorable mention list, but without further adieu, here is the list:

Ten runner ups...

"Now" Atiyyah "now I don't" Ellison (Clay Erps)
Michael Gaines "Trains and Automobiles" (Brock Gilliam)
Justin "Home is where the" Hartwig (Jon Hester)
Jovan Haye "Batter batter" (Matt Carioto)
Dave "For he's a jolly" Kadela (John Symons)
"I better not go to the" John Kasay "Makes it" (Stacey Mathis)
Stefan "the gas and put it on" LeFors (Jon Young)
Ken "Cool Hand" Lucas (Cliff Cassidy)
"Red rover red rover send" Stanley McClover (Bob Hylton)
Mike "Take it out" Seidman (Steve Stillwell)

Grand prize winner...

Sean "Cuckoo for cocoa" Tufts (Mark Schnably)

Honorable mention...

Keith "Grizzly" Adams

Lorenzo Alexander "The great"

James "Mister" Anderson

Jason "Butcher" Baker "and candlestick maker"
Jason Baker "Can't be choosers"
Jason "Studa" Baker

Brett "I caught you a delicious" Basanez
Brett "Put the baby in the" Basanez

Chad "Float like a butterfly, sting like a" Beasley
Chad "Killer" Beasley
Chad "Mrs." Beasley
Chad "Spelling" Beasley

David "Cyrano de" Bergeron
David "Put another" Bergeron "the grill"

Taye Biddle "Diddle"
Taye Biddle "Me this"
Taye "Malcolm in the" Biddle

Jovan "Mutiny on the" Bouknight

Colin "Executive" Branch
Colin "Olive" Branch
Colin "Main" Branch
Colin "Judicial" Branch
Colin "All cars" Branch

Jarrett "Dubya" Bush
Jarrett "Two in the" Bush

Rashad "I can't believe it's not" Butler
Rashad Butler "did it"

Jordan "Baby you can drive my" Carstens
Jordan "Heeeeeeeeere's Johnny" Carstens
Jordan "Dude, where's my" Carstens
Jordan "Picture on milk" Carstens

Drew "Golly/Shazam, Sergeant" Carter
Drew "Magna" Carter
Drew "Welcome Back" Carter

Marcus "King of his" Cassel
Marcus "Home is his" Cassel
Marcus "Sand" Cassel
Marcus "Windsor" Cassel
Marcus "Storm the" Cassel

Vinny "Chattanooga" Ciurciu
Vinny "Chugga chugga" Ciurciu
Vinny "Ah...ah..." Ciurciu
Vinny "Catholic" Ciurciu
"My cousin" Vinny Ciurciu

Keary "Nat King" Colbert
Keary "On my wayward sun" Colbert

Casey "Non-Dairy" Cramer
Casey "Cramer vs." Cramer
Casey "Cosmo" Cramer

Thomas "Crash" Davis
Thomas "The Train" Davis

Jake "Dude, you're gettin' a" Delhomme
Jake Delhomme Ranger

"Da song remains" DaShane Dennis

Na'il "Ain't just a river in Egypt" Diggs
Na'il "Check out my new" Diggs
Na'il "Nice" Diggs
Na'il Diggs "And Stratton

Chris "Ice Cold" Draft
Chris "99 cent" Draft

Atiyyah "The hun" Ellison
Atiyyah Ellison "Wonderland"

Seppo Evwaraye "But loose"

Todd "If you have to ask, you can't a" Fordham

DeShaun Foster "Australian for running back/touchdown/football"
DeShaun "32 ounce" Foster
DeShaun "Shank redemption" Foster

Michael "Capital" Gaines
Michael "Net" Gaines
Michael "X-yard" Gaines

Chris "High stakes" Gamble
Chris "I'm in no mood to" Gamble
Chris "Life is a" Gamble

Nick "Comings and" Goings
Nick "...the tough get" Goings
Nick Goings "Goings, Gone"
Nick Goings "Back to Cali"

Otis "Eleanor" Grigsby
Otis "My man" Grigsby
Otis "The Great" Grigsby

Jordan "By the" Gross
Jordan "That's just" Gross
Jordan "Where the green grass" Gross
Jordan Gross "Anatomy
Jordan Gross "National product"
Jordan Gross "Point Blank"

Geoff "The constant" Hangartner

Karl "Weird Al" Hankton "vich"

Jermaine "Laurel and" Hardy
Jermaine "Party" Hardy
Jermaine Hardy "Har Har"

Justin "Purple" Hartwig
Justin "Quit playin' games with my" Hartwig

Jovan "Musk" Haye

Alex "Wait till we get our" Haynes "on you"

Efrem "Zimbalist" Hill
Efrem "Boot/Hamburger/Strawberry" Hill

Brad "Powerful upright bagless" Hoover
Brad Hoover "Dam"

Lynzell "Action" Jackson
Lynzell Jackson "5"

Keyshawn "Truckin'" Johnson

Dave "Dude, you're gettin'" Kadela

John Kasay "and the Sunshine Band"
John Kasay "misses we'll still love him"

Maake "Waiki-" Kemoeatu

Jeff "Fit for a" King
Jeff "It's good to be" King
Jeff "Prom" King
Jeff King "Of the road"

Micah "Neither" Knorr

Stefan "May" Lefors "Be with you"
Stefan "Pedal to" LeFors
Stefan "That's what friends" LeFors

Ken "Skip to my" Lucas
Ken Lucas "Come out and play?"
Ken Lucas "I'm your father"
Ken Lucas "Membrane"
Ken Lucas "Skywalker"

Kris Mangum "P.I."
Kris ".357" Mangum
Kris ".44" Mangum
Kris Mangum "Force"
Kris Mangum "High"

Richard "U.S." Marshall

Evan "Do the" Mathis
Evan "Judge" Mathis
Evan "Praying" Mathis
Evan "What's my favorite subject?" Mathis

Kevin McCadam "And subtract 'em"

Stanley "Four-leaf" McClover
Stanley "50 ways to leave" McClover
Stanley "Crimson" McClover

"This" Justin McCullum
Justin McCullum "Like I see 'em"

Mike "Friend, role model and" Minter
Mike "Long, cold" Minter

"Steely" Dan Morgan
Dan "Captain" Morgan
Dan Morgan "Donor"
Dan Morgan "Meets the eye"
Dan Morgan "Mindy"

Sean "Father" Mulcahy

Adam O'Connor "Ye faithful"

Billy Parker "Out front/in the back/over there"

Jared "Hunt and" Peck

"Orange" Julius Peppers
Julius "Banana/Jalapeno/Habanero" Peppers
Julius "Caesar salad with" Peppers
Julius "Doctor" Peppers
Julius "Fresh ground" Peppers
Julius "Haussen" Peppers "Inc."
Julius "Red Hot Chili" Peppers
Julius "Salt and" Peppers
Julius "Sergeant" Peppers

Kyle "Look out, he's gonna" Ralph

Jamal "That" Robertson
Jamal "Veklempt" Robertson

Mike "I'm gonna git you" Rucker
Mike "Off his" Rucker

Nate "Mustang" Salley
Nate "Lay down" Salley
Nate "Long tall" Salley
Nate "When Harry Met" Salley

Chris Samp "emum"

Mike "Aluminum" Seidman
Mike "Simple" Seidman
Mike "Vinyl" Seidman
Mike "You wanna step out" Seidman

Adam "Alligators in the" Seward

Steve "Street and" Smith
Steve Smith "and Wesson"
Steve "John Jacob Jingleheimer" Smith
Steve Smith "sonian"

Adam "Fix me a bologna" Stenvich

Albert "Ingrown" Toeaina

Sean "Built Ford" Tufts
Sean "H.R." Tufts "nStuff"

Mike "Another Brick in the" Wahle
Mike "You need me on that" Wahle

Al "I am William" Wallace

Chris "Hostess" Weinke
Chris "Nudge nudge wink" Weinke
Chris "Rip Van" Weinke
Chris Weinke "Blinky and nod"

Travelle "Of course you realize this means" Wharton
Travelle Wharton "Hears a hoo"

Garnell "Girls Gone" Wilds

"Touched by" DeAngelo Williams

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