Sunday, September 12, 2004

Nicknames for Calvin Johnson

Over at the Hive, they are trying to nickname CJ. Link here. Here are some of them:

Jackpot
Gravity
"Big" Johnson
Randy Moss
"Magic" Johnson
The Truth
Unguardable
Freak
Money
Hoover
The Tower
Six (points)
Legend
Clutch
Hops
Primetime
Ish
the Glove
Prototype

This is fun no doubt. However, I want to remind people of what Coach Gailey repeatedly referred to in the pre-season - UN-training Reggie Ball. Remember that Coach said being carried off the field after the Auburn game was the worst thing that ever happened to Reggie. They have been trying to de-program him ever since.

Calvin Johnson by all accounts, is an incredibly humble young man. Hopefully he will handle all the attention and inevitable media spotlight that will be thrust upon him in the coming years. Hopefully he will stay humble and not get the big head. Reggie got a little bit of it. Time will tell with CJ.

One last thing - CJ is no longer a secret around the ACC. The ACC fans are talking, even the UGA fans were in awe. Here's an NCST board discussing CJ - with major respect.