Your web names

[Bossgobbler23]

I was a science major so by nature I am very curious. I notice some interesting web names on this site. As they say, behind every name there is a story. I'd like to know how many of you came up with your names? Mine, Bossgobbler23 comes from my strong hunting background. I used to be a turkey hunting guide and am crazy about anything to do with turkey hunting and calling. The head of the flock is called the Bossgobbler. 23 has always been my sports number.

[deltguy2]

deltguy2 - I am an alumni of Delta Tau Delta fraternity, "Delts" is what we were referred to as. The # 2 is for Charles Woodson, I went to HS with him and he wore that # in HS and at Michigan so I use it as a lucky #

[tpilews]

tpilews

Combination of my first initial and first 6 letters of my last name. Primarily used by colleges as usernames. I just got used to it and continue to use it for a lot of sites.

[GoDeepHammer]

Go Deep is for hitting the softball and Hammer is part of my last name.

[GoBlue21]

GoBlue for........Go Blue! lol

and #21 for my baseball and basketball number throughout high school and now. I had #11 for football because I was a QB, so #21 wasn't an option!!!

[Wolvrin704]

I came up with name back in the mid 90's when trying to come up with a screen name for my first IP, AOL. Since then I have kept the same screen name pretty much wherever I go. At the time on AOL you were limited to 10 characters and of course Wolverine was already taken so I took off the "E's" and added in my birthday, 7-04 (July 4th).

[amazinblue]

I was thinking about my beloved alma mater - the Maize and Blue - and after thinking about it, liked the word "amazing" to describe our squad and tradition.

So, it just morphed into amazinblue - perhaps something Don Ufer would have thought appropriate.

[bigboyBlue]

While it may appear that there is nothing thought provoking about mine, I actually got it from one of my favorite desktop wallpapers that was up a while ago on digitalblasphemy.com called 'big blue boy'. Yup, I'm a nerd.

[elno lewis]

Used to play in blues/rock bands--play harmonica. Elno Lewis was my stage name--very easy to remember. Elno is actually my abbreviation for Hell No!

[tpilews]

I came up with name back in the mid 90's when trying to come up with a screen name for my first IP, AOL. Since then I have kept the same screen name pretty much wherever I go. At the time on AOL you were limited to 10 characters and of course Wolverine was already taken so I took off the "E's" and added in my birthday, 7-04 (July 4th).

That'd be sweet to have July 4th birthday. Everyone celebrates it and there are always big parties going on everywhere. Damn, every year must be awesome.

[LAMfan]

I live in the land of USC and UCLA. Not the only M fan around, but usually the only one in blue on New Years day. No worries this year.

[bluefan]

I like blue.

[blueisbetterthanred]

I came up with mine working at cedar point last year. It was full of ohio fans and whenever they would talk shit I would just say "blue is better than red". Then I found sackcarr and it was an easy name to pick.

[Wolvrin704]

That'd be sweet to have July 4th birthday. Everyone celebrates it and there are always big parties going on everywhere. Damn, every year must be awesome.

To the contrary, my grandmother's birthday was the same day so until the last couple of years (yes, she passed away 3 years ago) I always shared my birthday with grandma. Now that I'm older I don't really care so much about celebrating my birthday. But you're right, it is COOL!

[StevieBrownforHeisman]

Steive Brown for Heisman, '09

- no really though, it's morgantrentforheisman and i had to start the campaign for the new laughing stock of our secondary. haha.

[deltguy2]

Cedar Point eh? Ahh, the good ol' days. I grew up 20 min. from Sandusky so I worked there the summer between HS and college. I was a lifeguard at Soak City and lived in those crappy ass dorms for the major of the summer. Many drunken nights....ahh I miss those days!

[MoellerLover69(LloydCarr)]

It was late autumn 1993 I believe. Gary and I were celebrating another great season under his jurisdiction with a few beers, had the lights dimmed low, and had Seger's "Night Moves" on the stereo. I whispered softly in his ear that they should recruit this kid down the road in Fremont, Ohio and he would bring a national championship. He whispered softly back that If I stayed the night I would be a champion and one thing led to another. I'll let you use your imagination. It was great to be a Michigan fan back in those days and truly a "lover" of the program.

[Bossgobbler23]

Go Deep is for hitting the softball and Hammer is part of my last name.

I guessed yours! I also played and coached softball.

[Bossgobbler23]

That'd be sweet to have July 4th birthday. Everyone celebrates it and there are always big parties going on everywhere. Damn, every year must be awesome.

Mine is the opposite, Christmas Day. I get ripped on the gifts! Don't bother me now that I'm older but nobody ever remembered my birthday except my mom. Now I like it that way.

[Bossgobbler23]

It was late autumn 1993 I believe. Gary and I were celebrating another great season under his jurisdiction with a few beers, had the lights dimmed low, and had Seger's "Night Moves" on the stereo. I whispered softly in his ear that they should recruit this kid down the road in Fremont, Ohio and he would bring a national championship. He whispered softly back that If I stayed the night I would be a champion and one thing led to another. I'll let you use your imagination. It was great to be a Michigan fan back in those days and truly a "lover" of the program.

LMAO, I hope you are a woman. I get the 69 part, well maybe...

See, I told you there is a story behind every name. This one is the best!

[Inflames]

I got my name from one of my favorite bands.....In Flames.

[Don Unverferth]

I know everyone was waiting for this one:

Dr. Donald V. Unverferth was the starting QB for us from 1963 - 1965. He was a Cardiologist at The Ohio State University Hospitals until his death as a result from an aneurysm.

And a relative.

http://imagecloset.com/23/7e69a1ed1c1fc964dc5ad58631574c9f/donumrj4.jpg (http://imagecloset.com)

[bluefan]

Go Deep is for hitting the softball and Hammer is part of my last name.

You play travel? Sanction? There's 1 or 2 good NSA teams out of the KZoo area.

[pryorthrowslikeagirl]

well i guess its obvious...

[MoellerLover69(LloydCarr)]

LMAO, I hope you are a woman. I get the 69 part, well maybe...

See, I told you there is a story behind every name. This one is the best!

I'm all man.

[Uncle Rico]

Because it's a character from the best 'flippin movie ever made! And of course, the football conection. Who out there can't relate to Uncle Rico? ''If I could just go back''...............If coach would have just put me in. In the 4th quarter we would have took state..............

[GoDeepHammer]

You play travel? Sanction? There's 1 or 2 good NSA teams out of the KZoo area.

Nope, just rec ball.

[bluefan]

Nope, just rec ball.

10-4. Just wondering if maybe we'd run into each other before or had some mutual acquaintances.

[StevieBrownforHeisman]

I know everyone was waiting for this one:

Dr. Donald Unverferth was the starting QB for us from 1963 - 1965.

And a relative.

did he have an inferiority complex towards U-M as well?

[Hawks]

HAWKS, because there the best damn team in the country, duh.:p

[Hawks]

HAWKS, because there the best damn team in the country, duh.:p

Oh ya, best coach in the country too.

[rickyleach]

my web name is from one of the all time great wolverines , he is a michigan resident to boot, his whole family goes or has gone to the university of michigan, i believe ricky leach met his wife at michigan, he also played baseball for sometime and may have played for the tigers..

[RichRodriguez]

I am rich rodriguez and i approve this message

[Bossgobbler23]

HAWKS, because there the best damn team in the country, duh.:p

Hawks...Forget it! LOL
I guess they do have a decent wrestling team anyhow.

[Todd]

Um...it's my name.

[W0lv3r1n3]

I was getting tired of Michigan_Virtues (which was made at random), so I switched Wolverine to "1337 speak".

[primetime101]

i got mine from dickie V, i love when he says, "that kid's a PTPer!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[um0720]

um is university of michigan and 07 & 20 stand for Henne and Hart. I added a zero before the 7 so people would easily recognize the meaning instead of having 'um720'.

[GoGreen23]

Well mine's pretty easy to figure out, Go Green, Go White is one of the cheers we do and I like the color green better than white. The number 23 is for Javon Ringer.

[MAIZEandBLUEsuedeshoes]

Bet you think I'm a big Elvis fan don't ya---not quite. When I came up with mine, I kept thinking about Maize N Blue or Wolverine--- a lot of common names you would think of(already taken pretty much). So I kept the maize and blue, added the suede shoes== MAIZEandBLUEsuedeshoes. I'm not a diehard Elvis fan--- although I like a few of his songs. The main reason I added the "suedeshoes" to spice it up, and because when I think of jumping up or dancing around or fist pumping(like when Michigan scores a touchdown, or sometimes pre-game-- I get pretty excited....anything like that) it kinda reminds me of being on my feet-- so thats where the shoes comes into play.......

PLUS.. Elvis is/was "THE KING"--- and that's what Michigan football is going to be again... and will always be...

[gator]

I was getting tired of Michigan_Virtues (which was made at random), so I switched Wolverine to "1337 speak".

I just thought you wanted a name you have to look up every time you log on.:)

Actually, this thread is pretty cool because I was curious about some of these before. I have to say that the "Night Moves" image was a bit freaky, but a good laugh.

I guess mine's pretty self-evident unless you're an Ohio Special-ed grad. I'll just let them wonder.:D

[Mich Fan in Cbus]

Mich fan in Cbus Columbus (cbus Jim Rome). now I moved to indianapolis and just kept the name.

[Bleed Blue]

The name is pretty obvious...I'm also in a handful Ford Thunderbird Clubs so the name works for both.

[BLEEDINGBLUE]

The name is pretty obvious...I'm also in a handful Ford Thunderbird Clubs so the name works for both.

Thats funny, Mine is pretty obvious as well. I have seen the program going downhill for the last 5 or so years and after witnessing first hand that loss last year to App. St. then Oregon, I nearly bled to death! But the funny thing is that I live in the town where the first T-Bird rolled off the assembly line. Not to mention my High School mascot was a T-Bird along with the name of our teams.

[kofine05]

when I was a freshman in highschool, now im a sophomore in college, I was coming up with a screen name for AIM and I thought about how good looking I was. I truly believed that people should know this. KO means knock out and I added fine to make it knockout fine. Then the year I created it was 05. So I slapped that on the end. I think its a smooth name. A girl helped me come up with it and I thought she was good looking. So i wanted to impress her with my wit.

[elno lewis]

when I was a freshman in highschool, now im a sophomore in college, I was coming up with a screen name for AIM and I thought about how good looking I was. I truly believed that people should know this. KO means knock out and I added fine to make it knockout fine. Then the year I created it was 05. So I slapped that on the end. I think its a smooth name. A girl helped me come up with it and I thought she was good looking. So i wanted to impress her with my wit.

http://bwithers.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/albums-a59-penguinking3-fail.jpg

[Mich97c]

That was dang funny Enlo -
At work I have to put numbers in my password so came up with Mich for Michigan, 97 the year I graduated and c for the intial in my first name.

[bluefan]

when I was a freshman in highschool, now im a sophomore in college, I was coming up with a screen name for AIM and I thought about how good looking I was. I truly believed that people should know this. KO means knock out and I added fine to make it knockout fine. Then the year I created it was 05. So I slapped that on the end. I think its a smooth name. A girl helped me come up with it and I thought she was good looking. So i wanted to impress her with my wit.

Are you really, really, ridiculously good looking? 1OSUNUT might wanna meet you.

[Don Unverferth]

did he have an inferiority complex towards U-M as well?

He was 2-1 against UM as a starter. Therefore UM was inferior.

[tpilews]

He was 2-1 against UM as a starter. Therefore UM was inferior.

Oh, okay, so he doesn't, but you do. Gotcha.

[elno lewis]

http://www.hailvictors.com/image.php?u=86&dateline=1228248975

President of the Gay Liberation Front.

[ButlerWolverine]

Eriewolverine: Because I lived in Erie County on ...Lake Erie.

Butlerwolverine: Because I moved and live in Butler county.

Originality isn't my strong suit.

[Todd]

T - because I'm "T"errific!

O - because I'm "O"h so fine!

D - because I'm "D"ead on every time!

D - because Michigan is "D"amn near the best University ever, with the best fans ever, in the best state ever!

[Don Unverferth]

http://www.hailvictors.com/image.php?u=86&dateline=1228248975

President of the Gay Liberation Front.

If Chic was still alive he'd kick your ass!

[bluefan]

If Chic was still alive he'd kick your ass!

Or do something else with your ass. Either way - if you're straight - you won't like it.

[Mich97c]

If Chic was still alive he'd kick your ass!

If he was alive he'd probably say "help, get me out of this box"

[elno lewis]

http://www.hailvictors.com/image.php?u=86&dateline=1228248975

president of the gay liberation front.

love quoting myself.

[BlueHurricane]

Blue for obvious reasons and Hurricane because it was my nickname in college earned because my name is Mitch and Hurricane Mitch was one of the deadliest hurricanes ever to hit Central America. My buddy had a modern Latin American history class and applied it to my partying.

[MICHDAD1]

"MICH" for Michigan football, "DAD" self explanatory, and "1" for being the number one DAD. I pride myself on being a good dad and I think the kids would agree.

[Buzz]

Buzz is a nick name I got from playing sports in highschool and from when I was in the Army....it's part of my last name.

[Sten Carlson]

Buzz is a nick name I got from playing sports in highschool and from when I was in the Army....it's part of my last name.

Sten Carlson is my name, well actually, Sten is my middle name and I am a junior, and I've always gone by Sten. It's a Swedish family name -- my great grand father was named Sten, my grand father's middle name was Sten, as is my father's, and my only male cousin on my father's side of the family.

Down here in Texas people have a hard time saying Sten, they tend to call me Stan, which is ok. When people ask about my name, at least down here, I tell them that my folks were big British gun enthusiasts -- the STEN Gun from WWII.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pistolet_maszynowy_STEN,_Muzeum_Or%C5%82a_Bia %C5%82ego.jpg

Not all that funny, but at least then they get the idea how my name is supposed to be pronounced.

Go Blue!

[bighousemike84]

lets see "Bighouse" seems fairly obvious... I have a really big.... well you know what I mean. Mikey is my name and I like it and I was born 1984 hence the 84

[joeismyname]

joe is my name.

[1OSUNUT]

Mine pretty much speaks for itself.

[Medic]

My summers home from Michigan were spent lifeguarding San Diego beaches (gotta pay for that out of state tuition somehow!).

Summer of 96 on labor day we registered 124 rescues and had 14 serious assist rescues (summer crowd, huge southern swell out of season + terrible swimmers = yikes). Anyhow, I was one of two EMTs on the staff and several times that day we had "Medic! tower ____!" come over the radio to which I or the other guy would respond.

After that day everyone just called me Medic. I've used it ever since as an online handle.

[Bo Rather]

Bo Rather was a former Michigan footballer. No particular reason I picked him except I always thought he had a cool name.

[BlueArrogance]

I'm a student at the University of Michigan. I've always been told that we're arrogant, so I decided to play along.

[Revelli]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/96/WilliamRevelli.gifWilliam D. Revelli was the Director of bands at Michigan for quite a long time. He had graduated from the University of Chicago who used to be Michigan's biggest football rival, until the university of Chicago board of regents decided they were going to be a gentlemanly university who did not play football. Revelli, almost single handedly, is responsible for the fame that the Michigan bands once garnered. From the trip to (the then soviet) Russia with his legendary band, to the marching band you see ever saturday in the BigHouse (aka, the hole that yost dug). For more history on the man... do a google search and educate yourself. If the band were as well known as the football team, he would be Yost, Chrysler, and Bo all wrapped into one legendary figure.

Personality-wise he was a dictatorial man (some called him little Hitler,... but never to his face) who believed in hard dicipline and was feared by all who went through his bands. But he could also be a kind, gentle soul, in who's eyes you could always see the fire of a much younger man. He was much like another grandfather figure to me.

My father was in the band in the 60's, as was my wife in the late 90's. I had always wanted to go to Michigan but never made the grades in high school, so had to go to EMU, just down the road.

Basically, if you have ever watched the movie RUDY, that is the story of my life, except substitute the Michigan Marching Band for the notre dame football team.

Best quote of Revelli's: When teaching Bo how to sing the fight song, he actually made fun of him a little telling him, "You're a Michigan Man now, we don't half-heartedly raise our right fist in the air when we sing the victors, we THRUST our arms high in a punching motion, as if we are clobbering the enemy."

http://mmb.music.umich.edu/sections/drumline/images/revelli.jpg

[RealwomenwearMaizeNBlue]

I had been reading "Sack Carr" for quite a while & was completely annoyed that the Michigan faithful were falling all over a certain Buckeye Vixen. Hence - RealwomenwearMaizeNBlue. I still don't know why you guys let her get away with saying some of the things she does.

[number2]

When I joined HailVictors Michigan had just come off the season where they reached number 2 in the nation...and got jumped by Florida at the end...I am also a big fan of Number 2 from the Austin Powers movies...dude cracks me up...and Charles Woodson was probably my favorite player though Ive had some other favorites throughout the years...

[Medic]

I had been reading "Sack Carr" for quite a while & was completely annoyed that the Michigan faithful were falling all over a certain Buckeye Vixen. Hence - RealwomenwearMaizeNBlue. I still don't know why you guys let her get away with saying some of the things she does.

I always thought she was an attention whore FWIW :D

[Moetown]

Grew up in Dearborn ...moved to Chicago in 1992 and go by the nickname of Moe...Moetown seemed to catch on with some of my chicago buddies as they knew how passionate I was for all Detroit/Michigan related sports....

[michAGAIN]

I was born in Indiana and I'm left handed ---therefore "michAGAIN"

[Bossgobbler23]

I had been reading "Sack Carr" for quite a while & was completely annoyed that the Michigan faithful were falling all over a certain Buckeye Vixen. Hence - RealwomenwearMaizeNBlue. I still don't know why you guys let her get away with saying some of the things she does.

We love our Blue women better no doubt but its just fun playing along with her tease game.:D