Bloggers who fancy themselves purveyors of All Name Teams, be alerted that you have a new starting running back: Texas redshirt freshman Foswhitt "Fozzy" Whittaker. (You have no idea how difficult it was to only have two quote marks in that last sentence.) Mr. Whittaker is one of only two I-A players named after a muppet--TCU's Mrspiggy Sullivan is the other*--and had a stellar debut against UTEP and their... er... frisky fans, rushing for 72 yards on 12 carries and revitalizing a previously moribund UT ground game.
He promises four full years of people saying "no, seriously, what's his real name" and possibly some long gains for Texas or whatever, but who cares? He is a muppet running back. He is full of win.
*(This person obviously does not exist or you would have heard of him already. There would have been a parade.)
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9-11-2008 @ 10:46AM
andrew said...
Also from the Muppet files:
Kermit Givens, DL, Northwestern State (LA)
Kermit Buggs, Safeties Coach, Penn State
Scooter Berry, DL, WVU
Sadly, no Beakers, Bunsens, or Statlers and Waldorfs, although I'm sure at least a couple of them must be nicknamed "Gonzo".
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9-11-2008 @ 2:36PM
formerlyanonymous said...
Fozzy went to my high school (pearland). The kid is pretty good, but nothing compared to the last couple great RBs at Texas. He was slated as the starter for the first game coming out of summer work outs but suffered an injury that left him out of Week 1.
Pearland has been pretty successful with runningbacks in the high school game, having 3 guys finish their careers on the top 15 all time rushing TD lists at the time of their graduation over the last 10 years. Those records last all of 3 years before they are totally blown out again and again. Recent backs that made the field in college include Anthony Evans (Houston) and Brandon Roberson (Backup at Northwestern).
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