Jak's Up!

Seattle Mariners


Chris Jakubauskas #41
(Jak-uh-bou-skuhs)

MLB Service: Rookie

Starting Pitcher

6'2"/ 215 lbs.

Bats: L Throws: R



Jakubauskas is a rookie with the Mariners making his MLB debut on April 8th of this year. His story is unlike any other because he was undrafted out of College and worked his way out of the indy leagues to get onto the Mariners Roster. After a half hearted retirement in 2006 Jak has been working his way through injuries and the minor leagues and finally gained a spot in the Mariners starting rotation.

If you care to read the story about Jak check it out here: Jakubauskas shows age not a factor

Good Miller of Corn Stubble

Central Michigan University
Chippewas

Rhett Goodmiller #7
(Good-mill-er)

Freshman

Catcher/ Infielder

5'8"/ 172lbs

Bats: R Throws: R


Dale Cornstubble #6
(korn-Stub-el)

Junior

Catcher

5'11"/ 175lbs.

Bats: R Throws: R



Wow! Who knew that the MAC was the cradle of Crazy Named Platoons as well as the Cradle of Coaches. Last week we featured the combo from the University of Toledo now we feature the catching combo for Central Michigan.

This catching platoon of Goodmiller and Cornstubble are batting .261 and .269 respectively. It seems that Cornstubble gets the majority of playing time and that Goodmiller plays elsewhere. Goodmiller has 2 HR with 23 Rbi and a slugging percentage of .373. While his counterpart Cornstubble has 4 HR with 24 Rbi and a slugging percentage of .400. They both have led their team to a 21-25 record and 9-12 in the MAC. Not good. But they both have shown promise for their team locking down the catching position for the future.

We salute not only the MAC but Central Michigan as the Cradle of Crazy Sports Names. We know that in the central part of the Country and the Central part of Michigan there are a ton of Goodmillers grinding up Cornstubble to make raise our steak dinners.

Thanks, the CSN Bloggers love the beef (& Crazy Sports Names) keep it coming.

Hammer Cola?

University of Toledo Rockets

Ben Hammer
(Ham-er)

Freshman

Outfielder

6'1/ 188lbs

Bats: L Throws: L



Yes this is another Toledo Rocket. Yes, this guy is a teammate of Jeff Cola. Wow, what a great combo, Hammer and Cola! Sure beats Sander Beck! That's what I'm talking about with a tool name. Bring the Hammer! No wimpy sander!

Ben Hammer gets about the same playing time as Cola in the outfield. It actually seems they do a sort of platoon. He's batting .308 with 9 doubles and 13 RBI. Not bad again for a freshman. He was rated the 23rd best prospect coming out of High School. Unlike his platoon mate he was involved in a lot more in high school lettering in Football, Baseball, and Basketball. He was also a part of the National Honor Society and he plans on majoring in health and exercise science.

We here at the CSN Blog look forward to seeing the progress of this nice platoon of Crazy Names go forward at the University of Toledo. The name combos make for fun around the CSN Blog Office. Keep up the good work Hammer Cola, We LOVE IT!

Beau Chi MIN.

That is how I thought his name was pronounced something reminiscent of perhaps some great Chinese leader of old. but was a way off. Francois Beauchemin (frahn-SWUH, boh-sheh-MEH) today's entry for CSN appeared in only 20 games this season for the Ducks. Due to a torn left ACL. (he did play over 150 the past 2 season for the ducks.) At the time of his injury he was 4th in the league in Goals Scored Among Defense-men.

Its the Real Thing!

Toledo Rockets


Jeff Cola #16
(CO-La)

Freshman

Outfielder

6'0"/ 175lbs.

Bats: L Throws: R




Always refreshing, always makes you smile, its always Jeff "Coca" Cola. Jeff is a freshman on the Rockets team that is just 2 games under .500. For his first season he is batting .340 with 7 RBI. Not bad for a freshman. He's played in 20 games this season and has started 13 of those games. He's stole 2 bases in 3 attempts. He was rated the 65th best prospect in the State of Ohio coming out of high school where his hobbies included all things D.A.R.E. Wow. What a great club to be apart of. I don't know about you but the last time I took D.A.R.E. was in middle school. Makes you wonder if Mr. Cola is the Real Thing?

Coca-Cola has unveiled their new slogan to the public and its "Open Happiness" maybe that's why Jeff Cola was a part of D.A.R.E. because he opened too much Happiness.

We here at the CSN Blog hope that's not the case but we know that Jeff Cola is the real thing.

Goot!

Miami of Ohio Redhawks

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Chris Gutschenritter #36
GOOT-shen-ritter

Sophomore (walk-on)

Pitcher

6'1"/190 lbs.

Bats: L Throws: L


Not much to talk about with this guy. He's a walk on at a MAC school from Atlanta, GA. He actually has no statistics for this year or last year. Apparently, this guy just rides the pine and comes to practices.

The only thing that his bio says about him on the team's site is that he threw a no-hitter in High School in 2007. He was also named one of Baseball America's Top 300 players. Which makes you wonder why is he not playing at Miami of Ohio?

Sorry Goot your name and name alone justified a mention on the CSN Blog but dude c'mon at least try and get in a game at a MAC school.

Tea and Crumpets

Taking a break from the College names to give you a spectacular MLB name.

Texas Rangers
Taylor Teagarden #2
(tee-gar-den)

Catcher

Rookie (First Full Year)

6'1"/ 200 lbs.

Bats: R Throws: R


Taylor Teagarden is a one of the talented catchers for the Texas Rangers along with Jarrod Saltalamaccia. For all intensive purposes Teagarden is the back up to Salty. And his numbers show why this is so. Currently he is batting .067 with 1 hit and 1RBI. I guess he needs to adjust to the pitching in the majors. Last year he got in 16 games and batted .319 with 6HR and 17RBI. I know that Texas is high on both Salty and Teagarden. That they thought about trading one of them in the offseason. But nothing materialized out of any deals offered.

Teagarden will have to pick it up or else he'll be with the queen sipping on tea and eating crumpets. We here at the CSN Blog want to see him succeed so we can see that wonderful NOB (Name on Back) more.

Nick Vs. Nik

what are the odds that there be 2 guys in the NHL with the same name.

Niklas Backstrom from the Wild and Nicklas backstrom from the Capitals. I'm used to seeing guys in the NBA with the same name like I think there are a few Josh Smith's and Gerrald Wallace's however Backstrom???

as far as I can tell these two NHLers are not related and even more crazy is the fact that they are both Good players. usually with same name players one is good and the other is not good. both of them ranking in the top 10 in multiple categories for their position. this Senario can be very confusing for the casual NHL viewer because Niklas is a goalie and Nicklas is plays Center. so Backstrom can shoot it and save it get the rebound and let it slip past him for the goal all in the same sequence.

My question is this: "Is Backstrom like Smith over in finland and Sweden... or is it just a freak coincidence"

Power Tool + Musician= Crazy Sports Name

Maryland Terrapins

Sander Beck #30

Freshman

Right Handed Pitcher

6'3"/ 195 lbs

Bats: R Throws: R



This fine upstanding young gentleman can't help his name. But really who names their kid after a power tool and not even a really cool power tool. C'mon can't you name your kid Saw, Hammer Drill, or compound miter saw. Anything is better than Sander.

Sander Beck is a freshman at Maryland where he has compiled a 0-0 record with a 5.40 ERA with 13 K's and 11 BB's. He is projected to be a starter next year with the Terps with improved command of his pitches.

He is an excellent student he graduated high school with a 3.42 GPA (Hey that's better than his ERA). He also is into Latin? He is a 3 time silver medalist in the National Latin Exam and won some other Latin Award too. With his latin he is also a state champion chess player. Nerd Much?

On his bio for Maryland it also lists his Volunteer work for Habitat for Humanity and the Special Olympics. The CSN Blog gives him 2 thumbs up for that.

Although, Sander Beck must be an upstanding young man his parents needed to rethink their naming strategy. What I mean is when you combine a wimpy power tool with a weird musician that doesn't equal a good name. It equals a Crazy Sports Name. It can flow into a simple equation which I'm sure Sander Beck would like:

Power Tool + Musician= Crazy Sports Name

Hey Beer- Man!

Vanderbilt Commodores

Sean Bierman #18
(BEER-min)

Sophomore

Relief Pitcher

6'0"/ 190lbs.

Bats: L Throws: L



Beirman is a relief pitcher for the Vanderbilt Commodores.
Currently he has pitched 29.1 innings and has recorded 27 stikeouts with only 12 walks.
He has an ERA of 4.19 with a 2-1 record.
Not a bad pitcher especially when they come from New Jersey.
And apparently his favorite vacation spot is St. Thomas. Who wouldn't want to go to St. Thomas after living in Jersey.

So for all you fans out there who are in need of relief in the middle of the game call on the Bierman and he'll get you through the later innings.

HEHEHE

Sorry for my slacking on posting for all of you who like hearing about NHL names.

Today's post is very simple. i picked it because it makes me laugh

Anton Babchuk (AN-tawn bab-CHUCK)

Maybe there is something wrong with me but if that last name doesn't make you giggle at least a little bit then I think there is something wrong with you.

Fun Fact about babCHUCK, according to NHL.com this is his first playoff season yet his name appears on the Stanley Cup as a member of the 2006 Carolina Hurricanes

Enjoy

Another Fecal Matter

Florida Gators


21 Justin Poovey
(Pooh-VEE)

Redshirt Freshman

Pitcher

6'0"/195lbs

Bats: Right/Throws: Right





Poovey is from Great Falls, NC. He missed all of last year's season with a medical redshirt. Although he was out last season he was named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll. How can this be? The kid did not play at all but still is named to an Honor roll. A medical redshirt means that you can gain elgibility for another year due to an injury. So this guy can actually be on the Academic Honor Roll for 5 years and play for 4?

On Wednesday, Pooh-vee pitched an inning of relief in the Gators in a win versus Stetson University. In that inning he walked two and struck out none with no earned runs. This season he has appeared in 7 games but have given up 12 earned runs. His ERA is 5.89 and he has 9 K's. Poovey is the workhorse for the Florida bullpen but the work doesn't look that good with his ERA and earned runs.

Poovey's name gets him a mention on the CSN Blog but his work this season is a bunch of bull.

Sunday Afternoons will Never be the Same

CSN Blog will take today off and pay respects to a Philadelphia Legend.
Harry Kalas.

Although I have not lived my entire life here in the Philadelphia region. Over the past few years I have grown to love the sweet baritone voice of Harry the K. My Sunday Afternoons would consist of me listening to Harry do the play by play with my eyes closed slowly drifting in and out of sleep, with occasional interruptions by Harry getting excited about a play. That he did very well. With his trademark "Outta Here!" Harry would draw me into games with welcomed reminders of days and years past. The wealth of knowledge he shared with the fan was only matched by his witty and warm sensibilities on and off the air.

Today I remember Harry the K and know that my Sunday afternoons will never be the same.

-Matt "BAMA" Anderson

Torgerstache!

Brigham Young University Cougars

Blake Torgerson #32
(Tor-gur-son)

Junior

Pitcher

6'5"/220lbs

Throws: R Bats: R



Look at that amazing upper lip! Torgerson is a better than average pitcher from Westminster, CA. He is a junior on the BYU squad that has posted a 20-13 record this year. Torgy as he is affectionately called by the Cougar faithful has a 4-2 record with a 5.62 ERA. In his most recent start Torgerson pitched a complete game 2 hit shut out with two walks and two strikeouts against the Air Force Academy. Amazingly in his 8 games this season Torgy only has 7 walks.

We here at the CSN Blog like his name but the Torgerstache clinched his appearance. Keep up the Tom Selick ways and we might see more of him in the future!

Axel Grease

The longest tenured Boston Bruin P.J. Axelsson (AK shil suhn), may not be known for his for his goal scoring, or fancy play. but this gritty player has managed to stick around on Boston Since 1997. I originally picked this name because I just thought it was cool then while doing some research I stumbled upon what his real name is. The Wikipedia entry for Axelsson claims that his full name is Anders Per-Johan Axelsson..... ummmmm.... No wonder he goes by P.J. In researching his name it appears to me that his parents may have been fairly religious. Anders is a scandinavian form of Andrew (One of the Disciples of Jesus) Per is Scandinavian for Rock and Johan means "God Is Gracious"

Despite the interesting name you have gotta give credit to a guy drafted in the 7th round sticking around and actually having an impact on the game for 11 years.

P.S.

If you would like to see a sort of anti-climatic fight looks more like a giant bear hug, then go to .

www.hockeyfights.com/fight/42821

Shaken, Not Stirred

Kansas State Wildcats

Nick Martini #26
(mar-tee-nee)

Freshman

Outfield- OF

5'11"/ 178lbs.

Bats: L Throws: L



Martini is a freshman at Kansas State. As of today he is batting .336 with 1 homer and 27 rbi. He has 54 total bases and plays a good bit in the outfield. He has a tremendous fielding percentage of 100%.

I had the pleasure of seeing him play against Creighton on the CBS College Sports Network. He threw out a runner at the plate. Prompting me to question whether or not his name was really Martini or did the crappy announcers mess up. Nevertheless, it was a great throw. I did not get to see him bat but per the numbers it looks as if he is doing well.

For a freshman Martini is not shaken or stirred lending him to serve up a 24-8 record with a 5-4 record in conference

A to the R to TYEW-kin

I know that I'm not that fluent in hockey names but i have never seen a pronunciation guide that I need an additional phonetic pronunciation guide of. That precisely what you get with Tampa Bay Lightning right winger. Evgeny Artyukhin (ehv-GEH-nee, ahr-TYEW-kin), since I'm not even sure how to say his name we will here by refer to him simply as "Arty"...

Arty has a bit of an interesting NHL career a 3rd round pick in 2001 Arty has only played in the NHL in 2 seasons. he appeared in 72 games in 2005-2006 and has appeared in 70 game this season. According to the wikipedia entry about arty he turned down a 475,000 contract from the lightning. His agent asked that Tampa Bay trade him claiming that the lightning were punishing him for not resigning a year before. so arty went and played for HC CSKA Moscow, recording 99 penalty min in 23 games. Arty was then officially re-signed to a two year 1.9 million dollar deal on July 7th 2008.

Arty I guess Your agent knew what he was doing. and can you please have him tell me how to say your name.

Don't Hands Me Bro!

North Carolina Tarheels (#1 Seed)

Tyler Hansbrough
(HANDS-bro)

Senior

Forward

6'9"/ 250 lbs.








Another staple of the nauseating coverage known as UNC Basketball. (Why do all the major networks give us a major dose of them every year?) Tyler Hansbrough is last years National Player of the year. Hands-Bro, is how its pronounced, seems to get the most calls I've ever seen in College Basketball since I've been alive. The man bowls his way through everyone around him and still gets the call to go his way. He quite possibly could be the biggest winer in College Basketball as well because when he does bowl through the other team and does not get a call he wines to the official.

But one thing the CSN Blog likes about Hands-Bro, is the outstanding faces he seems to make during every single game. See Upper left picture for more details. He does faces only a mother could love.

Tonight Hands-bro and his UNC teamates will take on the Michigan State spartans in a rematch of a game earlier this year. In that game on Dec. 3rd Hands-bro had 25pts and 11 boards. But, this time around he'll have to face this guy:

Goran Suton
(GORE-on SUE-tahn)

Redshirt Senior

Center

6'10"/ 245lbs.



Goran did a descent job containing Thabeet on Saturday. Now, he is the taller man against the smaller Hands-bro.

My pick for the Championship game is UNC wins by 8 or 9 when Suton gets in foul trouble leading him to shout at the ref: "Don't Hands Me Bro!"

This concludes my series on NCAA Tournament names. Wednesday we'll begin to look at some College Baseball names and some MLB names for a couple of weeks.

Tha-BEET Goes On

UCONN Huskies (#1 Seed)

Hasheem Thabeet #34
(ha-SHEEM tuh-BEET)

Junior

Center

7'3"/ 263lbs.

We all know this guy! The possible player of the year in Men's College Basketball. ESPN's constant coverage of the big man is nothing short of nauseating. The problem with this coverage is that they pronounce his name wrong. According to the pronunciation guide I found it is tuh-Beet not Tha-Beet. His name is definitely worthy to be included in the CSN Blog but the name appearing on his jersey and most news medias is wrong.

His given name at birth is Hashim Thabit Manka. But it is custom in his native country of Tanzania to drop the name of your father once he has died. But it doesn't end there we now see a different spelling of his name. Apparently, the American media outlets could not keep his name the same spelling and had to match it as closely with the pronunciation as possible so, hence we get Hasheem Thabeet.

Thabeet is most certainly a top five pick in this year's NBA draft. We here at the CSN Blog look forward to seeing Hashim at the next level where he can continue his development as an outstanding shot blocker and defender. With his progress still being fine tuned we know that Tha-Beet will go on!

Goals: None..... Assists: None....

That was the beginning of the season notes for NY Ranger from yaroslavl, Russia Artem Anisimov (AHR-tehm, a-NEE-see-mawv). The Former 2nd round pick in 2006 has not been able to log many minuets this season. Having a total ice time of 9:27 for the season.

No goals No assists, No Penalties. 1 shot. and an Even Plus Minus. His only action coming against Atlanta on Feb 3rd.

I'm not even sure why NHL.com put up any stats about him under their notes tab if they were just going to keep putting up none.

EE for Effort?

Michigan State Spartans (#2 Seed)


Idong Ibok #00
(EE-dong EE-bock)

Senior

Center

6'11"/ 260lbs.



EE-dong is a senior Center from Lagos, Nigeria. His Michigan State Spartans are in Detroit to play in the Final Four. Although Idong is not much of a player in the outcome of the game points wise, only 0.4ppg and 0.8rpg, Ibok is the energy guy for the Spartans. In doing research I found that all of the pictures from this year's NCAA Tournament were of him hugging or celebrating with his team mates.











(Case and Point!)

I think that Iboc or Idunk Iblock as some of his Michigan State fans call him is only on the Spartans for one reason: GPA. Yes, Grade Point Average. He is a three time Academic All-Big Ten. His GPA helps stabalize the Michigan State team from early graduation and poor test scores. Tom Izzo knows how to coach, win, and stack the deck.

Way to Go Izzo and Ibok, CSN Blog gives you an EE for Effort! (which they will need they play Hasheem Thabeet [Profile Friday] and UConn Saturday at 6:07pm.

Max-EEM

I'd like to start off this blog with an apology apparently when i posted the video of Tuukka Rask I did not have the rights to and the post was taken out. I'm sorry to the parties involved for posting that I found it on you tube and assumed since it was on the news that it was okay.

Now onto the real post.

Today we highlight nine year pro Maxim Afinogenov (max-EEM, ah-fihn-ah-GEHN-ahf). This is possibly one of the best names EVER!! Maxim which is Latin for "The Greatest". His Parents must have really been thinking ahead on this one. yeah our son is the greatest. Good work mom and pop Afinogenov. I wish my parents had put that much thought into naming me. Adam which is Hebrew for Man. wow good work mom and dad that was hard. oh its a boy well he's gonna grow up to be a man lets call him Adam. I may be adding Maxim to the list of baby names for whenever that time comes to name a baby boy of my own.

Two Thumbs up Mom and Pop Afinogenov.

Juan Gone!

Oklahoma Sooners (#2 Seed)

Juan Pattillo #12
(puh-TILL-o)

Junior (JC Transfer)

Forward

6'6"/ 216lbs.


Juan and his Oklahoma Sooner basketball team were swamped yesterday by the Fightin Michael Jordans. Juan was the only bench player to get any significant minutes. He played 24 minutes and ended up with 9 points and 6 rebounds. He actually was the only bench player with points.

Puh-Till-o is was a highly-touted junior college transfer from Las Vegas Nevada. This year he averaged 5.9 points per game and 3.9 rebounds per game. If Blake Griffin goes pro Juan could have a significant role on next year's Oklahoma team.

But this year Pattillo and his Oklahoma team are Juan Gone from the Tournament!

Lyons, Tigers, No Bears. Oh My!

Missouri Tigers #3 Seed

Leo Lyons #5
(Lee-0 Lie-ons)

Senior

Forward

6'9"/ 244lbs














Leo Lyons. Wow. Great name and a good player. Last night Leo Lyons and his Tigers (no Bears, Oh My) beat Memphis in an up and down offensive showdown. Leo Lyons had an amazing game going for 15 points and 12 rebounds in the win. This is not far off his seson average 14.6 ppg and 6.2 rpg.

Leo is a talented musician that writes and performs his own music. He wants to own a record label after basketball. His favorite video game is NBA Jam 95. CSN blog loves NBA Jam 95 and says that Leo Lyons is "Heating Up."

The Missouri Tigers will take on the Connecticut Huskies on Saturday for a shot at the Final Four in Detroit.

Two For the Price of One

Syracuse Orange &
Arizona State Sun Devils

Syracuse Orange (#3 Seed)
(white uniform)

Arinze Onuaku #21
(A-rinse-a On-ew-ak-ew)

Junior
Forward/Center
6'9"/ 275lbs.

Arizona State Sun Devils
(#6 seed)
(maroon uniform)

Eric Boateng #2
(Bow-Tang)

Junior (Transfer from Duke)
Center
6'10"/ 245 lbs.


What do you know a two-for. This picture was from round 2 of the NCAA tournament with the Winner advancing to the Sweet 16. As the picture shows Arinze Onuaku is dunking the ball by the ill fated Eric Boateng. That's pretty much how the game went as well. The Orange were up by as many as 15 in the second half stretching the Boateng to the point where they broke. Both of these players had minimal impact on that game though. Boateng had just 4 points and Onuaku had a little better game with 12 .

The rarity of crazy names is great but when you can put two together its a goldmine especially when there is visual documentation. CSN Blog loves it. Keep 'em coming!

Bless Big Red

Cornell Big Red (#14 Seed)


Chris Wroblewski #3
(ro-BLESS-key)

Freshman

Guard

6'0" 180lbs



Wroblewski fits in with the Big Red. The hair it seems gives it away too easily but he was also a terrific high school player in Illinois. He was nominated for the McDonald's All-American team. Not only that he was a great player but also a great student. In a showcase of Academic minded basketball prospects (I did not know there was such a thing.) he was the MVP. Ro-Bless-Ski averaged 6.7 ppg and 2.7 apg as a freshman. He scored 7pts in the Big Red loss to Missouri.

I believe that Wroblewski belongs here because the pronunciation of his name makes no sense. I can see Ro-Blue-Ski but no its Ro-Bless-ski. If someone sneezes you can give them the traditional God Bless You or you can go with Wroblewski (Ro-Bless-ski). CSN Blog will go with the latter.

NHL = Names High in Letters

While my colleague will be focusing on the NCAA Tournament I will take the easier road and focus on a Crazy name from the NHL from now until the season is over. Now I must admit that I do not actually watch much hockey not because I don't like it, but because I like basketball more, but unfortunately the NBA is not the gold-mine for crazy names that the NHL is, so the NHL it is. Because there are soooooo many names in the NHL we are going to take a systematic approach to this and simply work our way through alphabetically, and wherever we leave off at the end of the season we will pick up when the NHL Season starts in 2009.

Congratulations to Justin Abdelkader in being the fist hockey name featured on CSN blog.

Player Profile:

Name: Justin Abdelkader (abdehl-KAY-duhr)

Justin was the 42nd overall pick in the 2005 NHL Draft, he lead the Michigan State Spartans to the 2007 NCAA Championship, a game in which he scored the game winning goal with 18.9 seconds remaining. And he was named the 2007 Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player. Perhaps the best piece of information about Justin is that he is from Muskegon MI (mus-KEY-gun) Yet another one of Michigan's stranger named Places.

at only 22 years old we are still waiting to see if Justin can make some magic in the NHL.

"Abracadabra" Justin

Rhyming Crazy First Names of the Tournament

UCLA Bruins

Jrue Holiday #21
(Droo)

Freshman

Guard

6'3" 180lbs.


I don't know why someone would name their kid Jrue (Drew). C'mon I mean really why would you do this to a kid. Elementary School must have been terrible. Spell your name for the class please "Drew." J- R- U- E. "Umm Drew that is not how you spell your name." The arguement that must have followed would have been fun including the call to the parents. Or the typos on the class roster.

Jrue is a freshman with some possibilities of going pro especially when ESPN puts a draft tracker on you for the 2009 draft. This is weird because he only averaged 8.5 pts a game.

This year Jrue and his Bruins fell short of the sweet sixteen with a loss to Villanova in the 2nd Round of the Tournament.


Utah State Aggies
Pooh Williams #5
(Poo)

Sophomore

Guard/Forward

6'3" 200lbs.

Real Full Name:
Earnest Williams



Of Course this photo prompts the great Caption of: "Utah State teammates love Pooh."
Earnest Williams is what is real name is but on all the roster sheets I've researched have shown him as Pooh Williams. Pooh was part of the Utah State Aggie team that barely lost to Marquette in the 1st Round this year. The sophomore will look to improve his numbers next year because 5.9 pts and 1.9 asst. per game is not cutting it for Pooh. #5 Pooh Williams should change his number to #2 next year and he'll problably play better. But the opponent signage possibilities are endless.

So Jrue and Pooh Thanks for making the CSN Blog. We couldn't dooh it without you.

New Contributor to The CSN Blog

We'd like to welcome Adam Deering to the CSN Blog Staff.
He is an avid Deeeetroit Pistons and Michigan Wolverines fan.
He loves his fiance Amanda and basketball.
Adam dislikes Philadelphia Sports teams (- Phillies) and anything with Cheese in it.
Hence the Picture above.

CSN Blog says "welcome" Deer.

Oakland Michigan?????

A Question so eloquently stated in a sign made by a fan for the Summit League Championship. You are correct sir there is In-fact a university located in Michigan called Oakland University. interestingly enough there is not a city in Michigan called the City of Oakland. the School is located in Oakland county/township and therefore aptly named Oakland University. So I'd like to dedicate my first post on CSN Blog to not only some of the crazier names of Oakland University but also to the school whose name is in-fact crazy in its own right.

As the one of the former place of higher learning for this blogger, I feel compelled to highlight Oakland even though they did not make it into the tournament. Formerly of the Mid-Con, conference the Golden Grizzlies in their first year in the Summit league made it to the conference championship before loosing a close one (64-66) to the Bisons of ND State (The Second Post on CSN)

The Golden Grizzlies were lead by Sr Eric Kangas (KANG-us) averaging 35 MPG and over 18 PPG. Kangas scored 1446 points in his career at Oakland.

The only other crazy name on the roster that actually made a impact on the team was Blake Cushingberry. Cushingberry averaged 25.4 Mpg in just his freshman year. Expect sweet play to come from this delicious Berry.

The Final name with any relevance we have Sr Dan Waterstradt (Water-strat) who averaged 21.6 MPG and 5.3 RPG.

In the there game is not as impressive as their name category we have.

FR. Ilija Milutinovic (Ill-ee-ya MILL-uh-TIN-oh-vitch)

SR. Ricky Bieszki (Bee-es-key)

While not all that impressive on their own imagine the names from this team Vs the names on ND State, and you have the makings of a very entertaining game full of great names and mediocre basketball play

Sienna's Saint(s)

Sienna Saints

Edwin Ubiles #23
(You-ba-liss)

Junior

Guard/Forward

6'9" 199lbs.



Owen Wignot #31
(Wig-not)

Freshman

Forward

6'51/2" 201lbs.



The Sienna Saints are now out of the Tournament but they put up a tremendous effort against Ohio State in Victory and took Louisville to the brink of elimination but were defeated on Sunday. Edwin Ubiles was one of the heroes of both games with 20 points in a 20t win over Ohio St. and 24 points in a loss to #1 overall seed Louisville.

Wignot as I saw did not get much playing time in the Ohio State game but did have some time in the loss to Louisville. He played 4 minutes against Ohio State and had zero points and played four minutes against Louisville and had 2 points.

I know that CBS was trying to push Sienna off as this year's Davidson but they came up a bit short. With all three 1-3 seeds advancing to the sweet sixteen, good basketball is soon to follow.

CSN Blog.

Late St. Patty's Day Celebration

Northern Iowa Panthers

Lucas O'Rear

Forward

Sophomore

6'6" 255lbs




Jordan Eglseder
(egg-el-seed-er)
Center

Junior

7'1" 290lbs.



These two smiling faces played valiantly in their first round game against Big Ten Tournament Champions Purdue. Eglseder was the "Chevrolet Player of the Game." But in defeat O'Rear's name shined through. The announcers had some good lines that went something like this. "O'Rear bumps (player) for the foul." or "the pick by O'Rear."

Instead of having the leftover Green Beer in celebration of St. Patty's Day CSN Blog celebrates with Eglseder and the O'Rear!

Happy Watching Day 2!

Fargo Not Just Known for Funny Accents

North Dakota State University Bison

Michael Tveidt #23 So. (TWEET)
(Left)

Sam Sussenguth # 34 Jr. (Soo-sehn-gooth)
(Middle)

Brett Winkelman #22 Sr.
(Right)

These three were part of an outstanding game against Oakland University (MI) last week. They were competing for the Summit League Championship which they eventually won. I found these names to be quite interesting along the course of the game because there were instances where Tveidt would pass to Sussenguth then Sussenguth to Winkelman. The hilarious combination of all three names was great.

The Bison also had Ben Woodside whom was Summit League player of the year. And they also had Caleb Shockman on the roster. The Bison will need to shockmankind with a win over the Kansas Jayhawks in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The game tips at the Tveidt of the whistle at 12:30pm on Friday.

Go Bison!

Longest Name in NCAA Tournament History

Grlenntys Chief Kickingstallionsims, Jr.
#42 Alabama State Hornets

Goes by Chief Kickingstallionsims Jr.

Apparently his last name means "Strength of Fallen Rocks."

After watching the coverage of the "Opening Round" Game. I heard of this ridiculous name and thought i'd start a series on the crazy names in sports. And since the NCAA Tournament is upon us I'll feature a player from the field of 65 each day until the tournament is over.

The Chief is a senior and had very limited luck last night being pulled out of the game at the 7 minute mark in the first half. Although the long name his points and rebounds per game this year were not all that great averaging 8.5ppg and 4rebounds. Even at 7'1" and a tremendous name you would think that he would have a greater impact on the Hornets but alas no he did not. I do not see any future prospects although Mark Cuban has been known to take a chance on big men with no other use that amazing ethnic backgrounds.

So here's to Chief Kickingstallionsims for being the first installment in the Crazy Sports Names blog.