potsie?
by tha1andonly57@aim.com on Dec 2, 2008 9:40 PM EST
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Printso im new here, but ive been like reading some of the blogs but desided to sign up and ask a few questions, one is
i see you guys say potsie all the time, who is he?
and what are your other nicknames for the players on the team?
i know deebo is harrison but thats about it
and if there is anything else i should know that would be great, thanks guys
GO STEELERS!!!!
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Potsie is James Farrior
Many of the nicknames you see on this site are not made up here, but are generally used in the public and/or on the team. A few others:
Harrison: Silverback
Ike: Face Me or Face Me Ike
Hampton: Big Snack
Willie Parker: FWP
Limas Sweed: G.O.A.T. or Greatest of All Time
Okay, the last one hasn’t caught on yet, but I’m trying to start it.
by CarlWeathersMustache on Dec 2, 2008 10:09 PM EST reply actions
lol
Sweed’s nickname on the team is “Real Country”
To the tune of the classic children's song "This Old Man" (the part with nick nack patty whack)
Big Snack, Silverback, take the Dawg Pound's Bone, the Black and Gold sent the Brownies crying home.
by Tim Mullhaupt (HSS) on Dec 2, 2008 10:31 PM EST up reply actions
why are people all of sudden changing harrison to deebo? silverback was the first name i heard someone give him.
i prefer calling willie f-dub. but oh well.
by Bleed-Black&Gold on Dec 2, 2008 11:01 PM EST up reply actions
Silverback
was a name Harrison was not real fond of and could be construed as racist by some. A Silverback is a big bad black gorilla. Deebo is the character from the Ice Cube “Fridays” trilogy who was a real bad ass. Someone posted a picture of Deebo one time and he kind of resembles Harrison in a bad ass sort of way.
When You Run The Ball Good Things Happen
oh never knew about the racist part. i know deebo from friday but its just weird for me because i have a friend who we call deebo, for obvious reasons.
by Bleed-Black&Gold on Dec 3, 2008 1:27 AM EST up reply actions
yea me neither but I had a feeling that that was gonna happen.
To the tune of the classic children's song "This Old Man" (the part with nick nack patty whack)
Big Snack, Silverback, take the Dawg Pound's Bone, the Black and Gold sent the Brownies crying home.
by Tim Mullhaupt (HSS) on Dec 3, 2008 2:53 PM EST up reply actions
are there any reason for these nicknames?
for example face me or face me ike?
by tha1andonly57@aim.com on Dec 2, 2008 10:12 PM EST reply actions
Face Me
That little hand thing you see Ike do where he waves his hand in front of his face is him challenging the defender to “face me.” This taunt is much more appreciated than throwing the ball at WRs which seems to draw a personal foul for Ike.
by CarlWeathersMustache on Dec 3, 2008 8:59 AM EST up reply actions
i thought that was from the little thing Tony Yayo of G-Unit does. Actually i am pretty sure that is where he got it from because he started doing it like last year or not too long ago, after it was popular within the G-Unit group. It’s suppose to me you can’t see me hence putting the hand in his own face. which means that you are not on his level which means you are not as good as him
some ebonics for you.
by Bleed-Black&Gold on Dec 3, 2008 12:10 PM EST up reply actions
What's g-unit?
I’ve wondered about that hand gesture for months now as I see other athletes then just ike do it.
by Chicago Steeler on Dec 3, 2008 2:57 PM EST up reply actions
I refer to him as Kemo-Therapy
Also “The Stapler” Is Darnell Stapleton
GOAT
Ricky Carmichael already has that name. And for good reason. When it’s an athelete that will never be overtaken, then you can call them the GOAT. I.e. Jordan, Ali, Petty….
by SoCalSteelerFan on Dec 3, 2008 12:24 AM EST reply actions
football is only one sport of many
Motorsports are almost as awesome as football. If not as awesome.
by SoCalSteelerFan on Dec 3, 2008 4:19 AM EST up reply actions
Paulamalu beat me to Delicious, but heres some others
since we are going all nicknames might as well add the obvious ones too.
Big Ben – Roethlisberger
Tone – Holmes
B-Mac – McFadden
The Diesel – Kiesel
some more...
Creech – Jeff Reed
Trevor – DeShea Townsend
Woe-dee, Wardy – Hines Ward
Wedge, Juicy, Punch – Chris Kemoeatu
Chubbs – Travis Kirschke
Big Bird – Aaron Smith
T-Rex – Scott Paxson
Billy – Clint Kriewaldt
Triple H – Clark Haggans
Sawed Off – Tyrone Carter
Scarface – Verron Haynes
Tasmanian Devil – Troy Polamalu
There’s some on the current roster for the most part. I know you can think of some of the old Steelers. Let’s hear em’!
Wasn't Eric Green Big Bird?
One would think no recycling of nick names.
umm...
The Bus. Pretty sure we had a player who’s nickname was The Bus.
Old Nicknames
As long as you’re chiming in with Steelers past let me add;
Dobre Shunka – Jack Ham
Jack Splat – Jack Lambert
Hollywood Bags – LC Greenwood
Big Mean – Joe Greene
The Blonde Bomber – Bradshaw
Fats – Ernie Holmes
Mad Dog – Dwight White
Frenchy – John Fuqua
Hydroplane – Jack Deloplaine
Jim “Clickity” Clack
Pine – Glen Edwards
The Emperor – Chas Noll
When You Run The Ball Good Things Happen
also seen...
“not fast willie” to refer to willie reid.
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