Fun with the Madden 08 Nickname Generator
While digging through the Philadelphia Eagles draft history here (hey, look at all the first round offensive tackle busts!), I noticed a fun link on the right side - the Madden 08 Nickname Generator. How does it work? Type in the name of a draft prospect, and it’ll spit out a nickname, along with the probability of that nickname being used. Because a few results can come up for any given name, I ran each name in five times. Here are the results of a few Cal Bears.
Marshawn Lynch - "The Solid Investment" - 80%
Marshawn Lynch - "The Bull in Bears Clothing" - 53%
Marshawn Lynch - "The Solid Investment" - 35%
Marshawn Lynch - "The Bull in Bears Clothing" - 32%
Marshawn Lynch - "Bullish" - 42%
Daymeion Hughes - "The Human Record Book" - 58%
Daymeion Hughes - "The Heat" - 36%
Daymeion Hughes - "The Threat" - 44%
Daymeion Hughes - "100 Yard Dasher" - 84%
Daymeion Hughes - "Cobra" - 83%
Brandon Mebane - "California Bear" - 40%
Brandon Mebane - "California Bear" - 58%
Brandon Mebane - "California Bear" - 79%
Brandon Mebane - "California Bear" - 63%
Brandon Mebane - "California Bear" - 36%
Desmond Bishop - "The Archbishop of the Big-Hit" - 36%
Desmond Bishop - "The Archbishop of the Big-Hit" - 57%
Desmond Bishop - "The Archbishop of the Big-Hit" - 77%
Desmond Bishop - "The Archbishop of the Big-Hit" - 50%
Desmond Bishop - "The Archbishop of the Big-Hit" - 79%
And just for kicks, a few guys who have no chance in hell of getting drafted:
Tim Mixon - "Primo" - 79%
Scott Smith - "Primo" - 77%
Joe Ayoob - "The Human Incompletion The Record Breaker of Inaccuracy" - 65%
Erik Robertson - "The Threat" - 65%
Marcus O’Keith - "Rocketman" - 53%
Nu’u Tafisi - "Game Time" - 32%
Steve Levy - "100 Yard Dasher" - 32%
David Gray - "Primo" - 38%
There are a few conclusions we can draw from this. Marshawn reminds someone of a bull, or they were watching MSNBC at the time. The guys over at Madden don’t think Hughes will be drafted, or they decided "40 Yard Slog" wasn’t a good nickname. Brandon Mebane is wholly unremarkable and has no distinguishing characteristics other than the school he attended, or they realized "NumbaTenn" was already taken. And Desmond Bishop has the best nickname ever, if a bit long.
Lynch = Merrill Lynch?
Comment by Nate — April 20, 2007 @ 12:43 am
oops who is nickname generator….
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