I am starting a campaign to call Joe Theismann Joe THEEZ-man. Who is with me?

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Joseph Robert Theismann (born September 9, 1949 in New Brunswick, New Jersey,) is a former American football quarterback and current television football announcer for ESPN. He was born to an Austrian father, Joseph John Theismann, and a Hungarian mother, Olga Tobias, and was raised in South River, New Jersey. He played football for the University of Notre Dame and was a runner-up for the 1970 Heisman Trophy which went to Jim Plunkett of Stanford University. Late in the season, his hallmates in Zahm Hall hung an enormous banner out of a 4th story window proclaiming, "Theisman for Heisman," (sic) changing the original pronunciation of his surname, "THEEZ-man," to rhyme with "Heisman," which he has used since.

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― Allyzay Eisenschefter (allyzay), Thursday, 16 November 2006 19:25 (seventeen years ago) link

Ha - I remember when I thought that Joe actually changed his name so it rhymed w/ Heisman! Imagine how dumb I felt when I learned the truth!

cosign, btw.

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 16 November 2006 19:29 (seventeen years ago) link

That is pretty sad.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 16 November 2006 19:31 (seventeen years ago) link

totally. so disrespectful of his ancestors!

― horseshoe (horseshoe), Thursday, 16 November 2006 19:31 (seventeen years ago) link

I wonder if any other players have done things similarly stupid. I mean a lot of them have nicknames that are dumb as hell, but to change your name for realz??

― Allyzay Eisenschefter (allyzay), Thursday, 16 November 2006 19:34 (seventeen years ago) link

I really wish Rod Smart changed his name to He Hate Me.

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 16 November 2006 19:36 (seventeen years ago) link

I would like to go on record that if Chad Johnson wants to officially change his name to Ocho-Cinco, that's okay with me.

― horseshoe (horseshoe), Thursday, 16 November 2006 19:38 (seventeen years ago) link

i would totally change my name to tugboat.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Thursday, 16 November 2006 19:39 (seventeen years ago) link

It's not the name change that bugs me, but changing it so that it rhymes with Heisman is just sad.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 16 November 2006 19:40 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah that is what I think, I was trying to come up with nicknames that are similar to this kind of thing (ie completely related to a performance goal etc) and couldn't come up with any.

― Allyzay Eisenschefter (allyzay), Thursday, 16 November 2006 19:47 (seventeen years ago) link

What's odd is that the Germanic pronounciation of an "ei" word is "I". German words that are "ie" are pronounced "E". Why was it pronounced Theeesman in the first place?

― lk (lawrence kansas), Thursday, 16 November 2006 19:49 (seventeen years ago) link

I was wondering that too, but my own name is pronounced differently than it is supposed to be so I shrugged at that.

― Allyzay Eisenschefter (allyzay), Thursday, 16 November 2006 19:51 (seventeen years ago) link

Eeezenschefter?

― lk (lawrence kansas), Thursday, 16 November 2006 19:53 (seventeen years ago) link

No, EisenschAfter.

― Allyzay Eisenschefter (allyzay), Thursday, 16 November 2006 19:57 (seventeen years ago) link

Ally I'm surprised you didn't already know this titbit!

― c('°c) (Leee), Thursday, 16 November 2006 20:37 (seventeen years ago) link

I am not particularly familiar with this man, by choice.

― Allyzay Eisenschefter (allyzay), Thursday, 16 November 2006 20:49 (seventeen years ago) link

Neither am I -- no cable = I've listened to his developmentally disabled brand of color commentary a total of maybe 5 times in my life -- but I knew about the Heisman thing since I was about 14. ANYWAY.

― c('°c) (Leee), Thursday, 16 November 2006 21:09 (seventeen years ago) link

WELL I GUESS YOU ARE JUST CLEVER!!!!!!

― Allyzay Eisenschefter (allyzay), Thursday, 16 November 2006 21:10 (seventeen years ago) link

YAH, I WANT A ~~COOKIE~~ GOLD STAR.

― c('°c) (Leee), Thursday, 16 November 2006 21:15 (seventeen years ago) link

HERE IS YR SUPER STAR!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC1XvG4WjI4

― Allyzay Eisenschefter (allyzay), Thursday, 16 November 2006 21:17 (seventeen years ago) link

someone plz to embed that

― Allyzay Eisenschefter (allyzay), Thursday, 16 November 2006 21:19 (seventeen years ago) link

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