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When did the initial/number thing start? Ex:TM7
Posted on 12/22/11 at 8:17 am
Posted on 12/22/11 at 8:17 am
When and why did people start referring to players as initials and numbers? I don't recall a whole lot of it before Patrick Peterson (PP7). I guess I sort of understand not wanting to type out the whole name but I heard the host on the Scott Van Pelt show yesterday call Robert Griffin III "RG3". That caught me off guard a little and got me to wondering when all this started. I am pretty sure it all started on message boards such as this, though.
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Posted on 12/22/11 at 8:20 am to JonTheTigerFan
Who knows, but it is annoying.
Posted on 12/22/11 at 8:22 am to JonTheTigerFan
RG3 is #10 though
Posted on 12/22/11 at 8:23 am to ultratiger89
I believe it started with CP3 or he made it "cool" and popular
Posted on 12/22/11 at 8:24 am to ultratiger89
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RG3 is #10 though
And ODB33 is somehow Odell Beckham Jr.
Posted on 12/22/11 at 8:24 am to LSU Hop
Because they don't know how to spell his name
Posted on 12/22/11 at 8:24 am to JonTheTigerFan
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I am pretty sure it all started on message boards such as this, though.
I think so. At first, posters just put initials. But that led to confusion because sometime 2 players had the same initials.
Josh Jasper and Jordan Jefferson, for example.
So, saying "JJ played well" was unclear.
Thus, "JJ09 played well" made it more clear.
Posted on 12/22/11 at 8:26 am to LSU Hop
What about CT3?
Collis Temple III
Collis Temple III
Posted on 12/22/11 at 8:26 am to JonTheTigerFan
quote:
When did the initial/number thing start?
Posted on 12/22/11 at 8:26 am to BlackHelicopterPilot
people are lazy. Thats where
Posted on 12/22/11 at 8:27 am to bartman217
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What about CT3?
Collis Temple III
we used to call his bro CT4
Posted on 12/22/11 at 8:28 am to ultratiger89
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RG3 is #10 though
Robert Griffin III
Posted on 12/22/11 at 8:28 am to TexasTiger1185
but then you can't have catchy phrases like "CP3 for MVP"
Posted on 12/22/11 at 8:33 am to shifty94
It started with the Legendary Quarterback Warren Moon. Everybody knows this.
WM1 was what it was about back in the day.
Because everyone knows saying "Double You Em One" is easier to say than "The Legendary Quarterback Warren Moon".
WM1 was what it was about back in the day.
Because everyone knows saying "Double You Em One" is easier to say than "The Legendary Quarterback Warren Moon".
Posted on 12/22/11 at 8:41 am to JonTheTigerFan
cp3
Posted on 12/22/11 at 8:52 am to Coater
C-3PO started it all. 
Posted on 12/22/11 at 8:57 am to JonTheTigerFan
Pretty sure twitter had a lot to do with it. I think Mathieu's twitter handle is like TM7 Era or something
Posted on 12/22/11 at 9:02 am to JonTheTigerFan
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When did the initial/number thing start? Ex:TM7
When they got too damn lazy to type the name.
Posted on 12/22/11 at 9:04 am to JonTheTigerFan
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And ODB33 is somehow Odell Beckham Jr.
I hate this more than anything. Why in the hell has the second letter of his first name become its own initial?
This post was edited on 12/22/11 at 9:05 am
Posted on 12/22/11 at 9:12 am to cheeriopiss
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Why in the hell has the second letter of his first name become its own initial?
because I like it like that.
Shimmy shimmy ya shimmy yam shimmy yay!
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