Travis Williams is an aspiring writer/broadcaster/humorist with a passion for connecting with people from all walks of life through good, and often humorous, conversations on sports. He blends quality insights and observations with his unique sense of humor providing his readers with works that are both entertaining and thought provoking. His goal is to one day host a sports radio talk show, allowing him to use his multiple talents to their full potential, while entertaining the sports community. Basically, Travis loves sports and loves people, and connecting those two passions is his dream. He currently resides in Myrtle Beach, S.C. where he spends his spare time day dreaming of being a pirate and getting frequently beaten at Madden by middle school kids. With the huge Oklahoma vs. Texas game behind us, I had a few thoughts on what exactly is in a name. Seriously, are there any better names for quarterbacks that play in the state of Oklahoma or Texas than Colt, Sam and Landry? You give your kid a name like that, and they almost have to live up to it.
It starts when they are young, too. You show up at the first day of pee wee with a name like Colt and you're getting the red jersey. You're under center automatically.
Meanwhile, if you have any sort of hyphen in your name… you know, Jimmy-John, Billy-Bob or John-Henry, you'd better be good at two things: eating and blocking. You also might want to develop a real mean streak, because the last thing that kid needs to be is the gentle giant standing on the sideline just waiting to get in on the field goal unit. Of course, if your name sounds foreign at all, they are probably just going to hand you the kicking tee. Sorry, but hey, you'll probably get to go home early.
It is my belief that Colt and Sam are two of the best names for a quarterback playing in Texas or Oklahoma. But, after a morning of hearing those two names together about a billzillion times, as for some strange reason ESPN thought I would enjoy watching them play ping pong, a few other thoughts have crossed my mind.
Let's try something and see if it's just me. Close you eyes and say over and over again, Colt and Sam, Colt and Sam, Colt and Sam. Now, what are you picturing?
Is it two lovable cartoon dogs who have adventures, get into a little light hearted trouble, while learning and teaching us all valuable life lessons?
You know the type of show, like "Colt and Sam meet Timmy, the new kid." Will they become friends or will they make fun of him for bringing his Bible to school? Or, "Colt and Sam take the big test." Will Sam convince Colt not to cheat on his wonderlic exam? Or the ever popular, "Colt and Sam and the pranks gone wrong." This is the one where the two of them learn about consequences after toilet papering Urban Myer's yard and leaving a bag of flaming poop outside Mike Leach's front door.
Can you see this or is it just me? Hmm, sad thing is I kind of want to read that one with Leach in it. He probably wouldn't be a cartoon dog though. He's probably more likely a bear or a beaver or something. Oh, and obviously dressed as a pirate.
With that said, Sam and Colt are great southwest football names. Kids with names like that are born wearing the red practice jersey.
So parents, think hard when you name your kids. It could be the difference between star-studded quarterback or just another warm body on a long cold bench.