OT: Chris Johnson's Twitch?
I'm watching the Arizona/Tennessee game and they keep showing Chris Johnson on the sideline with Vince Young. Chris Johnson keeps nodding/twitching his head quickly, as if he has a mild case of Tourette's Syndrome.
Does he in fact have Tourette's? I guess maybe I've just never noticed it before.
August 23rd, 2010 at 11:18 PM ^
Did a quick google search and there are message boards all over the place about it. I couldnt find anything official but obviously many people have noticed it.
August 23rd, 2010 at 11:22 PM ^
Yeah, I found out the same thing, which makes me wonder if it's developing or getting worse. I'll admit, I know very little about Tourette's...
August 24th, 2010 at 9:54 AM ^
He does not have Tourette's. ESPN E-60 did a special on him a few weeks back and Michael Smith asked him about the twitch. He was checked for Tourette's, and was not diagnosed. He said it was just a nervous twitch he developed in either high school or college, I can't remember I could not pull up the E-60 video at work, but I believe it is on this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_aIX7j0d6o
August 23rd, 2010 at 11:22 PM ^
Apparently the Tennessee fan base has nicknamed him "Twitch." Either that or Nick Bishop is a big dick: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/188218-10-questions-with-tennessee-titans-rb-chris-twitch-johnson
August 23rd, 2010 at 11:40 PM ^
I turned that game on for about 20 seconds and noticed that too. I think it's more "O Let Do It" than Tourettes.
August 23rd, 2010 at 11:41 PM ^
I don't think he has tourette's becuase that requires both motor and vocal tics and I feel like if he had a vocal tic (shouting random stuff like you see on tv/movies) it would be more widely known. Could be a chronic tic disorder but definitely looks like he has a tic of some sort. What sucks for him is that a lot of the meds used for tics and tourettes (if he has either) would significantly mess with his playing ability (lots of side effects that are fine for most, not for professional atheletes who need to be at their best).
Note: this is all speculation based on limited evidence of course.
August 23rd, 2010 at 11:51 PM ^
Only 1-10% of people with TS shout stuff. For most people, vocal tics manifest themselves in the form of random sounds.
TS is developed during adolescense and either stays the same or gets better as one gets older (For example goalie Tim Howard, whose Tourettes is now only noticable when a reporter asks him about it). Therefore, it's impossible for an adult such as Chris Johnson to be "developing" TS, but it is very likely that he has a very mild form that went undiagnosed.
August 24th, 2010 at 12:46 AM ^
hasn't he seen the south park episode? (Yes I learn most things I know from South Park and The Simpsons)
(This is the only one I could find)
August 24th, 2010 at 12:51 AM ^
August 24th, 2010 at 1:30 AM ^
Play at your own risk etc. I also thought about putting up that one but it's mostly Cartman bs'ing tourettes or the "PISS IN MY ASS" guy which is just funny.
August 24th, 2010 at 9:58 AM ^
OH BOB SAGET!
August 24th, 2010 at 11:46 AM ^
August 24th, 2010 at 12:59 PM ^
I understand the majority of people don't shout stuff, I meant that mainly to say that if he had a vocal tic of any sort I think it would be more noticable and therefore more likely we would have heard about it.
I don't know if the second part of your reply was meant for me or not but I certainly never said he was "developing" tourettes and agree it would be something he had for a while.
August 24th, 2010 at 12:31 AM ^
August 24th, 2010 at 12:48 AM ^
August 24th, 2010 at 1:16 AM ^
gold poisoning.
August 24th, 2010 at 1:25 AM ^
I found this article on Rivals about Chris Johnson.
Some of the things said about him are kind of funny in retrospect. He was a 2-star recruit and had a couple offers from South Florida and East Carolina. Apparently some teams were trying to convince him to play WR or DB, but he wanted a chance to play RB.
I bet there are plenty of schools who wish they would have given him a chance to play RB now...
August 24th, 2010 at 7:42 AM ^
... a good point to remember when we complain about UM getting a 3 star or losing a 5 star.
August 24th, 2010 at 7:27 AM ^
can cause muscle twitching
August 24th, 2010 at 7:47 AM ^
a pain killer doing it. If you've ever known people on powerful prescriptions, they cause this sort of thing all the time. Especially narcotics.
August 24th, 2010 at 2:00 PM ^
I'm not discounting your opinion in any way, however I sincerely doubt that CJ2K is doped up on powerful pain killing narcotics. Also CJ2K wants a new deal and needs to perform again this year to get a big pay day. So narcotics are definietly not the case. I believe it is the nervous twitch that he spoke to ESPN's Michael Smith about.