Proposed nickname for Darius Morris
It's been noted that Darius kind of looks like a young Obama. How about "the President"? He certainly runs the show for us. We had "General" Grant awhile back; now maybe we can move up a notch.
Any others? Anything to prevent "Butterfly" from catching on...
(Disclaimer: this is not intended to be any kind of political commentary.)
December 18th, 2010 at 3:02 PM ^
The pupa.
December 18th, 2010 at 3:04 PM ^
How about "Phillip".
"He's gonna smoke these fools"
December 18th, 2010 at 3:06 PM ^
"Darius"...
December 18th, 2010 at 5:42 PM ^
D-Mo seems like the natural choice. It's what I've been calling him without resorting to any poll-taking on the issue.
December 18th, 2010 at 5:55 PM ^
I'm jumping on the D-Mo wagon.
December 18th, 2010 at 7:38 PM ^
got a friend we call D-Mo
December 18th, 2010 at 3:11 PM ^
Tadpole -> Frog, keeping that oh so amazing metamorphis theme the same.
Plus it's maize and kinda-blue:
December 18th, 2010 at 10:50 PM ^
Is a frog's ass water tight?
December 18th, 2010 at 3:11 PM ^
I think one of the announcers threw Zach Morris out there at one point. "Preppy?"
December 18th, 2010 at 3:11 PM ^
How about "The Cat". He seems kind of finnicky.
December 18th, 2010 at 3:16 PM ^
Both because he is curious like a cat and because he's a worrier
December 18th, 2010 at 4:38 PM ^
It's a simple question, Brogrich. Would you eat the moon if it was made of barbeque spare ribs? I know I would. Heck I'd have seconds!
December 18th, 2010 at 5:50 PM ^
Then I'd polish it off with a nice, cool Budweiser.
December 18th, 2010 at 3:12 PM ^
Darius kind of looks like a young Obama
Uh, I suppose. They're both black, afterall. And male. And human.
December 18th, 2010 at 3:18 PM ^
If we start calling Morris "The President" we'll have to be consistent and refer to Denard as "Weezy"
December 18th, 2010 at 4:20 PM ^
Yeah... I mean if anything Horford looks WAY more like a young Obama, and I actually thought this before the season started. I think it might be the ears and the Big House in the background.:
December 18th, 2010 at 6:49 PM ^
Wow, I definitely see it in the eyes.
December 18th, 2010 at 5:07 PM ^
Denard could be called "Desmond"
December 18th, 2010 at 5:17 PM ^
but I think I heard from one of my aunts (MSU fan, but that's unrelated right?) that Obama might not be human and has yet to produce a human birth certificate.
Or something just as insane, I can't keep track anymore
December 18th, 2010 at 3:19 PM ^
What about 'The Butterfly'!
December 18th, 2010 at 3:21 PM ^
December 18th, 2010 at 3:23 PM ^
I'd be happy calling him first time all big ten, but I'm not using their really terrible logo or abbreviation.
December 18th, 2010 at 3:29 PM ^
the logo abbreviation ever do to you?
December 18th, 2010 at 3:28 PM ^
And that choice is "The Emperor." As in:
December 18th, 2010 at 3:34 PM ^
"Darius the Great, was the third "king of kings" (emperor) of the Achaemenid Empire. Darius held the empire at its peak, then including Egypt, Balochistan, and parts of Greece. The decay and downfall of the empire commenced with his death and the coronation of his son, Xerxes I."
I like the sound of that. The empire of Michigan basketball will last until his death, at which point his son will become head coach. I'll happily take sixty or so years of Michigan owning in basketball followed by a period of down years.
December 18th, 2010 at 9:16 PM ^
Very slight problem...
His son was Xerxes, who many of you may remember from this movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmOH5f1J1Uc
So the 60 year reign= good. The son who takes over and gets embarrassed by some Spartans. Well that doesn't work out well
December 18th, 2010 at 3:30 PM ^
DMor4 or DMore
December 18th, 2010 at 3:32 PM ^
Jalen Rose's, so how about Jalen 2.0?
December 18th, 2010 at 3:32 PM ^
December 18th, 2010 at 3:34 PM ^
"The Running Rick James"
or
"Superfreak"
December 18th, 2010 at 7:40 PM ^
"The Running and Passing (62% completion rate, 2316 yards) Rick James"
or
"Superduperfreak"
December 18th, 2010 at 4:36 PM ^
I see what you mean; however, that's a nickname Denard grew up with. It's not like a fanbase constructed nickname.
All that said, I think Denard is an awesome enough name that he doesn't need a nickname. I'm willing to bet the Shoelace thing slows down until he makes his first start in the NFL... then it'll all come back with a vengeance.
December 18th, 2010 at 3:33 PM ^
"DarMor"
or
"DarMore"
or
"Darmor"
or
"General Motor"
December 18th, 2010 at 3:52 PM ^
The Fab Four
December 18th, 2010 at 4:01 PM ^
was one hell of a warrior-king for ancient Mesopotamia
/not to be a complete history nut
December 18th, 2010 at 4:57 PM ^
not to be a bigger history nut but darius was persian. slight difference
December 18th, 2010 at 8:31 PM ^
Yep. His predecessors actually caused the downfall of the neo-Babylonian empire, the last real mesopotamian empire.
can't hide being a history nut there.
December 18th, 2010 at 4:59 PM ^
but, you know, what evs...
December 18th, 2010 at 4:06 PM ^
How about we call him DarFour? Oh wait....
December 18th, 2010 at 4:28 PM ^
but I think that may give him unwanted thoughts about transferring to the University of Miami
December 18th, 2010 at 4:34 PM ^
darius "jonathon horseballs" morris
December 18th, 2010 at 4:36 PM ^
4Loko
December 18th, 2010 at 4:59 PM ^
Coffee Black/Sugar Dunkerton/Downtown Funky Stuff Malone?
December 18th, 2010 at 5:01 PM ^
D-Momo
December 18th, 2010 at 5:41 PM ^
he's good.
December 18th, 2010 at 5:47 PM ^
Sweet Sassy Molassy
End of thread.
December 18th, 2010 at 5:53 PM ^
Zoltan is insulted someone suggests another Michigan player can claim the title of Emperor. King Darius isn't bad though.