Chad Ocho Cinco?!

There are reports coming out of Miami that Chad Johnson of the Cincinnati Bengals has legally changed his name to "Chad Ocho Cinco." It is his way to bypass the NFL's rule against putting nicknames on the back of the jersey. I'm not sure about the spelling yet, could he go metro and throwdown a hyphenate, Ocho-Cinco?

I don't blame Chad Johnson for doing this, there are like five other players on the Bengals with the last name of Johnson. He is suffering from "bland name disease." I think everyone knew someone named Chad Johnson growing up. He was probably a pretty lame kid too. I also suffer from this disease, with a name like Bobby Roberts it is bland, but unique enough to let the disease takeover. I am not a Robert Roberts, which most die from "bland name disease."

I am all for this, maybe Chad Johnson needs to pool his money with a few other guys who have fun nicknames and restart the XFL. I think Rod Smart needs a job, so we could have the resurrection of "He Hate Me."Best Jersey Nickname Ever

Out On A Limb - 2008 NFL Predictions

Seems like all football analysts want to do is say some random thing that they think may happen this season and if they come true, they are awesome, if they don't, they never mention them again. It sounds like a fun game, so I want to play. These are some predictions that seems out-of-the-box, but of course I will stay with tradition and brag if any of these become remotely true.

- I want to start off with the man in the picture, Brady Quinn. He will become the starter for Cleveland by week 8. Derek Anderson is a one-year wonder, much like Scott Mitchell was for Detroit in the mid-90s.

- Vince Young will end the season with more touchdowns than interceptions

- Larry Johnson will rush for 1600 yards and 17 touchdowns

- The Jets will win the AFC East

- Chad Johnson will lead the AFC in receiving yards

- Tom Brady will throw less than 30 TDs this season

- Kurt Warner will throw more than 30 TDs this season

- The Houston Texans will make the playoffs

- Matt Ryan will win Offensive Rookie Of The Year

- Adrian Peterson will only play in 10 games this season

- Shawne Merriman will get at least 8 sacks and play in at least 13 games.

- Drew Brees will lead the New Orleans Saints to win the NFC South

- J.T. O'Sullivan will throw for more than 28 TDs

- The St. Louis Rams will be better than 8-8

- The Kansas Chiefs will have the worse record in the NFL

- Marvin Harrison will retire after this season

- Daunte Culpepper will have signed with a team by week 6

- Nate Burleson will lead the Seahawks in receiving and TDs

- Rex Grossman will start at least 5 games this season

- Jerod Mayo will win Defensive Rookie Of The Year

- Marshawn Lynch will have a better fantasy season than Ladainian Tomlinson

Chad Johnson Has A Torn Labia?!

I enjoy sports talk radio a lot. I listen to it in the car on the way to work and on long road trips. I even listen to sports talk podcasts on my computer at home. In Columbus, Ohio, 1460AM The Fan, is the ESPN Radio station that I listen to. They only play the first two hours of "The Herd" and they substitute the last hour of that program with their own local show called "The Mid-Day Show." I hate this because I love Colin Cowherd, I believe he is current and very smart, something either of the hosts on "The Mid-Day Show" doesn't have. The show used to be called "Spielman On Sports," which starred former Ohio State and NFL football player, Chris Spielman. They changed the show's format some time ago and it hasn't been the same ever since.

Mike Ricordati and Scott Torgerson are the hosts of "The Mid-Day Show" and I have the extreme discomfort enough to have my lunch hour the same time they are on WBNS 1460AM The Fan. They have done everything from calling out 19-year old kids on Ohio State football team who get DUIs by calling them "pieces of crap" to possibly the best error I've ever heard on sports talk radio.

Chad Johnson of the Cincinnati Bengals was injured during a pre-season game. He was diagnosed with having a "torn labrum," which is in the shoulder. Mike Ricordati started talking about the injury and confuses "labrum" with "labia," which is the external part of the female genitalia. I want to believe that it was a slip of the tongue, but he is a White Sox fan, so he may not know what a labia is at all. I'm sure Chad Johnson would love to learn that a two-bit sports talk host on AM radio in Columbus thinks he has female genitalia.
Ochocinco would point a different finger at Ricordati

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