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Origination of Johnny Football
Posted on 12/17/12 at 10:30 am
Posted on 12/17/12 at 10:30 am
I was listening to Lithium on Sirius/XM and came across a grunge song that uses the term Johnny Football. Was this a term used for good players throughout the ages, or is it coincidental? Serious question, I haven't heard the nickname until this year.
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Posted on 12/17/12 at 10:32 am to Snatchy
are you 14? have you never heard this song?
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Posted on 12/17/12 at 10:32 am to Snatchy
Only 9 1/2 months until football season 
Posted on 12/17/12 at 10:36 am to SECSolomonGrundy
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are you 14? have you never heard this song?
Yeah, I've heard it. I didn't memorize the lyrics.
Posted on 12/17/12 at 10:41 am to Snatchy
I'm the one who coined the term "JFF"
fwiw
fwiw
Posted on 12/17/12 at 10:54 am to UFownstSECsince1950
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I'm the one who coined the term "JFF"
I am positive that is an original nickname, not so sure about Johnny Football.
Posted on 12/17/12 at 11:00 am to Snatchy
fwiw that said "Johnny-Football Hero"
Posted on 12/17/12 at 11:06 am to Snatchy
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Origination
i believe the word is just "origin"
Posted on 12/17/12 at 11:10 am to SECSolomonGrundy
JFF taught Tiger Woods how to get with women.
Posted on 12/17/12 at 11:19 am to SECSolomonGrundy
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i believe the word is just "origin"
You could be right but,
origination - an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
Posted on 12/17/12 at 12:10 pm to Snatchy
A poster on Aggie Yell called 8Seconds.
Posted on 12/17/12 at 12:25 pm to Snatchy
Yeah, I left out the "M"
I coined "JMFF"
The M makes all the difference
I coined "JMFF"
The M makes all the difference
Posted on 12/17/12 at 12:27 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
The F was coined by El Thrill on AY...
Posted on 12/17/12 at 1:44 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
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are you 14? have you never heard this song?
I had never listened to the song until the OP shared the link. I guess the song is common knowledge to white people of a certain age?
Posted on 12/17/12 at 2:07 pm to ImperialPalace
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I had never listened to the song until the OP shared the link. I guess the song is common knowledge to white people of a certain age?
Extremely common knowlege. That song received tons of radio airplay throughout the mid-late 90's and had a popular music video on MTV (back when MTV played music videos) which featured a mega-hot cheerleader.
Posted on 12/17/12 at 2:09 pm to ImperialPalace
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I had never listened to the song until the OP shared the link. I guess the song is common knowledge to white people of a certain age?
Grundy must be a huge Nada Surf fan.
Posted on 12/17/12 at 2:13 pm to Snatchy
For real doe, I lived in SA back when he played at Tivy. Kerrville is served by SA TV news and SA papers. The news in SA called him Johnny Football back then. It didn't originate with them, either; it started in Kerrville and they just picked up on it - the same way that ESPN picked up on Aggies calling him Johnny Football and started using it themselves while calling our games.
That said, the first time I heard it used to describe him I thought of Nada Surf! "And if you see Johnny Football Hero in the hall, tell him he played a great game! Tell him you liked his article in the newspaper!"
That said, the first time I heard it used to describe him I thought of Nada Surf! "And if you see Johnny Football Hero in the hall, tell him he played a great game! Tell him you liked his article in the newspaper!"
Posted on 12/17/12 at 2:27 pm to Cooter Davenport
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Extremely common knowlege. That song received tons of radio airplay throughout the mid-late 90's and had a popular music video on MTV (back when MTV played music videos) which featured a mega-hot cheerleader.
But oh well, 
Posted on 12/17/12 at 2:28 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
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Yeah, I left out the "M"
I coined "JMFF"
The M makes all the difference
I hope that was not for JBIV.
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