New Nicknames For The Zags

In the Inlander’s Bloglander blog, Seth Sommerfield contends that Gonzaga is notoriously bad at coming up with good nicknames for men’s basketball players: “Think about it, the last time Gonzaga had a national superstar was Adam Morrison, aka the ‘Stache. But there just aren’t any good nicknames attached to any current Bulldog players. Let’s change that. Grantland’s Mark Titus already came out of the box strong last week, suggesting the tandem of Poland’s Przemek Karnowski and Lithuania’s Domantas Sabonis be called the “Low Bloc.” But here are five suggestions for individual players.” More here. (SR file photo, of Przemek Karnowski, or “The Karnovore”)

Question: In high school, I was known as “Oly” (w/a long “O, ” like the beer). How about you? Did you ever had a good nickname?