The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, January 18, 1989 - Page 9
XWoo-woo!:
Ickey and Boomer
making football fun
"All right, Boomer. I'm going to
the Johnson's house, around the
Smith's car and then between the
two trees on the Williams' lawn for
abutton hook. Hit me there, OK?"
No way, Ickey. I want you to go
long. You know that you can beat
Shorty and Boom-Boom deep."
The above could happen in any
number of children's lives, but
happens to be currently transpiring
ii the NFL. The Cincinnati Bengals
01hve brought... (silence, gasp)... fun
back to the game of football.
, The Bengals two best offensive
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BY ADAM SCHRAGER
players are quarterback Norman
"Boomer" Esiason and running back
Elbert "Ickey" Woods. Just the
thought of these names has visions
of Archie comic strips and every
kid's afternoon neighborhood foot-
ball games strewn throughout my
mind.
Esiason has emerged this season
to become the league's best quarter-
back, while the rookie Woods from
UNLV scored a league-tying 15
touchdowns. In his success, Woods
has developed a touchdown dance
known to all as the "Ickey Shuffle.
Because the NFL forbids post-
scoring celebration, an entirely
separate reprehensible issue, Woods
has been relegated to do his
stomping behind the Bengal bench.
Woods' shuffle has striking simi-
larities to a Sumo wrestler's prepa-
ration with the ritual salt before a
match.
Is there a connev ion'? If hairstyle
comes into question, then Woods
could be in deep trouble because the
porgytail th'danigcls from his head
is very similar to the Sumo-do.
After Woods performs his dance,
which has become as habitual
following one of his touchdowns as
plac ing Rice on Roni, the rest of the
B:.ngals Join in for the "Woo, Woo"
tnant The "Woo, Woo" cheer
,d Nlii be cotnluscd with Stevie
Nicks' lyrics "Ooo, Ooo" in her
latest pop music single "Every-
where."
lie Bengals have the right
mgredients to win the Super Bowl
}Ver the San Francisco 49ers because
they have fun playing football.
Remember back in 1985, when the
Chicago Bears brought someone by
the name of William "the Refrig-
crator" Perry into football.
Everyone always said that Perry
made overweight people in America
feel good because they now had a
Successful, yet overwhelming, role
itodel. Well, if this holds true, then
all those people out there stuck with
a childhood nickname they cannot
shirk, can revel in the positive
publicity that these gentlemen are
receiving.
It actually goes further than
Boomer and Ickey. The Bengals have
prototype offensive linemen names
in Max (Montoya) and Anthony
(Munoz), and vintage defensive
names in Solomon (Wilcots) and
Lewis (Billups). Compare that to the
49ers' top guns' names in Joe
(Montana), Jerry (Rice), and Roger
(Craig) and San Francisco does not
have a chance. Maybe if the last
name counted...
Just saying the Bengals' names
makes one laugh. And just watching
them do their thing makes people
smile because if nothing else comes
from the Super Bowl, the Bengals
will have fun. Isn't that what the
game is about?
So when Sunday arrives at Joe
Robbie Stadium in Miami, don't be
surprised to see Boomer and Ickey in
the backfield, Max and Anthony on
the line, and Solomon and Lewis on
the sideline. Boomer will call an
offensive play except something will
be different.
You won't see Boomer drawing
out plays sent in from the press box
on the sideline, but instead in the
grass.
Associated Press
Ickey Woods (middle), the Cincinnati Bengals rookie
running back and, from left, Lewis Billups, David Fulcher,
Woods, Solomon Wilcots, and Eric Thomas do "The Ickey
Shuffle" down in Miami during Super Bowl XXIII's media
day. Woods will look to lead the Bengals running game
against San Francisco Sunday in Super Bowl XXIII.
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