11W Terminology

You won’t find some of the words and phrases we use in the dictionary, so if you’re a new visitor and you’re stumped about something, this is a good place to start.

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Beano Powlus Beano Cooke for predicting Notre Dame quarterback Ron Powlus would win two Heisman trophies
Brainlock Jason Whitlock, sports columnist and radio host
C-Bus, Cbus, The Bus Nickname for Columbus, OH
Cheesehead Native of Wisconsin
Cleveland Pamon Former Big Ten football official Steve Pamon who was investigated by the league for gambling allegations after news of an unsavory past broke. Scary resemblance to this dude.
Crying Irish Notre Dame fans, for their constant whining
Diana Ross Former Buckeye running back Lydell Ross for his tentativeness when hitting holes.
Dog Mode Greg Oden, for telling The Oregonian that people shouldn’t come around him when he’s eating “cause that’s when I get in my dog mode”.
Dot Com Urban Meyer, for saying this.
Edmond Howard Former Wolverine Desmond Howard, for appearing to have more teeth than the average person
Erin Pageviews Erin Andrews for her ability to drive pageviews on blogs (first seen at With Leather).
The Eleven Warriors Receptionist French journalist and news personality, MÃ©lissa Theuriau, known for handling administrative tasks around the 11W offices
The Fulmer Cup Annual competition administered by EDSBS in which teams are awarded points for off-field trouble with the law. Buckeyes have thankfully never won.
The Ghost Buckeye wide receiver Ray Small, for his special ability to generate much hype and then disappear.
GPOOE The Greatest Player of Our Era to Urban Meyer. Tim Tebow to the rest of us.
H20-4 Former Michigan running back Mike Hart for coining himself H20 before his senior season because “he runs like water and can slip through any crack.”
Jailarity The act of doing something stupid and/or hilarious which may lead to jail time
JHC, The John Harold Cooper, ideal Michigan Man and fan of Southern colloquialisms.
Jimmy Crum Legendary former sports anchor for WCMH-TV in Columbus. Crum joined the station shortly after the station’s 1949 debut. He was best remembered as being very fond of crazy-ass plaid jackets and successfully predicting Ray Small’s first career punt return touchdown. Crum retired in 1994.
[NICKNAME TEMPORARILY REDACTED] Terrelle Pryor
MIKE The middle linebacker in Ohio State’s 4-3 defense.
MNC Mythical National Championship — or all we have until playoffs arrive.
Moellered To be intoxicated. From Michigan coach Gary Moeller’s incident where he was drunk and told the police to "take me to jail boys" rather than take a taxi home
Old Ball Coach, Ball Coach, OBC Florida coach Steve Spurrier
Out of Hound Sheer madness or craziness. From a gigantic brainfart in a post and then things kind of just got…
Pistol Formation An offensive formation devised by Chris Ault of Nevada that essentially is a shotgun but with the quarterback lined up closer and a running back directly behind him.
Pony Formation An offensive formation that features two tailbacks instead of the standard tailback and fullback.
Pwn, Pwned To soundly defeat (own) an opponent (see also)
SAM The strong-side linebacker in Ohio State’s 4-3 defense.
Sack of Antlers An especially skinny female (usually a model)
Soap Beater Buckeye football coach Jim Tressel, taken from a legendary post on the Cleveland.com message boards that said "Tressel could coach dirt to a victory over soap and water".
Sting Rey USC linebacker Rey Maualuga. Because of this.
Taurian Odenton Buckeye wide receiver Taurian Washington, due to his resemblance to a certain big man.
That Hippie Up North Michigan blogger and lover of patchouli, Brian Cook of MGoBlog. Though a talented writer, he suffers from a case of achy vag most likely the result of the poor performances exhibited by his chosen team.
The Vest Buckeye football coach Jim Tressel, fond of wearing sweater vests
The Villain Evan Turner (as coined by Mark Titus)
The Wannstache Pittsburgh coach Dave Wannstedt (from EDSBS)
WILL The weak-side linebacker in Ohio State’s 4-3 defense.
The Worldwide Leader, WWL ESPN, from it’s catchphrase "The Worldwide Leader in Sports"