Why is Coach Bill Parcells called "the Big Tuna"?
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Parcells earned the nickname "The Big Tuna" when he responded to a statement from a player with the incredulous "Who do you think I am? Charlie the Tuna?" Link below).\n\nor\n\nFrom "The Tuna" himself........(interview).\n\n[Coach Parcells discusses how he got the nickname ''Tuna'' at a 1997 press conference.] \nBill Parcells:   I think it goes back to my first time with the Patriots. There was an old commercial from StarKist with Charlie the StarKist tuna. So my players were trying to con me on something one time, and I said, 'You must think I'm Charlie the Tuna,' you know, a sucker, and that's kind of how it started. We started with it that year and [Charlie and the other fish] used to wear those little tuna helmets, you know, tuna pictures on their helmets. That's where it all started.
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After almost winning the Heisman Trophy while playing college football for Washington State University, he was drafted by the San Diego Chargers.  He was given a huge signing bonus (I want to say $15 million) and due largely to his immaturity, became a millionaire jerk.  He never regained his college form in the pros and finally gave it up a few years ago.  He's now a QB coach for West Texas A&M as of 2006.  His college coach, Mike Price,  actually used his condo in Spokane, WA after Price was involved with the stripper scandal in FL.
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Big names in football crowd jerseys\n\n\n Can you imagine the nightmares Cincinnati announcers would have if Roethlisberger were traded to the Bengals and started throwing passes to wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh? That name, too, has 14 letters, and together they win the NFL name game -- but not by much.\n\nNo fewer than 27 players on current rosters have 11 or more letters in their last name, with San Diego winning the Super Bowl of monikers. If you're looking to practice your elocution, try these Chargers on for size: Akbar Gbaja-Biamila, Cory Lekkerkerker, Scott Mruczkowski and former St. Louisan Brandon Manumaleuna.\n\nOf course, the Rams are no slouches when it comes to long names, although they are far easier to pronounce: Taylor Stubblefield, Ryan Fitzpatrick and Will Witherspoon.\n\nOthers who likely would make an all-Madden name team of at least a dozen letters: Willie Middlebrooks (Denver); Kimo Von Oelhoffen (Jets); Brad Lekkerkerker (Oakland); Kyle Vanden Bosch (Tennessee); Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila (Green Bay); Brandon Pinderhughes (Philly); Chris Hetherington (49ers); and Brian Simnjanovski (Bucs).\n\nAs for letter limits, NFL spokesman Matt Hill says the league has no rules. Instead, players work out any problems with their team equipment managers. You can always make the type smaller to fit more letters, so you might want to take a pair of binoculars to the game. However, if you try to buy your own custom jersey fromnflstore.com, you will be limited to a dozen.
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T.O. is a virus, and he will infect the Cowboys locker room, just like he did in Philly and S.F.  I don't think that Parcells will be able to control him like he did Keyshawn.
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No. He even said it himself at the end of the '04 season when the Texans needed a coach. They offered him SO much money it wasn't even funny!
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You should be a coach. And using the name of a great football player....
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As everything involved with T.O., I have the same comment....who cares?  I am so sick of the overhyped coverage of not only T.O. but Barry Bonds.  T.O. catches a fricken ball for a living, that's all he does but he is on Sportscenter everyday along with Bonds.  A golden retriever can do the same job that T.O. does and I would take the dog over T.O. because the dog would be happy just getting a treat for doing his job where T.O. wants to get paid like a god to do his job.  So my answer is who cares?  If you look at the past two seasons, the moron barely played because he couldn't keep his mouth shut and the year before he was injured.  He's a self-centered over-hyped overrated drama queen who will have a good year next year so that he can get even more media coverage expecially him being on the most overhyped team in America, the Cowboys, then he'll be a drama queen again which we'll give him even more media coverage and then all we'll hear is about him and Parcells and Parcells quitting or him wanting a bigger contract.
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Because Lamar Hunt(owner of the Kansas City Chiefs) saw his daughter playing with a high bounce ball as we call them. He asked her what is was called. She said it was a superball, yeah another name for the same thing. He liked the name and suggested naming the NFL Championship game the Super Bowl. I think though that you are mistaken with the World Series of Baseball when only the U.S. and Canada have teams that can play in it. You are now just getting picky and silly. Super Bowl just a refrence to importance and how great it is not to country.
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Thinkin Parcells will retire regardless of what happens. The sun shines brightly on the horizon and it's time to hang the hammock from the ole tree out back!  «:::!!
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No idea what Spurrier's daughters name is...and why post random trivia like this?  Is anyone impressed that you looked it up, or happened across her name somewhere?  And it's the GAMECOCKS...I'm a fan of "the fighting chickens of South Carolina..."
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becuase of the coach he sucks balls
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How can some of you even consider Bill Parcells as "underrated"?\n2 Super Bowl Championships, revived the Pats and Jets and Cowboys.  I mean, are you people insane or just stupid?\n\nHow about, oh i dont know, Brian Billick?  Got the Ravens to the Super Bowl and won, and yet the Ravens are never considered a threat to anyone?\n\nHow about John Fox, and the Panthers, how he turned that team around? \n\nAnd Lovie Smith?  I mean, the Bears are looking like a Super Bowl contender if you ask me (and im a Giants fan).\n\nSome of you people just wow me with stupid answers.....
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It will be interesting to see the interaction between Parcells and T.O. \n\nOwens will do very well -- this year. It's when he gets a good season under his belt that his ego starts growing. Then he becomes a cancer in the locker room. He doesn't seem to realize that football is a team sport. Eventually the other 10 guys on offense, as well as all the guys on defense, will get sick of his antics and stop supporting him on the field. I predict that even Bill Parcells will not be able to contain T.O.'s ego after this season.
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There was a famous football coach for the Green Bay Packers named Vince Lombardi...perhaps you are thinking of him?
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Granted Romo is on fire right now, Tuna simply means that everybody is giving Romo more credit than he really deserves considering this is the most starts he's had in his career.  Romo on the other hand is riding his high which is normal. We'll see come January.
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Mick Duram from Montana State University. He is a really good coach and just retired. But not because hes to old just wanted to coach another team.
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Do you mean all sports? because Dave Odom did it two years ago when he won the SEC coach of the year at South Carolina in basketball.\n\n(Coincidently, Odom, Spurrier and Holtz have Univ. of South Carolina in common.)\n\nThe third football coach (and first to do this) is Bill Curry at Ga Tech (85) and 'Bama (87).