Did I misinterpret something, or did they boo this dude at every turn? What gives? Is he a self-professed terrorist or what? I’m not a big football fan, so I didn’t watch all season. Did they do this every time he played?
You misheard, though understandably. They call him “Moose” and the crowd yells “MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE” when his name is announced.
Dude. Thank you! I was really bugged by that throughout the game. Phew! My rock-n-roll deafness can be a real pain in the ass sometimes.
It will probably be illuminating to know that his first name is Muhsin, pronounced moose-een.
Aaaaahhhh…the picture becomes clearer with every post.
Since it seems the OP’s question has been accurately answered, I’ll mention that one of the Tennessee Titans players, Drew Bennett, gets the same sort of “booing” whenever he makes a great catch. It’s the crowd yelling “Drewwwwwwwww” and not “Boo.”
Ben Troupe gets similar treatment – when he’s playing.
Unless the game announcer(s) knows the significance of such things, he/they will manage to make some ridiculous comment about it. For that reason, among others, we prefer to watch the game while listening to the radio. The radio guys are homers and don’t get distracted by local wit.
[peyton manning]They’re not saying “boo,” they’re saying “moooooooo-vers.”[/peyton manning]
Daryl “Moose” Johnston of the Dallas Cowboys got the same treatment when he was still playing.
They’re not booing him. They’re saying “boooo-urns”.
What is the oldest incidence of this? I remember when Lou Whittaker played for the Detroit Tigers in 1984, everyone cheered, “Louuuuuuuuuuuuuu!” when he came up to bat.
It had to be explained to me then.
Anyone heard of one older?
Lou Pinella.
Boog (BOOOOOOOOG) Powell used to get it in Baltimore, where he played for the Orioles from 1961 to '74. I don’t know of any older examples, but I wouldn’t be surprised to hear of one.
Same question is being discussed in this thread. According to astorian (who also mentions Boog Powell), Yankees fans were doing it with Moose Skowron in the 50’s.