Reading Bill Simmons’ column in ESPN this week, I stumbled across the following gem:

The Dwight Howard Award for “Guy who most needs a nickname”
We need to figure out this Brandon Jacobs thing. The nickname “Nigerian Nightmare” made Christian Okoye sound 10 times more terrifying, yet “Brandon Jacobs” sounds like someone who got expelled from boarding school for trying to steal the SAT. Even worse, you can’t shorten his name (”B-Jake” doesn’t work), and you definitely can’t use his initials because, well, you know. So what do we do? The man clearly needs a nickname. Can we dust off “Night Train” for him? That has been dormant for a good 50 years since Dick Lane had it. Should we call him “The American Nightmare” as an homage to Okoye? At the very least, the Giants’ Web site should have a nickname contest to figure this out.

So here you go Bill…if the Giants’ website won’t do it, we will!  If anyone can think up a nickname for the Giants’ bruising running back, please post a comment on this story or e-mail us.  Even if you think it’s stupid, don’t worry…I will post a few to get the ball rolling, and I can guarantee that none of them will be used by Chris Berman any time soon.  We may have something for the winner although we can’t promise that at this point, but it’s possible.

Also, we realize the Eli Manning poll just plain sucks at this point, and has for a while, so if you guys have any ideas for a new poll before the Super Bowl please let us know.  Thanks!