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QUIZ: College Football Recruit or Made-Up Name?

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It’s National Signing Day. The one day of the year where grown men try to pick up 17-year-old high schoolers and fall just short of becoming red dots on Google Maps. With that comes a circus of young, talented athletes with ridiculous names. So here we are with our third annual Korked Bats Quiz: College Football Recruit of Made Up Name?

We’ll give you the name. You decide whether it’s a real college football recruit or a made up name.The answers are revealed at the bottom.

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1. Blanket Augustus

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2. Terry Meatloof

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3. Zach Sandwisch

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4. DiCaprio Bootle

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5. Plastic Vicarious

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6. Handsome Tanielu

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7. Dakota Holtzclaw

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8. Dakota Q’Russell

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9. Dakota Cru Birdyshaw

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10. Thanksgiving Patrick

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11. Raider Tu Bohedrick

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12. Bo Peek

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13. Brodarius Hamm

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14. Eddie McDoom

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15. Coke Tribecca

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16. Rowdy Frederick

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17. Brady Breeze

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18. Gentle Williams

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19. Optimus Primer

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20. Octavious Cooley

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21. Bread Uptavio-Savory

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22. Sweet-Corn Cakes

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23. Dock Luckie

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24. Rough Slice

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25. Mark McGwire

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26. Super Lazers

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27. Teufagafaga Luafatasaga

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28. Bambi Davis

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29. Hamp Cheevers

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30. Michael Jackson

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Answers:

1. Blanket Augustus – MADE-UP – Who cares if his name is Blanket? Michael Jackson named his kid Blanket, and that guy was FULL of sound decisions.

2. Terry Meatloof – MADE-UP – He’s not real and doesn’t even sound good enough to be recruited.

3. Zach Sandwisch – REAL – West Virginia commit

4. DiCaprio Bootle – REAL – Nebraska commit

5. Plastic Vicarious – MADE-UP – Quick rule of thumb, if it’s plastic, it’s fake.

6. Handsome Tanielu – REAL – BYU commit

7. Dakota Holtzclaw – REAL – Kentucky commit

8. Dakota Q’Russell – MADE-UP – The Q’Russell family named their son after their favorite child actress from the 2003 coming of age drama ‘Uptown Girls’

9. Dakota Cru Birdyshaw – REAL – Southern Miss commit

10. Thanksgiving Patrick – MADE-UP – How can anyone believe a name like that? I mean, who’s last name is Patrick?!

11. Raider Tu Bohedrick – MADE-UP –  Yeah, nothing about this name looks real.

12. Bo Peek – REAL – Stanford commit

13. Brodarius Hamm – REAL – Auburn commit

14. Eddie McDoom – REAL – Michigan commit

15. Coke Tribecca – MADE-UP – Fake, but still better than New Coke.

16. Rowdy Frederick – REAL – Tulsa commit

17. Brady Breeze – REAL – Oregon commit

18. Gentle Williams – REAL – Cal commit

19. Optimus Primer –MADE-UP – He’s the illegitimate son of a Transformer and a type of paint

20. Octavious Cooley – REAL – Ole Miss commit

21. Bread Uptavio-Savory – MADE-UP – Sounds like a meal you’d order at Cheesecake Facotry

22. Sweet-Corn Cakes – MADE-UP – This actually IS a meal you can order at Cheesecake Factory.

23. Dock Luckie – REAL – LSU Commit

24. Rough Slice – MADE-UP – He’s fake, but with a name like that, I’d never say it to his face.

25. Mark McGwire – MADE-UP – He’s the former single-season home run champ*** and now the hitting coach for the San Diego Padres.

26. Super Lazers – MADE-UP – No, not real. But he seems like a cool guy, no?

27. Teufagafaga Luafatasaga – MADE-UP – Is he a real person? Nopefagatasaga.

28. Bambi Davis – MADE-UP – It was sad when his mom died.

29. Hamp Cheevers – REAL – Boston College commit

30. Michael Jackson – REAL – Georgia Southern commit

Austin

Austin hosts a country music morning radio show in Chicago after nearly a decade in sports talk radio (The Jim Rome Show, Steve Gorman SPORTS!) Colin Cowherd and Smash Mouth follow him on Twitter and he wears pants every day.

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