Well then it's settled. I misunderstood what Argo was writting about. So my bad there.
As for "Monkeytown"....you have the right decade....just your source is wrong.
the nickname for Montgomery (Monkeytown) was 1st coined by the Pro Wrestler Burrhead Jones (Melvin Nelson).
While Originally from Moncks Corner, SC. In the ring Burrhead was famouse for his signiture "headbutt" & halied from.........wait for it......
MONKEYTOWN, ALABAMA. @ a time when there was still wise spread segrigation throught the country, Burhead was doing things other African American couldn't.
As a kid Burhead was a sat afternoon hero of mine. Who i met on several occations being that my dad was drinking buddies with Jimmy Golden & Ron Fuller AKA the Tennesee Stud.
Burhead wad a nice guy and when ever he saw me he'd tap his knuckles on top of my head & give me 5.00 for candy. i was 7 or 8 @ the time.
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More about Burhead Jones:
http://www.mikemooneyham.com/?p=805
http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Nelson
As for the CB thing, I dorove trucks in and around Alabama for the last 8 years up untill this year. And was on the CB every day.
And yeah it's still commonly called that on the cb bu local & regional drivers. You get out side the SE US & it's seldom heard.
Hope this clears that up for yas.
I noticed there were some who were completely dissatisfied with the team's performance. From what I remember about this particular game, it was pretty sloppy. Then again, this was a week after that atrocity that occured at South Carolina. I suppose the team was still reeling from that. Wherever I was when this game was played, I'm sure I was bitching up a storm too
