Talk:Ickey Woods

Starting Lineup

First, I removed the succesion box, because I think it's based on a misguided notion that there is (was) a singular starting running back. The Bengals of that era used a two back offense, so to say that Woods followed Larry Kinnebrew in the starting lienup and was replaced by Brooks really isn't true. Brooks was the starting halfback before Woods arrived, while Woods was playing, and after he was injured. In fact, here's a list of the backs on the roster and how many games they started in the applicable years:

• 1987 - Kinnebrew (8), Brooks (7), Stanford Jennings (5), Bill Johnson (4) (excluding strike games)
• 1988 - Brooks (15), Woods (10), Stanley Wilson (6), Jennings (1)
• 1989 - Brooks (14), Woods (2), Eric Ball (9), Jennings (6)
• 1990 - Brooks (15), Woods (6), Harold Green (9), Ball (1), Craig Taylor (1)

I changed the text to say the Green had taken his job, because that's more accurate. Anson2995 02:21, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Citation needed

"Ickey's best friend Tim Mullins of Union Township Cincinnati has been credited for teaching Ickey the famous endzone shuffle". Applied a ^{citation needed} tag for this. The requirements of WP:BLP and WP:NFT require a strong degree of verifiability from reliable sources when dealing with persons. We have no way of verifying anything about Tim Mullins, whether he is Ickey's best frind, or whether he had anything to do with inventing the Shuffle. In fact, if Ickey performed the Shuffle or anything like it at college (UNLV) or his high school, then the statement may be patently false. It may be that this was a vanity post by some kid as something made up in school one day in violation of WP:COI. But it has been on the article since it was added by anonymous editor 64.149.157.169 in April 2006 here. The anonymous editor's contributions suggest other instances of vanity. It is surprising that it has stood for this long. Plan to remove the probable grafitti post (it may fall short of vandalism, and it could actually be true) soon if there is no attempt to cite a source. --T-dot ( ^Talk/contribs ) 17:22, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

On further review, the offending sentence has been removed. It is becoming clear it constitutes a longstanding bit of intentional anonymous vandalism, done in the same time frame with other examples of the same. --T-dot ( ^Talk/contribs ) 17:26, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot (talk) 19:11, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

rape allegations

Wasn't he involved in a gang rape? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.136.199.7 (talk) 13:48, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Hi Mr Woods My name is Mary I would love to meet with you so you could teach us the the Ikki shuffle me and my husband and son were trying to do it I almost peed myself laughing We can’t afford to go to the Championship game we are retired but I would love to meet you so we could do it together you are just a big teddy bear my

son has been a Bengals fan since the age of 3 if we could meet you it will be taken off my bucket list I bet your family is so proud of you thank you so much we love you Mary John and Jesse 71.72.116.32 (talk) 17:53, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

1988 motivation speech

Hello, I was a senior at Connersville Sr high school in 1988 , you and several other Bengals came to our school and gave a motivational speaker to the whole school and you and the others made a dare that no one could beat you all in a tug of war ,but if we beat you that you all would donate to a charity. Well myself and the rest of the defensive line from the Spartan football team came out of the bleachers and accepted the dare , I remember that you all said that you just found the beef that Wendy's was missing!!! Somewhere the school has a picture of that day with all of with you and the others . I just wanted to say thank you for that day I remember it well and it stayed with me over the years as I used it to keep me going in my career as a firefighter/medic for 30+years . I say thank you sir 2001:5B0:240D:7B28:D05F:1E41:A5DE:C0B5 (talk) 14:21, 5 February 2022 (UTC)