upstater1
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LMAO! A negative connotation to the name Derek in Canada! What a freaking joke. As I'm sure any of the Canadians here will tell you, there is nothing negative about the name Derek up here in the Great White North.
I read it from the horse's mouth. Wake himself said that people were knocking him because they were associating his name with some annoying guy named Derek on Canadian TV. I have no idea what Wake was talking about. I don't watch Canadian TV and I don't know the show. But Wake said that he was frequently a target of ridicule and so he changed it.
The article was all over the Penn State boards about 4 years ago when it happened. So, don't ask me. Ask Cameron. I can't even remember what the show was.