In that Washington DC market, former "heroes" of the team with the racist nickname are treated like gods and actually make a lucrative career out of being "former" ***skins." Sonny Jurgeson, John Riggins. Rick "Doc" Walker, and Sam Huff are all over the local radio and TV stations, either as announcers or "experts." The idolatry makes one want to puke.
As for Joe "motor mouth? Thiesiman, I can't say this story is 100% accurate, but the word around the DC area is that when Theisman started college, his last name was pronounced "Theesman." At some point in his college career, when people started to think he was good or something, he started pronouncing his last name "Thighs-man" so that it would rhyme with "Heisman."
That tells you a lot about the man. He's slimy. Always was, and always will be.