Is it time to give this Defense a Nickname?

Submitted by MfanItalia on

Last week Rashan Gary was asked:  “Do you guys have a nickname for your defensive group or a rally cry?”

Gary’s response:  “No, not at all right now. We’re just waiting for somebody to give us a name.”

The NFL has a long history of nicknames for outstanding defensive units. A few that come to mind from over the years are The Purple People Eaters, The Orange Crush, The Steel Curtain, Gang Green, The Killer Bees, and I’m sure many more I don’t immediately recall.  It doesn’t seem to be as popular for college units though.

So, should the 2017 Michigan defensive unit have a nickname?  A couple options include “The Blue-Collar Defense” (just a shirt I wear to work), or my personal favorite, “The Brownout Defense” or simply "Brownout D"  I can envision a future headline that reads “Penn State Whiteout suffers Brownout!”

What say you?

 

Side note:  My inaugural post so hoping I’ve followed the proper MgoProtocol.

thespacepope

September 24th, 2017 at 9:45 AM ^

Here are some other ideas:

1.create a new theme song called “Hail and Unite”

2.get a wolverine mascot on the field

3.bring back the bumblebee “throwback” uniforms

4.play “in the big house” before, during, and after every game

5.install a yellow halo made of aluminum siding around the stadium

Just some thoughts.

Rabbit21

September 24th, 2017 at 10:04 AM ^

No, empahatically no. Nicknames are assigned after the season is over, but anything smacking of hubris needs to be crushed into tiny pieces until the program's monkeys on the back of the big game on the road and Inability to beat Ohio State are thrown off.

ross03

September 24th, 2017 at 11:09 AM ^

Brownstone Defense

Don Brown is Mr Brownstone

Like Brownstone you get a quick (pass) rush then may just end up in the hospital or dead if you fuck with it.