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This defense is so good it needs a nickname

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NUCat320

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There’s gotta be a better one than Purple People Eaters, but that’s where I’m starting.
 
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GOUNUII

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ChappyCat said:
How about the SuffoCATS?
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I like the Grave Diggers. Has the lunch pale connotation to it. A certain spooky surprise Freddy Krueger aura to it. Sends the message It’s a defense that makes opposing offenses disappear, then die.

Venting my recurring and unresolved Dark Ages nightmares.

GOUNUII
 
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purplebirder

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I vote for PURPLE CRUSH

However another side of me likes Purple Haze which reflects the fact that my undergrad days at NU were 1967-1971 when Jimi Hendrix was popular (for youngsters who were not yet born then Purple Haze was Jimi's most well-known song). As I recall during that time frame there was a tongue-in-cheek vote (maybe via the Daily Northwestern?) to change the team name from Widcats to Purple Haze and I believe Purple Haze won.
 
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torque-cat

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GOUNUII said:
I like the Grave Diggers. Has the lunch pale connotation to it. A certain spooky surprise Freddy Krueger aura to it. Sends the message It’s a defense that makes opposing offenses disappear, then die.

Venting my recurring and unresolved Dark Ages nightmares.

GOUNUII
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Probably won't fly with the PC police, but I like grave diggers. We are often perceived as nice guys (which we are), so something with a little attitude and noir is good.
 
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DrillCat

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“Purple Lockdown”
Too bad I missed the game. I’m scheduled to work on BIG championship game day as well. Things I must do to put food on the table.. 😔
 
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Fanaticat98

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It’s really quite remarkable. We have very few guys on our starting D with high recruiting rankings. In facts, our highest ranked D recruits aren’t even the big contributors. Fisher, Joseph, Adeboware were all the lowest 3* rating coming out of HS.
 
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Alaskawildkat

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“H- 5-O as in Hankwitz 5-O”

Well for this week it was the “H 5-0 Task Force” as the Cats went 5-0 as Hankwitz and his motley crew schemed to solve the attempted crime of the week preventing the Badgers from stealing a win and ended up locking them up.
 
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ChappyCat

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What about the "Breaking Bad" Defense? Since Hank looks like Walter White, this D seems to break apart any attempting offense, and they helped break the BAD that was 2019???
 
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SpiroCAT

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I like this one!!! The Breaking Bad defense. Backhanded tribute to Hank
 
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CatManTrue

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DrillCat said:
“Purple Lockdown”
Too bad I missed the game. I’m scheduled to work on BIG championship game day as well. Things I must do to put food on the table.. 😔
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It’s more fun watching the replay when you know we’ll win.

Easier on the heart too.
 
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NUCat320

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I was texting with a friend, I said they’re everywhere, they look like 11 McManises out there, McManis still being the gold standard for unstoppable athletes recognizable by even the most casual of viewer.

He responded
#batmen
 
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