Is it time the defense gets a nickname?

[DarkCock]

I suggest the "3 star" defense in honor of the "no name" defense of the 70's Dolphins. It seems like the D is made up primarily of players ranked 3 stars out of high school, not recruited by Clemson, Florida, UGA. However, they play together, disciplined and with a chip on their shoulder. This is definitely one of the better coached USC defenses I can recall.

 

[Judson1]

Ugly Stik.
Bends like hell but don’t break

 

[DarkCock]

Ugly Stik.
Bends like hell but don’t break

Nice. Anything with "Ugly" in works for me. They are a gritty group.

 

[usc01#]

I think about half of our starters (at least 5) were 4 star recruits when they came here; maybe we can call them 3.5 star defense?

 

[Rod Dangerfield]

NO!

4th Qtr. vs. aTm still bothers me.

 

[DarkCock]

NO!

4th Qtr. vs. aTm still bothers me.

A&M has figured it out. They won the second half against Bama and Florida the last two weeks. I dread facing Mond for the next 3 seasons.

 

[ConKreteCock]

Maybe. One thing I've noticed for sure under Muschamp vs Spurrier, our D might not always know where they are going or what they're doing but they go there and do it with an attitude. But controlled attitude. I like that.

 

[jbouton]

NO!

4th Qtr. vs. aTm still bothers me.

Concur. I look at this like I do black outs etc. Let's just win ballgames and leave it at that.

 

[whythis28]

Once we become bowl eligible, I'm down for a nickname....

 

[whythis28]

Maybe. One thing I've noticed for sure under Muschamp vs Spurrier, our D might not always know where they are going or what they're doing but they go there and do it with an attitude. But controlled attitude. I like that.

I'm leaning toward, "Swag-D" or better yet, "Boom-D."

 

[ClemsonBlozz]

A&M has figured it out. They won the second half against Bama and Florida the last two weeks. I dread facing Mond for the next 3 seasons.

Mond will probably do like every other decent qb they’ve had and transfer..

 

[sgacock]

Boom Squad

 

[jerryusc]

Have seen a post comparing Boom to Joe. Maybe Fire Ant 2?

 

[alston]

Boomtown

 

[gfluvsthecocks]

The Boomerang D. Bent but never broke. If you're not careful they will come back and smack you upside ther head.

 

[chucktowncock]

no

please

thought we had already tried every tacky gimmick

just play football

go cocks!

 

[DarkCock]

no

please

thought we had already tried every tacky gimmick

just play football

go cocks!

But the kids love nicknames.

 

[USCBatgirl21]

No.

 

[Gamecockben1979]

Ugly Ducklings? It isn't pretty but we're finding ways to win

 

[wycombecock]

Simply "The Fowl D"

 

[paladin181]

Tenacious D.
Excellent musicians. Sums us up to a T.

 

[Gamecock Lifer]

no

please

thought we had already tried every tacky gimmick

just play football

go cocks!

We have, and the nicknamed defenses are some of the only gimmicks we have tried that seemed to catch on and WORK- Fire Ants, Black Death... whatever that crew with Dswagg and the boys called themselves for a while... The nickname is something for them to beat their chest about, rally around... and it gives the fans something to remember a specific squad by. Normally gimmicks are stupid and don't do anything positive- see anything related to organized fan color coordination!- but the defensive nicknames are good... when they HAVE EARNED IT! I don't know that this team is there yet...

 

[NooNoo]

Hell no, the best defenses in the country don't have them bama, Klempsun, tcu etc. I swear our fan base looks at our football program for their personal novelty act. Tennessee has not scored an offensive td in nearly three games. Defense is keeping us in it but far from elite. We dig our gimmicks and trivial stuff that never wins anything.

 

[king ward]

NO!

4th Qtr. vs. aTm still bothers me.

I understand, but the offense didn't help during that quarter, either.

 

[garnet blood]

DeBoomBoom

 

[DarkCock]

Hell no, the best defenses in the country don't have them bama, Klempsun, tcu etc. I swear our fan base looks at our football program for their personal novelty act. Tennessee has not scored an offensive td in nearly three games. Defense is keeping us in it but far from elite. We dig our gimmicks and trivial stuff that never wins anything.

Yeah, Bama and Clemson are above gimmicks.

 

[92Pony]

Nick-names have to be organic, not deliberately applied. If they need one, it'll come. Jmho

 

[DarkCock]

Nick-names have to be organic, not deliberately applied. If they need one, it'll come. Jmho

Does anyone know where the nickname "fire ant defense" originated?

 

[92Pony]

Does anyone know where the nickname "fire ant defense" originated?

Funny. As I typed my post above, I had that exact thought/question.

 

[DarkCock]

Funny. As I typed my post above, I had that exact thought/question.

There was no internet back then to popularize name, so I imagine Tommy Suggs must have used it on the radio broadcast at some point. But that doesn't answer the question where did the nickname originate.

 

[USCBatgirl21]

Does anyone know where the nickname "fire ant defense" originated?

Didn't an opposing coach say something to the effect that the D swarmed like Fire Ants?

 

[Freddie.B.Cocky]

Nick-names have to be organic, not deliberately applied. If they need one, it'll come. Jmho

Nicknames are earned, as you say when the time comes they will earn a nickname.

 

[sandlapper59]

Whatever the defense is called or no name at all, I wish we would never, ever, ever again use the "prevent" defense. It almost prevented us from winning again. On offense or defense, its always best to keep doing what works.

 

[coolcock2001]

One thing I've noticed for sure under Muschamp vs Spurrier, our D might not always know where they are going or what they're doing but they go there and do it with an attitude. But controlled attitude.

Idk about "controlled"...several times Saturday I was yelling at the tv for the guys to chill out before they got a penalty. Love the results though