http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/sports/football/nfl/carolina_panthers/15435779.htm

a little article on whether or not the panthers should have a nickname for their defense this year....

southern discomfort and black and blue wrecking crew are my two leaders

9/5/2006 4:12:08 PM

I like "The Naughty 11"

9/5/2006 4:16:47 PM

smitty and the fox

9/5/2006 4:18:27 PM

How about "10 guys + the only non-gay to exit UNC"

9/5/2006 4:22:52 PM

thats pretty not funny

9/5/2006 4:36:19 PM

How about "10 guys + the only non-gay to exit UNC, aside from Ray Felton who's pretty cool since he's a Bobcat...and I hope to hell Sean May does decent"

9/5/2006 4:38:29 PM

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"How about "10 guys + the only non-gay to exit UNC" "

not funny and not anywhere near true

9/5/2006 4:40:11 PM

THE INTERNET IS SERIOUS BUSINESS

9/5/2006 4:43:36 PM

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" The name game's a case for defense In search of Panthers' moniker The Steel Curtain. The Fearsome Foursome. The Purple People Eaters. Monsters of the Midway. The Doomsday Defense. Great NFL defenses sometimes inspire great nicknames. It's not that every great defense needs one -- plenty of teams have won Super Bowls without a good nickname -- but having a good one is preferable. It makes a defense sound tougher. It sets that defense apart, which doesn't hurt 10 years later when some of the team's best players are up for election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Two weeks ago, a visitor to my online question-and-answer forum on charlotte.com asked whether I would help figure out a good nickname for the current Carolina Panthers defense (which isn't great yet, but it could be). I posed the question. Replies poured in from several continents. Out of hundreds of suggestions from Panthers fans, I've narrowed the field to eight possible nicknames for the Panthers' D. They are: Southern Discomfort; The Wall; The Pride; Black and Blue Wrecking Crew; Blue Thunder; Carolina Crush, Charlotte's Web and WPDs (Weapons of Pass Disruption). You can vote online at charlotte.com for any of those eight, submit your alternate choice or vote for "No Nickname At All." I'll take your top choice, along with a couple of others I like, and ask some of the Panthers' best defensive players what they think. When I get feedback from you and from them, I'll write another nickname column this month. Maybe an actual nickname for the Panthers' defense will result. Maybe this is pure silliness and nothing will come from it at all. Nicknames are a delicate business. Some that stick without any work at all -- everyone knows a fat guy named "Tiny." But forcing a nickname doesn't always work. Case in point: Back when the Steve Smith we all know now was growing up in Los Angeles, another Steve Smith was a good NBA point guard for the Miami Heat. In 1993, I covered the Heat for the Miami Herald. That Steve Smith once good-naturedly complained he didn't have a nickname. Smith was a point guard from Michigan State and very aware of Magic Johnson's success. I'll help you, I said, and we published a newspaper contest about it. We got 852 entries, and I presented the results to Smith. He studied the typewritten pages carefully and finally said: "Tricky. I like Tricky." Steve "Tricky" Smith tried hard to make it work. He had them introduce him that way for home games. It didn't stick. "It didn't really fit me, did it?" Smith said 11 years later, when he joined the Charlotte Bobcats and we reminisced about it. So I'm not promising anything. Maybe I've thrown out the best nickname accidentally. Among the ones I liked but not quite enough to include in the final eight were "Apocalypse Meow," "Fur Factor," "Meat and Potatoes" (although John Fox would enjoy that one), "Mayberry Maulers," "Blue Ruin," "Grocery Boyz" (they sack people, get it?) and "The Great Wall of Carolina." I also received some really bad ideas, such as the one from the guy who said the Panthers' offense should have a nickname, too. He suggested "Jake and the Del-homies." Great Defensive Nicknames Scott Fowler's 10 favorite nicknames for NFL defenses or NFL front fours, along with the team that inspired them and the decade of their best work: 1. Steel Curtain (Pittsburgh Steelers, 1970s) 2. Purple People Eaters (Minnesota Vikings, 1970s) 3. Fearsome Foursome (L.A. Rams, 1960s) 4. Monsters of the Midway (Chicago Bears, 1980s) 5. Doomsday Defense (Dallas Cowboys, 1970s) 6. No-Name Defense (Miami Dolphins, 1970s) 7. New York Sack Exchange (New York Jets, 1980s) 8. The Orange Crush (Denver Broncos, 1970s) 9. Blitzburgh (Pittsburgh Steelers, 1990s) 10. Grits Blitz (Atlanta Falcons, 1970s) Scott Fowler: sfowler@charlotteobserver.com. "

9/5/2006 8:18:36 PM

Orange Crush 4 Life, one of my dad's best friends growing up was on one of those teams.

9/5/2006 11:21:02 PM

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"not funny and not anywhere near true"

yea dude, peppers is most definately gay

just b/c your favorite team drafted him doesnt mean he all of a sudden stops blowing dudes on off days

9/5/2006 11:28:27 PM

I've got an idea

"Paper Champions"

You can even throw in the "3+ years and running" tag too

9/6/2006 1:09:36 AM

"Definitely not on steroids this time"

9/6/2006 1:14:07 AM

I like black and blue wrecking crew.


also, "yankees can suck a fucking dick"

[Edited on September 6, 2006 at 1:38 AM. Reason : sdfsdf]

9/6/2006 1:38:02 AM