huskernumerouno
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I am sure spurrier still wakes up at night and wonders :WTH happened :rollin
Blackshirts humor
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pigsonthewing
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lol i bet he flinches every time he sees red.
Hey Spurrier, Nebraska just scored again...
huskerdavo
Starter
Just drop it...*looks at Independece Bowl game ticket stub* :cry and more :cry
IlliniHusker
Five-Star Recruit
Actually its pretty amazing that the "Blackshirt" name has stuck for so many years. I really can't think of any other college where the name of the defense has continued year after year.
Here are a few defenses that has special names that lasted for a few years, but you don't hear about them any more:
USC - the Wild Bunch
Texas A&M - the Wrecking Crew
Arizona - the Desert Storm
LSU - the Chinese Bandits (that's for the old timers, who haven't lost their memory yet :lol: )
Can anyone remember some others?
Here are a few defenses that has special names that lasted for a few years, but you don't hear about them any more:
USC - the Wild Bunch
Texas A&M - the Wrecking Crew
Arizona - the Desert Storm
LSU - the Chinese Bandits (that's for the old timers, who haven't lost their memory yet :lol: )
Can anyone remember some others?
huskerdavo
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I only have heard of the wrecking crew
the chinese bandits that needs to be explained? :funnyhahah
BIGREDFAN_in_OMAHA
All-American
I found this link
LSU’s first national title came in 1958, when before unlimited substitution coach Paul Dietzel split his team into three units. The White Team, which played both ways, included Billy Cannon, who won the Heisman a year later in 1959. The Go Team specialized in offense, and the third unit which concentrated on defense became known as the “Chinese Bandits" --borrowed from a “Terry and the Pirates" comic strip that referred to Chinese Bandits as the “most vicious people in the world."
HuskersGJ
Special Teams Player
That's definately one you still hear. don't know about the other ones but Wrecking Crew is still mentioned.
Actually while reading your story i was thinking it was like suggesting that the crowds at A&M were called The Wrecking Crew (as opposed to the 12th Man).
That wouldn't have been quite as bad as missing the Blackshirts. also considering that they missed it on two levels- 1. of course, that it was the name of the OLine and 2. that it was a name ONLY referring to one specific year.
If that were the case, then VERY few people outside of Husker Nation (and even within it) would have ever heard of the Blackshirts and the school likely wouldn't have Trademarked it!