The Nittanyproudfoot: I Heard He's Changing His Last Name to Dix-Sept

I love sports nicknames

Mean Joe
The Great Bambino
The Little Ball of Hate
Big Papi
Mr. Hockey
Fast Willie
The Iron Horse
Refrigerator
The Round Mound of Rebound
Pops
The Sauerkraut Kid
The Galloping Ghost
The Splendid Splinter
Sweetness
The Admiral
Iron Mike
Le Magnifique
You know that an athlete has arrived when he is given a truly first rate nickname

The General rule for nicknames at Penn State was to follow one of three formulas

1 Players Initials
- Larry Johnson becomes "LJ"
- Alan Zemitis becomes "AZ"
- And of course Darryl Clark Becomes "DC"

2 The Paterno Method - Half of the first name half the last
- Joe Paterno becomes "Jopa"
- Derrek Williams becomes "D-Will"
- Michael Robinson becomes the Legend that is "M-Rob"

3 The Swatkatz Maneuver - Repeat part of the players name twice
- Maurice Evans becomes "Mo-Mo"
-Evan Royster becomes "Roy-Roy"

Along with a personal nickname. Occasionally a player reaches a level of greatness that merrits their own cheering section within the stadiun. Or in the case of Joe Paterno his own Shanty-Town.
-Paternoville
-Poz's Posse
-Deion's Buttlers
God I love those! Unfortunately the 1-3-4 Crew spent so much time drinking most weekends that getting a sign into the front row wasn't going to happen. Hell I would have been surprised if we stayed sober long enough to write legibly on the bed sheet to even take to the game.

Alas I was never in a witty cheering section but hey a guy can still dream. So in commemoration of Darryl Clark winning the illustrious John Speedy Work Doer of the Week Award we here at The Nittanyproudfoot have begun an exhaustive search to find the perfect nickname for a DC cheering section. And as JoPa as our witness we will not go to a single Pirate Game until this task is completed at a level befitting DC's high level of play.

Update: 5 Hours and Two Monday Night Football Games later

So far the results have run the gamut from "I guess that's almost clever" to "What you just said, might have been The stupidest answer ever given in the history of mankind. Everyone here is now dumber for have listened to it. You are awarded no points And may god have mercy on your soul."

Just bare with us this is a work in progress

OK DC wears 17

The number of syllables in a haiku (5+7+5)

Not creative enough to do anything with that

Section 17 - Saw a CIA movie with that in it once. Ok get this, everyone wears white suits, sun glasses, and ear pieces like secret agents.

Not Bad

DC's Capital Critters - What am I the only one that remembers that cartoon?

Fine but you miss the opportunity to have cartoon mice and bugs on your sign.

17's Flying Fortress - DC #17 + B-17 Flying Fortress. Could all wear scarfs and an old timey flying goggles

Needs work but has potential.

DC's other Brothers Darryl - What no Bob Newheart fans? You remember guys "Hi, I'm Larry, this is my brother Darryl, and this is my other brother Darryl."

Shit I suck at this

DC's Senators - Say that's kinda catchy. And hey you get to wear a toga !

Right that's all I have. Your mission if you chose to accept is to rescue the honor of Penn State fans everywhere by thinking of something better.

And now for your viewing pleasure Capital Critters