PiPress: Gophers hope the nickname ‘DBU’ catches on

[BleedGopher]

per Greder:

The University of Minnesota secondary likes to call its part of the football program DBU, as in Defensive Back University. But even the Gophers admit that name is a work in progress.

Cornerback Briean Boddy-Calhoun hopes the nickname reaches a larger audience someday. “We’re trying to get this thing national,” he said. “But it just looks like it’s in Minnesota for now.”

The Gophers are not a known factory producing the latest high-end models of NFL D-backs, but come April, their totals could be two safeties and a pair of cornerbacks taken in the past three drafts.

http://www.twincities.com/2016/03/07/gophers-hope-the-nickname-dbu-catches-on/

Go Gophers!!

 

[Ski U Mah 55]

For comparison, NFL.com did an article last summer on every position's "U". Here are there rankings for DB's (MN added for comparison, was not ranked in the article). Figures are from last 25 years.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000494312/article/which-school-is-db-u-ohio-state-miami-lead-top-contenders

 

[Gopher028]

So that's why Miami stole "the U" moniker away from us.....
...they're U everything!

 

[upnorthkid]

For comparison, NFL.com did an article last summer on every position's "U". Here are there rankings for DB's (MN added for comparison, was not ranked in the article). Figures are from last 25 years.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000494312/article/which-school-is-db-u-ohio-state-miami-lead-top-contenders

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can we get one of more recent data? Just for curiosity sake

 

[PoockItInfor6]

As long as Sawvel is here, we should keep churning out NFL DBs!

 

[Ski U Mah 55]

can we get one of more recent data? Just for curiosity sake

That's thru 1990-2015. I'll work something up with last 10 years and last 5 just to see.

 

[upnorthkid]

That's thru 1990-2015. I'll work something up with last 10 years and last 5 just to see.

Thanks!

 

[Ski U Mah 55]

Thanks!

Left table is number of drafted players by school, right is a reverse point system (1st round pick=8 points, 2nd rounder=7 pts, 3rd rounder=6 pts, etc)

Top two tables are 10 years (2006-2015), bottom are 5 years (2011-2015)

I'll also note that I think the filters on the NFL website weren't working correctly in my post previously, and some players were left off because the position abbreviations weren't coded right. For the below figures I used wikipedia for the full draft figures.

 

[Factchecker]

So that's why Miami stole "the U" moniker away from us.....
...they're U everything!

To be fair no one any good at football was using it in the 80s

da U

 

[MNVCGUY]

Left table is number of drafted players by school, right is a reverse point system (1st round pick=8 points, 2nd rounder=7 pts, 3rd rounder=6 pts, etc)

Top two tables are 10 years (2006-2015), bottom are 5 years (2011-2015)

I'll also note that I think the filters on the NFL website weren't working correctly in my post previously, and some players were left off because the position abbreviations weren't coded right. For the below figures I used wikipedia for the full draft figures.

Thanks for working that up. Pretty clear that while we will make up some ground after this years draft we will still have a ways to go before the "DBU" nickname can really gain some traction outside of Minnesota.

 

[Ski U Mah 55]

Thanks for working that up. Pretty clear that while we will make up some ground after this years draft we will still have a ways to go before the "DBU" nickname can really gain some traction outside of Minnesota.

Just hard to compete against the sheer volume of draft picks from the blue blood teams.

 

[MNGoldenGophers1]

I'm just hoping the WRs catching a few more passes this season catches on.