In 1924, the Northwestern University sports team earned its nickname when a Chicago Tribune reporter described the fans as a "wall of..." what?

The purple color of the logo and the school preceded the name "Wildcats". After that reporter's quip, the name was so popular that university board members made it the official nickname just months later. In 1972, the student body voted to change the official nickname from "Wildcats" to "Purple Haze" but the new name never stuck.

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