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National University Pep Squad (NU Pep Squad)
The National U Pep Squad performs at the halftime of the basketball games of the NU Bulldogs in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines and represents the University in the UAAP Cheerdance Competition along with the NU Cheer Squadron and NU Drummers. They were the champions for four consecutive years (2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016). Their closest rival is the UP Pep Squad, which has been a consistent runner-up for the past three seasons. Ghicka Bernabe, a former member of FEU Cheering Squad, is the current head coach of the group.

In 2013, the National U Pep Squad claimed its first ever championship with an Arabian theme. The UAAP CDC was no longer about the triumvirate namely the FEU Cheering Squad, UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe and UP Varsity Pep Squad which were champions in the previous years. A year later The National U Pep Squad successfully clinched a back to back and furthermore a three-peat in 2015, being the third team to claim a three-peat in the CDC given some controversies. Despite the controversies the National U Pep Squad brought back a four-peat championship in the UAAP CDC with a futuristic theme in 2016 being the second squad to claim a four-peat beside UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe. Unfortunately, in the year 2017 they were not able to clinch a five-peat championship nor enter the top 3 due to low dance scores.In 2018 the National U Pep Squad had its comeback with a 5th Championship in just 6 years.

Their trademark cheers are as follows:

Bulldogs, Ready? READY!
 * BULLDOG's CRY

B-U-L-L-D-O-G!

Bulldogs! Bulldogs! Fight Team Fight!

National! National!

Fight! Team! Fight Team Fight!

Go Bulldogs! (4x)
 * GO BULLDOGS

(16 counts) (drumbeat)

Go! Fight! Win!

Let's Go Bulldogs! (2x)

Go Bulldogs! (2x)

(16 counts) (drumbeat)

Go Bulldogs!

Go Fight, And Win!
 * GO FIGHT AND WIN

Gold and the Blue, Let's Beat that Team!

Go, go, go, Go Bulldogs!
 * Go for the Gold, Fight for the Blue

Fight, fight, fight, Fight Bulldogs! (2x)

Go for the Gold! (4 counts)

Fight for the Blue! (4 counts) (2x)

(ACAPELLA) GO FOR THE GOLD! FIGHT FOR THE BLUE!

(12 counts Drumbeat)
 * Hey, NU Let's Go

Hey! NU, Let's Go!

Hey! NU, Let's Fight!

Hey! NU, LEt's Go!

Hey! NU, Let's Fight!

B-U-L-L-D-O-G!

NU, Let's Go!

B-U-L-L-D-O-G!

NU, Let's Fight!

(Drumbeat) Let's Fight, NU Fight, Go Fight!
 * Let's Fight NU Fight, Go Fight

(Drumbeat) Let's Fight, NU Fight, Go Fight!

Awards and other achievements

Controversy
Questions were raised on the results of the 2015 Cheerdance Competition after NU Pep Squad won despite committing multiple errors including falls on their lifts and pyramids. This is in contrast with runners-up UP and UST executing clean programs. The UAAP community in the social media was outraged mainly due to their disbelief of the ranking and allegations of biased judging and corruption. NU claimed that their stunts have higher degree of difficulty compared to other teams. Due to this, UP filed an official complaint for the case detailing several judging inaccuracies but was remained unresolved with UAAP officials. As a response to the unresolved issues and to focus on international competitions, UP Pep Squad decided to skip the 2016 competition.