Team names

[sanantoniosooner]

I was just thinking about how the Clippers would be a horrible name for a football team.

And then I thought the Chargers would be a horrible name for a basketball team.

I thought both those things in exactly that order.

[olevetonahill]

Your such a Whizz :eek:

[proud gonzo]

um.... ok

[yermom]

i remember hearing about the Oklahoma Illegal Formations back in the '90s

i don't think they were very good

[bri]

Sometimes I wonder why I even bother logging in under that handle...

[Okla-homey]

What I think is stoopid is when a team gets sold to another city and they retain the team name despite the fact that name is uniquely related to the original town. (e.g. "New Orleans Jazz" made sense, "Utah Jazz" doesn't.)

For that matter, I'm not too crazy about the Arizona Cardinals either. Cardinals = St Louis. Always have, always will. Ditto Indianapolis Colts.:mad:

At least Tennessee had the good taste to rename the Houston Oilers the Tennessee Titans.

[handcrafted]

What I think is stoopid is when a team gets sold to another city and they retain the team name despite the fact that name is uniquely related to the original town. (e.g. "New Orleans Jazz" made sense, "Utah Jazz" doesn't.)

For that matter, I'm not too crazy about the Arizona Cardinals either. Cardinals = St Louis. Always have, always will. Ditto Indianapolis Colts.:mad:

At least Tennessee had the good taste to rename the Houston Oilers the Tennessee Titans.

You mean like, the Los Angeles Lakers?

[tbl]

Exactly... That irks me as well.

[jk the sooner fan]

I was just thinking about how the Clippers would be a horrible name for a football team.

And then I thought the Chargers would be a horrible name for a basketball team.

I thought both those things in exactly that order.

well, seeing how you didnt have to worry about the Suns, i can see how you'd have time to have such idle thoughts ;)

[jk the sooner fan]

You mean like, the Los Angeles Lakers?

ok you do know why they're the lakers right?

[critical_phil]

i remember hearing about the Oklahoma Illegal Formations back in the '90s


ahhhhh, the Illegal Formations.........


would've also accepted the Nine Man Punt Team or the Thirteen Man Punt Team.

[sooner_born_1960]

ok you do know why they're the lakers right?
Because Minnesota has so many lakes?

[Osce0la]

What I think is stoopid is when a team gets sold to another city and they retain the team name despite the fact that name is uniquely related to the original town. (e.g. "New Orleans Jazz" made sense, "Utah Jazz" doesn't.)

For that matter, I'm not too crazy about the Arizona Cardinals either. Cardinals = St Louis. Always have, always will. Ditto Indianapolis Colts.:mad:

At least Tennessee had the good taste to rename the Houston Oilers the Tennessee Titans.
But there are no Titans in Tennessee...:confused:

[Okla-homey]

But there are no Titans in Tennessee...:confused:

yeah but Nashville has that full-scale recreation of the Parthenon.

[bri]

I always thought they went with "Titans" just to p*ss off Richard Roberts...

[picasso]

what about the Celtics (who don't even pronounce it right)? the Irish are NOT known for their basketball.

Boston Kennedys would have been good. uni's could resemble nice suits and bad hair.

[NormanPride]

Sometimes I wonder why I even bother logging in under that handle...

I know how you feel. I'm much more loved as this handle. :D

[picasso]

I know how you feel. I'm much more loved as this handle. :D
you hope.

[AllAboutThe'O']

what about the Celtics (who don't even pronounce it right)? the Irish are NOT known for their basketball.

Boston Kennedys would have been good. uni's could resemble nice suits and bad hair.
I thought Bob Cousy was Irish. So was Kevin McHale.

There was also a barnstorming team back in the 1920s based out of New York called the Celtics. Like the Boston Celtics of yesteryear, always seemed to win every game they played.

[handcrafted]

Because Minnesota has so many lakes?

They did in fact originate in Minnesota before moving to LA.

[TUSooner]

They did in fact originate in Minnesota before moving to LA.

At least Lakers has "LA" in it.

Tulane once had a basketball coach named Fowler.
The program disbanded for a few years due to a gambling / point-shaving scandal.


nuthin.

[King Crimson]

yeah but Nashville has that full-scale recreation of the Parthenon.

and Nashville considers itself the Athens of the South. the only real problem with that, the Parthenon, and the Titans name is that Titans were semi-deities who held sway before the Olympian gods (until Zeus castrated his father) and the so-called Classical Era of Athens 500-400 BCE was quite a time after that--and generally valorized in the West as a time of philosophy and science and thereby planting the seeds of the Enlightenment.

it's all kind of hodge-podgy history, really.

[TUSooner]

and Nashville considers itself the Athens of the South. the only real problem with that, the Parthenon, and the Titans name is that Titans were semi-deities who held sway before the Olympian gods (until Zeus castrated his father) and the so-called Classical Era of Athens 500-400 BCE was quite a time after that--and generally valorized in the West as a time of philosophy and science and thereby planting the seeds of the Enlightenment.

it's all kind of hodge-podgy history, really.

Close enough for Tennessee.

[AllAboutThe'O']

At least Lakers has "LA" in it.

Tulane once had a basketball coach named Fowler.
The program disbanded for a few years due to a gambling / point-shaving scandal.


nuthin.
Ned Fowler. Their stud player was John "Hot Rod" Williams.
I still remember reading the Sports Illustrated article about the scandal when it broke. Pretty chilling stuff.

[StoopTroup]

How about changing the Dallas Stars to the Texas Fight? :D

[AllAboutThe'O']

How about changing the Dallas Stars to the Texas Fight? :D
At least they're still not named the North Stars.

[TUSooner]

Ned Fowler. Their stud player was John "Hot Rod" Williams.
I still remember reading the Sports Illustrated article about the scandal when it broke. Pretty chilling stuff.
Bad times, indeed.

[SoonerAtKU]

I always thought the North Stars would change their name to the Lone Stars when moving to Dallas.

[handcrafted]

I always thought the North Stars would change their name to the Lone Stars when moving to Dallas.

Lone Stars blows as a team name. Think about it. :D

[XingTheRubicon]

or Lone Rangers

[XingTheRubicon]

banana slugs for a track team

[XingTheRubicon]

Patriots would be a bad name for any California team

[XingTheRubicon]

good ol' boys would be a bad name for a blues band

[walkoffsooner]

I think the angels ala LLA or Aneheim angels bad name for any hockey team.

[XingTheRubicon]

runnin rebels would be a bad name for a football team in the south

[picasso]

I thought Bob Cousy was Irish. So was Kevin McHale.

There was also a barnstorming team back in the 1920s based out of New York called the Celtics. Like the Boston Celtics of yesteryear, always seemed to win every game they played.
ok, you named 2. that puts the Irish right up there with Slobobia in basketball prowess.;)

[picasso]

how about the Utah Quakers?