NationStates Jolt Archive

OK people, which sports team has the worst name you've ever heard? And I don't mean just boring like the Cleveland Browns, or a collective noun like the Miami Heat. I mean bad.

Here's a few to start with:

University of Chicago "Maroons"
University of Akron "Zips"
University of California Santa Cruz "Banana Slugs"
University of California Irvine "Anteaters"
University of Idaho "Vandals"
Evergreen State University (Olympia, WA) "Geoducks"--even worse, IIRC it's pronounced "gooey-ducks"
Mary Baldwin College (Virginia) "Fighting Squirrels"--at least they're not the "Fighting Beavers":D

The next ones could form a sub-category of their own:

University of South Carolina "Gamecocks"
New York University "Violets"
Heidelberg (Ohio) University "Student Princes"
Ohio Wesleyan University "Bishops"
Kent State University (Ohio) "Golden Flashes"
University of Hawaii "Rainbow Warriors"--at least the womens' teams are called the "Rainbow Wahine"

Then there's the Hale-Ray High School (East Haddam, Connecticut) "Little Noises"--even for a high school, this one's inexcusable

But my personal nominee: from the great state of Arizona, the Scottsdale Community College "Fighting Artichokes" (!)

(check this link if you don't believe me: http://www.scottsdalecc.edu/athletics/ )

How about the Holy Cross Crusaders? I suppose they could meet with the Islamic Jihadi? :rolleyes:

How about the Holy Cross Crusaders? I suppose they could meet with the Islamic Jihadi? :rolleyes:

No, that's one of the best names. It fits with the school name perfectly, and it suggests a great fighting spirit.

The Toronto Raptors basketball team have my vote for worst name. Imagine naming your squad after the velociraptors in a movie that has all but been forgotten, then designing a jersey with a dinosaur on it, all the while ignoring the fact that a "raptor" is a bird of prey, like a hawk or an eagle.

Not that most people had heard of raptors until Jurassic Park, and of course those people assumed that a raptor is a dinosaur and only a dinosaur. So the Raptors have essentially a nonce name and a nonce jersey design based on a soon-to-be obscure source, while birds of prey will likely be around longer than the movie (and probably the team as well).

Stupid, stupid people. The winning name was thought of by a 12-year-old boy for whom, I guess, Jurassic Park was the most recent movie he'd seen. There were other movies that year. What if the boy had just watched Mrs Doubtfire? Would we have the Toronto Transvestite Nannies? Or how about Sleepless in Seattle? Would the Toronto Lonelyhearts now be playing ball in the NBA? Then there's Indecent Proposal. We should have a basketball team called the Toronto Adulterers. The Fugitive would give us the Toronto Fugitives; The Pelican Brief, The Toronto Pelicans. And if the kid had just seen Free Willy, the Toronto Unfettered Penises would be our NBA team.

Montreal Flying Frenchmen :D

No, that's one of the best names. It fits with the school name perfectly, and it suggests a great fighting spirit.

It also suggests a prejudice against Muslims. Hell, they probably DO hate Muslims. I'm surprised no group has appeared to try to force a name change.

Fighting Blue Hens of Delaware

The Horned Frogs

The Shockers.

The Black Sticks and The White Sticks? Hows that for a national hockey-team name?

And then there was the name for my soccer team last year, LPHS Maroon :rolleyes:

The 6.42 Quakers

It also suggests a prejudice against Muslims. Hell, they probably DO hate Muslims. I'm surprised no group has appeared to try to force a name change.


There have, they've been resisted, and the name's appropriateness is timeless.

The Black Sticks and The White Sticks? Hows that for a national hockey-team name?
Sorta like the Red Socks and White Socks?

The Chicago Cubs.

I mean the name itself implies they are a bunch of babies who are dependent upon their mother.

FUCK THE CUBS!!!!


GO SOX!!!!!!!

Stanford Cardinal should be on this list. They aren't the Cardinals, they are the Cardinal (as in the color, not the bird). I like Stanford though since my uncle, dad, and grandpa are all alums.

Sorta like the Red Socks and White Socks?

Yep, hell, we've even go the Black Socks...

Winning the World Softball cup just isn't as fun when you realise you're beating "the socks":(

There used to be a Muff (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muff,_County_Donegal)Diving Club, until it got forced to change the name...

The toronto maple leafs.

honstly, who's scared of a leaf??

The toronto maple leafs.

honstly, who's scared of a leaf??

Penguins, and ducks, and sharks, and predators...

OK people, which sports team has the worst name you've ever heard? And I don't mean just boring like the Cleveland Browns, or a collective noun like the Miami Heat. I mean bad.

Here's a few to start with:

University of Chicago "Maroons"
University of Akron "Zips"
University of California Santa Cruz "Banana Slugs"
University of California Irvine "Anteaters"
University of Idaho "Vandals"
Evergreen State University (Olympia, WA) "Geoducks"--even worse, IIRC it's pronounced "gooey-ducks"
Mary Baldwin College (Virginia) "Fighting Squirrels"--at least they're not the "Fighting Beavers":D

The next ones could form a sub-category of their own:

University of South Carolina "Gamecocks"
New York University "Violets"
Heidelberg (Ohio) University "Student Princes"
Ohio Wesleyan University "Bishops"
Kent State University (Ohio) "Golden Flashes"
University of Hawaii "Rainbow Warriors"--at least the womens' teams are called the "Rainbow Wahine"

Then there's the Hale-Ray High School (East Haddam, Connecticut) "Little Noises"--even for a high school, this one's inexcusable

But my personal nominee: from the great state of Arizona, the Scottsdale Community College "Fighting Artichokes" (!)

(check this link if you don't believe me: http://www.scottsdalecc.edu/athletics/ )You've got to be joking! The Banana Slugs rule!

Sorta like the Red Socks and White Socks?

Only if you want to deliberately misspell their names.

In junior high our rivals were the "Wildcats" and we were the "Statesmen" :rolleyes: in highschool we were the "Generals" and our rivals the "Vikings"

I never had a mascot I could get behind. :( (even though I was the actual mascot sophomore year, I hated dressing up like General US Grant, but I needed the money and the ticket out of gym class)

They didn't even have a General for my class ring, it's got a pirate that sorta looks like a General on it :mad:

edit: I forgot some of our other 5A rivals in highschool were the Chickasha Chicks, yeah a bunch of big mean football players running around yelling "WE ARE CHICKS!!" it was surreal, oh, and I got beat up by their mascot because I had a rubber chicken on a string that I would swing by up and down the sidelines, when we scored a touchdown. ;)

My school's motto is "Bear Pride!"

..

:p

Our high school mascot was a lion. Which is fine, except that I was on the swim team, and we were the sea lions. I always felt a little ridiculous being a sea lion when the other teams were things like the screaming eagles.

Only if you want to deliberately misspell their names.

You don't?

Yep, hell, we've even go the Black Socks...

Winning the World Softball cup just isn't as fun when you realise you're beating "the socks":(

What about the Black Cocks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Cocks)?

OK people, which sports team has the worst name you've ever heard? And I don't mean just boring like the Cleveland Browns, or a collective noun like the Miami Heat. I mean bad.

Here's a few to start with:

University of Chicago "Maroons"
University of Akron "Zips"
University of California Santa Cruz "Banana Slugs"
University of California Irvine "Anteaters"
University of Idaho "Vandals"
Evergreen State University (Olympia, WA) "Geoducks"--even worse, IIRC it's pronounced "gooey-ducks"
Mary Baldwin College (Virginia) "Fighting Squirrels"--at least they're not the "Fighting Beavers":D

The next ones could form a sub-category of their own:

University of South Carolina "Gamecocks"
New York University "Violets"
Heidelberg (Ohio) University "Student Princes"
Ohio Wesleyan University "Bishops"
Kent State University (Ohio) "Golden Flashes"
University of Hawaii "Rainbow Warriors"--at least the womens' teams are called the "Rainbow Wahine"

Then there's the Hale-Ray High School (East Haddam, Connecticut) "Little Noises"--even for a high school, this one's inexcusable

But my personal nominee: from the great state of Arizona, the Scottsdale Community College "Fighting Artichokes" (!)

(check this link if you don't believe me: http://www.scottsdalecc.edu/athletics/ )
So do you like Tame Beaver?;)

Yep, hell, we've even go the Black Socks...

Winning the World Softball cup just isn't as fun when you realise you're beating "the socks"
Who the shit has beaten us in a World Champs recently?:confused:

You don't?

Why would I ever misspell Sox? Blasphemy!

There are several silly Japanese team names:

Yakult Swallows (Baseball)
Hiroshima Carp (Baseball)
Orix BlueWave (Baseball)
Komazawa University Magpies (Aussie Rules)
Tokyo Goannas (Aussie Rules)
Nippon Paper Cranes (Ice Hockey)

But the winner is the JIHL team the Kokudo Bunnies. Who in their right mind would name an ICE HOCKEY team the Bunnies? http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/images/smilies/rofl.gif

(They did change their name - now they're the Lions.)

The Horned Frogs

Much as I hate TCU, you take that back! That is an awesome name!

But the winner is the JIHL team the Kokudo Bunnies. Who in their right mind would name an ICE HOCKEY team the Bunnies? http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/images/smilies/rofl.gif

(They did change their name - now they're the Lions.)Perhaps a team that has seen "Watership Down"?

Perhaps a team that has seen "Watership Down"?

Rabbits yes, but bunnies no.

Who the shit has beaten us in a World Champs recently?:confused:

We beat Canada I was talking about