# Help! Fantasy Football (NFL) Team Name Needed **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 26, 2002, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-fantasy-football-nfl-team-name-needed/120924 "2002-07-26T13:06:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-fantasy-football-nfl-team-name-needed/120924/1 "2002-07-26T13:06:43Z")
I need the creative help of the Teeming Millions[sup]TM[/sup]. I’m tired of the old name of my fantasy football team (The Hawaiian Islands), and I want a new one. I’d like it to be humorous, or punny, or just downright deviously creative, but I apparently have a severe mental block. So I turn to the “smartest, hippest people on the planet, plus a few total dipsticks” for suggestions. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-fantasy-football-nfl-team-name-needed/120924/2 "2002-07-26T14:49:00Z")
“The Team Formerly Known As Prince” ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-fantasy-football-nfl-team-name-needed/120924/3 "2002-07-26T14:59:36Z")
The Shelbyville Shelbyvilleians Springfield Isotopes Albequerque Isotopes The Raging Halibuts Flaming Donuts of Cheese Rabid Donkeys Bunions of Freedom ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-fantasy-football-nfl-team-name-needed/120924/4 "2002-07-26T15:08:07Z")
**Max** , clever. **Munch** , I’ll have one of whatever you’re drinking. ~grin~ ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-fantasy-football-nfl-team-name-needed/120924/5 "2002-07-26T15:19:21Z")
I once had a team called _The Rabid Rutabagas_. They have since become _The Squatting Octopi_. Feel free to use either brilliant name. ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-fantasy-football-nfl-team-name-needed/120924/6 "2002-07-26T16:00:45Z")
_Squatting Octopi_ While brilliant, it unfortunately evokes an SpongeBob-Squarepants-style image in my mind of a row of Octopi on open-air toilets, grimacing with diarrhea agony. Ewwwww. ---
**Author:** ![peasea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc79bd/32.png) [@peasea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peasea)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-fantasy-football-nfl-team-name-needed/120924/7 "2002-07-26T16:11:34Z")
Just created one called the U City Longhairs, but if you’re not from U City and don’t have long hair, it might not make much sense. This one doesn’t really apply to you either, but my all-time favorite team name is the [Macon Whoopee](http://www.maconwhoopee.com). Since it’s an ‘NFL’ team, how about the Overpaid, Woman-beating Drug Users? Too realistic? The Beer Nuts? Teemsters? Total Dipsticks? Electric Prunes? Flying Maharajas? ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-fantasy-football-nfl-team-name-needed/120924/8 "2002-07-26T16:35:29Z")
**peasea** … _Macon Whoopee_ is exactly the kind of name I’m looking for. I’d have never guessed it’s the real name of a real sports team if you hadn’t provided the link. It doesn’t have to necessarily apply to me geographically. After all, I used _Hawaiian Islands_ for years and I’m not from Hawaii (although I love the islands). And [The Electric Prunes](http://pw1.netcom.com/~damprock/electricprunes.htm) were/are an actual rock band. Hmmmm. Never thought of that angle. There is a virtual gold mine of interesting band names. Heck, I should do a SDMB search for “band name” and get all those posts where a clever turn of phrase evokes the “band name!” response. PS. Where is U City? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-fantasy-football-nfl-team-name-needed/120924/9 "2002-07-26T17:48:25Z")
Oh, so you’re looking for names more like the Juneau Whattameans, or the Charlotte Pimpernels? How about the Lansing Boils? ---
**Author:** ![Lao\_Tsu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lao\_Tsu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lao_Tsu)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-fantasy-football-nfl-team-name-needed/120924/10 "2002-07-26T17:57:28Z")
The Butte Holes The Savage Echidnas ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-fantasy-football-nfl-team-name-needed/120924/11 "2002-07-26T18:21:41Z")
**Max** , not exactly _looking_ for the punny name, but I have to admit it has a certain appeal. _Lansing Boils_ is a great idea because my son attends Michigan State University in East Lansing. Hey! I could even have a mascot named Fester! **Lau** , I’m embarrassed to say that I had to look up _Echidnas_. I first read it as _Echinacea_ which is just as ridiculously savage. ~grin~ ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-fantasy-football-nfl-team-name-needed/120924/12 "2002-07-26T19:19:10Z")
Heywood Jablomies Fighin’ Amish ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-fantasy-football-nfl-team-name-needed/120924/13 "2002-07-26T19:35:34Z")
Uh oh… now I have **Max** and **Max Torque**. It took me awhile to _get_ _Heywood Jablomies_. I kept pronouncing it with a short “o” rather than a long “o”. There are probably scores of these name puns where the first “name” sounds like a place-name to make it usable for a team name. PS. **Lao** , sorry about getting your username wrong earlier. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-fantasy-football-nfl-team-name-needed/120924/14 "2002-07-27T02:38:16Z")
Yeah, I’ll have to renew my earlier suggestion with one minor change: **The Lansing Boil.** “Boil”, unlike “Boils”, adds the pretense of keeping with the current trend toward “descriptives” as a team name, rather than a mascot (such as the Miami Heat, the Chicago Fire, the Revolution, the Burn, the United, stuff like that). And, it keeps the same punniness. Can’t you just see yourself referring to “the Boil” in the same way as “the Heat”? ---
**Author:** ![RTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@RTA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTA)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-fantasy-football-nfl-team-name-needed/120924/15 "2002-07-27T14:35:52Z")
The Milwaukee Talkies ---
**Author:** ![TelcontarStorm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@TelcontarStorm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TelcontarStorm)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-fantasy-football-nfl-team-name-needed/120924/16 "2002-07-27T18:17:18Z")
I’s like to Quote George Karlin on Football… “I’m tired of rotting for the Jaguars or the Panthers. Any animal alive augh to be eligible to be a team. I want to root for “ **The Mice** ” Go Mice! Let’s Win for the Pink & White!” And… “Well, \*\* The Crabs \*\* are all over the Cowboys today Bill.” Let me nominate Mice and Crabs! ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-fantasy-football-nfl-team-name-needed/120924/17 "2002-07-28T19:55:45Z")
Damn, both of the names I usually use(The **Springfield Isotopes** and the **Fightin’ Amish** ) have been listed. In keeping with the Simpsons references though, might I suggest the **Nittany Tide**? ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-fantasy-football-nfl-team-name-needed/120924/18 "2002-07-29T13:54:25Z")
\*\*TelcontarStorm \*\*, (quoting George Carlin) "I want to root for “ **The Mice** ” I’ve never heard that particular comedy bit from George. Coincidently (or not), my son’s team is **The Milwaukee Mice**! **5-HT** (quoting the Simpsons) “ **Nittany Tide** ” I don’t remember hearing this reference either, but it is delectable! It is a perfect amalgamation of the two weirdest team nicknames in all of college sports. (be nice to me all you Penn State and Alabama fans). I don’t live in a cave. Honest. ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-fantasy-football-nfl-team-name-needed/120924/19 "2002-07-29T15:56:40Z")
**Algernon** , It’s the nickname of Homer’s Alma Mater, Springfield U. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-fantasy-football-nfl-team-name-needed/120924/20 "2002-07-29T17:55:39Z")
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