# Nerdy Sport Team Names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 10, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-sport-team-names/959221 "2022-02-10T14:51:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-sport-team-names/959221/1 "2022-02-10T14:51:57Z")
In grad school I played on several intramural sports teams. When it came time to come up with names for the sports, a lot of these were uninspired. But some went out of their way to come up with clever discipline-related names. For our optics department water polo team, for instance, I suggested several, including **Sinc Functions** **Tubular Waveguides** This got me thinking about other such possibilities. For a math department baseballor softball team an obvious choice seemed **The Sturm-Liouville Sluggers** I think I heard of someone actually using this, somewhere. Or, for a team from the math department at Rice or somewhere nearby, you could have **The Houston Eulers** Anybody hear about any other such team names? Or can you suggest others? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-sport-team-names/959221/2 "2022-02-10T14:58:54Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > For our optics department water polo team - > **[Polo Community High School](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polo_Community_High_School)** > > Polo Community High School (simply referred to as Polo High School) is a public high school in Polo, Illinois, United States. It is part of the Polo Community Unit School District No. 222. > It was ranked as the 6,869 best school in the United States, 218 in Illinois, and 4th in the Rochelle metro area based on U.S. News & World Report 2019 ranking. > The Marcos compete in the Northwest Upstate Illini Conference and participate in several Illinois High School Association (IHSA) sponsored athletic... ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-sport-team-names/959221/3 "2022-02-10T15:04:10Z")
I was thinking more along the lines of a physics department team called **Schroedinger’s Catchers** ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-sport-team-names/959221/4 "2022-02-10T15:04:19Z")
[Millennium High School](https://tracylc.net/mhs), Tracy, Ca. Home of The Falcons. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-sport-team-names/959221/5 "2022-02-10T15:23:46Z")
My medical residency volleyball team was the **Fever Spikers**. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-sport-team-names/959221/6 "2022-02-10T15:38:03Z")
If you had a physics department football team, one of the cheers you could use is “Paschen-Back, Paschen-Back w-a-a-a-a-a-ay Back!” ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-sport-team-names/959221/7 "2022-02-10T17:01:59Z")
I always thought [LaGrange, New York](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaGrange,_New_York) should have a team called the Multipliers. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-sport-team-names/959221/8 "2022-02-10T17:37:18Z")
Albuquerque: home of the [National Museum of Nuclear Science & History](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_of_Nuclear_Science_%26_History) and [the Simpsons-inspired Albuquerque Isotopes.](https://news.sportslogos.net/2014/08/16/its-elementary-the-story-behind-the-albuquerque-isotopes/baseball/) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-sport-team-names/959221/9 "2022-02-10T17:44:58Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > I always thought [LaGrange, New York](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaGrange,_New_York) should have a team called the Multipliers. That’s good. Then LaPlace, Louisiana could have one called the _Transforms._ Or maybe the _Equations_ ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-sport-team-names/959221/10 "2022-02-10T17:45:19Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > I always thought [LaGrange, New York](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaGrange,_New_York) should have a team called the Multipliers. - I don’t get the point. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-sport-team-names/959221/11 "2022-02-10T17:46:19Z")
Maxwell, New Mexico could also have the _Equations,_ but I think the _Demons_ would be better ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-sport-team-names/959221/12 "2022-02-10T18:07:30Z")
Intramural team names for my grad school physics department included Zitterbewegung (Wiki link: [Zitterbewegung - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zitterbewegung)), but that was too hard to say. They settled on the Quantum Ducks (because “quark!”). I think the math department team was the Eulers. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-sport-team-names/959221/13 "2022-02-10T18:11:47Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > I always thought [LaGrange, New York](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaGrange,_New_York) should have a team called the Multipliers. My wife attended high school in La Grange, IL; I’d thought that the [Points](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagrange_point) would be an excellent name for their sports teams. But, alas, they are the boring old Lions. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-sport-team-names/959221/14 "2022-02-10T19:03:45Z")
The math department at Salem State University in Salem, Massachusetts could have the _Witches of Agnesi_ Only nobody would get it. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-sport-team-names/959221/15 "2022-02-10T19:18:18Z")
MIT used to have a skydiving club – no joke. They called themselves the _Tektites_ It makes more sense when you realize that an old nickname for MIT is “Tech” MIT still has a square dance club called the _Tech Squares_. Again, it makes more sense when you know that there’s a commercial complex in Kendall Square near MIT called Technology Square, or Tech Square for short. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-sport-team-names/959221/16 "2022-02-10T19:26:30Z")
Speaking of Massachusetts, how about the Newton Meters? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-sport-team-names/959221/17 "2022-02-10T19:34:25Z")
Baseball bats have been made in Louisville – or at least the metro area – since the late 19th Century. [The Bats play there in Louisville Slugger Field.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisville_Bats) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-sport-team-names/959221/18 "2022-02-10T19:47:52Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > Speaking of Massachusetts, how about the Newton Meters? Nice. Much better than the _Figs._ ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-sport-team-names/959221/19 "2022-02-10T19:55:26Z")
How about the Copenhagen (NY) _Interpretations_ ? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-sport-team-names/959221/20 "2022-02-10T20:00:42Z")
There are towns named Paris in 22 states, including Maine, New York, and Wisconsin. You could have teams named the _Greens_ and the _Plasters_ The Classics departments could have teams named _The Judgments_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-sport-team-names/959221.md?page=2)