I love the clever wordplay oft used in the naming of fantasy football teams. For example, a friend of mine named his team Victourious Secret one year. Absent wordplay, I’ve been in leagues with various references that are meaningful to the player, such as Mystic Steve, which was apparently the name of Ricky Williams’ weed dealer.
I’ll provide the context before I provide the name of my team. First, you need to know that my nickname has, for over 30 years, been “Homie,” which simultaneously is a colloquialism for “Friend” AND a dimunitivew of my last name. Second, you need to know that there was this forgettable B comedy from 1994 where there was a scene in which the Militant Lesbians played frisbee football against the Stoners. The King of the Stoners was this guy named Jerry, and for whatever reason, his team was Jerrytown. So in the most obscure of obscure references, my team is Homietown.
I have shifted from changing my name every year to maintaining some consistency from year to year, especially since I mostly play keeper leagues, and it makes it feel more like a franchise.
Football: Carcosa Yellow Kings. This is a reference to the first season of True Detective. The “yellow king” was some sort of human sacrificing shaman/cult leader, and his hideout/playground was called “Carcosa”. 65 Toss Power Trap. This is my guillotine team name, which is a reference to the game-winning TD play the Chiefs called in Super Bowl IV.
Baseball: Irvington Tobys. I lived in a small neighborhood called Irvington, and had gotten a new dog named Toby. Serenity Now! I was cycling through Seinfeld references for team names, and this one stuck. Kramerica Industries. See above. Indianapolis Robber Barons. This is my auction keeper league team name. I was a new recruit to the league, and wanted to have something money-related. I have Andrew Carnegie as my avatar.
My goals for my team name are: funny, relevant, and somehow tied to the legal profession. This year, in light of Jordan Addison’s plea to a lesser included offense of DUI, I chose “Wet and Reckless”.
One year that I did fantasy football, one of the other players was a San Francisco fan and drafted Vernon Davis and Michael Crabtree. She named her team, “I Have Crabs and VD”.
James Joyce’s Moist Oysters
This is my team’s name this year. I usually do acronyms but I kind of blanked this year in that regard. I thought of this phrase a few years ago and I just dig the silly rhyming of it (I’ve also used it a couple times here on the board. shh don’t tell).
Defenses Make U Bank
My team name last year. See, it spells DMUB instead of DUMB. In my defense, I got the idea from one of my favorite movies.
Here are some of the names that I’ve used in the past. I realize that they’re a bit sophmoric but the league has historically been pretty weak in reagards to team names. Team names featuring the owner’s actual last name, Hugh Jass, and My Dixie Wrecked are some examples of other names in the league so I stand by my choices. That last one is a bit of a tribute to Futurama.
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