Worst Team Names in Sports
Akron Zips
The University of Akron goes by the name of the Zips. The Zips? What does that mean exactly? They're fast? They move around a lot? They hold up people's pants?
Bulldogs, Tigers and Wildcats
The use of the names Bulldogs, Tigers and Wildcats should be outlawed for any future sports teams. There are already many ranging all sports. Come up with something original if you want to start a new team. It is especially bad when two teams play in the same division with the same name. Take for example the LSU and Auburn Tigers. There are six teams in their division and they aren't all different? That's ridiculous. I'm also tired of the "I'll take the Tigers in this game" joke.
Georgetown Hoyas
What exactly is a Hoya? Well the name hoya actually comes from Greek. Hoya actually means "what." That's right, they are the Georgetown Whats. I give those Georgetown students credit, they are pretty smart to use a Greek word for their nickname but it begs the question, how could such smart people come up with such a dumb name?
Houston Texans
Houston Texans! What a great name! How did they come up with that one? I bet it took a lot of brainstorming. I can picture the meeting. "Ok guys, we need a good name for our team in Houston." "I got it! They play in Houston, which is in Texas, so why no the Texans?" Brilliant! The entire division should adopt that naming. So the AFC South is now the Houston Texans, the Indianapolis Indianapolians, the Jacksonville Jacksonvillagers, and the Tennessee Tennesseans.
Minnesota Wild
Listen. When I said there shouldn't be any more teams called the Wildcats, I didn't mean to just drop the "cats" off the word. Note to Minnesota: Adjectives are not Team Names. Ok so you're wild but you're the wild what? The Wild Stallions? The Wild Childs? The Wild Wild West?
Syracuse Orangemen
The Orangemen? What is this? A 1950's comic book? "Let's see they're orange and they're men. We'll call them Orangemen!" There hasn't been a name that intelligent since somebody realized that Superman is a man and is super!
UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs
As I said earlier a good team name needs to be a name that is intimidating, like a Lion. "Ooo, look at us we're the Lions! We're ferocious! We'll rip you to pieces! We're the King of the Jungle!" What does UC Santa Cruz say? "Ooo, look at us we're the Banana Slugs! We're slugs that look like bananas! Don't eat us on accident! We eat berries, leaves and animal feces! We spread seeds and spores when we eat!"
Wake Forest Demon Deacons
I really wish somebody would explain the Wake Forest team name to me. A demon is an evil spirit. A deacon is a member of the clerical order below the priest. So a demon deacon is an evil spirit that is a part of the clerical order? That makes no sense.
Whittier College Fighting Poets
Fighting Poets? I don't even know what to say about this one. Fighting Poets? I'm speechless.
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49 Comments
Post a CommentNothing wrong with the Houston Texas. I like them. If you were to put an NFL team on here, I'd say the Cleveland Browns have a pretty terrible name. No one in their right mind would name their team after a color...
Highschool football here in Texas is a religion, we have a team in Itasca called the Whompus Cats. Itasca is south of Ft Worth about 75 miles. I have lived in Tx all my life and would like to know just what the hell a Whompus Cat looks like.
maybe if you would do your homework a little better and did some research of how the schools were named you might not think they were dumb. for example. the syracuse "orangemen" were named after the first settlers to colonize in the state of new york, the dutch. the dutch were known as orangemen. the national color of the Netherlands is orange. so it has historical significance to those who live in new york state.
put some more thought into your article. It would be the Indianapolis Indians and the Jacksonville Floridans.
dumbass
my team was called beff players
In our Country, We have a semi pro basketball team called the MILKMEN! with the cow as their official mascot, but it was an athletic in form.
We also have the BEERMEN, whereas a beer company is their host sponsor-financier.
You point about the word deacon intrigued me so I went and looked up alternative meanings to the word: Deacon can also mean to castrate, so Wake Forrest is the Demon Castrators (not a word), which to me, is the scariest mascot ever.
there's a AA baseball team in Montgomery, Alabama called The Biscuits, the mascot is a biscuit with a face on it
hey we have a prettty funny one. aitkin gobblers. yepp we are the gobblers. our mascot is a turkey. we got pretty lucky don't you think:]
There is always issues when two teams have the same name. My friend's soccer club is Glenfield Rovers, but there is a team called Claudeland Rovers too, but Glenfield & Claudelands, the 2 suburbs are over 2.5 hour away by car.