Fans would Desert Storm the field after a big win
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If you all dont like the sentinels we can always do the chappelleās (he is from DC) and watch people try and cancel them all over again.
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Washington Feds lol everybody would hate them.
The Federaliās
āThe Washington Warthogs was my personal favoriteā @Mr.Peabody that has a ring to it and fulfills the HOGS tradition
I still like Washington Snyders. Should be part of the requirement for sale
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Since when has an ownerās group thought of the fanbase? I get it though, politics is definitely not something to take a lot of pride in.
My biggest problem with Wolves is thereās a team in one of the four major American sports leagues who already uses it. Iād rather have something original. Hogs/Warthogs is a better option to me for that reason, no other team uses it. And it has some history with the fanbase.
Yeah, itās really a pretty terrible name if you think about it. Not a lot jazzy about Utah. But when they were the New Orleans Jazz it made a ton of sense.
Same thing with the Lakers, Grizzlies and Dodgers. All the lakes in LA are full of tar but when the team was in Minnesota it made sense. If thereās a Grizzly in Memphis itās either in a zoo or emaciated af, and Dodgers is literally short for trolley-dodgers, which is what the fans had to do to attend a game at old Ebbets Field.
I donāt love the Pelicans name but I donāt hate it either, itās a name that can be traced back to 1865 with the original New Orleans Pelicans baseball team who was around for damn near 100 years before they folded (Shoeless Joe, Bob Lemon, Tony La Rossa and Earl Weaver played for them at one time or another).
(New Orleans Pelicans (baseball) - Wikipedia)
Also, a Pelican will ā ā ā ā you up. Itās one of the meanest damn birds around.
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Definitely
For me the Texans takes that honor, it smacks of a name picked by a marketing firm. First they played on Texan pride in a blatant attempt to steal fans from the Cowboys, then they took the most popular sports logo in the state - the Longhorn - and twisted a little so they could call it new. Then they went red, white and blue to represent 'merica AND Texas. The whole thing was just so calculated, and the name sucks on top of that. Very little thought goes into naming a team after their state.
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Seattle Seahawks
Washington Red Wolves
Has a similar flow to it
I agree couldnāt go wrong there with that name
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Marshals would work as it is roughly the name of their founder and would align with a major us law enforcement agency
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Thatās a good one.
and they could play Eminem songs as theme musicā¦
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What if they did something like this, but with the Hogs name?
One thing I like about College Football is the weirdness of the mascots. Hogs isnāt even that weird, and could be made to look cool with a good design.
I love some of the more āout thereā mascots in college. Like, Stanford is a Cardinal, but also a tree. Crimson Tide is like a deadly sea algae, but they use an elephant. South Carolina is a Gamecock. So weird. But they work! Iād rather something INTERESTING rather than generic and bland (again).
Hire someone who actually cares about football and knows the team history and area. Then, they might get something that isnāt terribleā¦
Maybe we can get another team named after a cat? Thereās some tension amongst the cat bros right now (ā ā ā ā ā ā ā Panthers), but it would break the tie between cat teams and bird teams. Right now each of us has four (Lions, Panthers, Bengals, Jags vs. Eagles, Cardinals, Falcons, Seahawks). Any good cats out there?
Cougars has been co-opted by horny old ladies. Leopards sounds too much like Lepers, Cheetahs sounds too much like Cheaters. Ocelots is too obscure, Lynx is a WNBA team, Pumas is the name of a shoe. Wildcats and Bobcats are generic af. Not a lot of good options. I guess Iād go with Pumas, but it might come with a lot of legal ramifications.
I was disappointed to learn that the team was the Nippon-Ham Fighters and not the Nippon Ham-Fighters, but still they could call themselves the Virginia Ham Fighters.
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I guarantee a marketing firm somewhere ruled out Hogs because: 1) a pig isnāt the image weāre going for, 2) itās a euphemism for someone who eats too much and we think itās better to be health conscious, 3) itās a euphemism for monopolization and test studies showed young fans like to share, and 4) itās a euphemism for a Harley and thatās a culture that better fits with our division opponents in Dallas.
The more generic the name, the more apt it is to make it through the machinery of the PR process.
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Why did they not go with Red Tails in the first place?
Also, why am I not kicking out Commanders merch en masse right now?
Brb.
Always thought they should have renamed themselves the Engines.
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Washington Burglars or Crooks seems to have a nice fit.