Once a manager joins a league, he should start brainstorming a team name. Feel free to bounce ideas off other members of your league, or you can use this page to help craft a team identity that doesn't rely on a player name pun that won't be relevant next season.

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Here is a crowd-sourced spreadsheet of name ideas.

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Here are miscellaneous ideas for teams that haven't been turned into a logo yet:

  • Combovers (logo idea: a bald eagle with a combover because 'Murica!)
  • Day Dreamers
  • Degenerates
  • Dreamers
  • Dream Killers
  • Outlaws (we've got several guys from Marlow, known as the Outlaws)
  • Nightmares
  • Abusers
  • Lollygaggers
  • Stars and Stripes
  • Mutiny
  • Predators
  • Kitten Killers
  • Roadrunners
  • Teapots (for our "short and stout" managers)
  • Troublemakers
  • Delinquents
  • Enforcers
  • Scrappers
  • Choppers
  • Chumps
  • Hoodlums
  • Hunters
  • Huntsmen
  • Sixers (we spent 2006 in Iraq)
  • Slackers
  • Fantasy Falkores
  • Trackers
  • Scoundrels
  • Vandals
  • Gamblers
  • Rednecks
  • Patriots
  • Wingmen
  • Uptown ________
  • Downtown ________
  • Midtown ____________
  • Westside __________
  • Eastside _____________
  • Northside _____________
  • Southside ___________
Alcohol-related:
  • 12-Steppers
  • 40s
  • Abusers
  • Alcoholics
  • Bad News Beers (in use in the Norse League)
  • Bartenders
  • Beer Goggles
  • Beer View Mirrors
  • Blood, Sweat, and Beers
  • Bootleggers
  • Bouncers
  • Bourbons
  • Day Drinkers (if you've ever been to a Lawton bar at 9 a.m., you know day drinkers are different)
  • Degenerates
  • Designated Drinkers
  • Designated Drivers
  • Hangovers (already used in the OIL)
  • Happy Hour ________
  • Jaeger Bombers
  • Last Call ________
  • Last Call Cowboys
  • Last Call Loafers
  • Last Call Longshots
  • Last Call Losers
  • Last Calls
  • Lifers
  • Moonshiners
  • Sixers (referring to a six-pack)
  • Spirits
  • Tall Boys
Fantasy-related:
  • Autodraft All-Stars
  • Autopick All-Stars
  • Bye Week ________
  • Degenerates
  • Fake Footballers
  • Fakers
  • Fantasizers (this is what my wife calls fantasy football managers)
  • Fantasy Zombies
  • Garbage Time Heroes (see Junk Time Heroes)
  • Ghostship (a team that is not being actively managed by it's owner or the act of not actively managing a fantasy team.)
  • Goose Eggs
  • Handcuffs
  • Internet Athletes
  • Junk Time Heroes (referring to NFL players that accumulate a ton of fantasy points in junk time)
  • Online All-Stars
  • Regular Season Royalty
Location-specific:
  • Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Anadarko, Amarillo, Altus, Alex, Ada, Akron, Abilene, Albany, Arlington: Abusers; Arsenal; Arrows; Anglers; Aardvarks; Anteaters; Armadillos; Armor; Arsenal; Artillery; Assassins; 
  • Boomtown (can be used for any town in western U.S.), Bricktown, Burkburnett, Baghdad, Bismarck, Birmingham, Brooklyn, Boston, Blanchard, Boulder, Buffalo, Bravo or Bye-Week: Bandits; Ballers; Blazers; Blitz; Butchers; Boomers; Bootleggers; Bourbons; Brawlers; Bricks; Bricklayers; Brickmakers; Bruisers; Buzzards; Bombers; Buffaloes; Bison; Masons; Blowouts; Frackers; Roustabouts; Breakouts; Busts; Blizzard; Badgers
  • Camp Liberty/Victory/Echo/Delta/Ramadi, Cache, Comanche, Chickasha, California, Carolina, Comanche County, Caddo County, or Cotton County: Camels; Camelspiders; Cannons; Cannoneers; Cavalry; Chaos; Copperheads; Choppers; Conquerors; Killers; Kingpins; 
  • Dallas, Denton, Denver, Detroit, Durango, Durant, Duncan, Diwaniyah, Camp Delta, Downtown: Daggers; Destroyers; Desperadoes; Diamondbacks; Diesel; Drillers; Delinquents; Defenders; Degenerates; Demons; Devils; Discoverers; Despair; Donkeys; Drivers; Duelers; Deep Strike; Deep Strikers; 
  • (Camp) Echo, Elgin, Edmond, Eastside: Energy; Earthquakes; Enforcers; Explorers; Extreme; Express; Enemies; Emperors; Embers
  • Lawton, Camp Liberty, Long Island, Lincoln, Los Angeles, Little Rock, Lafayette, Las Vegas: Legends; Legion; Legionnaires; Leprechauns; Lightning; Lunatics; Leathernecks; Lookouts; Dirty Lawton Scoundrels; Lollygaggers; Laborers; Longshots; 
  • Fort Sill/Fort Lewis/Fort Hood/Fort Living Room, Faxon, Fletcher, Fort Cobb,Frederick : Fantasizers (what my wife calls fantasy football managers); Finest; Fighting _________; Flying _________; Football Club; Frenzy; Fuel; Funk; Fury; Frackers
  • Fort Worth: Fantasizers (what my wife calls fantasy football managers); Finest; Fighting _________; Flying _________; Football Club; Frenzy; Fuel; Funk; Fury; Frackers; Warriors; Wildfires; 
  • Great Plains: Drifters; Guardians; Graft; Grasshoppers; Grapplers; Gravediggers; Greybeards; Grazers; Greasers; Gremlins; Grenades; Grenadiers; Greyhounds; Grifters; Grillers; Grime; Grinders; Gringos; Grit; Grizz; Grizzle; Grizzlies; Grouches; Groundhogs; Growl; Growlers; Plague; Platoon; Playboys; Plunderers;  
  • Gridiron: Gladiators; Gallows; Gators; Generals; Ghosts; Gunners; Glory; Guardians; Guardsmen; Gunslingers
  • Marlow, Medicine Park, Meridian, Moore, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Michigan, Massachusetts, Maryland, Mississippi, Midtown: Machine; Machinists; Maniacs; Marauders; Marksmen; Marshals; Maulers; Mavericks; Mayhem; Mechanics; Missiles; Moonshiners; Mustangs; Mutiny; Machetes; Mafia; Monarchs; Menace; Mob; Mosquitoes; Muscle; Mules; Misfits; Mudders
  • Norman, Newcastle, Newalla, Newkirk, Ninnekah, Noble, New _______, North Dakota, Knoxville, Northside: Nomads; Nailers; Nightmare(s); Nuggets; Natives; Navigators; Nihilists; 
  • Oklahoma:  89ers; Okies; Oklahomans; Occupiers; Oilers; Ouachitas; Outcasts; Outlaws; Outrage; Centennials (we got back home just as Oklahoma was celebrating its Centennial year); Roustabouts; Transplants (since so many end up here through the Army); Flycatchers
  • Oklahoma City: Occupiers; Oilers; Ouachitas; Outcasts; Outlaws; Outrage; Sabres; Sappers; Selects; Silvertips; Six-Shooters; Sidewinders; Slickers; Spiders; Stampeders; Stompers; Swarm; Scissortails; Flycatchers
  • Ramadi, Rush Springs, Red Rock, Red Dirt, or Ryan: Rigs; Rip-Its (referring to the energy drink in the Camp Liberty D-FAC); Raiders; Riders; Rangers; Rattlers; Rattlesnakes; Roughriders; Rustlers; Sabres; Sappers; Selects; Silvertips; Six-Shooters; Sidewinders; Slickers; Spiders; Stampeders; Stompers; Swarm
  • South Carolina, Stephens County, Shawnee, Cyril, Cement, Southside: Sabres; Sappers; Selects; Silvertips; Six-Shooters; Sidewinders; Slickers; Spiders; Stampeders; Stompers; Swarm; Sleepers; Slackers; Streamers; Scoundrels; Steamers
  • Texas, Tennessee, Tulsa: T-Birds; Talons; Technicians; Terminators; Terror(s); Throwbacks; Thunder; Thunderbirds; Titans; Tornadoes; Tracers (type of ammunition); Tractors; Trail Blazers; Trashers; Thrashers; Triggers; Troops; Troopers; Twisters; Troublemakers; Roustabouts; Trackers; Teapots (for our "short and stout" managers)
  • Uptown: Underdogs; Ulcers; Upsets; 
  • Walters, Williston, Washington, Wisconsin, Westside: Warriors; Wildfires; Water Buffaloes (referring to Army water trailer)
  • Wichita Falls: Warriors; Wildfires; Water Buffaloes; Finest; Fighting _________; Flying _________; Football Club; Frenzy; Fuel; Funk; Fury
Military-related:
  • Three Percenters, 3 Percenters, or III Percenters
  • Winded Warriors
  • Guardians
  • Volunteers (since the 2005-2006 Iraq mission was an all-volunteer mission)
  • Voluntolders (since some were "voluntold" they'd be on the "volunteer" mission)
  • Sixers (we spent 2006 in Iraq)
  • Privates
  • Transplants (since so many of our guys ended up in Oklahoma due to the Army)
  • Conquerors
  • Occupiers
  • Open Rank Inspections
  • Open Rank Inspectors
  • Mutiny
  • Oath Keepers
  • Insurgents
  • Lifers
  • Chairborne Rangers
  • Truck Commander (maybe in the Duck Commander style)
  • Chow Hall Police
  • Police Calls
  • Blackjacks (referring to the horrible Blackjack-brand whiskey from Jordan that we may have drunk over there)
  • Anacondas (since we were at LSA Anaconda while at Balad)
  • Iron Sights (referring to the M-16/M-4)
  • Crosshairs
  • Rocket Jockeys
  • Rockets
  • Ground Pounders
  • ATACMs (MLRS missiles)
  • Warriors
  • Militia
  • Militiamen
  • Peacemakers
  • Buzzards (for Bravo Battery guys)
  • Gunslingers (for Second Platoon guys)
  • Rhinos (referring to the method employed to defeat EFPs)
  • Warlocks (referring to the signal-blocking system to defeat remote-detonated IEDs)
  • Rattlers (logo inspired by "Don't Tread on Me" flag for you Tea Party whackos)
  • Charlie Foxtrots (another term for "clusterf**ks")
  • Fobbits (name for soldiers who never leave the FOB)
  • Geardos
  • PX Rangers
  • Joes (perhaps a good name for Bajza)
  • Joe Snuffies
  • Patriots (as in Patriot missiles or the traditional meaning)
  • Balad Rockets
  • Camp [Liberty/Victory/Echo/Delta] Camelspiders
  • Gruber Gladiators (referring to Camp Gruber)
  • Gruber Grind (because every AT at Camp Gruber was a grind)
  • Gruber Guardians
  • Gruber Guardsmen
  • Sandflies (the ones we were warned caused leishmaniasis)
  • Sandbox Short-Timers
  • Delta Dirtbags (for any self-deprecating soldier who was stationed at Camp Delta in 2006)
  • Tampa Travelers (referring to MSR Tampa; logo could be a humvee)
  • Tampa Triggers
  • Tampa T-Birds
  • T-Birds (referring to the 45th FIRES and 45th Infantry unit patch)
  • High-Speeds
  • Rubber Ducks (referring to the faux-rifle used in basic training)
  • Weekend Warriors (double meaning between the derogatory term for Guardsmen and the fact games are played on the weekend)
  • Soup Sandwiches 
  • Gunners
  • Gun Trucks (logo could be a humvee)
  • Article 15s
  • Article 15ers
  • UAs
  • (Pecker) Checkers (the NCOs in charge of administering the urinalysis) 
  • Desert: Warriors; Devils; Daggers; Destroyers; Desperadoes; Diamondbacks; Diesel; Drillers;
  • Papas (as in 13Ps)
  • Bunch of Elvises (perhaps make a play on the New England Patriots' "flying Elvis" logo)
  • Grooming Standards
  • Pointless Formations (perhaps use x's and o's in the logo)
  • (Hurry Up and) Waiters
  • Counseling Statements
  • Title 10ers
  • ID 10 Ts
Oil and Gas-related: 
  • Big Rigs
  • Roustabouts
  • Frackers
  • Frackin' _______
  • Blowouts
  • Boomers
  • Oilers
  • Mud Men
  • Derricks
  • Pushers
  • Worms
  • Barkers
  • Bird Dogs
  • Biscuit Cutters
  • Crude
  • Dowsers
  • Greasers
  • Pipe Layers
  • Pipers
  • Poor Boys
  • Pumps
  • Pumpers
  • Rigs
  • Roughnecks (already used in the OIL)
  • Wells
Oklahoma-related:
  • 46ers (46th state)
  • 89ers (land run of 1889)
  • Barons
  • Bison
  • Boomers
  • Boys from Oklahoma (referring to the Cross Canadian Ragweed song)
  • Buffalo
  • Buffaloes
  • Centennials (we got back home just as Oklahoma was celebrating its Centennial year)
  • Cowboys
  • Flycatchers
  • Great Plains Drifters
  • Great Plains Grifters
  • Oilers
  • Okies
  • Oklahomans
  • Ouachitas
  • Outlaws
  • Plainsmen
  • Ranchers
  • Rattlers
  • Rattlesnakes
  • Rustlers
  • Sabres
  • Settlers
  • Sevens (state founded in 1907; lucky number)
  • Sidewinders
  • Six-Shooters
  • Stampede
  • Stampeders
  • Scissortails
  • Sooners
  • Thunder
  • Thunderbirds
  • T-Birds
  • Transplants (since so many end up here through the Army)
  • Wichitas
Shaving-related:
  • Badgers (referring to the badger hair shaving brushes)
  • Barbers
  • Blades
  • Classics
  • Old-Schools
  • Razors
  • Razor Blades
  • Silvertips (referring to the silver-tipped badger hair shaving brushes)
  • Straight Blades
  • Straight Razors
  • Weepers
  • Wet Shavers
Do you have an idea for an expansion franchise? If so, let us know! Here's what you need to know:
  • Our unit has been stationed at LSA Anaconda, Balad, Baghdad, Camp Liberty, Camp Victory, Camp Delta, Camp Echo, al Kut, Diwaniyah, Ramadi, and Afghanistan over multiple deployments.
  • State-side, we spent time at Fort Sill, Camp Gruber, Fort Lewis, Yakima, and Fort Hood.
  • Our primary MOS was field artillery but we performed MSR patrol, Personnel Security Detail, Iraqi police training, convoy security, base security, and other jobs during deployments.
  • We're mostly from Oklahoma.
  • We have a sense of humor.
  • We want our franchise names to stand the test of time, so few puns that will lose meaning by next season.
  • We prefer names that end in 's' but are not wedded to it (see Dead Again, Lucky Enuf, War Pony, Steel Reign, DominationStation, Hillier FF, Rebel Alliance, SoonerJack).

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