State Team Names

[tj4eck]

heres a list i have been working on for quite a while its possibly team names for anybody looking for ideas to name a team

here they are:

1) Alabama ? Rockets (Huntsville is rocket capital of the world)

--------------- Monarchs (State Insect)

2) Alaska ? Gold Rush (gold rushes of the 1880?s)

------------ Oilers (Important Revenue Source)

3) Arizona ? Saguaros (State Flower?its also a cactus)

4) Arkansas ? Mockingbirds (State Bird)

--------------- Naturals (Arkansas is known as ?The Natural State?)

5) California ? Avocados (Fallbrook is known as the Avocado Capital of the World.

---------------- Grizzlies (State Animal)

---------------- Earthquakes (Nuf Said)

6) Colorado ? Rockies (The MLB teams named their team just right)

7) Connecticut - Praying Mantis (State Insect)

8) Delaware ? Blue Hens (the College team got the name right on this one)

9) Florida ? Everglades (do u really need an explanation?)

10) Georgia ?Peaches (Known as the Peach State)

11) Hawaii ? Islanders (duh?!?!)

-------------- Volcanoes (see last comment)

12) Idaho ? Gems (they have a Gem Valley)

------------- Spuds (potatoes)

13) Illinois ? Sundaes (Named in Evanston?long story)

14) Indiana ? Gunners (In 1862, Richard Gatling, of Indianapolis, invented the rapid-fire machine gun.)

15) Iowa ? Goldfinches (State Bird)

16) Kansas ? Meadowlarks (State Bird)

17) Kentucky ? Bluegrass (known as The Blugrass State)

----------------- Thoroughbreds (Kentucky Derby ref.)

18) Louisiana ? Cajuns (Large population of them)

----------------- Crawfish (Breaux Bridge is known as the "Crawfish Capital of the World")

19) Maine ? Lobsters (for obvious reasons)

20) Maryland ? Blue Crabs (see comment above)

21) Massachusetts ? Witches (Salem Witch Trials)

----------------------- Controllers (Birth Control was Invented)

----------------------- Tea (Boston Tea Party)

22) Michigan ? Limestones (Rogers City boasts the world's largest limestone quarry)

----------------- Magic (Colon is home to the world's largest manufacture of magic supplies)

23) Minnesota ? Loons (State Bird)

------------------- Lakers (AKA Land of 10,000 Lakes)

24) Mississippi ? Cottonwoods (The world's largest cottonwood tree plantation is in Issaquena County)

------------------ Magnolias (State Tree)

------------------ Catfishes (Belzoni is called the Catfish Capital of the World.)

25) Missouri ? Mules (State Animal)

---------------- Bluebirds (State Bird)

---------------- Fiddlers (State Instrument)

26) Montana ? Moose (there is a lot there)

---------------- Mountains (Montana comes from the Spanish word for Mountain)

27) Nebraska ? Cornhuskers (Univ. of Nebraska got this one right)

----------------- Emergency (started the 911 system)

28) Nevada ? Gamblers/Rollers/High Rollers (ref. To Las Vegas)

29) New Hampshire ? Finches (State Bird)

30) New Jersey ? Honeybees (State Bug)

31) New Mexico ? A-Bombs (The world's first Atomic Bomb was detonated on July 16, 1945 near Alamogordo)

-------------------- Visitors (Roswell ref.)

32) New York ? Big Apples (State Nickname)

33) North Carolina ? Kitty Hawks (First flight held at Kitty Hawk)

----------------------- Doughnut (Krispy Kreme was founded here)

34) North Dakota ? Elms (State Tree)

35) Ohio ? Rockers (Cleveland is home of the Rock and Roll HOF)

36) Oklahoma ? Twisters (the movie was based there)

37) Oregon ? Pioneers (Oregon Trail ref.)

--------------- Hazelnuts (State Nut)

38) Pennsylvania ? Cheesesteaks (Philly cheesesteaks are good!)

--------------------- Liberty (PA is home of the Liberty Bell)

--------------------- Groundhogs (Punxsutawney, PA is home of the groundhog with the shadow)

39) Rhode Island ? Industrials (The Industrial Revolution started in RI)

40) South Carolina ? Salamanders (State amphibian)

41) South Dakota ? Bison (Abundance in SD)

---------------------- Rallies (Sturgis is home of the Black Hills Classic Motorcycle Rally)

42) Tennessee ? Cave Dwellers (TEN has more than 3,800 documented caves)

------------------- Butternuts (Tennesseeans are sometimes referred to as Butternuts, a tag which was first applied to Tennessee soldiers during the Civil War because of the tan color of their uniforms.)

43) Texas ? Lone Stars (The Lone Star State)

------------- Armadillos (State Mammal)

44) Utah ? Lakers (Salt Lake)

------------ Mormons (Obvious Reasons)

45) Vermont ? Thrush (State Bird)

---------------- Maple Syrup (Major item made in Vermont)

46) Virginia ? Capitals (Virginia has three Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Richmond)

--------------- Historians (Lot of history in this state)

47) Washington ? Apples (State Product)

-------------------- Goldfinches (State Bird)

48) West Virginia ? Mountaineers (WVU got it right)

---------------------- Cardinals (State bird)

49) Wisconsin ? Badgers (The college got it right/State Nickname)

------------------ Loons (Mercer is the Loon Capital of the World)

50) Wyoming ? Miners (ref. to coal mines)

thoughts or praises??

[ZBoyer]

It's a good collection of symbols, but I wouldn't say team names. I don't think anyone would willingly name their team the Illinois Sundae, the Massachusetts Tea or the Vermont Maple Syrup.

[nwtrailtrekker]

Wash. State Wildcats?

Wash. State Wilderness?

Wash. State Wild?

[LMU]

My honest opinion is that a team should only use a state name if it's a state university, or a state that only has one major city. Thus, Utah, Oklahoma, and Connecticut work, but Florida, California, and Missouri do not.

[therebelas]

I am from Mississippi and live in Tennessee.

Mississippi Magnolias is great. It might not be the most masculine name, but it's the state tree and the state nickname. As for Tennessee, the perfect name is already taken (by a team I hate), the Tennessee Volunteers.

With that said, I have never heard a Tennessean referred to as a Butternut.

[sc49erfan15]

There can only be one name for a South Carolina state team...

Sandlappers.

It comes from a battle in the American Revolution, where in a battle, the South Carolinian militia lay flat on the sand to avoid being hit by British fire. The British started calling them Sandlappers as an insult, because they saw this as cowardly...because walking towards each other and firing is what real men do. Much like other "insulting" nicknames, the troops rallied around it and now South Carolinians can be lovingly referred to as Sandlappers. And it's just unique enough to be an awesome team name.

[ColeJ]

not a fan of plural singulars...

lone stars is a no-no.

[Fred T. Jane]

No and No for Louisiana.

(1) "Cajuns," no matter how much the state's Ministry of Propagand...er Tourism and Culture tells you, the total population of people who are truly Cajun, not people with Texas accents in Lake Charles whose last name is Smith, is only around 10% of the state's population. Plenty of people live around here whom the state calls Cajuns, like myself, but we aren't (100% German here).

(2) "Crawfish?" Retarded. Why would one play for a team whose mascot is boiled and eaten on a regular basis by the locals?

[otherwilds]

As for Tennessee, the perfect name is already taken... the Tennessee Volunteers.

With that said, I have never heard a Tennessean referred to as a Butternut.

Never heard "butternuts" either, just wondering where did you locate that info ? The infamously goofy Wikipedia?

[jkrdevil]

Big Apple is the nickname for New York City not New York State.

[Gamingboy]

New York ? Big Apples (State Nickname)

New York City bias continues. New York State is NOT one big city you know.

A better name would probably be "Empires" (state nickname) or "Excelsiors" (state motto).

[harperdc]

I didn't even know the state nut was the hazelnut for Oregon, and I've lived here most of my life; the NBA franchise are the Trail Blazers, an Oregon Trail reference; Portland's minor-league soccer team are the Timbers, referencing the timber industry; and the big state schools have animal mascots (Beavers, state animal, and Ducks, referencing wildlife found in areas of the state) that represent the state well.

[winghaz]

34) North Dakota ? Elms (State Tree)

Have you ever been to North Dakota, or even heard about what it's like here in North Dakota?

Sure, the American elm is the state tree. But the real state tree should be the telephone pole.

This is the vast prairie. I could think of all sorts of other and better nicknames:

The North Dakota Prairie Dogs

The North Dakota Roughriders (Teddy Roosevelt ranched here)

The North Dakota Norse

The North Dakota Lutherans

I'm starting to get silly, but any of them are MUCH better than Elms.

[ZBoyer]

Yikes - looks like you're striking out big here, tj!

[marlinfan]

Florida Panhandles

Florida Turnpikes

Florida Keys

Florida Straits

Florida Manatees

Florida Cypress

Florida Tropical Depressions

Florida Tropical Storms

Florida Hurricanes

Florida Humidity

Florida Hanging Chads

Florida Recounts

Florida Bandwagoners

Florida Old Timers

Florida Oranges

Florida Grapefruits

Florida Rafters

Florida Sugar Canes

Florida Aiseseseses, Apalachees, Calusas, Timucuas, Tocabagos

Florida Leones (Ponce de Leon)

Florida Astros

Florida Phosphates

Florida Jelly Fish

Florida Lightning

Florida Flooding

Florida Sun Sox

Florida Tourists

Florida Why Did I Stop At Yeehaw Junctions

[TLChandler]

Washington Cascades.

...aka my NABA team.

[DrBear]

Two Rivers, Wis., and Ithaca, N.Y. also claim to be the birthplace of the ice cream sundae, with Two Rivers having the earliest claim.

Personally, I don't think an FIB could invent something that good.

[footballfiji]

Alabama Yellow Hammers