DeFrank Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 The Hogs!Rampant homerism! concepts: washington football (2017) ... nfl (2013) ... yikes potd 10/20/12 origin story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger77 Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 The Dead Wings - The Late 1960s - Early 1980s Red Wings PotD May 11th, 2011looooooogodud: June 7th 2010 - July 5th 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnice Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Showtime- Lakers3 Amigos- Broncos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC2 Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 The Brew Crew.And it's not a nickname, but I like how they say "Mariners" on Baseball Tonight. Fast. Hard. Finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capitalcanuck Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Red Devils- MUFCDie Mannshaft- GermanyThe Family- Pirates Five-lights.blogspot.com - my Motorsports Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brave-Bird 08 Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Have to say Brew Crew is my favorite.Not actually nicknames to nicknames, but two high schools here in Georgia have awesome nicknames.Cairo SyrupmakersJohnson-Savannah Atom Smashers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooter13 Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 "The Pontiac Pussycats" for the Detroit Lions during their Silverdome days. Detroit Dragons - 2010 ULL Gait Cup ChampionsDetroit Cougars - 2010 and 2011 WAFA Wills Cup Champions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tj4eck Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 The Tall Firs - Oregon Ducks Mens Basketball 1930'sKamikaze Kids - Oregon Ducks Mens Basketball 1971-78Webfoots - Oregon Nickname before the DucksGang Green - Oregon Ducks Football Defense in the 90s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicfurth Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 I'll continue the college names:Blackshirts (Nebraska football defense)Wrecking Crew (Texas A&M football defense). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBubba Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Can't believe no one's said "The Tribe" for the Indians yet. Nobody cares about your humungous-big signature. PotD: 29/1/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norva Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Pewter Pirates - Tampa Bay BuccaneersBolts - Tampa Bay LightningHit Show - 1999-2000 Devil Rays, some bad bad memories there lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tj4eck Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 ACCGeorgia Tech - Ramblin' WreckVirginia - Wahoos or HoosBIG TENNebraska - Black ShirtsTexas A&M - Wrecking Crew (Defense)PAC 12USC - Men of TroyWashington - Dawgz (yes, they are still stuck in the 90's)SECArkansas - HogsAuburn - War EaglesLSU - Bayou Bengals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Heres some historic onesHitless Wonders 1906 White SoxChicago Black Sox 1919 White Sox www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter Morgan Posted August 23, 2011 Author Share Posted August 23, 2011 No one mentioned the Twinkies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 No one mentioned the Twinkies?That's more of an epithet than a nickname. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winghaz Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 The Purple People Eaters were also known by a secondary nickname: The Four Norseman.Which, of course, conjures up memories of the Four Horseman of Notre Dame.This was only two players, but the M&M Boys is an appropriate one to remember during the 50th anniversary of what Maris and Mantle did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still MIGHTY Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Halos for the Angels. That's pretty easy. In any conversation with an Angel fan, they'll be interchanged within the same sentence. Personally, I say Halos more often. Rolls off the tongue easier than Angels, for me. Another more colorful one I like is Los Serephines (los sara-fin-ehs)Lake Show for the Lakers. Since the Showtime Lakers, Lake Show has been used as the basic alternative nickname. Hell it's even spread across the hallway, and I've heard it riffed on as "The Clip Show," but that's silly. Then as already mentioned there's Man U and the Red Devils, because well, it's in the damn logo lolAnd if I can throw in an insult nickname that is almost taken with pride by some people, Los Doyers for the Dodgers. Always said with a stereotypical Mexican accent, it's kinda the way Dodgers sounds in a heavy Mexican accent and doubles just for the "doyyyy" idiotic sound. But the Hispanic fans have almost taken it as a badge of pride now, saying it in reference to the actual team. Wearing t-shirts with "Los Doyers" across the front.I can't really think of any others for the Ducks, Colts, or Sun Devils, besides some individual players/groupings (i.e. the Ducks top line of Bobby Ryan, Corey Perry, and Ryan Getzlaf is named the RPG line for their initials and the obvious fire power connotation.) There's not much else to do with the Ducks that isn't lame and quack related. There have been some lame ones fans have tried out, but eh they dont work. And I'd wish that this era with Manning and the offense he commands had brought some cool nickname, but not so much. | ANA | LAA | LAR | LAL | ASU | CSULB | USMNT | USWNT | LAFC | OCSC | MAN UTD | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Are y'all kidding?"The Grits Blitz": 1977-79 Atlanta Falcons defense"Lethal Weapon 3": 1990 Georgia Tech Basketball (Dennis Scott, Kenny Anderson, and Brian Oliver)"The Dome Patrol": New Orleans Saints LB core (Pat Swilling, Rickey Jackson, Sam Mills, & Vaughn Johnson) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc49erfan15 Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 "The Dome Patrol": New Orleans Saints LB core (Pat Swilling, Rickey Jackson, Sam Mills, & Vaughn Johnson)Ahh, I forgot about them. Nice one. Gave the 49ers fits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tBBP Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 How have none of y'all mentioned the "Fearsome Foursome" yet? (LA Rams, Deacon Jones, Merlin Olsen n' em.)We've had several "Thunder and Lightning" duos over the years, but one of my (homeristic) favorites was the combination of "WD-40" down in Tampa...Warrick Dunn and Mike Alstott. (Miss them days.)Even though it was a relatively short-lived one, it still remains among my favorites: the 2004 "Band of Idiots" (Boston Red Sox).This one doesn't really count within the context of this thread, but since the man may as well have been a one-man team for all those years, I'll go ahead and include "The Marshall Plan" (Marshall Faulk).Oh and, though the height of it was short-lived, the name still carries on...and even though they're a rival team, I still gotta give a shot out to them ATL "Dirty Birds"!Now, flipping this over to fan groups...don't know if we can count these, but since I like these names so much, I will:"Black Hole" - Oakland Raiders"Dawg Pound" - Cleveland Browns"Sons of Ben" - Philadelphia Union"Sea of Red" - Kansas City Chiefs *Disclaimer: I am not an authoritative expert on stuff...I just do a lot of reading and research and keep in close connect with a bunch of people who are authoritative experts on stuff. || dribbble || Behance || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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