Greatest team name ever?

Illinois has quite a few
Polo Marcos ... I hear they have a good swim team.
Teutopolis Wooden Shoes ... Cross country team always finishes last
Freeport Pretzels
Plano Reapers
Roxana Shells (I believe the Shell Oil Company is involved somehow.)
Rockford East E-Rabs (stands for East-Red and Black)
Freeburg Midgets
Centralia Orphans (and the girls teams are the Little Orphan Annies)
Effingham Flaming Hearts
Chillicothe IVC Grey Ghosts
The Hooperston Area Cornjerkers
Cobden Appleknockers
And ... the Fisher Bunnies. Yes, a high school, with a football team, nicknamed the Bunnies

I also would like to add
The West Plains (Mo.) Zizzers (a lightning bolt, I believe)
LaPorte (Ind.) Slicers
Logansport (Ind.) Berries

 

McDaniel College Green Terror
Trinity Christian Trolls
I also like the Colorado State-Pueblo ThunderWolves

 

A current CBA team: The Atlanta Krunk, which were, for a short time, called the Krunk Wolverines in homage to the former athletics program at Morris Brown College where they play their games.
Also, the Butte Daredevils is a pretty cool nickname. Butte is the birthplace of Evel Knievel.

Some high schools: The Orofino (Idaho) Maniacs. Orofino also happens to be the site of a state mental hospital. Apparently they were called that before the hospital was built.

Richland (Wash.) Bombers: Near the Hanford nuclear site, they have a mushroom cloud for a logo.

Ridgefield (Wash.) Spudders: The area used to be a prime potato-growing spot. The girls teams are sometimes called the Sweet Potatoes.

Ilwaco (Wash.) Fishermen: The girls teams are called the Lady Fishermen, which is a little confusing.

 

I actually graduated from Central Arkansas. They aren't in that conference anymore, as they've moved up to Division I athletics in the Southland conference, but I loved the dumb names of schools in that conference. The Fightin' Okra was by far my favorite. I always thought there'd be an attempt to change the name to something like the Lady Bears...but no one seemed to have a problem with "Sugar Bears." The team was actually pretty good...I think they made it to the DII national championship game once while I was there.

 

Good thing they didn't move to Cleveland.

The Evergreen State College's mascot is the Geoduck (pronounced "gooey duck").

 

I believe they're the Amarillo Dillas, if the team even exists anymore. Is the Texas-Louisiana League still around?

 

I don't know the school, but I've heard of an Idaho prep team called the Wampus Cats.

Also ...
Scottsdale CC Fighting Artichokes
Yuma HS Criminals
Hoopeston Cornjerkers

 

Go Nimrods!!!



Place your minds in the gutters for the Western Beaver Golden Beavers.

 

Not the Trafficants?
I'm stunned.
Here's a vote for Rosie's state -- the Thief River Falls Prowlers.

 

The Land of Lincoln has the market cornered on great team names. (Pekin changed theirs, I hope.)

Give me a bit and I will gin up a few deep in the hearta'.

 

A couple of old-school names:

Tonawanda Kardex (played one NFL game, got killed 45-0)

Rochester Jeffersons (early 1920s NFL franchise)

Providence Steamrollers (1920s-early 30s NFL franchise)

Vancouver Millionaires (early hockey franchise)

San Antonio Gunslingers (USFL)