Tennessee Titans, oh wintergreen and ace....

[Bixby17]

Odd random thought.

I always wondered why Bud Adams picked the name Titans for their team other than the alliterative way it goes with the state name.

Aren't the Titans the inbred offspring of a mom doing it with her son Uranus? And then one of the Titans ends up castrating their father/brother? And the castrating son kills his own sons until he misses one, and then the Olympians ended up getting rid of the Titans.

So basically, Bud Adams named his team after the inbred offspring of Uranus who end up getting defeated at the end?

[Rexer25]

1. Why wasn't Skippy included in your title?

B. The Titans were a failed A.F.L. team that went bankrupt after the 1962 season. Why would you want to saddle a team with that history?

[Bixby17]

Leaving Skippy out of the title was an oversight.

[andrewjackson]

I think it is similar to Southern Cal (among others) picking as their nickname the people that got tricked by a giant wooden horse and wound up losing their most notable war.

Or Michigan State (among others) picking for its nickname a slave-based militaristic city-state.











Or Ohio State picking a nut.

[Bixby17]

I think it is similar to Southern Cal (among others) picking as their nickname the people that got tricked by a giant wooden horse and wound up losing their most notable war.

Or Michigan State (among others) picking for its nickname a slave-based militaristic city-state.


Or Ohio State picking a nut.

LOL.

What other misguided school/team nicknames are out there? I'm sure this group could think of a few.

I kinda like thinking of Bud Adams as Uranus. As he is a MF and spawned so many horrible Titans that his youngest son ends up castrating him.

[silvercamaro]

What other misguided school/team nicknames are out there? I'm sure this group could think of a few.

I'm surprised you haven't already thought of the Sooners -- those enterprising folk who cheated in the Land Run by sneaking across the border of Indian Territory and staking out the best land early.

The Boomers were the people who waited for the official start.

[Bob Juch]

What other misguided school/team nicknames are out there? I'm sure this group could think of a few.

I'm surprised you haven't already thought of the Sooners -- those enterprising folk who cheated in the Land Run by sneaking across the border of Indian Territory and staking out the best land early.

The Boomers were the people who waited for the official start.

There there are the Jayhawks who were the same thing as their Civil War enemies, the Bushwhackers.

[BackInTex]

Sort of like that team in Austin who's mascot is castrated?

[TheConfessor]

Sort of like that team in Austin who's mascot is castrated?

Rick Perry was castrated? I've heard the rumors, but didn't know for sure.

[TheConfessor]

So basically, Bud Adams named his team after the inbred offspring of Uranus who end up getting defeated at the end?

Maybe Bud was taking a global marketing view, considering the 6.5 billion potential fans around the world. These days, I think Titans have a higher approval rating than Texans.

[peacock2121]

Every time suitguy talks about the gamecocks I blush.

okay, I don't really blush but you get the idea.

[earendel]

What other misguided school/team nicknames are out there? I'm sure this group could think of a few.

I'm surprised you haven't already thought of the Sooners -- those enterprising folk who cheated in the Land Run by sneaking across the border of Indian Territory and staking out the best land early.

The Boomers were the people who waited for the official start.

You beat me to it, SC - that was my first thought also (not surprisingly).

[Bixby17]

Sort of like that team in Austin who's mascot is castrated?

Rick Perry was castrated? I've heard the rumors, but didn't know for sure.

LOL.

[Bixby17]

So basically, Bud Adams named his team after the inbred offspring of Uranus who end up getting defeated at the end?

Maybe Bud was taking a global marketing view, considering the 6.5 billion potential fans around the world. These days, I think Titans have a higher approval rating than Texans.

I don't think that has anything do with the flying meatball logo or team name.

You know what happens when you are a fan of a team just because of who their quarterback is?

If you are a Jake Plummer guy, you end up being a fan of handball in Montana.

Bud Adams has always been a cheap vulgar evil classless man. He treated Warren Moon like crap the way sent him out of town. And he treated Steve McNair like crap the way he sent him out of town. And some day, he will treat Vince Young like crap because that is what he does.

And don't get me started on how he totally tooled Houston in the way he worked his exit.

I love Vince Young and I like Jeff Fisher, but Bud Adams is a horrible human being for more than the way he treats quarterbacks when he is done with them. I have nothing good to think about the owners and franchises that jump ship on their fanbases.