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Rename the Texans

I think it's a perfect name. Maybe a little biased since I's born and raised here, but it's quite fitting. At least for people like me.

And maybe it's just me, but I kinda dug the white helmet. Wonder why they changed it? Tougher to keep the clean look, maybe?
 
I'm in, but only if we can change thier name to:

the Houston "AFC South Champs"


otherwise I kinda like the Houston "Texans".


Only drawback to the name is that people around the country that don't have teams are very unlikely to make the Texans, "thier" team that they pull for. However do we really care, I don't think so.
 
Hookem Horns said:
Hey, that was the name I came up with.

Houston Drillers

It's sticking with the oil theme and they could have come up with a similar logo that the Oilers had. It kinda sounds like Oilers also. We could have named the defense the "Drilling Crew" again, etc.
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Driller?

I don't even know her.






:tomato:
 
Hmm...I could understand this thread after a 2-14 season, but after a playoff run? Not so much.

Carry on.
 
DocBar said:
Dallas is already called the Metroplex and there is already a team called the Metro(politan)'s in MLB: The NY Mets.
I agree it is Crane's team now and he can do what he wants to. I don't think you get rich enough to buy a major league franchise by being a complete moron, though.
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Instead of the Met(ropolitan)'s, Dallas could name their team the Metro(sexual)'s. It would fit perfect with Romo as the QB.
 
After thinking a little about the thread topic, I have come to the conclusion that this is the worst thread that I have ever taken part in.
On the other hand, it is the offseason, so don't let me stand in the way of a little good mental masturbation. :)
 
Speedy said:
Hmm...I could understand this thread after a 2-14 season, but after a playoff run? Not so much.

Carry on.
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Indeed. After the Rockets won back-to-back I doubt I was the only one who winced when they changed uni's. By that I don't mean the ungly pajamas they opted for either.

At the time I would have preferrred Apollo's but they are the Texans and today I can't imagine it any other way. In hindsight I'm glad they chose Texans as a mascot instead of calling themselves the Texas Toros or Texas Apollos whatever. I gives the same vibe but in a much less arrogant manner.

(Hmmm. Texas Toros.....not bad)
 
The Houston Flux Capacitors

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The Pittsburg Pennsylvanians, The Buffalo New Yorkers, The Oakland Californians, The Cleveland Ohioans, The Baltimore Marylanders, The Green Bay Wisconsonites, The Chicago Illinoians, The Miami Floridians, The New Orleans Louisianaians, The Seattle Washingtonians, New England Massachussens, The Denver Coloradans, The Detroit Michiganders, Michiganians, Michiganers, Michiganites....take your pick. The Atlanta Georgians, The Carolina North Carolinians, The Kansas City Kansans...or is it Missourans? The St.Louis Missourans!

Anyway, just a short excersise to see what it would be like if all the other teams named themselves after their State.

I knew there was a reason I never really cared for the name "Texans" when attached to the team. I'm obviously proud to be a Texan as I'm from Texas, but I wonder what players that come here from other states think? I mean if I played for the Oakland team and was from Texas, it would probably be easier for me to feel prideful to be a RAIDER rather than a Californian, cause I'm not a Californian, I don't want to be a Californian...no confusion here guys, I'm a Texan! Meh...I guess you pay me enough you can call me whatever you want.
 
wildroot said:
The Pittsburg Pennsylvanians, The Buffalo New Yorkers, The Oakland Californians, The Cleveland Ohioans, The Baltimore Marylanders, The Green Bay Wisconsonites, The Chicago Illinoians, The Miami Floridians, The New Orleans Louisianaians, The Seattle Washingtonians, New England Massachussens, The Denver Coloradans, The Detroit Michiganders, Michiganians, Michiganers, Michiganites....take your pick. The Atlanta Georgians, The Carolina North Carolinians, The Kansas City Kansans...or is it Missourans? The St.Louis Missourans!

Anyway, just a short excersise to see what it would be like if all the other teams named themselves after their State.

I knew there was a reason I never really cared for the name "Texans" when attached to the team. I'm obviously proud to be a Texan as I'm from Texas, but I wonder what players that come here from other states think? I mean if I played for the Oakland team and was from Texas, it would probably be easier for me to feel prideful to be a RAIDER rather than a Californian, cause I'm not a Californian, I don't want to be a Californian...no confusion here guys, I'm a Texan! Meh...I guess you pay me enough you can call me whatever you want.
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Yeah, just like the Montreal Canadiens, no non Canadian hockey player ever wants to play there. I wonder if some of the smaller guys on the Giants have less pride because they are not really giant?

Also, think about Roger Clements. He is from Texas, he must have been real uncomfortable playing on a team called the Yankees.

:thinking:
 
What were the other names being proposed? I remember the Apollos and Toros being thrown around before settling with the Texans.
 
Hervoyel said:
I didn't like the name, still don't particularly but it's done. It's too late to change it and now love it or hate it I'm attached to it in some fashion.

And Crane has no intention of changing the Astros name. He's just throwing everybody off the scent of his agreeing to move to the American League. Once he announces the cool new Astros uniforms and that he's retaining the name nobody will give him any more crap about agreeing to switch leagues.

Smart man actually.
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The flapping tongues on the radio (97.5 fm I think) were saying that whoever bought (or kept) the Astros had to agree to move to the AL. So if they're to be believed, Crane had no choice in that aspect of the deal.
 
Thorn said:
Yeah, it's the Texans now. But I didn't like that name at all when it was first announced. If I remember correctly, I liked the Stallions as one of the names floated for the team. So just for the sake of argument, I throw that out.
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And you thought bulls on parade was gay? :kitten: I'll never forget watching a rockets game that Calvin Murphy was calling back in the day and he said " these fellows need to grab on to Hakeem's broad shoulders and ride that stallion home". Maybe it was the way he said it but that had to be one of the gayest things I've ever heard. For some reason every time I hear the word stallion it reminds me of that moment. :vincepalm:
 
ObsiWan said:
The flapping tongues on the radio (97.5 fm I think) were saying that whoever bought (or kept) the Astros had to agree to move to the AL. So if they're to be believed, Crane had no choice in that aspect of the deal.
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I heard he had a choice but that if he agreed it would cut 40 million off the price.

I never liked the name Astros anyway. It reminds me of the jetsons dog. But I have never been a baseball fan so I could care less. Baseball is like boxing IMO. It's a dead sport. Had it not been for steroids BB would of probably went bankrupt by now.
 
mussop said:
And you thought bulls on parade was gay? :kitten: I'll never forget watching a rockets game that Calvin Murphy was calling back in the day and he said " these fellows need to grab on to Hakeem's broad shoulders and ride that stallion home". Maybe it was the way he said it but that had to be one of the gayest things I've ever heard. For some reason every time I hear the word stallion it reminds me of that moment. :vincepalm:
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This one time, like eight months ago, I saw two guys kissing in a park, and that was the gayest thing I'd ever seen, until I saw that Calvin Murphy quote.
 
BullNation4Life said:
Isn't a Wildcatter a dude who runs around and parties all the time?
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Yes, and with other peoples money. Often selling 400-500% of production to Investors (suckers). Might as well call them Houston Thieves.

Of course that's better than the Houston Apollos which is a foreign (Greek) god. Why bring disaster upon ourselves by provoking Yahweh (God)?

Now if you HAD to change names, I like the Republicans (as in Republic of Texas) or Secessionists as a wink toward America's Team.
 
I didn't like any of the names then. Texans has grown on me and well...no looking back now.

But back then, a name that you don't see a whole lot in teams is "Venom". There's no snake-like logo/mascot in the league so I figured that would be original. I know snakes and Houston aren't so synonomous but neither are a lot of other cities with their football teams. Well...unless you bring up the Texas rattlesnake but Houston Rattlesnakes doesn't sound so good to me.

Also....don't know that Venom and the snake (any type) logo would be as marketable as Texans. But while thinking about it...when using Texans...you're sort of isolating your fan base. Sure there will be some from outside of Texas that might buy in...but it'll be rare, whereas if you use something other than Texans...people from outside the state will be more willing to jump on.

For colors...any color will do as the snake family come in all sorts of color combinations and the logo could be very awesome. The possibilities are endless.
 
Thorn said:
Yeah, it's the Texans now. But I didn't like that name at all when it was first announced. If I remember correctly, I liked the Stallions as one of the names floated for the team. So just for the sake of argument, I throw that out.
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Sounds, ummmm :thinking: too USFL. :shades:
 
Texanmike said:
Was there a contest I was unaware of? Did Hook'em come into some SB 2013 tickets that he's auctioning off for the worst thread of the week? Seriously first trade schaub/MW for Manning... now rename the team? Roughnecks? Yeah because I want to be sentenced to the "rednecks" for the rest of my life?

Come on guys, man up and stop saying stupid @%@%.

Mike
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Man, you've gotten mean.
 
I did not like the name at first but when the bull emblem on the helmet was presented, I was like "yeah, that's cool!" No name change now.
 
There were no good names on the list they came up with. "Apollos" was apparently meant to be a tribute to the space program, but it feels weak for some reason. Stallions and Bobcats are names for high schools, not NFL franchises. The definition of "Wildcatter" isn't commonly known. As for "Texans"...I hated it when it came out. It seemed lame and lazy.

But we got a really cool logo out of it, so I can live with it.
 
I like the name Toros which of course is the Spanish word for bulls. It would match our logo, which is the best in pro football. Toros wouldn't turn off potential fans from out of state.

The Astros have already changed once. They started out Colt 45's.
 
Seegara said:
I like the name Toros which of course is the Spanish word for bulls. It would match our logo, which is the best in pro football. Toros wouldn't turn off potential fans from out of state.

The Astros have already changed once. They started out Colt 45's.
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Cool, thanks. I was trying to remember what they used to be called. :)
 
I have always thought the name "Texans" was one of the lamest names in the NFL, but that they had the coolest logo in the NFL. Myself, I would have preferred the name "Stampeed", but over time Texans has grown on me and we still have that really cool logo!
 
Like a lot of people, I wasn't a fan of the name at first announcement but it has grown on me and a change is unwanted.

Besides, all these years of "No one ever talks about the Texans" when they finally do "we want to change the name?" (I know it's hypothetical, but still)
 
gtexan02 said:
Man, you've gotten mean.
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Just two really bad threads and me in some kind of weird funk. I seriously hate the name roughnecks. It doesn't describe our city at all anymore. I love Texans because that's what we are. Nobody has state pride like we do. I should chill out though, you're right. You aren't the first to notice.


Mike
 
Since I was born raised a Texan, it is hard to move away from what I am.

Names revolving around livestock::cow:

Brahmas
Beefmasters
Horro

or you could go PittBulls-
 
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