Why name a team Texans?

[JEDI]

What if they move to, say, Nashville when the govt wont build them a new stadium in 10yrs?

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Because Texas!

 

[Printer Bandit]

better than a city name. at least they can move around in the state.

 

[OCGuy]

Do you see any lakes in LA?

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Do you see any lakes in LA?

And Salt Lake City is well known as the birthplace of jazz.

 

[OCGuy]

And Salt Lake City is well known as the birthplace of jazz.

Haha.

 

[Printer Bandit]

And Salt Lake City is well known as the birthplace of jazz.

The franchise began in 1974 as the New Orleans Jazz in New Orleans, Louisiana; the team moved to Utah in 1979.

 

[AstroManLuca]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Texans#Nickname

Better than the Houston Bobcats, Stallions, Toros, or Apollos.

Apollos would have been cool though, in keeping with the space theme of Houston sports (Astros, Rockets).

 

[GagHalfrunt]

The last team to leave Houston changed their name, there's no reason the Texans can't do the same.

 

[Mayne]

Montreal Canadiens. Quebec doesn't even want to be part of Canada.

 

[dougp]

I like to give them shit, since it was originally the team name for the Chiefs when they were based in Dallas.

 

[shabby]

Montreal Canadiens. Quebec doesn't even want to be part of Canada.

And they cant even spell canadians rights...

 

[MrPickins]

The franchise began in 1974 as the New Orleans Jazz in New Orleans, Louisiana; the team moved to Utah in 1979.

You don't say! :whiste:

 

[OCGuy]

The franchise began in 1974 as the New Orleans Jazz in New Orleans, Louisiana; the team moved to Utah in 1979.

This is completely marginalizing the contributions to Jazz by the great Elijah "Whitey" Domino. Or Jacob "Smokey" Smith.

 

[Miramonti]

Because they make for the best mascots.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Move them to Los Angeles. They could call the team the Los Angeles Texans from Anaheim.

 

[Printer Bandit]

cities with more than one pro sports team in the same league is dumb.

 

[JulesMaximus]

cities with more than one pro sports team in the same league is dumb.

I'd also like to complain about Kansas City being in the AFC West. Kansas City is in the middle of the fucking country... it is nowhere near the west. :whiste:

 

[OCGuy]

I'd also like to complain about Kansas City being in the AFC West. Kansas City is in the middle of the fucking country... it is nowhere near the west. :whiste:

The fracking confused morons aren't even in Kansas

 

[IndyColtsFan]

What if they move to, say, Nashville when the govt wont build them a new stadium in 10yrs?

Is this a serious question?

You do know the Houston Oilers moved to Tennessee and changed their names to the Tennessee Titans a year or two later, right?

You do know that the AFL Dallas Texans moved to Kansas City and the team was renamed the Kansas City Chiefs, right?

 

[Atomic Playboy]

I'd also like to complain about Kansas City being in the AFC West. Kansas City is in the middle of the fucking country... it is nowhere near the west. :whiste:

Because of the sheer number of teams along the Eastern seaboard, Memphis and New Orleans are both "the West" in the NBA, and the Northwestern division covers an area from Minnesota south to Oklahoma and west to the Pacific Ocean, or roughly 40% of the contiguous states by area. So, yeah, geographic conferences can be stupid.

As far as cities with multiple teams in the same league, that only happens in New York, LA and Chicago, and all three of those cities are so large that individual boroughs/suburbs/neighborhoods can be larger than entire cities with teams in that league. Manhattan and Brooklyn both have a larger population than Salt Lake City; why not give them separate teams?

Nah, I'm just fucking with ya, that shit is ridiculous.

 

[smackababy]

I'd also like to complain about Kansas City being in the AFC West. Kansas City is in the middle of the fucking country... it is nowhere near the west. :whiste:

Kansas City is in the mid west. The US is comprised of New England, East Coast, West Coast, the South, and the Mid West (which is everything not included in the others).

 

[ElFenix]

cities with more than one pro sports team in the same league is dumb.

don't visit london.

 

[Schfifty Five]

What if they move to, say, Nashville when the govt wont build them a new stadium in 10yrs?

They would just rename the team then, dumbass.

 

[fjmeat]

Is this a serious question?

You do know the Houston Oilers moved to Tennessee and changed their names to the Tennessee Titans a year or two later, right?

You do know that the AFL Dallas Texans moved to Kansas City and the team was renamed the Kansas City Chiefs, right?

:thumbsup: