Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Big Picture Categories: Team names that don't end in "S"


King's Cup might be the best drinking game out there. Everyone has their own version, there's ample drinking and sometimes -- on a few lucky occasions -- hot chicks end up naked. One of the best "games" in King's Cup is Categories, which often is represented by the Jack card. In Categories, the person who draws the card says a category (fast food joints, baseball stadiums, etc.) and everyone must go around the circle naming one until somebody stumbles. When that person fucks up, they drink. Make sense? Good.

Just about everywhere you turn in sports, you're going to find a "Wildcats," "Tigers" or "Bears." But not too many teams -- at least in professional sports -- have nicknames that don't end in an "S."

Today's category then will be naming those teams that don't have an "S" at the end. Since there are a lot of these, let's keep them to colleges and U.S. leagues (MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, MLS all count -- the WNBA does not. Does it ever?). We'll start and you guys continue in the comments. You can go again after every five comments. First person to blow it has to ask a random member of the Sioux tribe if they have a drinking problem.

We'll start things off with one of our favorite collegiate names: the North Dakota Fighting Sioux.

All right, folks. Get freaky in the comments.

58 comments:

  1. Anonymous11:29 PM

    fucking hate to do it but the stanfurd cardinal (get a real name, not a fucking color, and an ugly one at that). should have stuck with indians but that'd by un-pc or something like that

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  2. Anonymous12:09 AM

    Minnesota Wild

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  3. Anonymous12:51 AM

    orlando magic

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  4. boston red sox baby

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  5. dartmouth big green

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  6. Anonymous2:06 AM

    UW-Green Bay Phoenix

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  7. Anonymous4:57 AM

    Utah Jazz

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  8. Chicago White Sox

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  9. Anonymous5:42 AM

    syracuse orange

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  10. Illinois Fighting Illini

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  11. notre dame fighting irish

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  12. Anonymous6:29 AM

    Harvard Crimson

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  13. St. John's Red Storm

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  14. Anonymous7:02 AM

    Tampa Bay Lightning

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  15. um... also.... people seem to have forgotten the once every FIVE comments rule.

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  16. Anonymous7:17 AM

    Yeah, geez. If you're gonna post on a high quality blog like "The Big Picture", at least follow the rules of the game.

    Phoenix Mercury- WNBA Champs!

    Yes, I just replied with a WNBA team.

    Word.

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  17. of course Matt would make up a women's team.

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  18. Columbus Crew!!! Man, I'm gay. Not matt gay but definitely soccer gay.

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  19. Los Angeles Galaxy

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  20. Alabama Crimson Tide

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  21. Houston Dynamo

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  22. Anonymous8:39 AM

    Are Centenary's teams still called the Gentlemen?

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  23. Anonymous8:44 AM

    Dartmouth Big Green

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  24. Anonymous8:46 AM

    I know it's hockey, but Colorado Avalanche

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  25. Anonymous8:47 AM

    Tulane Green Wave

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  26. Anonymous8:47 AM

    NC State Wolfpack

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  27. Anonymous8:48 AM

    MLL (Major League Lacrosse): New Jersey Pride, Philadelphia Barrage, Chicago Machine, Los Angeles Riptide

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  28. Anonymous9:19 AM

    Elon Phoenix

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  29. Anonymous9:33 AM

    Seattle Storm

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  30. Anonymous9:34 AM

    North Texas Mean Green

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  31. Pilipino Basketball Association;

    San Miguel Beerman, FedEx Express

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  32. Marshall Thundering Herd

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  33. I think this one is still fair game: Chicago Fire (MLS)

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  34. North Dakota State Bison.

    By the way Zack, you do know that I am a alumnus of North Dakota, don't you?

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  35. fisch,

    I do. Go Sioux!

    OK, think this one's still in there:

    Nevada Wolfpack.

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  36. Tulsa Golden Hurricane

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  37. Springfield A&M Nittany Tide!

    You only call us a cow college because we were founded by a cow!

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  38. Anonymous1:39 PM

    used to be The Huron Tribe. a small NAIA school in Huron, South Dakota but the damn natives made them switch the name now they are the tigers. to try to make it legit does the CFL count? Calargy Stampede then would be my call.

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  39. That's odd because William & Mary used to be the Indians and then changed to The Tribe...

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  40. Anonymous3:11 PM

    Hofstra Pride (formerly the Flying Dutchmen. Awesome name!)

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  41. Massachusetts Minutemen

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  42. Anonymous9:30 PM

    Let's make the list inclusive of English socc.. er, I mean football...

    All the following are preceded by "The"
    Birmingham City Brummagem
    Rochdale Dale
    Ebbsfleet United Fleet
    Scunthorpe United Iron
    York City Minstermen
    Portsmouth Pompey
    Hartlepool United Pool
    Liverpool Pool
    Petersborough United Posh
    Crewe Alexandra Railwaymen
    Halifax town Shaymen
    Macclesfield Town Silkmen
    Accrington Stanley Stanley
    Newcastle United Toon

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  43. Pawtucket Red Sox
    Trenton Thunder
    Greenville Drive

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  44. Anonymous5:11 AM

    Since minor leagues were added:

    Macon Whoopee

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  45. Anonymous8:02 AM

    D3 Widener University Pride or as the students call themselves the Widener Gay Pride

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  46. Remarkably, this is still out there: Stanford Cardinal.

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  47. Anonymous11:26 AM

    Arena Football- Philly Soul

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  48. Anonymous11:26 AM

    If we're going minor leagues, then I gotta go just down the street...

    Bowie Baysox

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  49. D3 Greensboro College Pride - Greensboro, NC

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  50. Anonymous7:09 PM

    Cornell Big Red, bay-beee... second best alma mater in my household.

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  51. Anonymous12:46 PM

    I got a couple....
    1. Delta State University (in southern Mississippi) Fighting Okra
    2. Cornell Big Red
    3. North Dakota State University Bison
    4. University of North Texas Mean Green

    and that's all i can think of that are'nt already said, adn whoever said a WNBA team can go to hell

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  52. Anonymous3:49 PM

    Marshall thundering herd

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  54. Anonymous10:45 AM

    Alverno College (Milwaukee) Inferno

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