About 4 months ago my boyfriend asked me (I think it was more of a rhetorical question) what his fantasy football team name should be. Yes, the pre-planning began FOUR months ago! This is how early a fantasy footballer beings to think of the ever crucial "team name".
This is what I have learned about the team name selection process. There are several approaches one can take; there is the intimidating name, the "pop culture references" name, or the "showing affection for a certain team/player" name. Above all its needs to be a witty, play-on-words. I also learned that there is little room for maturity when it comes to selecting the name of your fantasy football team.
The name boyfriend came up with was a combo of 45% love for his all time favorite team, The Denver Broncos and 65% 12-year-old boy humor. The name he ultimately decided on...
"Upper Decker"
If you don't know what this saying means, you can Google search it (I can't bring myself to explaining it), although I do not encourage it. The Decker part is correspond with the wide receiver of the Broncos, Eric Decker, who I STRONGLY encourage Google searching (meeeeooowww)!
I also learned another fun fact about my boyfriend's league and their team names. The last place loser of the previous year's season does NOT get to pick their team's name. Part of their "punishment" is whoever they are playing each week gets to assign their name. Meaning, if you are playing last year's biggest loser, you get to come up with their name for that week. I'm sure you can imagine how lovely, not offensive, and politically correct these names are. This week's name for that poor guy who finished last in 2011 (and for his dignity, shall remain nameless) is "Second Mile Tight Ends".
Other names from "the league" include:
Lochte Be Booty Grazin'
Thunder Gun Express
Team Newb Domination
What Made Isaac Redman Red
Mr. Potato Head
This Should be a Brees
Love Me Some Man on Manningham
Romosexual Repeat
This may be the only appropriate time to cheer, "GO UPPER DECKER!"
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