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Funny Fantasy Football Team Names

Tuesday June 7, 2011

With the uncertainty surrounding the upcoming NFL season, there's no guarantee we will have a football season this year.  Which, of course, means we may have no fantasy football either.  However, I'm assuming at some point we will have football, and we'll all get to play general manager again this year.

As always, part of the fun of owning a fantasy football team is getting to come up with a clever name for said team. Myself, I've been going by the name "Can of WhoopAss" for several years now in honor of my all-time favorite wrassler, Stone Cold Steve Austin. The Misses, who's relatively new to fantasy football, goes by the highly-appropriate moniker of "Yo Momma".

For those of you who are fantasy football veterans, I'm sure you're aware of the plethora of incredibly creative team names that are affixed to teams throughout the thousands and thousands of fantasy leagues. So we're asking for your help in assembling a list of some of the more clever, witty, humorous, and perhaps obnoxious nicknames ever assigned to a fantasy team.

We'll start the list off with a few of our favorites, and you can leave your contributions in the comments section below.

No Punt Intended

Orton's Neckbeards

Favre's Flip Flops

Urine Trouble

Rings Around Uranus

Victorious Secret

The Cereal Killers

(Editor's Note: I've assembled a list of submitted team names that I feel are the top 10 funniest fantasy football team names based on my own warped sense of humor.)

NFL's Biggest Draft Busts Ever

Thursday June 2, 2011

NFL Draft BustsAs we are all aware, the NFL Draft is far from an exact science. Every year, prospects who are highly thought of turn out to be lemons while others perform far above their draft status. So it pays to have a little reservation regarding the impact this year's rookies will have when anticipating the success of your favorite team. History doesn't shine favorably on first-year players in the NFL, and regardless of where they were drafted, you never know when one or more of them are going to completely flop.

Obviously hindsight is 20/20, and it's easy to look back now and wonder what the draft experts were thinking while evaluating some of the bigger washouts in NFL Draft history. But at the time, most of these guys on our list of Top Ten NFL Draft Busts had nearly unanimous support from scouts and draftniks alike.

That's something to think about when hyping this year's class!

Top Plays to Build Your Playbook Around

Monday May 30, 2011

As we continue with our focus on the upcoming youth football seasons around the country (since there may not be an NFL season), we are going to take a look at some basic plays to build your playbook around.  To be a successful coach at the youth level, you don't need an elaborate playbook.  You just need to teach your team to properly execute a handful of both run and pass plays to keep the opposition off balance.

Sean McCormick, head coach for Xavier University club football, offers his Top 5 Pass Plays and Top 5 Run Plays Out of the I-Formation.

Concussions and Football Helmets: Information Clouds Picture

Wednesday May 25, 2011

Virginia Tech researchers recently released data ranking the brands and models of football helmets based on how well they reduce concussions, and only one helmet received its highest ranking. The results and testing methods, however, are being openly questioned by other helmet manufacturers.

Sean McCormick, Xavier University club football head coach, says this clearly shows the need for more research on the subject. Read more...

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