Supernope Posted July 3 Report Share Posted July 3 1 hour ago, SleepingTitan said: I wish Bud would've chosen a logo that has SOMETHING to do with Tennessee or Nashville. The story is the team was going to be called the Pioneers but Bud threw a tantrum when that leaked We coulda had coonskin helmets! SleepingTitan, and charleytolar 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreepingDeath Posted July 3 Report Share Posted July 3 1 hour ago, Puck said: the idea was to try and garner as much support as possible considering Nashville was a very small market. they were trying to capitalize on the UT/Knoxville group while not completely alienating the Memphis crowd while playing at the Liberty Bowl (which iirc was intended to be for the duration of the construction of the Nashville stadium but they went ahead to Nashville because of low attendance and acceptance. could you imagine the Nashville Titans playing in Memphis?) Cowboys play in Arlington. 49ers play in Santa Clara. Jets and Giants play in a different state. Also, as far as "only team in a state" joke goes, the Chiefs play in Missouri. Vikings and Cardinals use the state as part of the name. Panthers use two states. Packers and Bills use the city as part of the uniform (Green Bay -> green; Buffalo goes with the city name for the logo instead of the nickname Bills). As an inverse, Houston attempts to use a regional name as their nickname. titanruss 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
9 Nines Posted July 3 Report Share Posted July 3 13 minutes ago, CreepingDeath said: As an inverse, Houston attempts to use a regional name as their nickname. Houston used Texans because it was a legal name the NFL/predecessor businesses had already owned at one time, a situation reducing legal risk that might come from a unique name. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puck Posted July 3 Report Share Posted July 3 3 hours ago, Callidus said: Vig is the charge used by bookies in betting. I'm glad that's something I don't know CreepingDeath, Callidus, Somedude, and 1 other 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callidus Posted July 3 Report Share Posted July 3 1 hour ago, Puck said: I'm glad that's something I don't know I never bet outside a once in a blue moon 10bucks or something every few years with friends. Learned that from from my dad who went to the track once or twice a week and bet on the nfl every sunday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OILERMAN Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 Even though they ended up in Nashville Bud should have kept the name "Houston Oilers" Titandan, Kcroy420, Somedude, and 1 other 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBukafax Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 I’m partial to Memphis Moonshiners as a name myself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callidus Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 31 minutes ago, OILERMAN said: Even though they ended up in Nashville Bud should have kept the name "Houston Oilers" Tbh as much as i am in the let it go camp, the pettiness of that would bring me some sick joy. OILERMAN 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
9 Nines Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 (edited) An insider shared with me that the Titans recently hired a creative graphics artist to create a new symbol to honor both Moon and the rising star that is Cam Ward. It will be unveiled officially in a few weeks but I think I have seen it somewhere before but I cannot pinpoint it. Here it is but it will be in Colombian blue as opposed to the black here. Edited July 4 by 9 Nines titanruss, and charleytolar 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callidus Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 24 minutes ago, 9 Nines said: An insider shared with me that the Titans recently hired a creative graphics artist to create a new symbol to honor both Moon and the rising star that is Cam Ward. It will be unveiled officially in a few weeks but I think I have seen it somewhere before but I cannot pinpoint it. Here it is but it will be in Colombian blue as opposed to the black here. Ill give this troll job a 4/10 but everyone knows that white background is racist so ill have to deduct 6 points, leaving you a solid -2/10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somedude Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 17 hours ago, SleepingTitan said: I don't think that's how it works. Owner decides. IIRC the state of Tennessee wanted to be included because they were paying some of the bill. Plenty examples where the name doesn't fit this hypothesis. Cleveland for example. They were established 2 decades prior. Baltimore? New England? I'm just saying what should be the standard. Like I don't believe home jerseys on sports teams should say the City/State name but the team name and away jerseys say the city/state. That's not as common in football but still. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
japan Posted July 6 Report Share Posted July 6 On 7/3/2025 at 11:08 AM, SleepingTitan said: I wish Bud would've chosen a logo that has SOMETHING to do with Tennessee or Nashville. Also think it's kinda dumb they chose Tennessee as the location. I guess it's better than "New England" lol. Is this shtick? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
japan Posted July 6 Report Share Posted July 6 On 7/3/2025 at 11:58 AM, Callidus said: I thought they went with tennessee because they didnt want to make it a "middle" Tennessee only team or something like that. I assumed it was because Nashville at the time was a smaller city on the rise and they didn’t want to turn off Memphis. Memphis was actually larger when the move was made. Callidus 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callidus Posted July 6 Report Share Posted July 6 9 minutes ago, japan said: I assumed it was because Nashville at the time was a smaller city on the rise and they didn’t want to turn off Memphis. Memphis was actually larger when the move was made. Just the city or the whole metro? Using city population counts can be very misleading sometimes. Jacksonville is like 5 times more populated than miami if you go by the city counts and dwarfed when you go by the metro for example. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OILERMAN Posted July 7 Report Share Posted July 7 On 7/3/2025 at 11:08 AM, SleepingTitan said: I wish Bud would've chosen a logo SleepingTitan, Somedude, TylerRoseFan, and 3 others 1 1 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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