George Washington University Basketball Team

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Post by harbo » Fri Feb 17, 2023 9:52 pm

All this talk about team names reminds me of the selection of team names for my fantasy league teams several decades ago. The San Fernando Llamas won a couple of football Stupor Bowls. I should have known better than using Mount Toby Kimballs for several unsuccessful hoops league seasons.

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Post by stevemaz » Sat Feb 18, 2023 6:48 am

Greatest fantasy football team name i ever saw.. My Ball Zach Ertz..

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Post by ZooMass84 » Sat Feb 18, 2023 11:15 am

69MG wrote: Fri Feb 17, 2023 11:27 am ^ Maybe if they had a football team? :lol: :lol: :lol:
They used to, back in the day. They were in the Southern conference.

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Re: George Washington University Basketball Team

Post by MikeUMA » Tue Mar 21, 2023 4:57 pm

GW's final four:
Ambassadors
Blue Fog
Revolutionaries
Sentinels

https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/gw-narrows-moni ... -down-four

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Re: George Washington University Basketball Team

Post by minutefanjsf » Tue Mar 21, 2023 5:06 pm

^
Those are not good, IMO. Should have gone would with wooden teeth. Lol.

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Re: George Washington University Basketball Team

Post by harbo » Tue Mar 21, 2023 5:07 pm

I'm sticking with Blue Fog. The other three are boring.

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Post by InnervisionsUMASS » Wed Mar 22, 2023 7:44 am

MikeUMA wrote: Tue Mar 21, 2023 4:57 pm GW's final four:
Ambassadors
Blue Fog
Revolutionaries
Sentinels

https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/gw-narrows-moni ... -down-four

Ambassadors - Would probably cause confusion in DC with all the other Ambassadors already there.
Blue Fog - Makes me think of giant alien like monsters.. like a certain Stephen King novel. No thank you.
Revolutionaries - Lenin was considered a revolutionary... hard pass.
Sentinels - Well, those are robots that hunt down and exterminate mutants. By choosing Sentinels, not only are you not being inclusive to all kinds of beings, you'd also either start a war with the X-Men or get sued by Disney/Marvel... probably should avoid the optics on this one.
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Re: George Washington University Basketball Team

Post by Plano Minuteman » Wed Mar 22, 2023 10:13 am

I like Blue Fog as well. Kind of reminds me of a jazz club moniker pre-WW2.

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Post by m626t » Wed Mar 22, 2023 12:09 pm

Don't know why, but it seems to me the moniker, GW Blue Balls was overlooked.
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Re: George Washington University Basketball Team

Post by 69MG » Wed Mar 22, 2023 12:11 pm

How about the "Wooden Teeth"?

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Post by e_parade » Wed Mar 22, 2023 12:19 pm

Plano Minuteman wrote: Wed Mar 22, 2023 10:13 am I like Blue Fog as well. Kind of reminds me of a jazz club moniker pre-WW2.
At least it's relevant to the school (they're in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood).

Seemed to be a preferred one from the students at an informal straw poll of handing out pennants at a game with all the potential names on them.


Also lol - Washington didn't have wooden teeth. His dentures were mostly made from slaves' teeth. Definitely don't want to make reference to that in their name.

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Post by LS71 » Wed Mar 22, 2023 1:17 pm

How about the GW Foggy Bottom Dwellers?
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Post by minutefanjsf » Wed Mar 22, 2023 4:45 pm

e_parade wrote: Wed Mar 22, 2023 12:19 pm
Plano Minuteman wrote: Wed Mar 22, 2023 10:13 am I like Blue Fog as well. Kind of reminds me of a jazz club moniker pre-WW2.
At least it's relevant to the school (they're in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood).

Seemed to be a preferred one from the students at an informal straw poll of handing out pennants at a game with all the potential names on them.


Also lol - Washington didn't have wooden teeth. His dentures were mostly made from slaves' teeth. Definitely don't want to make reference to that in their name.
Yes I know. But, historical accuracy doesn’t matter for us either…what is a minutewoman? Lexi got used to have the minute maids….

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Post by Juice Stand » Thu Mar 23, 2023 5:37 am

^ https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biog ... nce-wright
Dubbing themselves the “Minutewomen”, Prudence, who had been elected as the militia’s captain, and about 30-40 other townswomen dressed as men, shouldered muskets, wielded pitchforks, and marched to Jewett’s Bridge. It was here on the Nashua River that the “Prudence Wright Guard” planned to intimidate the approaching Redcoats. The courageous women successfully stopped the British, captured several soldiers, and intercepted vital dispatches regarding troop movements.

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Post by capezona » Thu Mar 23, 2023 9:51 am

Juice Stand wrote: Thu Mar 23, 2023 5:37 am ^ https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biog ... nce-wright
Dubbing themselves the “Minutewomen”, Prudence, who had been elected as the militia’s captain, and about 30-40 other townswomen dressed as men, shouldered muskets, wielded pitchforks, and marched to Jewett’s Bridge. It was here on the Nashua River that the “Prudence Wright Guard” planned to intimidate the approaching Redcoats. The courageous women successfully stopped the British, captured several soldiers, and intercepted vital dispatches regarding troop movements.
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