re: Best nickname for units in Sports

Posted by Bench McElroy

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Posted on 8/27/17 at 4:20 pm to sms151t

Murderers' Row/Five O'Clock Lightning- 1927 Yankees

Posted by jlnoles79

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Posted on 8/27/17 at 4:21 pm to sms151t

quote:
No kidding??

My bad... too many beers

This post was edited on 8/27/17 at 4:22 pm

Posted by sms151t

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Posted on 8/27/17 at 4:22 pm to jlnoles79

Because most wouldn't know who the 5th starter was as Pete Smith was only there in the group for a year and they tried to make Merker the 5th Ace

Posted by the crue

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Posted on 8/27/17 at 4:25 pm to sms151t

nba- the bad boys
showtime

cfb- lsu, the Chinese bandits
smu- the pony express

nfl- rams- the fearsome foursome

men's cbb- the fab 5

Posted by Geert Hammink_43

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Posted on 8/27/17 at 4:29 pm to the crue

Posted by supatigah

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Posted on 8/27/17 at 4:39 pm to Geert Hammink_43

Celtics
The Big Three
Gang Green

Posted by Lou Pai

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Posted on 8/27/17 at 4:42 pm to sms151t

quote:
Chinese Bandits on their way,
Listen What Confucius say:
"Tiger Bandits like to KNOCK,
Gonna stop a touchdown.
CHOP CHOP !!!

2 ...

Posted by tccdc

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Posted on 8/27/17 at 4:47 pm to Lou Pai

Redskins 70s - Over the Hill Gang
Redskins 80s - The Hogs
Bills 70s - The Electric Company

Posted by sms151t

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Posted on 8/27/17 at 4:58 pm to tccdc

Well the 82 Redskins had 3 separate groups
Smurfs--WR
Fun Bunch--The End Zone Celebrators
The Hogs

This post was edited on 8/27/17 at 4:59 pm

Posted by lsutiger2010

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Posted on 8/27/17 at 5:20 pm to sms151t

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Posted by TbirdSpur2010

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Posted on 8/27/17 at 5:22 pm to sms151t

NBA has some good ones:

Showtime Lakers

Bad Boy Pistons

Seven Seconds or Less Suns

Beautiful Game Spurs

Heatles

Posted by TbirdSpur2010

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Posted on 8/27/17 at 5:23 pm to lsutiger2010

The original Wrecking Crew was the main reason LSU quit playing A&M in the 90s

Posted by boonies

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Posted on 8/27/17 at 5:29 pm to TbirdSpur2010

The Mob Squad for those Kings bench players which were so fun to watch

Posted by poochie

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Posted on 8/27/17 at 5:41 pm to boonies

Wasn't there a wr threesome for the skins that had a nickname? Late 80's?

Posted by sms151t

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Posted on 8/27/17 at 5:51 pm to poochie

The Monk Clark Sanders group?

I don't recall them having a name.

Posted by Porter Osborne Jr

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Posted on 8/27/17 at 6:04 pm to sms151t

Junkyard Dawgs-UGA defense

Posted by 12Pence

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Posted on 8/27/17 at 6:07 pm to theducks

Legion of Boom
Dome Patrol

Posted by geauxtigahs87

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Posted on 8/27/17 at 6:22 pm to slinger1317

quote:
I always liked the Dome Patrol