NBA-D - Iowa Energy to get new name

[bringmagicback]

What are the odds that they are named "Iowa Corn"?
Colors = Green and Yellow. Green shorts; Jersey is yellow with wide green side panels.
Logo = Large ear of corn oriented northwest to southeast halfway through a hoop.
Mascots = Farm family of four each carrying an ear of corn in their right hands. Mother and daughter wearing cotton print dresses. Father and son in jeans, boots, and baseball caps with brims pointed forward.
Fight song = Pop 'em, pop 'em
Salt 'em, salt 'em
Butter them up
and...eat 'em.
Alternative version referring to shucking prohibited.

Court floor is light brown with green and dark brown striping.
Center jump and free throw circles are light blue representing ponds.
Nylon cording on rims replaced with bottomless bushel baskets.
Court side seats are bags of seed corn (think bean bags).

Concessions include popcorn, caramel corn, corn dogs, corn whiskey, maize beer, candy corn, and sugar-frosted corn pops.

Give-aways include gallon jugs of E-85 or corn syrup with a packet of artificial maple flavoring.

That was a waste of time.

 

[3TrueFans]

That was a waste of time.

corn

 

[bringmagicback]

corn

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#brimspointedforward

 

[BoxsterCy]

Wherewolves?

 

[BoxsterCy]

Werewolves of Des Moines
Ah,oooooh!

 

[Sigmapolis]

Little ol' Hawkeye got mutilated last night.
Ahhhh ooohhhhhhhh!

 

[KnappShack]

The Iowa Chops.

 

[cyclones500]

I actually always liked the name Energy,

I thought it was a cool connection to wind power. If it had a drawback, I don't like the consecutive vowel sound (i-o-WA EN-er-gy). Requires a slight "pause" to say it.

Yeah, I'm weird.

 

[cyclones500]

Timbercats

Edit: I rescind my suggestion of Timber Oaks. That suggests a tree falling in a forest. It's unsound.

 

[bringmagicback]

I thought it was a cool connection to wind power. If it had a drawback, I don't like the consecutive vowel sound (i-o-WA EN-er-gy). Requires a slight "pause" to say it.

Yeah, I'm weird.

what mascot after the word iowa doesnt require a pause? if anything the syllables are symmetrical.

 

[RezClone]

The Iowa Nice Guys.

Let's Go Nice Guys!

 

[cyclones500]

what mascot after the word iowa doesnt require a pause? if anything the syllables are symmetrical.

Good point. Only a minor annoyance. 3-syllable of each word is cool. I suppose "Iowa Synergy" flows better, but synergy is a dumb buzzword.

I will say, Des Moines Energy wouldn't have the same hangup, the "n" sound preceding the vowel.

Admittedly, I haven't considered if cadence for team names is common or not (and maybe it doesn't matter or is even taken into account).

 

[ClonesTwentyOne]

The Iowa Hawkeyes. Wait what?

 

[cyclones500]

what mascot after the word iowa doesnt require a pause? if anything the syllables are symmetrical.

Another note, this article has a list of rejected nicknames — "Dallas Steers" has a consonant problem: City ends with "s," nickname begins with "s." ... So it sounds like "Dalla Steers" or "Dallas Tears."

 

[cyclones500]

I've sometimes thought Iowa Threshers would have possibilities. The mascot itself could be "animalized."

 

[bringmagicback]

Good point. Only a minor annoyance. 3-syllable of each word is cool. I suppose "Iowa Synergy" flows better, but synergy is a dumb buzzword.

I will say, Des Moines Energy wouldn't have the same hangup, the "n" sound preceding the vowel.

Admittedly, I haven't considered if cadence for team names is common or not (and maybe it doesn't matter or is even taken into account).

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[Bryce7]

That was a waste of time.

Actually I thought Iowa Corn is better than Iowa Hogs. Seriously, Iowa Wolves does not sound right either.

 

[ElephantPie]

Coyotes?

 

[capitalcityguy]

Actually I thought Iowa Corn is better than Iowa Hogs. Seriously, Iowa Wolves does not sound right either.

You better inform these folks then...
http://www.iowawolves.com/

 

[WhatchaGonnaDo]

When I was playing Madden, I'd always create a team named the Iowa Hogs.

Mike Vick was always my number 1 pick.