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I'm 23 00:01:28,346 --> 00:01:31,386 Speaker 1: Mike Yam, She's a D D King, Kabala, Hi d D. 24 00:01:31,906 --> 00:01:36,786 Speaker 1: What's good? We obviously right. That is actually a good 25 00:01:36,786 --> 00:01:39,906 Speaker 1: way of describing our episode this week, A D D. 26 00:01:40,026 --> 00:01:41,706 Speaker 1: You and I are going to be diving into some 27 00:01:41,826 --> 00:01:43,946 Speaker 1: topics that will last for a while. So if you 28 00:01:43,986 --> 00:01:46,746 Speaker 1: miss the NFC Show, it's all good. It's available right 29 00:01:46,786 --> 00:01:51,226 Speaker 1: now and until the end of time. Because basically, you 30 00:01:51,506 --> 00:01:54,146 Speaker 1: may be playing a game of bar trivia. You may 31 00:01:54,466 --> 00:01:57,786 Speaker 1: just be trying to impress your family around the Thanksgiving 32 00:01:57,826 --> 00:02:01,466 Speaker 1: dinner table with the minutia that you know, people may 33 00:02:01,546 --> 00:02:03,746 Speaker 1: say at some point, Hey, you know, I always wondered 34 00:02:03,946 --> 00:02:06,586 Speaker 1: how did the Steelers get their name? Because the Steelers 35 00:02:06,586 --> 00:02:10,106 Speaker 1: are actually the oldest team in the American Football Conference. 36 00:02:10,146 --> 00:02:12,466 Speaker 1: They were founded in nineteen thirty three, which is the 37 00:02:12,506 --> 00:02:15,026 Speaker 1: same year as the Eagles, which we talked about in 38 00:02:15,066 --> 00:02:18,906 Speaker 1: our first episode, and we also talked about the fact 39 00:02:18,946 --> 00:02:23,786 Speaker 1: that many, many, many football teams derived their names from 40 00:02:23,986 --> 00:02:28,426 Speaker 1: baseball teams, So the Steelers were initially named after the 41 00:02:28,426 --> 00:02:30,746 Speaker 1: city's baseball team, they were the Pittsburgh Pirates. But we 42 00:02:30,746 --> 00:02:32,626 Speaker 1: already went through this, Mike I said, I don't like 43 00:02:33,426 --> 00:02:37,026 Speaker 1: when two teams from the same city playing different sports 44 00:02:37,346 --> 00:02:41,026 Speaker 1: have the same name, like the New York Giants. Very confusing, 45 00:02:41,186 --> 00:02:44,186 Speaker 1: and we did learn on episode number one with the 46 00:02:44,266 --> 00:02:46,866 Speaker 1: NFC this actually happened a whole lot. I think we're 47 00:02:46,906 --> 00:02:49,866 Speaker 1: just in a different era of sports and fandom that 48 00:02:50,066 --> 00:02:53,466 Speaker 1: I don't think fans nowadays would be okay with it. 49 00:02:53,586 --> 00:02:56,666 Speaker 1: Like once again, you're going like and thirties and forties, right, 50 00:02:56,706 --> 00:02:58,266 Speaker 1: And I'll tell you this. One thing that is very 51 00:02:58,346 --> 00:03:00,666 Speaker 1: unique about the city of Pittsburgh is that all three 52 00:03:00,746 --> 00:03:05,426 Speaker 1: professional franchises, the Pittsburgh Pirates which play baseball, the Pittsburgh Penguins, 53 00:03:05,466 --> 00:03:09,186 Speaker 1: which play hockey, and the Pittsburgh Steelers, who play football, 54 00:03:09,186 --> 00:03:12,226 Speaker 1: of course, share the same colors. So this is the 55 00:03:12,306 --> 00:03:14,786 Speaker 1: black and yellow city. Actually it's black and gold. I 56 00:03:14,786 --> 00:03:16,826 Speaker 1: say black and yellow because of that was Khalifa song. 57 00:03:16,866 --> 00:03:19,226 Speaker 1: But it really is officially black and gold, black and yellow, 58 00:03:19,226 --> 00:03:21,706 Speaker 1: black and yellow, black and yellow, right, it shouldn't be 59 00:03:21,706 --> 00:03:24,786 Speaker 1: black and yellow. I'm corrected every time I say that. 60 00:03:24,826 --> 00:03:27,546 Speaker 1: But anyway, moving on, the Pittsburgh Pirates were indeed the 61 00:03:27,546 --> 00:03:30,026 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Pirates, but they had to be called something because 62 00:03:30,066 --> 00:03:32,026 Speaker 1: otherwise you didn't know are you talking about the Pittsburgh 63 00:03:32,026 --> 00:03:34,146 Speaker 1: Pirates baseball team or were you talking about the Pittsburgh 64 00:03:34,186 --> 00:03:36,666 Speaker 1: Pirates football team. They were called the rooney Man after 65 00:03:36,746 --> 00:03:42,026 Speaker 1: team owner Arn't Rooney, and then in nineteen forty they 66 00:03:42,106 --> 00:03:45,946 Speaker 1: became the Pittsburgh Steelers, and that is because, of course 67 00:03:46,026 --> 00:03:51,066 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh is the steel City. But there's another little known fact. 68 00:03:51,466 --> 00:03:56,106 Speaker 1: The Steelers had a brief name change in nineteen forty three, 69 00:03:56,386 --> 00:03:59,626 Speaker 1: and that is because during World War Two, the Steelers 70 00:03:59,626 --> 00:04:02,266 Speaker 1: and the Eagles had to send many of their players 71 00:04:02,306 --> 00:04:07,626 Speaker 1: off to fight. They combined and they be came the Stiegels. 72 00:04:08,066 --> 00:04:12,146 Speaker 1: One of my all time favorite stories is Jane Goodell, 73 00:04:12,226 --> 00:04:15,506 Speaker 1: who of course is married to Commissioner Roger Goodell, or 74 00:04:15,786 --> 00:04:18,226 Speaker 1: is the better half of Commissioner Roger Goodell, and he 75 00:04:18,266 --> 00:04:20,706 Speaker 1: will be one of our episodes in the future. And 76 00:04:20,746 --> 00:04:23,026 Speaker 1: what he does, they're a tease right there for you. 77 00:04:23,306 --> 00:04:26,226 Speaker 1: In any case, Jane Goodell made a fabulous film a 78 00:04:26,266 --> 00:04:29,546 Speaker 1: few years ago called A Lifetime of Sundays, and she 79 00:04:29,626 --> 00:04:32,346 Speaker 1: sat down with the four Matriarchs of football that of 80 00:04:32,386 --> 00:04:36,066 Speaker 1: course is Norma Hunt, Martha Ford, Virginia McCaskey, and now 81 00:04:36,186 --> 00:04:40,266 Speaker 1: the late Pat Rooney, who we here in Pittsburgh lost 82 00:04:40,306 --> 00:04:43,266 Speaker 1: earlier this year. Well, Pat Rooney was sitting down and 83 00:04:43,346 --> 00:04:45,426 Speaker 1: she was talking about the era of the Stiegels and 84 00:04:45,466 --> 00:04:49,226 Speaker 1: the Eagles had just come off winning that amazing Super 85 00:04:49,226 --> 00:04:54,226 Speaker 1: Bowl behind Nick Foles, and Pat Rooney says on stage that, 86 00:04:54,426 --> 00:04:58,186 Speaker 1: you know, she felt as if it was almost like 87 00:04:58,346 --> 00:05:01,146 Speaker 1: the Steelers won again when the Eagles won because of 88 00:05:01,186 --> 00:05:05,626 Speaker 1: that Stiegel's history, and Virginia mccoskey looks at her and says, Pat, 89 00:05:05,866 --> 00:05:10,266 Speaker 1: you have enough trophies, and beautiful Mrs Rooney looks back 90 00:05:10,266 --> 00:05:13,466 Speaker 1: at Virginia and says, there's always room for one more, 91 00:05:13,746 --> 00:05:15,746 Speaker 1: which tells you everything you need to know about the 92 00:05:15,746 --> 00:05:19,426 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers. Get that competitive competitive juice is going, you know, 93 00:05:19,426 --> 00:05:23,746 Speaker 1: like that's that age old question. Is your TV too big? No? 94 00:05:23,906 --> 00:05:27,586 Speaker 1: That your TV can never be too big, especially on Sundays, 95 00:05:27,666 --> 00:05:30,106 Speaker 1: So I'm with you always that might be a guy question. 96 00:05:30,186 --> 00:05:33,066 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, Mike, I've never asked myself that question ever. 97 00:05:33,426 --> 00:05:35,906 Speaker 1: Okay I have, And the answer is, how about this one? 98 00:05:35,946 --> 00:05:38,066 Speaker 1: Do you make too much money? No? No, that you 99 00:05:38,106 --> 00:05:41,306 Speaker 1: can always make more money. That's more maybe a universal theme. 100 00:05:41,346 --> 00:05:43,746 Speaker 1: I thought the TV thing was. You're now pointing that out. 101 00:05:43,786 --> 00:05:46,666 Speaker 1: It's not necessarily universal thing. The money thing might be 102 00:05:46,946 --> 00:05:49,266 Speaker 1: part of that. Maybe because we are both on television, 103 00:05:49,306 --> 00:05:51,026 Speaker 1: and now that you know you have these four k 104 00:05:51,066 --> 00:05:53,266 Speaker 1: a k ultra high def t V s, I don't 105 00:05:53,266 --> 00:05:56,226 Speaker 1: need my face to be any bigger in anybody's living 106 00:05:56,266 --> 00:05:58,546 Speaker 1: room than it already is. Look, I say this all 107 00:05:58,546 --> 00:06:00,786 Speaker 1: the time. I am such a great looking dude in 108 00:06:00,826 --> 00:06:04,386 Speaker 1: the dark that just unfortunately, moving on, moving on, moving on. 109 00:06:04,466 --> 00:06:07,106 Speaker 1: We were talking about rivalry these earlier. You know, before 110 00:06:07,106 --> 00:06:09,106 Speaker 1: you embarrass yourself, Mike, come here to help you out. 111 00:06:09,346 --> 00:06:12,186 Speaker 1: We're talking about rivalries, and I did make a mistake. 112 00:06:12,226 --> 00:06:13,746 Speaker 1: I said, this tells you all you need to know 113 00:06:13,786 --> 00:06:16,026 Speaker 1: about the Pittsburgh Steelers and how competitive they are. No, 114 00:06:16,186 --> 00:06:20,106 Speaker 1: you also need to know that the Pittsburgh Steelers fans 115 00:06:20,706 --> 00:06:28,866 Speaker 1: absolutely completely totally despise the fans of which franchise. That 116 00:06:28,906 --> 00:06:31,306 Speaker 1: would be the Cleveland Browns, ding Ding, ding ding Ding. 117 00:06:31,346 --> 00:06:32,986 Speaker 1: I was waiting for you, my friend, but I guess 118 00:06:33,066 --> 00:06:36,106 Speaker 1: living out in the Northwest, you don't really know how 119 00:06:36,266 --> 00:06:39,626 Speaker 1: beautiful rivalries in the A f c north are Here's 120 00:06:39,746 --> 00:06:43,266 Speaker 1: Royals on the punt, gets the kick away, driving metcalf 121 00:06:43,346 --> 00:06:45,626 Speaker 1: all the way back to the twenty five head to 122 00:06:45,666 --> 00:06:48,546 Speaker 1: the thirty outside of the thirty five, to the forty, 123 00:06:48,626 --> 00:06:51,106 Speaker 1: to the forty five of the fifty to the Steelers 124 00:06:51,226 --> 00:06:59,106 Speaker 1: territory at the forty thirty text in Believa. There you've 125 00:06:59,106 --> 00:07:03,386 Speaker 1: never seen it better the time of man Eric Metcalfer's part, 126 00:07:03,466 --> 00:07:13,306 Speaker 1: the study to its feet, it's palace the So the 127 00:07:13,346 --> 00:07:17,426 Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns joined the NFL after a nineteen fifty merger 128 00:07:17,546 --> 00:07:20,706 Speaker 1: with the All America Football Conference, and two other teams 129 00:07:20,826 --> 00:07:22,946 Speaker 1: joined the league at this time. That was the Baltimore 130 00:07:22,986 --> 00:07:26,786 Speaker 1: Colts and the San Francisco forty Niners. Now the Browns, 131 00:07:26,986 --> 00:07:30,746 Speaker 1: besides being hated and despised by any and all fans 132 00:07:30,746 --> 00:07:33,866 Speaker 1: of the Pittsburgh Steelers, have one other distinction, and that 133 00:07:34,066 --> 00:07:38,346 Speaker 1: is that they are named after a person. The Browns 134 00:07:38,346 --> 00:07:41,026 Speaker 1: are named after Paul Brown, who was the first general 135 00:07:41,066 --> 00:07:43,986 Speaker 1: manager and head coach. So you think it's a team 136 00:07:44,066 --> 00:07:47,226 Speaker 1: named after our color, but it's actually not. Was unaware, 137 00:07:47,746 --> 00:07:50,746 Speaker 1: certainly think it's really cool to have that much say 138 00:07:50,986 --> 00:07:53,666 Speaker 1: and push, to be able to say no, I got 139 00:07:53,706 --> 00:07:56,466 Speaker 1: a team, and it's named after me, So I will 140 00:07:56,506 --> 00:07:58,866 Speaker 1: take that and I like it. Of course you like it? Yeah, 141 00:07:58,946 --> 00:08:00,706 Speaker 1: I mean because well, I just can you imagine a 142 00:08:00,746 --> 00:08:03,146 Speaker 1: team the Ammers. It's a pretty good team name. I think. 143 00:08:03,346 --> 00:08:05,066 Speaker 1: I don't know who would sign up to play on 144 00:08:05,146 --> 00:08:07,666 Speaker 1: my roster and be a part of my organization. But 145 00:08:07,746 --> 00:08:09,266 Speaker 1: there's a room on the train. Remember when we talked 146 00:08:09,266 --> 00:08:11,266 Speaker 1: about the Packers. You could start a little league team 147 00:08:11,306 --> 00:08:13,746 Speaker 1: called the Yammers, and you could sponsor your little league 148 00:08:13,746 --> 00:08:15,946 Speaker 1: team and you could put Yammers on the front of jerseys. 149 00:08:16,026 --> 00:08:17,906 Speaker 1: I like where your head's at now. I just need 150 00:08:17,946 --> 00:08:20,306 Speaker 1: to figure out how to go and get that done. Um. 151 00:08:20,346 --> 00:08:21,866 Speaker 1: You know. One of the really cool things about the 152 00:08:21,946 --> 00:08:25,106 Speaker 1: NFL is you see franchise movement. You see teams and 153 00:08:25,186 --> 00:08:27,906 Speaker 1: organizations pop up, and sometimes you see some similarities in 154 00:08:27,986 --> 00:08:30,586 Speaker 1: terms of some team names and checking in. When number 155 00:08:30,586 --> 00:08:33,066 Speaker 1: three on our list is the Indianapolis Colts the Cults. 156 00:08:33,066 --> 00:08:37,266 Speaker 1: Of course, they moved to Indie from Baltimore in four 157 00:08:37,306 --> 00:08:41,186 Speaker 1: There were actually two different Baltimore Cults franchises. So here's 158 00:08:41,186 --> 00:08:43,426 Speaker 1: a little bit of a history lesson. Stick with me here, 159 00:08:43,426 --> 00:08:46,026 Speaker 1: all right. You got the Miami Seahawks of the All 160 00:08:46,066 --> 00:08:48,906 Speaker 1: America Football Conference, which d D you mentioned a little 161 00:08:48,906 --> 00:08:52,986 Speaker 1: bit earlier. They relocated to Baltimore in nineteen forty seven, 162 00:08:53,306 --> 00:08:56,826 Speaker 1: the Baltimore Colts. Where that name came from, well what 163 00:08:56,906 --> 00:08:59,586 Speaker 1: else a fan contest, and that's been a kind of 164 00:08:59,746 --> 00:09:01,866 Speaker 1: a major theme throughout the course of this episode. But 165 00:09:01,906 --> 00:09:05,866 Speaker 1: the name was meant to showcase Baltimore's area, just that 166 00:09:05,946 --> 00:09:08,626 Speaker 1: the knack that they have for horse breeding. Now, that 167 00:09:08,706 --> 00:09:11,706 Speaker 1: Colts team joined the NFL in nineteen fifty but only 168 00:09:11,786 --> 00:09:15,706 Speaker 1: lasted a season before financial issues forced them to disband. 169 00:09:15,706 --> 00:09:18,466 Speaker 1: But in nineteen fifty three, Baltimore won't. They got another 170 00:09:18,546 --> 00:09:22,026 Speaker 1: NFL franchise, and that's the Colts team of today. And 171 00:09:22,066 --> 00:09:24,626 Speaker 1: this is actually pretty cool here. The players were given 172 00:09:24,666 --> 00:09:27,466 Speaker 1: the opportunity to name this team, and they chose to 173 00:09:27,506 --> 00:09:31,626 Speaker 1: pay homage to the previous Colts team by sticking with 174 00:09:31,666 --> 00:09:33,666 Speaker 1: that name. So here we go. We got three teams, 175 00:09:33,706 --> 00:09:37,026 Speaker 1: the Steelers, the Browns, and the Cults, the only current 176 00:09:37,266 --> 00:09:40,826 Speaker 1: a f C teams that existed before the American Football 177 00:09:40,906 --> 00:09:43,706 Speaker 1: League came about in nineteen sixty and with that a 178 00:09:43,746 --> 00:09:47,626 Speaker 1: d D eight brand new teams were born, and one 179 00:09:47,666 --> 00:09:51,666 Speaker 1: of them was the Tennessee Titans of course, before they 180 00:09:51,666 --> 00:09:54,746 Speaker 1: were the Titans, they were actually the Houston Oilers and 181 00:09:55,146 --> 00:09:57,586 Speaker 1: quite successful. They won the first two a f L 182 00:09:57,706 --> 00:10:01,746 Speaker 1: championships and four division titles before the NFL merger in 183 00:10:01,826 --> 00:10:05,386 Speaker 1: nineteen seventy. But it was in nineteen seven that they 184 00:10:05,426 --> 00:10:09,706 Speaker 1: moved out of Houston to Tennessee. Now, they kept the 185 00:10:09,746 --> 00:10:12,106 Speaker 1: Oiler's name for two years. They played their first season 186 00:10:12,106 --> 00:10:14,706 Speaker 1: in Memphis, so they were, you know, the Oilers out 187 00:10:14,706 --> 00:10:17,106 Speaker 1: of Memphis, and then they went to the Vanderbilt campus 188 00:10:17,106 --> 00:10:20,226 Speaker 1: in Nashville, and they were the Oilers out of the 189 00:10:20,306 --> 00:10:24,266 Speaker 1: Vandy campus. And then they held a naming contest and 190 00:10:24,306 --> 00:10:27,226 Speaker 1: they got all sorts of submissions, things like the Tornadoes 191 00:10:27,266 --> 00:10:30,466 Speaker 1: and the copper Heads and the South Stars, which sounds 192 00:10:30,506 --> 00:10:34,306 Speaker 1: like a romance novel, and the Wranglers, but they settled 193 00:10:34,466 --> 00:10:36,786 Speaker 1: on the Tennessee Titans, and Mike, since I know you 194 00:10:36,866 --> 00:10:39,946 Speaker 1: love alliteration, I feel like that's a good one, definitely 195 00:10:39,986 --> 00:10:42,266 Speaker 1: a strong one. But like I was saying, the Titans 196 00:10:42,266 --> 00:10:45,706 Speaker 1: are not actually an original name. No they are not, 197 00:10:45,826 --> 00:10:48,986 Speaker 1: because Jets fans are like screaming, Yo, that's us, that's us, 198 00:10:49,026 --> 00:10:50,906 Speaker 1: And you're right, it's really just kind of the old 199 00:10:50,946 --> 00:10:55,026 Speaker 1: school old heads that remember the New York Titans, which 200 00:10:55,066 --> 00:10:57,266 Speaker 1: then ended up becoming the Jets. Because we'll stick with 201 00:10:57,306 --> 00:10:59,906 Speaker 1: this a f L theme here, the Jets were actually 202 00:10:59,906 --> 00:11:02,306 Speaker 1: a charter member of the a f L. The Jets 203 00:11:02,386 --> 00:11:06,066 Speaker 1: originally known as the Titans from nineteen sixty to nineteen 204 00:11:06,186 --> 00:11:08,826 Speaker 1: sixty three, but then change their name to the Jets. 205 00:11:09,186 --> 00:11:12,026 Speaker 1: This goes back to our NFC episode The Giants, named 206 00:11:12,066 --> 00:11:15,026 Speaker 1: after the skyscrapers in New York City. The Jets became 207 00:11:15,066 --> 00:11:18,106 Speaker 1: the Jets because they were playing at Chase Stadium. Flashback 208 00:11:18,146 --> 00:11:19,826 Speaker 1: to my childhood as a Mets fan and all the 209 00:11:19,826 --> 00:11:22,306 Speaker 1: games that I used to attend there, the proximity to 210 00:11:22,506 --> 00:11:25,706 Speaker 1: Lagaria Airport. If you've ever been to the old Shase Stadium, 211 00:11:25,906 --> 00:11:28,106 Speaker 1: the planes which just sort of hover and fly over 212 00:11:28,146 --> 00:11:30,986 Speaker 1: the stadium during their games. Mike, that was totally a 213 00:11:31,026 --> 00:11:32,946 Speaker 1: game that we played as kids when we went to 214 00:11:32,986 --> 00:11:36,626 Speaker 1: Shaye Stadium. It was calling out what airline it was 215 00:11:36,666 --> 00:11:40,306 Speaker 1: that was flying above Shae Stadium. Were you a Mets fan? No, 216 00:11:40,546 --> 00:11:42,226 Speaker 1: That's part of why I was looking at the planes. 217 00:11:42,466 --> 00:11:44,826 Speaker 1: That's a low blow I do miss. Everyone used to 218 00:11:44,826 --> 00:11:46,706 Speaker 1: say it's just like not a great place, but I 219 00:11:46,786 --> 00:11:48,786 Speaker 1: enjoyed it. You know, and City Field was gorgeous. But 220 00:11:48,826 --> 00:11:50,666 Speaker 1: I remember the first time that I went to City Field, 221 00:11:50,706 --> 00:11:52,546 Speaker 1: I was like, Okay, it's pretty. And Shae Stadium was 222 00:11:52,586 --> 00:11:54,626 Speaker 1: a dump, but you know what, it was our dump 223 00:11:55,506 --> 00:11:58,146 Speaker 1: and it had character. I actually love City Field, and 224 00:11:58,226 --> 00:12:00,186 Speaker 1: I think it's better than the New Yankee Stadium. There 225 00:12:00,226 --> 00:12:02,866 Speaker 1: I said it yankum a little sterile for me. I 226 00:12:02,866 --> 00:12:04,906 Speaker 1: know the tweets at Mike underscore Yeam, I'm sure I'll 227 00:12:04,906 --> 00:12:06,826 Speaker 1: get some negative one to my way. And yes, it 228 00:12:06,906 --> 00:12:09,786 Speaker 1: is partly because I am a Mets fan, but the 229 00:12:09,906 --> 00:12:12,226 Speaker 1: Jets as a football team, there were some other names 230 00:12:12,266 --> 00:12:15,706 Speaker 1: that were considered. In fact, the Dodgers were one of them. 231 00:12:16,026 --> 00:12:19,986 Speaker 1: The Gotham's, the Burroughs. You're like the Boroughs. If you're 232 00:12:19,986 --> 00:12:21,866 Speaker 1: from New York, you get at the Boroughs of New 233 00:12:21,906 --> 00:12:24,066 Speaker 1: York City. Um. But at the end of the day, 234 00:12:24,106 --> 00:12:26,706 Speaker 1: I am all about the Jets and the team name 235 00:12:26,826 --> 00:12:29,186 Speaker 1: because of the Shade Stadium connection, which to me, a 236 00:12:29,266 --> 00:12:31,906 Speaker 1: d D just felt really fitting. And I think that's 237 00:12:31,906 --> 00:12:33,266 Speaker 1: one of the other cool things about some of the 238 00:12:33,346 --> 00:12:37,226 Speaker 1: history of the names that we continue to unveil on 239 00:12:37,266 --> 00:12:41,626 Speaker 1: this podcast, what they mean to the specific regions. At 240 00:12:41,666 --> 00:12:44,266 Speaker 1: times just kind of a cool connection that they're able 241 00:12:44,346 --> 00:12:47,826 Speaker 1: to establish. But we're gonna keep on going in the Northeast. 242 00:12:47,826 --> 00:12:50,546 Speaker 1: We're gonna give it to history behind some team names 243 00:12:50,586 --> 00:12:52,346 Speaker 1: in the a f C. 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The Bills have one a In 278 00:14:45,666 --> 00:14:49,786 Speaker 1: one of the most dramatic finishes in Buffalo Bills football history. 279 00:14:50,186 --> 00:14:55,466 Speaker 1: Jim Kelly ran for the touchdown. What an unbelievable finish. 280 00:14:55,706 --> 00:14:58,786 Speaker 1: The Bills have won it on the final play of 281 00:14:58,866 --> 00:15:05,586 Speaker 1: the game. It is the NFL Explained podcast. Mike gam 282 00:15:05,586 --> 00:15:07,866 Speaker 1: In d D. Kika Bala with you. We are going 283 00:15:07,906 --> 00:15:10,746 Speaker 1: through team names and the history behind those names. Were 284 00:15:10,746 --> 00:15:13,306 Speaker 1: sticking with the a f C. If you're an NFC fan, 285 00:15:13,586 --> 00:15:15,626 Speaker 1: believe me, you still got an opportunity to hear our 286 00:15:15,706 --> 00:15:20,466 Speaker 1: first episode still available for listen because they're always available 287 00:15:20,466 --> 00:15:22,866 Speaker 1: because their podcast. But A D D. The Buffalo Bills. 288 00:15:22,906 --> 00:15:24,786 Speaker 1: I think it's kind of obvious, isn't it, Like we're 289 00:15:24,826 --> 00:15:27,386 Speaker 1: just in that area of the country. So back in 290 00:15:27,426 --> 00:15:29,986 Speaker 1: the day, they were just buffaloes all over the place, right, Uh, 291 00:15:30,186 --> 00:15:32,946 Speaker 1: not quite about the Buffaloes. But Mike, I know that. 292 00:15:32,986 --> 00:15:35,706 Speaker 1: I told you the Browns were the only team named 293 00:15:35,786 --> 00:15:39,946 Speaker 1: after a person, Paul Brown. But the Buffalo Bills were 294 00:15:40,306 --> 00:15:43,586 Speaker 1: kind of sort of named after a person to see. 295 00:15:43,666 --> 00:15:48,026 Speaker 1: William Frederick Cody was an American soldier and a bison 296 00:15:48,106 --> 00:15:53,786 Speaker 1: hunter and a performer, and his nickname was the Buffalo Bills. 297 00:15:54,186 --> 00:15:58,226 Speaker 1: So when Buffalo had an All America Football Conference team, 298 00:15:58,266 --> 00:16:01,426 Speaker 1: they named it the Buffalo Bills. I actually just thought 299 00:16:01,426 --> 00:16:03,706 Speaker 1: there'd be a little bit more behind it. I don't know, 300 00:16:03,786 --> 00:16:07,346 Speaker 1: like a fan deal. I'm just imagining a herd of 301 00:16:07,386 --> 00:16:11,386 Speaker 1: wild buffalo stampeding through and kind of hanging out, and 302 00:16:12,026 --> 00:16:15,186 Speaker 1: I'm struggling. I'm generally a creative person, but I'm not 303 00:16:15,226 --> 00:16:18,866 Speaker 1: seeing it. Creativity is actually part of how the Patriots 304 00:16:18,906 --> 00:16:21,066 Speaker 1: got their name, which is sort of odd here. So 305 00:16:21,146 --> 00:16:24,586 Speaker 1: originally they were the Boston Patriots. In VY one, that 306 00:16:24,626 --> 00:16:29,586 Speaker 1: Patriots name came Yeah, you guessed another team naming contest. 307 00:16:30,106 --> 00:16:33,506 Speaker 1: Pat Patriot, which is the team's logo of a minute 308 00:16:33,506 --> 00:16:36,666 Speaker 1: man sort of snapping a football, was actually designed by 309 00:16:36,706 --> 00:16:40,346 Speaker 1: a Boston Globe reporter, Phil Bissell. He's the one that 310 00:16:40,386 --> 00:16:42,586 Speaker 1: sort of sketched that deal. What's interesting to me, when 311 00:16:42,586 --> 00:16:44,466 Speaker 1: I was growing up as a kid, we would have 312 00:16:44,626 --> 00:16:46,866 Speaker 1: NFL pencils, so you get your favorite team and the 313 00:16:46,866 --> 00:16:50,146 Speaker 1: logos and the whole deal. And I remember seeing Pat 314 00:16:50,146 --> 00:16:53,146 Speaker 1: Patriot all over these pencils that a couple of the 315 00:16:53,186 --> 00:16:54,866 Speaker 1: kids in my class would have, so it always just 316 00:16:54,906 --> 00:16:58,306 Speaker 1: sort of resonates with me. But the Patriots actually referred 317 00:16:58,346 --> 00:17:01,506 Speaker 1: to the columnists of the Thirteen Colonies, who rebeled obviously 318 00:17:01,506 --> 00:17:05,026 Speaker 1: against the British during the American Revolution. So knowing this, 319 00:17:05,106 --> 00:17:07,826 Speaker 1: I sort of feel there's some war time ties that 320 00:17:07,906 --> 00:17:10,066 Speaker 1: we can come up with. But I look this up 321 00:17:10,066 --> 00:17:11,706 Speaker 1: at d D and I thought it was pretty cool. 322 00:17:11,786 --> 00:17:14,346 Speaker 1: When the NFL and the a f L merger back 323 00:17:14,386 --> 00:17:17,226 Speaker 1: in nine seventy went down, the Patriots replaced in the 324 00:17:17,266 --> 00:17:20,506 Speaker 1: a f C East and seventy one, they moved to Foxborough. 325 00:17:20,586 --> 00:17:23,106 Speaker 1: When they went and made the move, they wanted to 326 00:17:23,186 --> 00:17:25,546 Speaker 1: change the name. They announced they were going to change 327 00:17:25,586 --> 00:17:30,586 Speaker 1: their name to the Boston Patriots to the Base State Patriots, 328 00:17:30,666 --> 00:17:33,786 Speaker 1: after the state of Massachusetts. How about this, like, how 329 00:17:33,826 --> 00:17:35,906 Speaker 1: bad does your team name have to be where the 330 00:17:36,026 --> 00:17:39,266 Speaker 1: NFL goes? No, no, no no, no, that's not happening, because 331 00:17:39,346 --> 00:17:42,786 Speaker 1: that's what happened in this instance. The NFL actually rejected 332 00:17:42,826 --> 00:17:45,346 Speaker 1: it and they settled on just naming the team after 333 00:17:45,466 --> 00:17:48,306 Speaker 1: the region. So that's how we get the New England 334 00:17:48,346 --> 00:17:51,706 Speaker 1: Patriots the base state. How many people do you think 335 00:17:51,706 --> 00:17:55,546 Speaker 1: in America right now could identify the base state. I mean, 336 00:17:55,666 --> 00:17:58,266 Speaker 1: I get thrown off when I hear like, you know here, 337 00:17:58,306 --> 00:18:00,106 Speaker 1: base state. The first thing I think of is the 338 00:18:00,106 --> 00:18:03,306 Speaker 1: Bay area. But yeah, the base No, I'm with the 339 00:18:04,066 --> 00:18:05,946 Speaker 1: New England thing. I mean, I may I don't must 340 00:18:05,946 --> 00:18:08,346 Speaker 1: think of the Chesapeake Bay before I thought of the 341 00:18:08,386 --> 00:18:11,106 Speaker 1: Bay in Massachusetts, because I guess that tells you how 342 00:18:11,106 --> 00:18:13,506 Speaker 1: little I know about state nicknames. Hey, it could have 343 00:18:13,546 --> 00:18:15,466 Speaker 1: been worse. They could have been named after some sort 344 00:18:15,466 --> 00:18:18,266 Speaker 1: of like t situation and going on, like the tea 345 00:18:18,386 --> 00:18:21,706 Speaker 1: party kind of thing. I mentioned the the a f L, 346 00:18:21,826 --> 00:18:24,626 Speaker 1: and I think what's sort of interesting about the merger. 347 00:18:24,826 --> 00:18:26,866 Speaker 1: The Chargers kind of get thrown into the mix here 348 00:18:26,866 --> 00:18:28,786 Speaker 1: because they were actually a charter member of the a 349 00:18:28,946 --> 00:18:32,466 Speaker 1: f L. They started playing in Los Angeles sixty that 350 00:18:32,546 --> 00:18:37,986 Speaker 1: lasted a whopping one campaign before they decided on San Diego. 351 00:18:38,226 --> 00:18:40,666 Speaker 1: But they became part of the NFL with that nineteen 352 00:18:40,706 --> 00:18:44,786 Speaker 1: seventy merger. Team owner Baron Hilton he liked charge you 353 00:18:44,786 --> 00:18:48,786 Speaker 1: know that bugle cry, so the team was actually named 354 00:18:48,866 --> 00:18:53,906 Speaker 1: the Chargers. They stayed in San Diego till obviously moved 355 00:18:53,906 --> 00:18:56,706 Speaker 1: back to Los Angeles. But random as a guy who 356 00:18:56,746 --> 00:18:58,946 Speaker 1: actually covered the Pack twelve for almost ten years, for me, 357 00:18:59,026 --> 00:19:01,346 Speaker 1: it's kind of cool. You got Dan Fouts resurrecting the 358 00:19:01,386 --> 00:19:04,386 Speaker 1: franchise back in the seventies, sort of a duck guy, 359 00:19:04,666 --> 00:19:06,946 Speaker 1: and now it's just an Herbert coming on like Gangbusters. 360 00:19:07,226 --> 00:19:09,906 Speaker 1: Of feels like he could potentially do the same type 361 00:19:09,906 --> 00:19:12,826 Speaker 1: of thing. So some West Coast connections there as we 362 00:19:12,866 --> 00:19:15,386 Speaker 1: focus in on this Chargers team, I do still struggle. 363 00:19:15,466 --> 00:19:17,426 Speaker 1: The Charger part is not hard for me. The San 364 00:19:17,466 --> 00:19:20,186 Speaker 1: Diego l A part is hard for me. I have 365 00:19:20,346 --> 00:19:23,186 Speaker 1: been known to say San Diego Chargers when I should 366 00:19:23,266 --> 00:19:26,346 Speaker 1: have said Los Angeles Chargers. Enough time has passed, I 367 00:19:26,346 --> 00:19:28,786 Speaker 1: feel like I should. Yeah, But it's like the attachment, 368 00:19:28,906 --> 00:19:32,026 Speaker 1: right Like, as much as team names come to fruition 369 00:19:32,066 --> 00:19:35,186 Speaker 1: as we're discussing them on this podcast, like their city 370 00:19:35,426 --> 00:19:38,186 Speaker 1: is also part of that identity. Like can you imagine 371 00:19:38,226 --> 00:19:40,586 Speaker 1: if the Steelers were not in Pittsburgh right Like, it 372 00:19:40,626 --> 00:19:44,306 Speaker 1: wouldn't feel necessarily right, It wouldn't be the Steelers. Yeah, 373 00:19:44,346 --> 00:19:46,946 Speaker 1: you have this vibe around it, So I'm with you. 374 00:19:46,986 --> 00:19:50,026 Speaker 1: I can understand why you still associate city and team name, 375 00:19:50,186 --> 00:19:52,946 Speaker 1: which is why when the Browns moved to Baltimore they 376 00:19:52,946 --> 00:19:54,866 Speaker 1: did change their name. But we'll get to that in 377 00:19:54,946 --> 00:19:57,386 Speaker 1: just a little bit. Before then, as we were talking 378 00:19:57,426 --> 00:20:00,826 Speaker 1: about how teams are affiliated with their cities and have 379 00:20:00,906 --> 00:20:03,866 Speaker 1: a connection, it's the perfect segue, my friend to the 380 00:20:03,946 --> 00:20:08,346 Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs. Now, originally the Kansas City Chiefs were 381 00:20:08,506 --> 00:20:11,106 Speaker 1: in Dallas, and they weren't the Chiefs. They were the Texans. 382 00:20:11,426 --> 00:20:14,306 Speaker 1: But then in nineteen sixty three, the Dallas Texans moved 383 00:20:14,306 --> 00:20:16,266 Speaker 1: to Kansas City, and you certainly weren't going to call 384 00:20:16,346 --> 00:20:18,706 Speaker 1: a team from Kansas City the Texans, were you. I mean, 385 00:20:18,746 --> 00:20:21,786 Speaker 1: that seems a little ridiculous. To the team's owner, who 386 00:20:21,906 --> 00:20:25,626 Speaker 1: was Lamar Hunt, considered other names, and you know, being 387 00:20:25,626 --> 00:20:28,786 Speaker 1: in Kansas City, he thought maybe the Royals, only there's 388 00:20:28,786 --> 00:20:31,546 Speaker 1: already a baseball team called the Kansas City Royals. He 389 00:20:31,626 --> 00:20:34,626 Speaker 1: thought about the Stars, he thought about the Mules, the 390 00:20:34,666 --> 00:20:39,546 Speaker 1: Kansas City Mules. But he settled on the Chiefs for 391 00:20:39,626 --> 00:20:41,866 Speaker 1: one main reason, and that's because there was a very 392 00:20:41,986 --> 00:20:45,706 Speaker 1: large Native American population in the area. But it's also 393 00:20:46,146 --> 00:20:49,866 Speaker 1: because the mayor of Kansas City at the time, who 394 00:20:49,946 --> 00:20:54,106 Speaker 1: was very instrumental in luring that team from Dallas to 395 00:20:54,306 --> 00:20:58,786 Speaker 1: Kansas City. One guest, Mike, what was his nickname? The Chief? 396 00:20:59,666 --> 00:21:02,906 Speaker 1: Ding Ding ding ming Ning. Good job, Mike. Are you 397 00:21:02,946 --> 00:21:04,906 Speaker 1: the type of person to do that's good with names 398 00:21:04,986 --> 00:21:07,826 Speaker 1: in general? Like people's names? I try to be, But 399 00:21:08,066 --> 00:21:10,546 Speaker 1: now we need to know so many names that I 400 00:21:10,586 --> 00:21:14,946 Speaker 1: feel context matters. It does. I just hear the Chief 401 00:21:15,226 --> 00:21:17,826 Speaker 1: and I automatically start thinking about if you don't know 402 00:21:17,906 --> 00:21:19,986 Speaker 1: someone's name and you say, oh, thanks, chief, Like it 403 00:21:20,066 --> 00:21:21,946 Speaker 1: kind of has that vibe to it, doesn't it. Have 404 00:21:22,066 --> 00:21:24,386 Speaker 1: you ever called someone chief not knowing their name. No, 405 00:21:24,506 --> 00:21:28,186 Speaker 1: But remember I live in Pittsburgh and the original owner 406 00:21:28,346 --> 00:21:31,146 Speaker 1: of the Steelers, Art Rooney, was the Chief. So when 407 00:21:31,146 --> 00:21:34,666 Speaker 1: I hear someone say the chief, I inevitably think of 408 00:21:34,746 --> 00:21:38,186 Speaker 1: Art Rooney. I've never called anybody chief. I've called people bud, 409 00:21:38,386 --> 00:21:40,666 Speaker 1: like hey, Bud, Hey, buddy. But now I sound like 410 00:21:40,746 --> 00:21:45,146 Speaker 1: John Dorsey, who have called everybody buddy boy, Yeah, Bud, Bud. Yeah, 411 00:21:45,266 --> 00:21:47,546 Speaker 1: I've used buddy before. I call my son buddy. I 412 00:21:47,546 --> 00:21:50,586 Speaker 1: also call him Mr. Sometimes that means let me right along. 413 00:21:51,506 --> 00:21:53,986 Speaker 1: Do you have something about Mr? Davis? Uh? Yeah? Actually 414 00:21:54,066 --> 00:21:57,506 Speaker 1: kind of cool and random. The Oakland Raiders, they were 415 00:21:57,586 --> 00:22:01,466 Speaker 1: almost named the Signors. I mean that to me is 416 00:22:02,186 --> 00:22:04,386 Speaker 1: really weird because it leads a little bit to the 417 00:22:04,386 --> 00:22:08,426 Speaker 1: original Spanish settles that were in California. And yeah, once 418 00:22:08,466 --> 00:22:11,586 Speaker 1: again another naming contest. It was submission that was in 419 00:22:11,626 --> 00:22:15,746 Speaker 1: the Oakland Tribune. Locally, people actually thought a d D 420 00:22:15,906 --> 00:22:19,186 Speaker 1: that the results were fixed, and people just weren't a 421 00:22:19,266 --> 00:22:20,866 Speaker 1: huge fan of it, so they were teasing the name 422 00:22:21,186 --> 00:22:24,346 Speaker 1: the Raiders eventually decided to be the Raiders and chose 423 00:22:24,386 --> 00:22:27,386 Speaker 1: that name over the Lakers. That would have been a 424 00:22:27,426 --> 00:22:29,786 Speaker 1: weird vibe to think about the basketball team and then 425 00:22:29,826 --> 00:22:32,146 Speaker 1: think about the football team. But wait, wait, the l 426 00:22:32,186 --> 00:22:35,666 Speaker 1: A Lakers are named the Lakers because they started in Minneapolis, 427 00:22:35,746 --> 00:22:38,826 Speaker 1: where there are so many lakes. Why would an Oakland 428 00:22:38,826 --> 00:22:42,666 Speaker 1: football team be called the Lakers? What are the lakes? Yeah, 429 00:22:42,706 --> 00:22:44,666 Speaker 1: I don't know what you got? The got the bay 430 00:22:44,946 --> 00:22:47,066 Speaker 1: that's not really a lake, but that's not a lake. Yeah, 431 00:22:47,106 --> 00:22:49,546 Speaker 1: I don't Okay, anyway, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to. 432 00:22:49,746 --> 00:22:51,106 Speaker 1: I mean, it's a good thing that didn't choose it 433 00:22:51,106 --> 00:22:53,826 Speaker 1: because it really makes absolutely zero sense, the Oakland Lakers, 434 00:22:54,066 --> 00:22:56,426 Speaker 1: where there are no lakes. That would not have been good. 435 00:22:56,426 --> 00:22:59,426 Speaker 1: But the team actually did play in l A two 436 00:22:59,666 --> 00:23:04,706 Speaker 1: back to Oakland and then obviously moved to Vegas. And 437 00:23:04,746 --> 00:23:06,826 Speaker 1: I know every time I watched NFL Network and Maurice 438 00:23:06,906 --> 00:23:09,506 Speaker 1: Jones Drew is talking about the stadium, he tells everyone 439 00:23:09,546 --> 00:23:12,186 Speaker 1: to go find the brick outside of the stadium with 440 00:23:12,226 --> 00:23:13,906 Speaker 1: his name on it, so that will be one of 441 00:23:13,946 --> 00:23:17,226 Speaker 1: my new adventures the next time I am in Vegas. 442 00:23:17,266 --> 00:23:19,066 Speaker 1: But I do know that we're all about team names. 443 00:23:19,146 --> 00:23:20,906 Speaker 1: But when I was doing some research, I actually found 444 00:23:20,906 --> 00:23:23,466 Speaker 1: something kind of cool about their history. I was thinking, well, 445 00:23:23,506 --> 00:23:27,026 Speaker 1: why Oakland, Like, to me, that's kind of random. Well, 446 00:23:27,066 --> 00:23:29,586 Speaker 1: it turns out a d D that the Chargers owner, 447 00:23:29,626 --> 00:23:32,626 Speaker 1: as Barren Hilton, was so upset that his team was 448 00:23:32,666 --> 00:23:34,626 Speaker 1: on an island on the West coast in the a 449 00:23:34,826 --> 00:23:38,986 Speaker 1: f L, he actually threatened to forfeit his franchise unless 450 00:23:39,026 --> 00:23:41,906 Speaker 1: they put another team out on the West coast. So 451 00:23:41,986 --> 00:23:44,946 Speaker 1: there wasn't actually even a stadium in Oakland ready for football. 452 00:23:45,306 --> 00:23:47,306 Speaker 1: The a f L was just like, Yo, Oakland, that's 453 00:23:47,346 --> 00:23:50,026 Speaker 1: all you guys. They became the eighth a f L team. 454 00:23:50,106 --> 00:23:54,306 Speaker 1: Even more wild to me, cal you see Berkeley, they 455 00:23:54,386 --> 00:23:57,986 Speaker 1: refused to let the Raiders play at Memorial Stadium. At 456 00:23:58,026 --> 00:24:00,426 Speaker 1: one point the team was actually playing in San Francisco 457 00:24:00,506 --> 00:24:03,106 Speaker 1: at Candlestick Park. Now, I've been to a ton of 458 00:24:03,186 --> 00:24:06,146 Speaker 1: AL football games over the last few years in Berkeley, 459 00:24:06,266 --> 00:24:08,426 Speaker 1: it was just wild to me that we could have 460 00:24:08,466 --> 00:24:11,186 Speaker 1: been talking about the Raiders at some point in the 461 00:24:11,226 --> 00:24:14,266 Speaker 1: history of their team playing at Memorial Stadium. Well, Mike, 462 00:24:14,386 --> 00:24:17,826 Speaker 1: I love that you just use the word wild, because 463 00:24:18,506 --> 00:24:24,586 Speaker 1: the Denver Broncos, we're thinking all about Denver's wild West heritage. 464 00:24:25,186 --> 00:24:29,026 Speaker 1: When they picked their name, they also had a team 465 00:24:29,106 --> 00:24:34,146 Speaker 1: naming contest, and the winning entry in nineteen sixty when 466 00:24:34,746 --> 00:24:39,226 Speaker 1: they had their brand new Denver AFL franchise was the Broncos, 467 00:24:39,386 --> 00:24:44,586 Speaker 1: and that, of course is because of the idea that 468 00:24:44,706 --> 00:24:49,026 Speaker 1: a Bronco is an untamed horse and a wild horse, 469 00:24:49,226 --> 00:24:51,626 Speaker 1: and this was the idea of what sort of football 470 00:24:51,666 --> 00:24:55,386 Speaker 1: team it should be is you know, wild and untamed, 471 00:24:55,426 --> 00:24:59,266 Speaker 1: and they were known actually as the Wild Broncos and 472 00:24:59,306 --> 00:25:02,986 Speaker 1: not just the Broncos locally. Originally, to me, that doesn't 473 00:25:03,146 --> 00:25:07,026 Speaker 1: really capture that whole region, like you know, we have 474 00:25:07,066 --> 00:25:08,866 Speaker 1: the Miami Heat and basketball, like I feel like Denver 475 00:25:08,906 --> 00:25:11,546 Speaker 1: could have been like the Blizzards or something along those lines, 476 00:25:11,746 --> 00:25:14,186 Speaker 1: while Broncos just doesn't have that same ring to it. 477 00:25:14,306 --> 00:25:15,986 Speaker 1: But again, that goes back to weather, and I thought 478 00:25:16,026 --> 00:25:19,026 Speaker 1: we established that team is named after weather events. Feels 479 00:25:19,026 --> 00:25:21,866 Speaker 1: a little bit weird. So you said that I didn't 480 00:25:21,866 --> 00:25:23,906 Speaker 1: agree with it. That's why I said if we went 481 00:25:23,946 --> 00:25:26,266 Speaker 1: down that path, I would have been okay with it. 482 00:25:26,346 --> 00:25:28,786 Speaker 1: I don't think there's any more weather events for the 483 00:25:28,866 --> 00:25:31,906 Speaker 1: rest of this podcast, but there are plenty of teams 484 00:25:31,906 --> 00:25:34,466 Speaker 1: in the a f C still remaining on our list 485 00:25:34,506 --> 00:25:37,906 Speaker 1: coming up a d D. The team megan the Stallion 486 00:25:37,946 --> 00:25:40,346 Speaker 1: would have actually been a huge fan of if things 487 00:25:40,386 --> 00:25:42,866 Speaker 1: actually played out a certain way. If that's not a 488 00:25:42,906 --> 00:25:44,466 Speaker 1: tease that I need to pay off, I don't know 489 00:25:44,826 --> 00:25:47,426 Speaker 1: in the history of that podcast what needs to be 490 00:25:47,506 --> 00:25:54,466 Speaker 1: paid off more than that. 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Visit kidda dot com slash Safer Home 513 00:27:16,826 --> 00:27:20,266 Speaker 1: today to learn more. That's k I D d E 514 00:27:20,426 --> 00:27:29,746 Speaker 1: dot com Slash Safer Home Today, but offers up one 515 00:27:29,826 --> 00:27:33,066 Speaker 1: Super Bowl up the play of the greater thing than 516 00:27:33,106 --> 00:27:37,346 Speaker 1: an NFL breath that has got to be the out 517 00:27:37,346 --> 00:27:39,586 Speaker 1: of the ball game. A light hacker jup come out 518 00:27:41,066 --> 00:27:45,866 Speaker 1: by a bun of people. Welcome back to the NFL 519 00:27:45,906 --> 00:27:48,906 Speaker 1: Explained podcast. Mi cam in to d D Kinkawaila with you. 520 00:27:48,946 --> 00:27:50,866 Speaker 1: We continue to go through some names in the a 521 00:27:50,986 --> 00:27:53,906 Speaker 1: f C. If you missed her n FC conversation and 522 00:27:54,106 --> 00:27:56,546 Speaker 1: history behind those team names. All you have to do 523 00:27:56,586 --> 00:27:58,946 Speaker 1: is check out our feed and you can download subscribe 524 00:27:58,946 --> 00:28:01,866 Speaker 1: to this podcast and we'll have you covered on every 525 00:28:01,906 --> 00:28:05,706 Speaker 1: single question regarding the NFL that needs a further x 526 00:28:05,786 --> 00:28:08,426 Speaker 1: BLA nation. The Miami Dolphins d D next up on 527 00:28:08,466 --> 00:28:11,466 Speaker 1: our list. Nineteen sixty six, that as well, before I 528 00:28:11,546 --> 00:28:13,466 Speaker 1: was ever born, which also happens to be the same 529 00:28:13,546 --> 00:28:15,946 Speaker 1: year as the first Super Bowl Packers. They beat the 530 00:28:15,986 --> 00:28:18,466 Speaker 1: Chief thirty five to ten. That's one of the Miami 531 00:28:18,546 --> 00:28:22,106 Speaker 1: Dolphins actually became a thing. The name was popular in 532 00:28:22,186 --> 00:28:26,306 Speaker 1: a naming contest among fans since dolphins and I did 533 00:28:26,346 --> 00:28:28,666 Speaker 1: not know this, but they are the smartest and the 534 00:28:28,866 --> 00:28:32,146 Speaker 1: fastest creatures of the sea. Jason Momoa, He's gotta be 535 00:28:32,186 --> 00:28:33,986 Speaker 1: thinking like Aquaman, like are you kidding me? Like I'm 536 00:28:34,026 --> 00:28:37,106 Speaker 1: fast to the Aquaman would know? Would that have been 537 00:28:37,106 --> 00:28:39,186 Speaker 1: a decent name? I kind of feel like that would 538 00:28:39,186 --> 00:28:41,666 Speaker 1: have been sort of relatively cool. Um, we told you 539 00:28:41,666 --> 00:28:44,266 Speaker 1: a little bit earlier. But just to revisit this and 540 00:28:44,626 --> 00:28:47,986 Speaker 1: to bring it full circle, Miami once did have a 541 00:28:47,986 --> 00:28:50,106 Speaker 1: team before the Miami Dolphins, and that was in the 542 00:28:50,186 --> 00:28:53,626 Speaker 1: All American Football Conference. That team was named the Seahawks 543 00:28:53,626 --> 00:28:56,666 Speaker 1: in six and then I went through that history. They 544 00:28:56,706 --> 00:29:00,106 Speaker 1: became the first edition of the Baltimore Colts, because yes, 545 00:29:00,146 --> 00:29:03,826 Speaker 1: there was a second edition of that team add You know, 546 00:29:03,986 --> 00:29:07,026 Speaker 1: growing up, I feel like they were so many Dolphins 547 00:29:07,106 --> 00:29:11,466 Speaker 1: fans simply because they loved those colors and that logo. 548 00:29:11,666 --> 00:29:15,186 Speaker 1: There was something about that teal and orange that appealed 549 00:29:15,226 --> 00:29:17,946 Speaker 1: to little kids in elementary school. Yeah, and Dan Marino 550 00:29:18,066 --> 00:29:20,146 Speaker 1: just as cool. You think two is going to be 551 00:29:20,186 --> 00:29:22,226 Speaker 1: like Dan Marino? Is he going to have just as 552 00:29:22,306 --> 00:29:24,826 Speaker 1: much of a cult following? You know, our NFL research 553 00:29:24,866 --> 00:29:28,186 Speaker 1: team does a tremendous job and sent some stats on 554 00:29:28,226 --> 00:29:32,466 Speaker 1: some comparisons between TWA and Marino in the rookie seasons. 555 00:29:32,506 --> 00:29:35,066 Speaker 1: Oddly very similar numbers. I think I even saw that 556 00:29:35,106 --> 00:29:37,826 Speaker 1: graphic on NFL now cross promotion. Baby. I was on 557 00:29:37,826 --> 00:29:40,506 Speaker 1: a plane with Dan Marino recently and it was quite interesting. 558 00:29:40,586 --> 00:29:42,706 Speaker 1: There was a police officer who was there to make 559 00:29:42,706 --> 00:29:44,866 Speaker 1: sure that nobody bothered him while we were waiting at 560 00:29:44,866 --> 00:29:47,066 Speaker 1: the gate to get on the plane. And let me 561 00:29:47,106 --> 00:29:49,786 Speaker 1: tell you this is such a like classic Pittsburgh story. 562 00:29:50,226 --> 00:29:52,266 Speaker 1: One Dan Marino got on the plane, there were all 563 00:29:52,266 --> 00:29:54,066 Speaker 1: these other passengers who went to go talk to the 564 00:29:54,066 --> 00:29:57,146 Speaker 1: police officer like it was a contact. High. Wow, you 565 00:29:57,186 --> 00:29:59,026 Speaker 1: were close to Dan Marino, so let me talk to 566 00:29:59,066 --> 00:30:04,746 Speaker 1: you anyway. I died speaking that also means add what 567 00:30:04,946 --> 00:30:07,106 Speaker 1: she left out the story is that it was a 568 00:30:07,146 --> 00:30:10,026 Speaker 1: private jet, that that's how it gets around. So it 569 00:30:10,066 --> 00:30:12,706 Speaker 1: just happened to be at the gate where, not even 570 00:30:12,826 --> 00:30:18,266 Speaker 1: in my dreams. But speaking of larger than life figures, 571 00:30:18,386 --> 00:30:20,826 Speaker 1: let's go back to a gentleman we talked about earlier, 572 00:30:20,866 --> 00:30:23,306 Speaker 1: Paul Brown. Paul Brown, of course, is the reason that 573 00:30:23,346 --> 00:30:26,586 Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns are named the Cleveland Browns. The Cleveland 574 00:30:26,626 --> 00:30:28,946 Speaker 1: Browns are the only team that are named after a 575 00:30:28,986 --> 00:30:32,386 Speaker 1: person who is Paul Brown. But even though the Cleveland 576 00:30:32,386 --> 00:30:35,226 Speaker 1: Browns named themselves after Paul Brown, they had a very 577 00:30:35,306 --> 00:30:39,066 Speaker 1: acrimonious split. Art Model came in as an owner of 578 00:30:39,106 --> 00:30:43,946 Speaker 1: the Browns. He and Paul Brown had some friction over control. 579 00:30:44,506 --> 00:30:47,986 Speaker 1: The players of the Cleveland brown started feeling like maybe 580 00:30:47,986 --> 00:30:50,826 Speaker 1: Paul Brown was no longer meant to be their coach, 581 00:30:50,946 --> 00:30:56,546 Speaker 1: and Paul Brown left town. He left town and Cincinnati 582 00:30:56,706 --> 00:31:00,466 Speaker 1: decided to launch a new franchise. Paul Brown became an 583 00:31:00,506 --> 00:31:04,946 Speaker 1: investor in the franchise in Cincinnati. He became the general 584 00:31:04,986 --> 00:31:08,546 Speaker 1: manager and the coach, and he got power over what 585 00:31:08,706 --> 00:31:12,266 Speaker 1: he should name his team. And there were again fans 586 00:31:12,306 --> 00:31:15,866 Speaker 1: that wanted input. The most popular suggestion at the time 587 00:31:15,946 --> 00:31:18,346 Speaker 1: was the buck Eyes. Of course, you know they Ohio 588 00:31:18,426 --> 00:31:22,626 Speaker 1: State buck Eyes. Yes, but Paul Brown, in honor of 589 00:31:22,626 --> 00:31:25,866 Speaker 1: a football team that had played in Cincinnati in the 590 00:31:25,946 --> 00:31:28,706 Speaker 1: late nineteen thirties, said no, no, no, we are going 591 00:31:28,746 --> 00:31:33,626 Speaker 1: to be the Cincinnati Bengals, And that name, unfortunately, conjures 592 00:31:33,706 --> 00:31:35,866 Speaker 1: up things that I don't think Paul Brown or his 593 00:31:35,906 --> 00:31:38,746 Speaker 1: son Mike Brown, who was still in Cincinnati, really would 594 00:31:38,906 --> 00:31:40,826 Speaker 1: like at the moment. But it may be a new 595 00:31:40,906 --> 00:31:44,906 Speaker 1: day in Cincinnati with Joe Burrow back healthy and you know, 596 00:31:45,066 --> 00:31:47,666 Speaker 1: doing all sorts of interesting things. Oh, there's some weapons 597 00:31:47,706 --> 00:31:50,866 Speaker 1: for Joe Burrow. Maybe not as much protection up front Penassill, 598 00:31:50,906 --> 00:31:54,106 Speaker 1: although Detroit fans probably smiling ear to ear with regard 599 00:31:54,146 --> 00:31:56,146 Speaker 1: to that selection. But we'll just move on to the 600 00:31:56,186 --> 00:31:59,466 Speaker 1: team names. I don't want to be second guessing organizations here. 601 00:31:59,826 --> 00:32:04,306 Speaker 1: The Jacksonville Jags came into existence same year as the Panthers, 602 00:32:04,346 --> 00:32:07,066 Speaker 1: part of that expansion, but the name was actually the result. 603 00:32:07,626 --> 00:32:10,386 Speaker 1: Oh my god, I'm almost getting like weirded out about 604 00:32:10,466 --> 00:32:14,546 Speaker 1: the amount of naming contests that have taken place to 605 00:32:14,826 --> 00:32:17,986 Speaker 1: name so many of these franchises. But I love it. Look, 606 00:32:18,026 --> 00:32:20,986 Speaker 1: you talked about this earlier Mike, fans say, yes, fans 607 00:32:21,026 --> 00:32:23,026 Speaker 1: are the ones that are going to be buying the 608 00:32:23,066 --> 00:32:26,666 Speaker 1: team gear, buying the jerseys. They should have a say 609 00:32:26,746 --> 00:32:29,506 Speaker 1: in what name they want across the front of their shirt, 610 00:32:29,746 --> 00:32:32,786 Speaker 1: and they have. And we have gone through this theme 611 00:32:32,986 --> 00:32:35,146 Speaker 1: a lot as we've named some of these teams. I 612 00:32:35,226 --> 00:32:38,986 Speaker 1: just think sometimes it almost becomes less creative of a 613 00:32:39,026 --> 00:32:41,946 Speaker 1: process if it's just sort of a contest. But nonetheless, 614 00:32:42,026 --> 00:32:43,586 Speaker 1: this is where we net out with a lot of 615 00:32:43,626 --> 00:32:47,186 Speaker 1: these teams. But the original logo had to be changed 616 00:32:47,266 --> 00:32:50,106 Speaker 1: because of the resemblance that they had to be. Jaguar 617 00:32:50,226 --> 00:32:53,466 Speaker 1: Car Company, by the way, I would love an F type. 618 00:32:53,666 --> 00:32:56,066 Speaker 1: I would love an F type. They say to speak 619 00:32:56,106 --> 00:32:58,226 Speaker 1: things that you want into existence, So I'm going to 620 00:32:58,386 --> 00:33:00,946 Speaker 1: do that a couple more times during this podcast. We've 621 00:33:01,026 --> 00:33:05,266 Speaker 1: now established that Mike loves TVs, he loves fast cards, 622 00:33:05,426 --> 00:33:08,226 Speaker 1: and he's you know, not playing against type at all. 623 00:33:08,746 --> 00:33:12,426 Speaker 1: I just I'm like simple minded like that, like cool gadgets, cars, 624 00:33:12,546 --> 00:33:15,026 Speaker 1: wine and some sports like and I am a very 625 00:33:15,066 --> 00:33:17,786 Speaker 1: happy human being. The Ford Motor Company, by the way, 626 00:33:17,826 --> 00:33:20,586 Speaker 1: at one time talk about history lessons, here was the 627 00:33:20,626 --> 00:33:23,546 Speaker 1: parents company of Jaguar, and they actually were the ones 628 00:33:23,546 --> 00:33:25,346 Speaker 1: who are like, no, no, no, dude, like that logo 629 00:33:25,506 --> 00:33:28,706 Speaker 1: is too close to our logo. What is awesome about 630 00:33:28,746 --> 00:33:31,666 Speaker 1: this story? And I hope many facets of our society 631 00:33:31,826 --> 00:33:35,906 Speaker 1: learned from this. No lawsuit was brought to trial both 632 00:33:35,946 --> 00:33:39,666 Speaker 1: of these two parties. They negotiated an agreement. Jaguar actually 633 00:33:39,666 --> 00:33:43,546 Speaker 1: became the official car of the Jaguars football team. Team 634 00:33:43,546 --> 00:33:47,746 Speaker 1: actually redesigned the uniforms. Everyone lives happily ever after, and 635 00:33:47,866 --> 00:33:50,066 Speaker 1: we didn't get the crazy lawsuit. Like to me, like, 636 00:33:50,106 --> 00:33:52,026 Speaker 1: that's just a huge one. It is just a huge win. 637 00:33:52,226 --> 00:33:53,946 Speaker 1: And now all of a sudden, there's pressure on this 638 00:33:53,986 --> 00:33:56,426 Speaker 1: team to sort of get out of a little bit 639 00:33:56,426 --> 00:33:58,826 Speaker 1: of a funk because they're one of just four franchises 640 00:33:58,986 --> 00:34:02,426 Speaker 1: never to be in a Super Bowl. Trevor Yo pressures 641 00:34:02,466 --> 00:34:04,746 Speaker 1: on Buddy. Honestly, I feel like the pressure is on 642 00:34:04,826 --> 00:34:07,626 Speaker 1: producer Kurt right now because my takeaway from that entire 643 00:34:07,746 --> 00:34:11,786 Speaker 1: story is the whole idea of an official car. I mean, 644 00:34:11,866 --> 00:34:16,226 Speaker 1: why can't the NFL Explained podcast have an official car? Kurt? 645 00:34:16,306 --> 00:34:18,786 Speaker 1: Can you get on that? Maybe F type? I want 646 00:34:19,026 --> 00:34:23,706 Speaker 1: an F type. I have an F type Speaking into existence, Mike, 647 00:34:23,746 --> 00:34:27,266 Speaker 1: you mentioned wine somebody else who really enjoys his wine 648 00:34:27,346 --> 00:34:31,226 Speaker 1: is Ravens current owner Steve Bashotti. But the Ravens actually 649 00:34:31,266 --> 00:34:35,226 Speaker 1: came into existence under the previous owner, and that is 650 00:34:35,426 --> 00:34:38,266 Speaker 1: art Model. Remember art Model from my story about Paul 651 00:34:38,266 --> 00:34:40,706 Speaker 1: Brown and the Bengals are Model. Paul Brown didn't get 652 00:34:40,706 --> 00:34:43,986 Speaker 1: along so well. Well, the city of Cleveland decided it 653 00:34:44,026 --> 00:34:47,306 Speaker 1: doesn't really love Art Model either, because one night, in 654 00:34:47,306 --> 00:34:49,186 Speaker 1: the middle of the night, he decided to spirit his 655 00:34:49,226 --> 00:34:51,946 Speaker 1: team away from Cleveland and take it to Baltimore. Now, 656 00:34:51,986 --> 00:34:55,866 Speaker 1: it was decided that that club in Baltimore would be 657 00:34:55,906 --> 00:35:00,066 Speaker 1: considered a new franchise and therefore needed a new name. 658 00:35:01,146 --> 00:35:04,386 Speaker 1: Art Model thought, hey, maybe I can buy the Colts 659 00:35:04,506 --> 00:35:07,266 Speaker 1: name back. But the Olds who you spoke about earlier 660 00:35:07,346 --> 00:35:10,026 Speaker 1: had moved on to Indianapolis, and Indianapolis didn't want to 661 00:35:10,106 --> 00:35:13,426 Speaker 1: let go of its name the Colts. So our Model 662 00:35:13,746 --> 00:35:17,786 Speaker 1: turned to what Mike literature And by the way, this 663 00:35:17,866 --> 00:35:22,226 Speaker 1: is one of the coolest naming stories that we have. 664 00:35:22,466 --> 00:35:26,346 Speaker 1: I actually love this connection. It was actually a naming contest, 665 00:35:26,426 --> 00:35:30,186 Speaker 1: and the submission that one was indeed from literature, and 666 00:35:30,266 --> 00:35:34,026 Speaker 1: that is the Raven. And the Raven was inspired by, 667 00:35:34,106 --> 00:35:38,226 Speaker 1: of course Edgar Allen pose, the raven It beat out 668 00:35:38,266 --> 00:35:42,106 Speaker 1: the Baltimore Americans, It beat out the Marauders. You think 669 00:35:42,146 --> 00:35:47,106 Speaker 1: about who the Baltimore Ravens have been since their inception, 670 00:35:47,346 --> 00:35:49,626 Speaker 1: I mean, you go back to the days of coach 671 00:35:49,666 --> 00:35:53,026 Speaker 1: Brian Billick and Jonathan Ogden and Ray Lewis to who 672 00:35:53,066 --> 00:35:56,866 Speaker 1: they are now under John Harbaugh, and again, can't think 673 00:35:56,906 --> 00:36:00,026 Speaker 1: of a more fitting name, a more fitting logo, a 674 00:36:00,066 --> 00:36:04,586 Speaker 1: more fitting mascot. They are absolutely the Ravens. Yeah, and 675 00:36:04,626 --> 00:36:07,546 Speaker 1: I love that literature aspect. Although outside of the raven 676 00:36:07,586 --> 00:36:09,786 Speaker 1: I don't know if I could recite or name another 677 00:36:10,026 --> 00:36:12,826 Speaker 1: Edgar Allan Poe work. The point is I know that one, 678 00:36:12,986 --> 00:36:15,866 Speaker 1: and it works really well for that football team, The 679 00:36:15,946 --> 00:36:18,266 Speaker 1: Houston Texans, all right, a little bit more of a 680 00:36:18,306 --> 00:36:21,346 Speaker 1: history lesson for a younger audience that might not be 681 00:36:21,506 --> 00:36:25,746 Speaker 1: super familiar. Texans approved in two thousands to the Houston Oilers, 682 00:36:25,906 --> 00:36:29,426 Speaker 1: moved to Nashville became the Titans. As a DV told 683 00:36:29,506 --> 00:36:32,066 Speaker 1: us a little bit earlier here at the Texans were 684 00:36:32,066 --> 00:36:34,146 Speaker 1: actually added to the league to make up the same 685 00:36:34,186 --> 00:36:37,986 Speaker 1: thirty two team league that we actually have and love today. 686 00:36:38,346 --> 00:36:42,586 Speaker 1: The team's owner, Bob McNair actually chose that name over 687 00:36:43,146 --> 00:36:46,306 Speaker 1: the Apollos, And here's the payoff of my making the 688 00:36:46,466 --> 00:36:50,186 Speaker 1: Stallion tease. The Stallions was one of those names that 689 00:36:50,226 --> 00:36:54,306 Speaker 1: they actually consider now. I don't know how savage welcome 690 00:36:54,346 --> 00:36:56,986 Speaker 1: to the play and the pun uh that would have 691 00:36:57,026 --> 00:36:59,866 Speaker 1: been for this team, But the point is the Houston 692 00:36:59,906 --> 00:37:02,346 Speaker 1: Texans sort of net out with I think a fitting 693 00:37:02,466 --> 00:37:04,946 Speaker 1: name for their organization. The Apollos would have been cooled, 694 00:37:04,946 --> 00:37:07,186 Speaker 1: the Stallions would have been really cool, but they become 695 00:37:07,186 --> 00:37:10,546 Speaker 1: the six pro team to ever use that name, which 696 00:37:10,586 --> 00:37:13,106 Speaker 1: to me is also kind of a cool little nugget there. 697 00:37:13,186 --> 00:37:14,906 Speaker 1: You know what would be interesting and we should have 698 00:37:14,946 --> 00:37:18,226 Speaker 1: done this actually is what was the success rate of 699 00:37:18,266 --> 00:37:21,306 Speaker 1: the previous five Texans teams? I mean, was that a 700 00:37:21,346 --> 00:37:23,586 Speaker 1: good name? Is that a lucky name? Is the Texans 701 00:37:23,586 --> 00:37:25,986 Speaker 1: a lucky name? I don't know the answer to that. 702 00:37:26,106 --> 00:37:29,146 Speaker 1: I hope that this Texans team finds some luck in 703 00:37:29,186 --> 00:37:32,346 Speaker 1: the very near future, because they haven't had it seems 704 00:37:32,426 --> 00:37:36,706 Speaker 1: like a ton of that add name game. Officially, now 705 00:37:36,826 --> 00:37:38,626 Speaker 1: in the books, we have gone through the NFC, we 706 00:37:38,666 --> 00:37:41,066 Speaker 1: have gone through the a f C. We're just scratching 707 00:37:41,066 --> 00:37:44,426 Speaker 1: the surface here on NFL Explain you are on Twitter. 708 00:37:44,626 --> 00:37:47,266 Speaker 1: I am on Twitter at Mike underscore yam. You feel 709 00:37:47,266 --> 00:37:50,226 Speaker 1: free to d m me. 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