What should my volleyball team be named?

April 27, 2006 8:46 AM

Help me name my (soon-to-be-ex, I fervently hope) volleyball team.

I figure that after the way I caused us to be defeated three times last night, the least I can do (besides recruiting another player who doesn't suck as much as me) is supply a great name for our as yet unnamed team. Right now we're known by the uninspiring "Wednesday 7B".

Do your worst, MeFites. Wordplay and puns are welcome. Don't bother getting too off-colour though, as the league officials frown on that.

posted by orange swan to Sports, Hobbies, & Recreation (23 answers total)

The Swan Songs?

Slightly off topic.. how is it possible for one person to single handedly cause a Volleyball team (9 players, right?) to lose? Might you be overstating your anti-contribution?
posted by dness2 at 8:53 AM on April 27, 2006

Spike Jones
The Irish Setters
The Grave Diggers
Net Prophet
The Do-Overs
Oops Alley
posted by cairnish at 8:54 AM on April 27, 2006

I played for a 5 a side football team a few years back, and we named ourselves "Drunken Masters" after a Jackie Chan movie. We were pretty good, but i'm certain if you suck, the name would be ironic enough!
posted by triv at 8:56 AM on April 27, 2006

The Pancakes
posted by pmbuko at 9:05 AM on April 27, 2006

My team is Sets on the Beach.

Lame, but silly.
posted by Nenna at 9:08 AM on April 27, 2006

The Volleywogs
posted by pmbuko at 9:11 AM on April 27, 2006

I remember an intramural sports team in university called "The Cleveland Steamers" which sounds innocent enough, unless you know what it's about.
posted by GuyZero at 9:15 AM on April 27, 2006

"Slow Children at Play" was a favorite of mine from a league I played in.
posted by Four Flavors at 9:20 AM on April 27, 2006

Creeping weasels of death.
posted by justgary at 9:23 AM on April 27, 2006

"Bye".

You may win more games when the opposing team looks at the schedule and figures they don't have to show up that night.
posted by chazlarson at 9:46 AM on April 27, 2006

A Spike Lee Joint
The Face Panelers
The Spike Droppers
TBD
Your Mom Loves The Spike
Misty May's Bathing Suit Sand
The Legend of Digger Vance
Bolleyvall Meat
Patches O'Hourisand
Dig, Set, Hit the Ball Hard on a Sharp Downward Angle
posted by 27 at 10:09 AM on April 27, 2006

Sets in the City
posted by cairnish at 10:25 AM on April 27, 2006

Death Volley
posted by maryh at 10:52 AM on April 27, 2006

I like maryh's suggestion (and it really works if you were ever a fan of Kyuss!).
posted by purephase at 11:04 AM on April 27, 2006

Nothing But Net
Vooray for Volleywood
Tom Hanks's Severed Head
posted by Faint of Butt at 12:59 PM on April 27, 2006

I'm playing dodgeball right now and though our name is rather lame (Printer Friendly) there's another team named Short Bus All Stars and I always crack up when I read that.
posted by like_neon at 1:32 PM on April 27, 2006

Winner By Default
posted by skryche at 2:54 PM on April 27, 2006

For a while I was on a team called /dev/null. For those who know UNIX, well, nothing comes back from /dev/null.

I still have a t-shirt. It was fun.
posted by A dead Quaker at 5:18 PM on April 27, 2006

Beyond the Volley of the Dolls.
posted by jtron at 6:28 PM on April 27, 2006

A friend of mine had an indoor netball team called the Pat Benatar Tactical Response Group. I always liked that.
posted by hot soup girl at 6:41 PM on April 27, 2006

Spike Kids
Lungetime
Volley Llamas
posted by rob511 at 11:53 PM on April 27, 2006

How about "Are You Being Served?"
posted by spicynuts at 11:34 AM on April 28, 2006

Muff divers
posted by jewzilla at 7:12 PM on April 28, 2006