Poll Preview: Name the New Las Vegas XFL Football Team.

How about running a poll, which you haven't done for a while, on possible names for the new Las Vegas pro football team in the XFL spring league? My initial suggestions: Scorpions, Big Players, Loansharks, Slot Attendants, Dispensary Workers, Scary Scooters, Coolers, Shills, Lounge Lizards, Liberaces, Elvi, Plate Spinners, Survivors of the Westerns, Bumper to Bumper, and of course Yo's (for the 11 players on the field).

Great idea. And some hilarious suggestions. "I Survived the Westerns" takes the cake.

We ran a poll in 2016 with potential names for the new hockey team that was coming to Las Vegas at that time. Out of a total 3,310 votes, the name Aces received the most (335), followed by High Rollers, Rat Pack, Scorpions, and Wild Cards. Barbacks, Crossroaders, Daubers, Valets, and Impersonators brought up the bottom with five votes or less.

One thing's for sure: Golden Knights wasn't in the running -- or even on the radar.

But let's have some fun again and if you feel inspired, suggest a name or two for the XFL pro football team, which remains unnamed for the time being. The league will start its regular season on February 18, one week after the Super Bowl, with eight teams playing 43 regular-season games.

We'll run the poll next Wednesday.

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Rick Sanchez Aug-05-2022

Snake Eyes

Snake Eyes

Jackie Aug-06-2022

Golden Knights???

How about
Silver Kings
Silver Queens (too gay?)
Silver Surfers (wrong game)
Silver Rooks
Silver Castles (I know)
Silver Bishops 
Silver Pawns
Ahh!
Silver Knights (too obvious?)
Silver Interceptors
Silver Sevens (TD+PAT)

John Aug-06-2022

Some Names

Las Vegas Long Haulers
Las Vegas Knee Breakers
Las Vegas Vivas
Las Vegas Comps
Las Vegas Implosions
Las Vegas Resort Fees - (Comes with free internet!)
Las Vegas Six Deck Shoes
Las Vegas Buskers
Las Vegas Time Shares
Las Vegas Stiffs
Las Vegas Georges
Las Vegas Whales
Las Vegas Fear and Loathing

Bob Aug-06-2022

Obvious!

Las Vegas Advisors

Dave_Miller_DJTB Aug-06-2022

Name & question

Desert Sharks
Goodmen

How do 8 teams get 43 games without including post season? I can’t make the math work.

Fumb Duck Aug-06-2022

How About

Las Vegas Gougers
Las Vegas Whales
Las Vegas Snappers
The Vegas Comp Kings

tgabrielli Aug-06-2022

Name

Las Vegas Gold Diggers?

Allen Emory Aug-06-2022

Really there is only one answer...

...The Las Vegas Porn Slappers

Kevin Lewis Aug-06-2022

Reverse psychology

Rather than the standard trope of giving one's team a name that is supposed to inspire fear and/or show how tough they are, I suggest the opposite approach, which will have the significant benefit of favorably affecting the betting lines:

The Las Vegas Incontinent Weasels.

Edso Aug-06-2022

Go with an easy one

It's just too obvious.  The Las Vegas Gamblers

rocks2oldies Aug-06-2022

XFL Pro Football Name

The Exciters
Mark Bashore Aug-06-2022

XFL

Las Vegas Strip
Raymond Leach Aug-06-2022

Xfl

Las Vegas casinos

Raymond Aug-06-2022

XFL Schedule

Dave Miller--Here's my guess--

Two divisions of four teams each.  Play division teams home-and-home, play other division once each.  That's a ten-game schedule, or 40 games.  Two semi-finals and a championship game.

Team names--

Elevens
Blackjacks (since this is the XFL, the team insignia would be the weapon, not the cards)
Fifty Ones (I liked it as the baseball team name)
Boulevards

Kevin C Aug-06-2022

Definitely "Fighting Elvi"

And uniforms to resemble white jumpsuit Elvis. Bonuses for any player who does a credible Elvis dance move in the endzone or says ThankYaVeryMuch to end an interview

DonaldM87801 Aug-06-2022

Probably Not Taken Seiously

Jokers

DonaldM87801 Aug-06-2022

Seriously.....Edit Function Again

Now I appreciate the members comments about the (lack of) edit function.

Brian Soper Aug-06-2022

Wiseguys

Wiseguys

Kevin Rough Aug-06-2022

Possible Names

Las Vegas Nickel and Dimes
Las Vegas Drunk Elmos

Texas Transplant Aug-06-2022

This is too easy...

How about The "Las Vegas Odds"?  Seems like a natural, and almost unlimited "play on words" opportunities for sports writers.

Other Alternatives could be:

Vegas Long Shots
Clark County Crappers (Multiple meanings here, and works very well during losing seasons)
Vegas 86ers
Vegas Buskers
Las Vegas Boozers  (Some may remember the "Brooklyn Bums" (aka "Brooklyn Dodgers" of the 50s.)
Vegas Weeds (timely)
Vegas Mobs (historical)
Vegas Teslas (HUGE stadium naming rights opportunity here!)

Being more politically correct, "Las Vegas Vegans" might have a shot.

In a similar vein of Kevin's suggestion of "Incontinent Weasels, which I like, "Vegas Virgins" might also be interesting.  Like to see the artist's designs for those two team mascots.









That said, I do like Kevin's "Incontinent Weasels"

Scott States Aug-06-2022

Rejected Names

Las Vegas Craps
Las Vegas Don’t Come

Gene Brown Aug-06-2022

Nicknames

Las Vegas Flood
Las Vegas Heat Stroke 
Las Vegas Pawns

Brent Peterson Aug-06-2022

XFL Name

The Las Vegas Oscars. The mascot could look like an Academy Award but with Oscar Goodman's profile on it.

Ray Aug-06-2022

some more

Droughts Shrunken Meads

O2bnVegas Aug-06-2022

Pride in the name?

I try to think of how 'proud' a player (or fans, for that matter) would be to wear the name on his jersey.  With that in mind, I suggest:

"Las Vegas Heat"

Attorneys would get rich(er) suing on behalf of Miami, but different game, different league, right? 

The logo could be a thermometer with mercury at 114 or something.  Or some flames.

Candy

Hoppy Aug-06-2022

New Team on the Block

Las Vegas Fake IDs, Las Vegas Mavericks, Las Vegas Camels, The Las Vegas Ice.

Edso Aug-06-2022

Another one

The Las Vegas Heatwave
Rod McElvain Aug-08-2022

Rod

Winners Gangsters Cheaters Grifters

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