Meet the Iowa….Iowans?
Naming a basketball team in a state that is known for little more than corn has proved to be a difficult challenge. With an NBDL team set to begin play in Des Moines next season, the team owners are having trouble finding a name. They had decided on five finalists—Des Moines River Rats, Iowa Corncobs, Iowa Scarecrows, Iowa Maize and Iowa Thoroughbreds—but there was such a negative reaction to the names that they decided pick an entirely new one.
The good news is that all the different names for corn have been exausted and so the team might have a slightly more charismatic name than the Iowa Maize. My vote is to name the team after the state’s most famous cinematographic moment and call it the Iowa Kevin Costner’s.
(UPDATE: The new name is in. The team will be the Iowa Energy)
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on 30 Jun 2007 at 9:07 am #
I swear, if they choose the Corncobs I will buy many jerseys….