[News] Coyotes relocating to Salt Lake City

[butterfly]

Originally Posted by Sidney Crosby's Hat

Tiger-Cats were a merger of two teams: Hamilton Tigers and Hamilton Wildcats.

Can't believe more people don't know that.

Also, Salt Lake City is way more convenient to the mountains than Denver. Rockies(zz?) would be awesome trolling.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by butterfly

Also, Salt Lake City is way more convenient to the mountains than Denver. .

How so? Denver is 1000 feet higher altitude.

[Alpha_Q]

Of the choices, Outlaws is my favorite.
I think Utah Saints would be a good name.

[calf]

Originally Posted by Radio

Asked AI to give me some lesser known facts about Utah and it gave me this gem.



Home to the World's Largest Organism: In Fishlake National Forest lives a massive colony of Quaking Aspens referred to as "Pando." This colony is treated as a single organism since all the trees share a root system, and it's considered the heaviest and potentially oldest living organism on the planet.



Utah Pandos it is! Our machine overlords have spoken!



It also said Utahns consume more Jell-O per capita than any other state and the Frisbee was invented in Utah.

Fans of the team would be called pandophiles tho

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by troutman

How so? Denver is 1000 feet higher altitude.

I guess SLC is in a valley so you see mountains all around you. Denver is on the front range.

But yeah I wouldn’t say Salt Lake is “way more convenient” to the mountains.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by butterfly

Can't believe more people don't know that.

Also, Salt Lake City is way more convenient to the mountains than Denver. Rockies(zz?) would be awesome trolling.

Why would people know that? It's so trivial.

[scotty2hotty]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Why would people know that? It's so trivial.

Pffft. It's common knowledge.

Same thing with the Flames.

That fateful merger of the Calgary Flamingos and the Calgary Gnomes.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by scotty2hotty

Pffft. It's common knowledge.

Same thing with the Flames.

That fateful merger of the Calgary Flamingos and the Calgary Gnomes.

My kid's Atom team chose their name and it was more or less down to the Bulls or the Bears. They became the BullBears.

[Sidney Crosby's Hat]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

My kid's Atom team chose their name and it was more or less down to the Bulls or the Bears. They became the BullBears.

That would be a good name for the New York team in that new 3-on-3 league. The Wall Street BullBears.

[OutOfTheCube]

Originally Posted by Sidney Crosby's Hat

Tiger-Cats were a merger of two teams: Hamilton Tigers and Hamilton Wildcats.

Hamilton Wild Tigers might've been better though.

I still have trouble wrapping my head around Ottawa RedBlacks, named for two of their colours. That one is truly but I guess it's at least unique...

[Icon]

Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube

Hamilton Wild Tigers might've been better though.

I still have trouble wrapping my head around Ottawa RedBlacks, named for two of their colours. That one is truly but I guess it's at least unique...

Ahem, it's REDBLACKS

[Radio]

Originally Posted by calf

Fans of the team would be called pandophiles tho

Are the bears in the Pando...pando bears

[butterfly]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Why would people know that? It's so trivial.

I asked my dad and he explained it, then I noticed they mentioned it on TV once every other game when I watched the CFL as a kid, especially when a Hamilton player was moving up the all-time franchise record list for something.

[butterfly]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

I guess SLC is in a valley so you see mountains all around you. Denver is on the front range.

But yeah I wouldn’t say Salt Lake is “way more convenient” to the mountains.

It's 40 minutes to Park City. You could probably get to Golden in that time from Denver...the nice ski areas are a couple hours away.

[automaton 3]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

My kid's Atom team chose their name and it was more or less down to the Bulls or the Bears. They became the BullBears.

Ha! Similar story and one of my kid's teams became the "Blue Yetis"

[Reggie Dunlop]

Alpha Yetis

[thefoss1957]

Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe

What is a Tiger-cat? Is there a Tiger-Dog?

https://www.australiangeographic.com...e-1-scaled.jpg Not quite a dog, but, not a cat (Tasmanian Tiger, a marsupial).


As far as "native" Utah species. There are two dominant rattlesnake species found in much of Utah. In the east, where I live, if you find a rattlesnake, it will be a Midget Faded Rattlesnake (Crotalus concolor), a little fellow with a very potent venom. In the western half of the state, until you get towards the Arizona line, rattlesnakes will be the Great Basin Rattlesnake (Crotalus lutosus), a big fellow, whose venom is comparatively weak. As you travel south, then you get species usually associated with Arizona, Hopi (Crotalus nuntius), Mojave (Crotalus scutulatus), and Speckled (Crotalus mitchellii), . The only other rattlesnake species you might run across is the Prarie Rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis), along the eastern border. Instead of "Outlaws" I'd rather see Cutthroats, a nod to the state fish, the Bonneville Cutthroat Trout. If a mammal is your preference, Elk is the state mammal. The state bird is the California Seagull, which blows for a name. The state crustacean? Yes, we have one of these...the mighty Brine Shrimp! Just, no. State fossil? Allosaurus. Potential here. Although the plural is awkward, Allosauruses. There is also potential for the state insect, the Honey Bee, although it would be hard to use the shortened Bees, as there is a minor league baseball team, Angels' affiliate, that bears that name.


Myself, I'd go with Elk. Not trademarked that I am aware of, and unique among top level teams.

[Radio]

I would suggest not using that...it's forever unclean now. The No Goods use it for their football team. The Bumonton Elks.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

My kid's Atom team chose their name and it was more or less down to the Bulls or the Bears. They became the BullBears.

Should have settled on the Passive Indexers

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

Should have settled on the Passive Indexers

You know what? I completely misremembered. It was Lightning and Bulls, and they ended up being the LightningBulls.