• Billings Bighorns - After the Little Bighorn Battlefield, a local national memorial and historical site, and Bighorn Canyon, a national park.
  
• Montana Mountaineers - Pretty basic, but nonetheless reflects the region and iconography pretty well.
  

• Lincoln Herdsman - When first founded, Lincoln and it's surrounding Great Plains were home to scores of buffalo herds. Using the name Herdsman and using the buffalo as their logo and mascot, this team would utilize regional iconography in the best fashion (without using corn and stealing from the Huskers).
  
• Lincoln Homesteaders - Once again drawing on the history of the city, with its foundation heavily based in the Homestead Act. Admittedly, not as good.
  
• Lincoln Lumbermen - Not as accurate historically, as the region was known more for its hunting, the alliteration was one that I could not pass up on.
  

• Minneapolis Millers - In its earliest days, Minneapolis was full of logging camps, sawmills, and grain mills, which all drew power from local rivers, predominantly the Mississippi. And yes, I realize that the Millers were a baseball team until 1960. But be honest, until I mentioned it, did you even know? Alliteration is 10/10 here so I like it.
  
• Saint Paul Apostles - An easy and kind of lazy pick, it still works with its iconography, drawing on the city's namesake. However, the religious ties may turn potential fans away, so perhaps something less polarizing would work better.
  
• Twin City Twisters - I think this is a great concept. Due to its geography the region faces many incredible forces of nature, including tornadoes. I think the regional accuracy, the alliteration, and the use of the metro area's nickname makes for a fantastic team name.
  

• Atlantic City Cardsharks - This speaks to me, though I don't know why. It plays with the casino concept, while also giving wiggle room to use sharks as a logo. Plus, the subtle alliteration isn't overpowering. But I think there's something better to be found here.
  
• Have one of the casinos sponsor a team, i.e. Atlantic City Golden Nuggets, Caesars Conquerors, Ocean Orcas. I think conceptually this isn't too bad of an idea. But what do I know?
  

• Boston Minutemen - Right off the bat some classic American iconography. Boston (and its greater metropolitan area) were the birthplace of the American Revolution, with minutemen being the backbone of that initial push for independnce. Sure, you could go with Massachusetts Minutemen for the alliteration, but I think that's just too long of a name.
  
• Boston Berserkers- For one, the alliteration. Second, the viking logo and iconography sells itself. Plus, it is widely believed that Vinland, the area of North American discovered by Leif Erikson and his viking explorers, was in Massachusetts (specifically either Cape Cod or Martha's Vineyard, both of which are within 100 miles of Boston). Boom more history.
  
• Boston Shipwrights - Another historical reference to the Boston Navy Yard, one of the oldest shipbuilding compounds in the United States. Boston pumped out ships that helped win the American Revolution, the War of 1812, as well as help the Union win the Civil War. You could make a cool logo out of a ship-of-the-line.
  

• Charlotte Scots - This name draws from the history of the region, with the city initially being founded by large groups of Scots-Irish and Ulster-Scot groups. Plus, the not-so-obvious alliteration is a nice touch.
  
• Charlotte Queen's Gold - Similarly, this name draws on the history of the region, where gold panning used to be quite popular. On top of that, the City of Charlotte is nicknamed the "Queen City", as it was named after the British Queen Consort, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Weird, super-specific callback, but still a solid name in my opinion.
  

(08-12-2020, 01:05 PM)tMuse Wrote: Sad to see nothing in Europe/Germany :sadKermint: