Last year, I looked to the NFL itself for inspiration and named my team Ricky Williams' Stash, in large part because I could then use the following image as my team logo:
Unfortunately, my fantasy team was much like Ricky's career: High hopes, but ultimately a bomb. I decided mistake #1 was my namesake choice.
In my sophomore season, I am looking across the pond for inspiration. What better source than Monty Python and the Holy Grail? Lots of humor possibilities whenever my team arrives at the bottom of the league. Because, let's face it, I am in this for trash talk and self-abuse. I am much more likely to spend time geeking out over my team name than I am over draft-day possibilities. Which is undoubtedly why I was invited back.
Plan A in my quest for the fantasy grail was to name my team the English Pig-Dogs, because who can resist using this as a logo:
But as I searched the web for pictures of French taunters, two other options presented themselves.Plan B is the Killer Rabbits. Movie counterpart was badly underestimated, and this team is definitely off the fantasy radar. Drawback: The rabbit turns out to have nasty, sharp, pointy teeth. If my team turns in the same toothless performance as last year, the logo won't be so appropriate by about October. Big plus, though, is a poster-worthy logo possibility:
Or this:
(Admit it. Part of you wants to see a killer rabbit design on an NFL helmet.)
And then Plan C began to form. The Black Knights. The beauty of this one is that the logo could change throughout the season. I can start out with all four limbs and some 'None Shall Pass' trash-talking (which means I'd better draft a decent defense).
And then I can begin amputating limbs as my team's fortunes fall:
I could even end with this, when all hope is lost:
Small downside: less meaningful if my team turns out to be decent. Hey, that's why they call it fantasy football, people.
Opinions welcomed from the two or three people who will read this on Facebook. So little time, so much procrastinating ...
