As a whole, the list of name finalists for the United Football League’s Sacramento franchise is strong.
It isn’t surprising that Redwoods made the final list of six. There wasn’t anything wrong with the name in the first place, and it has a tie to Sacramento.
Of the six finalists, here is how I rank them:
1. Redwoods
2. Miners
3. Sting
4. Senators
5. Pioneers
6. Condors
No matter what name you like or dislike, the “name the team” contests in both Hartford and Sacramento have gone over very well, and continue to show the UFL’s commitment to being as fan-friendly as possible.
Sacramento Sting
Um, no, Redwoods is fine.
sacramento miners!!!
Sting
Redwoods; if it ain’t broke…
Redwoods
Condors are cool
Sacramento Redwoods…..
OR the Sacramento Terminators
Playing in Hornet stadium- Sting is a natural
No one out of the Sacramento area will get the association between Hornet stadium and ‘Sting’. Why name the team after a stadium anyway. Is there nothing else about our area that might represent us a bit better than the wee little annoyance of a flying insect?
I think most people want to keep the name Redwoods, however if they had to use a different name I say it should be sting or senators, both are pretty good
STING!!!!!
‘Sting’, really? Is this a U-12 girls soccer team or a professional football franchise? The bear on the state flag, modeled after the flag used in the Bear Flag Revolt of 1846 is a Grizzly. How about the Grizzlys. Or Argonauts, for the leading pioneers that created our state. See ‘Argonauts of California’ a book written about our states leading founders? But please, anything but ‘Sting’ or ‘Surge’….
Argonauts! (http://www.legendsofamerica.com/ca-argonauts.html) Leaders, successful, pioneers, trailblazers, founders of our great state. Argonauts! Purely Sacramento (and region). Sutter, Brannan, Marshall, Stanford, Crocker, etc…
Bear Flag The sole legacy of the “California Republic” was the adoption of its flag as the basis of the modern state Flag of California. The modern flag has a star, a grizzly bear, and a colored stripe with the words “California Republic”. The Sonoma Plaza site of the raising of the original Bear Flag is marked by a California Historical Landmark.
The original Bear Flag was designed and made by William L. Todd, who was a first cousin of Mary Todd Lincoln,[4] wife of president Abraham Lincoln.
Talk about grounding the team with local history! The Grizzlies!
Sacramento Sting already taken….too bad. http://sacsting.hoopsystems.com/ Go Grizzlies! or Go Argonauts!