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[chapulincolorado]

The Warriors! :D

http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/769/114547.JPG

Let the Sacrifices.....Begin!

http://history.missouristate.edu/jchuchiak/aztecs40.gif

[chapulincolorado]

....and you get cool head gear! :D

http://www.azfoto.com/graphics/aztecs.jpg

[VioletCrown]

The Warriors! :D

I'm afraid the first thing that comes to mind for me is this (http://imdb.com/title/tt0080120/):

http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/34/95/39m.jpg

But maybe it would never cross you young guys' minds.

Sadly, the second thing is this (http://dw.com.com/redir?siteid=31&edid=3&ptid=&ontid=&ctype=RF;Song;ATN;PTNR&cval=3;1542427;4;9&desturl=http%3A%2F%2Fsg1.allmusic.com%2Fcg%2Fsmp.dll%3Flink%3D5v0dpe62sr1953akbnx5im1%26z%3DMP3%26r%3D20.asx). Yeah, I'm an 80's guy.

My vote: the Mosh Pit.

OK. So, it's yet even more 80'. And has no relation to anything Aztec. But it's a music thing, and Austin's a music town, and damn it, that should be celebrated.

(OK, so I'm also a musician. So, I'm biased:))

[chapulincolorado]

I'm afraid the first thing that comes to mind for me is this (http://imdb.com/title/tt0080120/):

Hey! I am 80's child too!


My vote: the Mosh Pit.Like it. Though when I think of Mosh Pit....I thik of this:

http://thefigurehead.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/blackflag_getinthevan.jpg


OK. So, it's yet even more 80'. And has no relation to anything Aztec. But it's a music thing, and Austin's a music town, and damn it, that should be celebrated.
It should....oh..another 80's reference:

http://www.littlehits.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/aztec-camera.jpg



If neither works....Austin related....Double Trouble. LOL.

[chapulincolorado]

...and since most of what people know about Austin is music and 6th Street (OK...not counting UT Longhorns...d'uh!), maybe....

The 6th Street Revellers
The 6th Street Tribe
The 6h Street Gang
Barra de la Calle 6
Los Borrachos de la Calle 6

:D

[VioletCrown]

...and since most of what people know about Austin is music and 6th Street (OK...not counting UT Longhorns...d'uh!), maybe....

The 6th Street Revellers
The 6th Street Tribe
The 6h Street Gang
Barra de la Calle 6
Los Borrachos de la Calle 6

:D

Calle 6 is pretty nice. Rolls off the tongue pretty well.

Other things I've thought about is the Potter connection. Did a little web searching, and they had a Firm called the Naughty 40. Not that I'd want to celebrate English Firms, but the '40' caught my eye what with UT's 40 Acres.

Then again, Austin's so much more than UT now (though that gorilla is a little hard to ignore).

Anyway, just brainstorming here.

[Roma_Wolves]

...and since most of what people know about Austin is music and 6th Street (OK...not counting UT Longhorns...d'uh!), maybe....

The 6th Street Revellers
The 6th Street Tribe
The 6h Street Gang
Barra de la Calle 6
Los Borrachos de la Calle 6

:D

I like these. I also like the idea of Aztec themed stuff, but don't have any idea where that leads name-wise. We can still wear masks and hold up bloody hearts when a goal is scored regardless of the name though.

[chapulincolorado]

Calle 6 is pretty nice. Rolls off the tongue pretty well.

Other things I've thought about is the Potter connection. Did a little web searching, and they had a Firm called the Naughty 40. Not that I'd want to celebrate English Firms, but the '40' caught my eye what with UT's 40 Acres.

Then again, Austin's so much more than UT now (though that gorilla is a little hard to ignore).

Anyway, just brainstorming here.

Yeah UT Longhorns are too hard to ignore. :p

Still if their firm is called the Naughty 40..then maybe......The Naughty 6. :D

[chapulincolorado]

I like these. I also like the idea of Aztec themed stuff, but don't have any idea where that leads name-wise. We can still wear masks and hold up bloody hearts when a goal is scored regardless of the name though.

LOL. Or we can always take one of the opposition team's staff and sacrifice them to our Quetzalcoatl shrine. :D

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Quetzalcoatl_telleriano2.jpg/300px-Quetzalcoatl_telleriano2.jpg

LONG LIVE QUETZALCOATL! :D

[Roma_Wolves]

Speaking of quetzalcoatl. We could do have one of those big dragon things, like they have at chinese new year, and have people under it. That'd look cool, going through the stands. Make an Aztec-y version of it:
http://www.tattoosymbol.com/images/symbols/quetzalcoatl-big.jpg

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39781000/jpg/_39781487_dragon_pa300.jpg

[VioletCrown]

Calle 6 is pretty nice. Rolls off the tongue pretty well.

Actually, I think it rolls off the tongue if you say 'calle seis'. Not so sure about 'calle six'.

[chapulincolorado]

Actually, I think it rolls off the tongue if you say 'calle seis'. Not so sure about 'calle six'.

LOL. Well. I was thinking in Spanish when I wrote "Calle 6."
;)

Borrachos de la Calle Seis! :D

[Roma_Wolves]

Actually, I think it rolls off the tongue if you say 'calle seis'. Not so sure about 'calle six'.

Agreed. There'd be bound to be some people that'd complain that it was too hispanic (whatever that means). But I like it. Plus if that means Mexican-Americans or whoever else feel more welcome, so much the better. I like the way it looks written with 6 in numerical form better though - probably being too nitpicky.

I guess we'll see what people think tomorrow too.

[VioletCrown]

...and since most of what people know about Austin is music and 6th Street (OK...not counting UT Longhorns...d'uh!), maybe....

The 6th Street Revellers
The 6th Street Tribe
The 6h Street Gang
Barra de la Calle 6
Los Borrachos de la Calle 6

:D

It just occurred to me that, yeah, people outside of Austin know 6th Street, but it's a little lacking for the live music now. But there's still a lot over on Red River. Red River's a nice grisly double-entendre for an Aztec team.

What about Rio Rojo or Rio Rojo Blanco?

... and we're getting perilously close to exhausting my Spanish;)

[VioletCrown]

Agreed. There'd be bound to be some people that'd complain that it was too hispanic (whatever that means). But I like it. Plus if that means Mexican-Americans or whoever else feel more welcome, so much the better. I like the way it looks written with 6 in numerical form better though - probably being too nitpicky.

I guess we'll see what people think tomorrow too.

I agree it looks better as Calle 6.

[VioletCrown]

LOL. Well. I was thinking in Spanish when I wrote "Calle 6."
;)

Borrachos de la Calle Seis! :D

I was also reading it in Spanish. It wasn't until my later post that I thought about switching language.

[chapulincolorado]

Speaking of quetzalcoatl. We could do have one of those big dragon things, like they have at chinese new year, and have people under it. That'd look cool, going through the stands. Make an Aztec-y version of it:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39781000/jpg/_39781487_dragon_pa300.jpg

Hell Yeah!:D

[chapulincolorado]

It just occurred to me that, yeah, people outside of Austin know 6th Street, but it's a little lacking for the live music now. But there's still a lot over on Red River. Red River's a nice grisly double-entendre for an Aztec team.

What about Rio Rojo or Rio Rojo Blanco?

I'll defer to Austinites. Me and my pips from RGV usually just hang out at 6th street.

Red River Drunks sounds fine with me. :D

[Art Vandaley]

I think it would be cool to name your group in the Axtec language Nahuatl.


Here is a list of Aztec words

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/3088/naheng.html


and here is a pronunciation guide:

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/3088/nahuatl.html


Maybe something with the word friend involved. Just an idea.

[TwoMeters]

Lots of interesting stuff in Wikipedia's Aztec section (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec), though lots of it is words that would sprain your tongue. Came up with these possibilities, given more for brainstorming than as concrete suggestions:
Triple Alliance (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_Triple_Alliance) ("The Aztec Triple Alliance, also known as The Aztec Empire, was an alliance of three Aztec city-states: Tenochtitlan; Texcoco; and Tlacopan.") - Sounds kind of cool, I think, but we'd have to come up with a good answer to always being asked, "what 3 things are you an alliance of?" :D
Tepanec (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tepanec) ("The Tepanecs were a sister culture of the Aztecs (or Mexica)") - at least it looks easy to pronounce, compared to other native Aztec words. ;)
Teotl (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teotl) ("Teotl is a central concept of Aztec religion. In the Nahuatl language it is often glossed as "God", but may in fact be a much wider term referring to an immaterial dynamic energy of divinity") - Sounds like some ancient version of The Force to me. ;) Kind of cool; hopefully there aren't any practicing religious Aztecs around any more to be offended....I thought I'd go ahead and post what I found, but honestly, I think I like both "Rio Rojo" and "Calle 6" better than these.

Though as someone else mentioned, I'm also a little worried that a Spanish name may confuse or put off some people. Doesn't bother me in the least -- I'm learning Spanish on my own with books on tape, as a matter of fact (so I knew what calle meant, w00t!). But I'd hate for anyone to hesitate getting involved because of a wrong perception.

Take Houston's 2 supporters groups, the Texian Army and El Batallón. Isn't one predominantly Hispanic, and the other... not? I don't know, but just always kind of thought that, because of the names.

Hope I'm not opening a big ol' can of worms here. I really do like those names.