Alright, we still don't have a name but we have narrowed down the choices. The three that made it to the final phase are: Bayou Brigade Clockwork Orange Texian Army No voting here, this is just a lobbying thread. The next (and final) vote will take place at the next meeting...March 4th. Discuss.
From an outsiders pov and a Tejano, rank by like to dislike: Clockwork Orange Texian Army Bayou Brigade I think CO is a bit more original than the others. I'm not too fond of military names in soccer, imho.
It's a toss-up between "Clockwork Orange" and "Texian Army" for me. I like the first mainly due to its uniqueness in our league. But as someone else has already mentioned elsewhere, after listening to General Sam 'CeltTexan' last night, I really do like the second choice. "Texian Army" is also good for another reason, in that it can be shortened to just "Texians" and still make sense when referring to us as a group. ("Orange" might work for this, but "Clockworks"? Nah...)
Texian Army is good. I think the Riot Squad fromLA is the best because it creates its own fear. Others around the country may think our's a little tame or too much like Sam's Army. That is the feedback Ive been getting from others in my circle anyway. Some others suggested: "TexasWreckingCrew" and "The Rebellion" Just a thought. I know no one wants to start form scratch, but everyone should have an attachment to the name.. There was also someone saying we may not be predominantly orange so we may not make much sense under the name Clockwork Orange. Is there anyway to get everyones opinion on this or discuss it further before we settle? Your thoughts?
The great thing about Texian Army - is that an army is huge. I want to fill up the whole north end of the stadium, with an army 5000 strong. Let's have some fun with the army terminology. Bring on your own brigade, platoon, names and t-shirts. 12 friends, 12 t-shirts, and you've got your own brigade. This is our supporter's group. We can do whatever we want. We can do 20 different things or 200 under one banner of the Texian Army. Don't think for one second that I won't have at least a dozen people wearing these t-shirts on opening day: Front: - FuBoy's Brigade - Est. 1869 War Texian Army! Back: - FuBoy's Brigade - Where relegation is bad, but being on bottom is just as good as being on top. Within the Texian Army, you should still have room for a Bayou Brigade. And you can still have a "C.O." (which generally stands for Commanding Officer) but could also be a reference the Clockwork Orange Brigade. Of course - we'll need a Drummers Brigade. Oh yeah, and we can still call the section the Raven's Nest - especially since it'll piss of the Eagle's Nest, and will be even better when we show them which nation's capital has the better futbol team. War Capital's Cup! Don't forget those that wanted to pay some homage to previous Houston sports heros with the 34th Volunteers Brigade. How awesome would it be to have 20 different brigades of 100-200 people, each waving their own brigade flags and their own version of orange t-shirts, and to have those couple thousand people come together as an army and roll out a huge 100' "Come and Take It" flag across the north goal! War Texian Army! Fuboy's Brigade reporting! General Sam - put us on the front line - we're ready to go to battle!
Aw, $hit, Fu - there you go, mixing logic with footy. Shame on you! I like that idea a lot. Different brigade/company/squad names, yet still under one banner - the Texian Army. General Sam, do you have any knowledge of the military call-out protocols (other than "ten-shun!") as used by the armies of the world? I vaguely remember my boot camp days amd marching for the World's Greatest Navy, but don't get me to lying about those call-outs... Get you (or your adjutant) a megaphone, and we're set for precision and pageantry. Orange camo fatigues, anyone?
While I wish Orange Machine had made the runoff instead of Clockwork Orange, still prefer that to Texian Army. I guess I'm influenced by the Riot Squad, which is deliberately a non-organization, no officers or dues. But I really don't have much use for military terminology or structure. Also, I think "Texian" will be seen by a lot of people as a misprint. I certainly understood CeltTexan's impassioned argument, but are we going to have to repeat that explanation every time someone sees the banner?
Orange machine could end up being the team nickname maybe......Which I think would be great, but I don't like it so much for the supporters name... I think I'll be going with Texian Army..... bring on the crazy wildcatter orange and spacecity blue camo shirts... rock bford
I agree with this. Also, people may not realize we are completly seperate from the team and will wonder why the team says the name is from the founding of the city but then have a group named after the rebel army.
That is why at the meeting I stood up and promoted Bayou Brigade at the meeting. It is obviously about the city of Houston and does not conjure up the Texas Revolution as Texian Army does yet still carries the spirit of us being ready for action. I saw Oliver Luck nod in agreement when I mentioned this at the meeting, so I know he likes the name.
I have similar concerns. I also think we need to keep a healthy distance from officialdom - it's great that the FO will work with the supporters groups and seeks fans' views, but we should be clear that we're not an appendage of the FO.
I don't think Texian Army or Clockwork Orange sound like they have anything to do with the FO. I'm pretty sure everyone knows that supporter's groups are fan based and ran by fans, and not the front office. At the next meeting we'll be doing a final vote with everyone. Then it can be finally said and done.
Is this from Ali G's movie? haha! I like the name Texian Army and the whole small groups with in. Cuz you know some folks will be a little too crazy for the family folks. Good thing I'm alittle of both. Fuboy..you got it going on dude... that mind you have has a good flow to it...here's some rep!
I was leaning heavily towards Clockwork Orange. But if the rumors are true that the team is going to change their name to pander to MFL fans, then I say we go with Texian Army or even better call the supports group 1836!