Alternate History Sports / Term 1 - Group 7

**Posted by Dan O'Mac** 9/14/2020 8:13 pm

Also, I think Baltimore could lend itself to a college named after a person.

**Posted by ANDY!** 9/14/2020 8:39 pm

I saw a section on the museum's website called "Fueling the Automotive age" and I'd like to propose the name "Oilers" as Amoco and Crown-Central petroleum companies are based in Baltimore

**Posted by ItDoesntMatter** 9/14/2020 10:05 pm

Dan O'Mac wrote:
Also, I think Baltimore could lend itself to a college named after a person.

I definitely had the same thought. I was looking at Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, after whom the city was named, but I'm not sure why you would name a school after him in the 20th century. (Side note: it's a real shame we can't be the Baltimore Barons. That sounds dope as h*ck.) The only other notable person from Baltimore I can think of is Edgar Allan Poe, and all things considered, I'm not sure he makes sense, especially considering that poetry isn't really an industry.

ANDY! wrote:
I saw a section on the museum's website called "Fueling the Automotive age" and I'd like to propose the name "Oilers" as Amoco and Crown-Central petroleum companies are based in Baltimore

Yeah, I liked that as an option, I just don't know that I like Oilers as the name. Don't know why, but maybe it has something to do with two professional sports teams using the name and so it doesn't seem college to me? Not sure what else to do though.

**Posted by Dan O'Mac** 9/14/2020 10:10 pm

Calvert College sounds so good, too. If we don't want to do that, what about just Baltimore University? Or Chesapeake College after the bay?

I think Fishers is the best industry tied to the area. And I think we could build a solid identity around a fish hook logo.

**Posted by ItDoesntMatter** 9/14/2020 10:17 pm

I like Chesapeake, especially if we do something related to water. I do think Baltimore U or U of Baltimore is a solid option too if we want to go that route.

**Posted by ANDY!** 9/15/2020 7:11 am

I really like Chesapeake College. It has some potential for fishing names. I take back my oilers statement from before.

**Posted by Dan O'Mac** 9/15/2020 7:31 am

If we're doing something fishing related, we could do Captains, as in the boat captain.

**Posted by ItDoesntMatter** 9/15/2020 11:01 am

I like Captains, especially if we can find a particular captain to name the school after. I do think I like Crabbers/Crab Fishers a bit better, just because Captains seems awfully generic, but it would certainly fit. Another option is that back when we did the college project on the CCSLC, my school was the Delmarva Anglers, so maybe that's another angle we could take?

... I'll see myself out

**Posted by Dan O'Mac** 9/15/2020 11:12 am

Since we're an older school, we could do Fishers, and use the cat animal dressed as an fisherman as an old school logo, since the wild cat was prevalent in Maryland.

**Posted by ItDoesntMatter** 9/15/2020 10:35 pm

I was looking at neighborhoods again (Baltimore has a lot!) and [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton,_Baltimore]Canton[/url] caught my eye. It's a historic neighborhood, it's right on the harbor, and it would work with either Crabs/Crabbers/Crab Fishers or Captains (it was even home to the original USS Constellation for a while). I know we already have a lot of options, but I think I might be leaning towards the Canton Crabbers as the direction we take.