Well earlier in the thread me and @Looper did some names for the Dallas NHL team and we both liked Armadillos and Coyotes.
Greatness: A sports collaborative timeline
And a failed NFL franchise. And a floundering current NFL franchise. One would hope they would have more success in the NHL.
Coyotes could work. I had suggested Huskies or Freeze after previous Texas hockey franchises as well.
March 31, 1992: John Smoltz throws a two-hit shutout as the Braves roll past the Astros in Atlanta 9-0 on the strength of a Terry Pendleton grand slam in the fifth. In Oakland, disaster strikes as Curt Schilling hurts his arm in a game against the Twins and after further examination, Schilling will undergo Tommy John surgery and will be out for the year.
April 1, 1992: In the Final Four, Shaquille O'Neal leads LSU from 14 down at halftime to beat Syracuse 87-83. The highlight of the game is Geert Hammink's three point attempt with 40 seconds left coming up short but Shaq slamming home the rebound to put LSU up for good. In the other semi, the Fab Five of Michigan take down last year's runner up Oklahoma State 77-59 with Jalen Rose dropping 31 points.
April 1, 1992: In the Final Four, Shaquille O'Neal leads LSU from 14 down at halftime to beat Syracuse 87-83. The highlight of the game is Geert Hammink's three point attempt with 40 seconds left coming up short but Shaq slamming home the rebound to put LSU up for good. In the other semi, the Fab Five of Michigan take down last year's runner up Oklahoma State 77-59 with Jalen Rose dropping 31 points.
April 2, 1992: In the first ever MLB regular season game played in Arizona, the hometown Giants defeat the archrival Dodgers 8-5 with Matt Williams going 3 for 5 and teammate Willie McGee hitting a go-ahead triple in the bottom of the eighth in front of a sellout crowd at Phoenix Municipal Stadium. In other news around baseball, Joe Carter hits a walk off grand slam as the Blue Jays score five runs in the bottom of the ninth to stun the Red Sox 7-5, Dwight Gooden throws a one-hitter at Shea as the Mets beat the defending champion Padres 3-0 and Barry Bonds makes his Angels home debut, striking out three times but hitting the game winning single as California takes down the Royals 5-4 in 10 innings.
April 3, 1992: The NHL season wraps up with Mario Lemieux and the Pittsburgh Penguins clinching the Presidents trophy with 108 points as this appears to be the Pens cup to lose. In the tight Adams Division race, the Boston Bruins emerge as the victors with 103 points as the rival Montreal Canadiens lose their last two to finish with 100 points and the Whalers, once considered favorites, finish third with 94 points.
In the even tighter Smythe Division, the LA Kings claim the division in the final game of the regular season by beating the Devils in Seattle 5-2, this pushes Seattle, at one point in first by 12 points, into third place as the Vancouver Canucks manage to sneak into second place with a win over the fourth place Edmonton Oilers. And finally, in the Norris, the tightest division of all, the defending champion Chicago Blackhawks edge out the Red Wings and Blues by one point and the Jets by two points to claim the division crown.
In the even tighter Smythe Division, the LA Kings claim the division in the final game of the regular season by beating the Devils in Seattle 5-2, this pushes Seattle, at one point in first by 12 points, into third place as the Vancouver Canucks manage to sneak into second place with a win over the fourth place Edmonton Oilers. And finally, in the Norris, the tightest division of all, the defending champion Chicago Blackhawks edge out the Red Wings and Blues by one point and the Jets by two points to claim the division crown.
April 3, 1992: Michigan and the Fab Five take home the schools second National Championship in Basketball in four years, defeating Shaquille O'Neal and LSU in the title game 75-69. Chris Webber and Jalen Rose each score 28 points for the Wolverines while Shaq leads all scorers with 34 points in a losing effort.
But…did they have God Farted on their team?
April 4, 1992: Preliminary concept art of a Houston sports district appear in the Houston Chronicle. According to local sports radio, the sketches are well-received, with one fan declaring, “And bring the Aeros back, too” in addition to calling the area “super awesome.”
Just read through all of this and it's glorious the only issue I have found is this.
In 1992 this is very unlikely for 3 reasons
One: Celtic (and I say this as a die-hard Celtic fan) were not the Celtic of the late 90s onwards in the late '80s until 94 they had no money their resources were called by both Rangers fans and Celtic ones as the Biscuit Tin and it was always empty. The club was run by various family dynasties who didn't actually care about the club and it showed for example when the Taylor Report into football Stadia in the UK came out stating that stadiums had to be all-seater by 1994 Celtic decided to move to another stadium before Fergus McCann got involved and invested the money into the club. They'd not bring anything to the Premier League as they weren't marketable back then. It wasn't until the late 90s that they made money at worst all you'd end up doing is having them go down and immediately be in a relegation battle.
Two: If you are going to include Scottish Clubs realistically you have to include both Dundee United and Aberdeen both clubs who were in the last decade successful in Europe and won the league and cups in Scotland to the extent they were called the New Firm by the press so if the FA are going ahead with this then surely from a marketing point having European winners in their league especially at a time when English Football and European competitions letting alone winning any were a foreign concept is surely a good idea.
Three: Finally, the biggest point is if FA does this despite everyone saying it then FIFA is going to do three things. One Immediately suspends the 4 national Football Associations from international competition, Two Immediately demands that the 4 home nations merge into a single Football Association and Three that a unified British team be selected for International Tournaments which considering how the 2012 Olympics that caused trouble it has no chance of happening in 1992 especially with no outside motivation like the Olympics.
If you want to really do either the 98 World Cup bid going to Scotland or Scottish teams going to play in England, then the only suggestion I would make is a British National League to start around the 98 World Cup and make the World Cup bid a joint one between Wales, England and Scotland each home nation merges at club level but you do a deal with Fifa first to continue independent entry perhaps giving Fifa a bigger say in the Laws of the Game meeting but they can collectively be overruled by a majority of the Home Nations.
In 1992 this is very unlikely for 3 reasons
One: Celtic (and I say this as a die-hard Celtic fan) were not the Celtic of the late 90s onwards in the late '80s until 94 they had no money their resources were called by both Rangers fans and Celtic ones as the Biscuit Tin and it was always empty. The club was run by various family dynasties who didn't actually care about the club and it showed for example when the Taylor Report into football Stadia in the UK came out stating that stadiums had to be all-seater by 1994 Celtic decided to move to another stadium before Fergus McCann got involved and invested the money into the club. They'd not bring anything to the Premier League as they weren't marketable back then. It wasn't until the late 90s that they made money at worst all you'd end up doing is having them go down and immediately be in a relegation battle.
Two: If you are going to include Scottish Clubs realistically you have to include both Dundee United and Aberdeen both clubs who were in the last decade successful in Europe and won the league and cups in Scotland to the extent they were called the New Firm by the press so if the FA are going ahead with this then surely from a marketing point having European winners in their league especially at a time when English Football and European competitions letting alone winning any were a foreign concept is surely a good idea.
Three: Finally, the biggest point is if FA does this despite everyone saying it then FIFA is going to do three things. One Immediately suspends the 4 national Football Associations from international competition, Two Immediately demands that the 4 home nations merge into a single Football Association and Three that a unified British team be selected for International Tournaments which considering how the 2012 Olympics that caused trouble it has no chance of happening in 1992 especially with no outside motivation like the Olympics.
If you want to really do either the 98 World Cup bid going to Scotland or Scottish teams going to play in England, then the only suggestion I would make is a British National League to start around the 98 World Cup and make the World Cup bid a joint one between Wales, England and Scotland each home nation merges at club level but you do a deal with Fifa first to continue independent entry perhaps giving Fifa a bigger say in the Laws of the Game meeting but they can collectively be overruled by a majority of the Home Nations.
Im not the biggest soccer fan, so I read this like, ahh yes I know who celtic is