"the inferno mouth quest" or the insinerator quest or the chili competition
the chili monsters
Chili willy, Marmalade magic, supreme chili's, nice 'n spice, and Caliente.
The team management held a contest to select the team's name.
The team management held a contest to select the team's name.
A long time ago they had a contest on the name of their team, and Mavericks were the chosen mascot.
The team held a naming contest after Billy Sullivan was awarded the final franchise in the upstart AFL in 1959. The contest had a number of write-in names, and Mr. Sullivan liked the name "Patriots" and so named the team.
As yet they do not have a direct nickname
The name the Dolphins selected after a naming contest. A fan contest drew 19,843 entries to name the AFL expansion team. A total of 622 contestants suggested "Dolphins." Team owner Joe Robbie said he liked the name because, "The dolphin is one of the fastest and smartest creatures in the sea."
The Buccaneers were named after the Gasparilla Pirate Festival, which celebrates the pirate Jose Gaspar. The name was chosen from a name-the-team contest.
waffles
The team got their name from a contest held by the Orlando Sentinel. Fans submitted suggestions and The Magic was chosen as it's winner.
When the NFL Colts were formed in Baltimore in 1953, they took the name of an earlier, defunct team that had played in the All-American Football Conference (AAFC) in 1947-49. That team's name came from a naming contest.
The team held a naming contest in 1993, but reports from before the contest ended said owner Wayne Huizenga had already paid for the name "Florida Panthers," in part to draw attention to the state's endangered animal.