Oiler Nostalgia "Re-Brand"

There should be a thread for all Oiler nostalgia talk.

It's just one of those nights where I google "Tennessee Oilers" and I can't turn away ...

If anyone wants to comment on their old memories or nastalgia that would be great.

Not everyone in this forum are fans just because of the move to Tennessee as the Titans. There's still a majority im sure whose ties go back further than 1999.

Ever think back at the Houston Oilers? I know there's a good number of the old fan base who grew up watching the Houston Oilers and followed them to Nashville.

Me personally, I am 30, so I don't really start to count me watching football as a true fan until 1995. Which happened to be the year Steve McNair was drafted. At the time I had no clue or care I just fell in love with the "Luv Ya Blue" uniforms which was the only sole reason I picked to follow them in the first place.

It became an obsession growing up, grabbing any Oiler paraphernalia I could get my hands on; which wasn't always the easiest thing to do living in California.

None-the-less, by the time I could really start following the organization and knew what was going on in the NFL, rules, roster and everything else wise, they were on the way out of Houston and into Tennessee.

So most of my nastalgia comes from the Tennessee Oilers. The brief 1997 and 1998 seasons, which are almost all but lost deep into the archives of the abyss.

From reading more and more articles, I didn't realize how bad and how non-existent those two seasons were. How the people of Memphis were (or are) extremely jealous of Nashville - considering Nashville the older brother who always gets what he wants.

The 1997 season played in Memphis went so badly and the team was so poorly marketed in the city (not many posters or billboards etc) Bud Adams got them the hell out to play in Vanderbilt in 1998. Sparing every single detail - as most of you already know anyways.

From actually being booed by the "home" town crowd during a "home" game in Memphis vs the Red Skins, as the Oilers came out of the locker room and onto the field to a corus of boos.

Fast-foward to 1998, it was their last season with the "Oilers" team name, my parents knowing my weird fascination with the Oiler franchise, surprised me with a plane ride to Tennessee to watch the last game of the 1998 regular season vs Randy Moss, Chris Carter, Randall Cunningham and the Minnesota Vikings. It must have snowed the night before because I remember snow on the ground as we sat in those cheap bleacher seats as my last chance to ever witness those red, white and blue Oiler uniforms - but in person.

So that's the backdrop.

Then I started seeing threads elsewhere, like what if the Tennessee Oilers never became the Titans? What if they stayed the Oilers (which is what Earl Campbell wanted) and former owner Bud Adams almost kept ...

So in the images below I found some really interesting "re-brand" logo and uniform ideas which I will post his link (although looks like the original thread is long over with)

After that , I stumbled across what the original Houston Oilers almost were named - and the list of names the Tennessee Oilers almost became before the Titans were essentially selected ...

Possibly names before the Titans:

The extreme ones;

Heehaws, Banjos and yes I'm cringing Hillbillies.

Not sure how accurate those are , as they have to be from fan votes - can't imagine Bud actually giving any of these a second thought ...

The more neutral;

Tornados and Mountain Cats to name a few

Full list of other franchises as well ... yes the Atlanta Peaches (which sounds more like a strip club and I'm sure there's one with this name ...)

11 NFL Teams That Almost Had Embarrassing Nicknames - 11 Points

The guys info isn't correct on the Oilers (saying they played in Nashville starting in 96 and were the Oilers for one year, wrong and wrong!)

As for the re-brand Tennessee Oilers here is the link and photos ... I like how he incorporates the older Oiler blue and red but adds in the new Titan navy as well as the 3 stars for Tennessee under the oil Derrick

Tennessee NFL Rebrand - Concepts - Chris Creamer's Sports Logos Community - CCSLC - SportsLogos.Net Forums

Any other Oiler memories or possibly old merchandise like shirts and posters I'd be happy to see or hear about them.