Things haven’t been going all that well for former Syracuse Orange players in the Alliance of American Football — and apparently the AAF’s been having some problems as well, as you may have noticed from Tuesday’s headlines...

AAF reportedly needed $250M from an NHL owner to make payroll https://t.co/rnhX6r3BvA pic.twitter.com/eyVe7NHOkA — Sports Illustrated (@SInow) February 19, 2019

With that in mind, it would seem the league is probably not long for this world (though some would have you believe otherwise). But it also means that if it does stick around, franchise valuations are potentially dirt cheap. And if we want to see even MORE former Syracuse players on rosters for next season, we should probably just go ahead and put a team in the city, with the stipulation that only former Orange players can suit up.

This isn’t that far from the league’s original model, which seemed to cater more toward your favorite college players than other recent would-be challengers to the NFL’s football hegemony in the United States. Most of the rosters and coaching staffs are littered with your favorite players from yesteryear, and seeing those names makes you much more likely to tune in.

If Syracuse were to get a team, however, what would we want to call it? Keep in mind that we’re not getting a team, of course. But also the fact that we could conceivably afford purchasing a team as a group just the same.

When we started down this path on Twitter, it’s understandable people wanted to get involved:

In that case, Syracuse BLUE-COLLARS, beginning play in 2020! — NunesMagician.com (@NunesMagician) February 19, 2019

The Syracuse University of Syracuse’s — Dan Silverman (@dsilverman95) February 19, 2019

Gotta modernize it. Salt Potatozz — Sean Keeley (@SeanKeeleyIsMe) February 19, 2019

Will it be named the salt potatoes or the fighting wegmans (wegmen?) — Mark Hansen (@MHTBird) February 19, 2019

There’s even a potential mock-up for the helmets, should we go the Salt Potatoes route (H/T to the former Syracuse Chiefs).

So, Salt Potatoes seems like the winner from some brief polling. But certainly we can come up with some better and/or more ridiculous names, too. Sweatervests? Contract-honorers? #DisloyalIdiots? come up with your best ideas below, and share a logo/jersey mock-up too if you’re talented enough (or even if you’re not).