Another Balladeer’s Blog Top Twenty list for 2020. Previously I featured cool-named college sports teams from the NAIA and USCAA. This time it’s 20 cool-named teams from the NCCAA (National Christian College Athletic Association).
YELLOWSTONE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE CENTURIONS
Location: Billings, MT
Comment: “Thwow him to the GWOUND, thentuwion!” Had to be said, for the sake of all us Monty Python fans. Joking aside, Centurions is a terrific and almost unique team name in college sports.
UNIVERSITY OF SAINT KATHERINE FIREBIRDS
Location: San Marcos, CA
Comment: These teams were named after the Doug McClure post-apocalypse movie Firebird: 2015 AD. I’m KIDDING! They were named after the legendary firebirds themselves.
NEBRASKA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE SENTINELS
Location: Papillion, NE
Comment: The Sentinels have got it going on! So does their institution, which has a knack for unique and memorable team names. Prior to going by Sentinels NCC’s teams were called the Parsons.
MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE ARCHERS
Location: Chicago, IL
Comment: Set your Mood Rings to “contemplative!” This team name comes from the school’s reference to their famous Arch, NOT to people who wield a bow and arrows, but that’s a common misconception. Continue reading
CLEVELAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE YETIS 
WEBB INSTITUTE WEBBIES 
GREAT BAY COLLEGE HERONS 
PRATT INSTITUTE CANNONEERS 
EAST/WEST UNIVERSITY PHANTOMS 
CAL MARITIME KEELHAULERS 
TRINITY CHRISTIAN COLLEGE TROLLS 
COLUMBIA COLLEGE FIGHTING KOALAS 
MONTREAL CARABINS 
OTTAWA GEE GEES 
ACADIA AXEMEN 
ERSKINE COLLEGE 
GENEVA COLLEGE 
FIVE TOWNS COLLEGE SOUND
Thanksgiving Week continues! I’m sure we all remember how the Pilgrims of the 1600s fled England to escape persecution for their horribly malformed faces (see left). 
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