MU Announces Mascott Choices

[formerseasonticketholder]

the saga continues. MU has announced the choices for the new mascott - www.mu.edu/opa/newsroom/nickname/index.shtml

[johnjaymilwaukee]

Marquette pares nickname choices to 10

By DON WALKER
[e-mail]

Posted: May 23, 2005

Marquette University today released 10 different suggestions for a new school nickname, staring in motion a two-step voting process that begins Tuesday.

The choices are:

• Explorers
  
  
• Saints
  
  
• Wolves
  
  
• Golden Knights
  
  
• Golden Eagles
  
  
• Voyagers
  
  
• Spirit
  
  
• Blue and Gold
  
  
• Hilltoppers
  
  
• Golden Avalanche
  

The names were selected from the hundreds of names suggested by members of the Marquette community during the 1994 and 2004 nickname process.


DON WALKER's coverage continues at:

www.jsonline.com/sports/marq/may05/328198.asp

Complete coverage of this story will appear online later today and in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in the morning.

[Big D]

While much better than "Gold," is this the best they could come up with?? I'm not impressed.

Out of these, I'd go with either Golden Knights or Hilltoppers.....with Saints close behind....

[Pantherholic]

i'd have it either the Golden Eagles or Knights. what a crappy list to choose from. i like how "Gold" sucked but "Blue and Gold" would be better? If they chose Blue and Gold is it really a stretch to call them the "Flaming Douschebags"? Hilltoppers sucks b/c why would u want the same nickname as Marquette H.S.? I'm still a fan of "Lightning",

[Ron Mexico]

I like Saints, because it ties in with the image of the school and isn't very common in college athletics.

But I would die laughing if Blue and Gold won.

[pntherjunky33]

i have never been a fan of any team called the Saints. i perfer the more intimidating names like the Panthers what is a saint going to do anyway, pray you to death? the Golden Eagles have served them well so i think they should stick with it... i also like the idea of "Lightning", to bad they didnt think of that one

[johnjaymilwaukee]

Digging deep at Old MU...

One of the submitted suggestions for the Top Ten List at Marquette University was --

Panthers

The Marquette Panthers?

Unfortuntely, this suggestion did not receive enough votes for consideration.



Athletics Nickname Voting Now Open (MU Only, sorry)

www.marquette.edu/opa/newsroom/nickname/index.shtml

List of submitted Nicknames

www.marquette.edu/opa/newsroom/nickname/documents/nnlist.pdf

[mcdadenets50]

www.czabe.com/dailyczabe.shtml

The UWM Warriors?
Christian Tentoni writes: “Czabe, The politically correct higher-ups at Marquette have just told us that the nickname derby is down to two: remaining the Golden Eagles, or switching to the Hilltoppers (a former MU nickname before Warriors). I would like to note that both nicknames are already taken by Divison I schools - Golden Eagles is used by Southern Miss and probably others, Hilltoppers is used by Western Kentucky. Here's my idea: UWM should switch THEIR nickname from the Panthers to the Warriors. That would be a sweet "F.U." to the snobs at Marquette who refuse to play UWM in men's basketball, while playing the likes of Bethune-Cookman, Maryland-Baltimore County and Prairie View A&M. My plan works twofold: #1 - The Marquette alumni would fume even more than they are now. They would demand that the MU administration finally quit f'ing around and stop the madness. #2 - Then, the UWM administration could announce that Marquette can have their nickname back if MU agrees to put UWM on their non-conference schedule. A win-win for both UWM and Marquette fans! REACT: Christian, my man, that’s pure genius. Too bad it’ll never happen.

[sauby]

Nice to see Czabe given UWM a little pub on his website hey?

[hardhatfenske]

Funny how the Warrior thing won't die. On the way to the Brewer game yesterday there was a guy on his front lawn just outside the north parking lot entrance selling Marquette Warrior tee shirts for 10 dollars.