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Thursday, May 05, 2005
The What?The Marquette Golden Eagles... formerly the Marquette Warriors... will now be known as the Marquette 'Gold':
So is that the color, or the metal? And what is their mascot going to be? A gigantic gold ingot running around? It'll probably end up looking more like a block of cheese. Well, this is Wisconsin, maybe that's appropriate. I have a feeling that when the said a decision was reached, most people thought it would either be to go back to the Warriors, or stick with the Golden Eagles. What were they thinking? If they were going to choose such a stupid name to "stop the controversy" over ditching Warriors ten years ago because they thought it was offensive, then just stick with Golden Eagles instead of picking something even dumber. Don't think this will be the end of it. I give this name 5 years. Update: I've given it some thought... and I think they should change their name to "The Knights of Ni". Their mascot could be a shrubbery. Just an idea. Update II: Even better... this commenter at The Badger Blog Alliance has a new theme song... and it involves Sponge Bob Square Pants. Perfection!
Too funny! The school Hal did his study abroad through was called Beaver College
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http://www.beaver.edu/ They changed the name due to the change in meaning of the term Beaver a few years back. http://wired-vig.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,35091,00.html |
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