Where Were You?

[eroc830]

In OD my freshman year. Right after it happened I popped my head out the door and everyone was looking at each other in the hallway wondering what just happened.  I then started a facebook group (it was brand new then) called "What the **** is the Gold?" which grew to over 150 members in a few hours.  One of the group members' mother was on the MU board who picked the name.   

[BrewCity83]

One of the group members' mother was on the MU board who picked the name.   

So, it wasn't Crean?

[Skatastrophy]

So, it wasn't Crean?

Just because there was a board and a consensus doesn't mean that the consensus wasn't dictated to them

[The Man in Gold]

I was in my apartment at MU's Les Aspin Center residence in Washington, DC. I was eagerly awaiting the phone call from friends in Milwaukee, and discussions in the week leading up to it led me to believe we had the votes to restore Warriors.

Witnesses heard this one-sided phone conversation.

The what?
It's Golden Eagles?
Just the Gold?
Like the color?
Just the color. The color Gold.
What the ****?

After hanging up the phone, I walked into the central hallway in the apartment complex and let loose a torrent of obscenity so profane even I cannot recalll what I said, though I remember the phrase "fracking Christ" passing my lips at least once. Problem was the administrator of the program, Fr. O'Brien was also in the hallway, one floor beneath me. That was a little awkward.

It was the last night of the semester before everyone went home for the summer, so there was a farewell party that night with plenty of beer and plenty of tequila (It was also Drinko de Mayo). I wore my 2003 Final Four shirt, with the old chicken logo and text "Marquette Golden Eagles." I put masking tape over the chicken, and over the "En Eagles" and proceeded to drown my sorrows in a wave of alcohol therapy.

Les Aspin + Gold Fiasco = Great Finals week.

[Ahoya06]

Les Aspin + Gold Fiasco = Great Finals week.

Ah, the Gold Fiasco. Deceptively strong drink.

[🏀]

This is where Dwyane Wade was.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcrEl_r8xEE

Shaq - "The Gold?"

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

So, it wasn't Crean?

The entire crock of crap didn't float into the board room out of thin air. It was sold to them by our gold skinned coach. It's a fact.

[Buzz Williams' Spillproof Chiclets Cup]

The entire crock of crap didn't float into the board room out of thin air. It was sold to them by our gold skinned coach. It's a fact.

Details, plz.

[Ari Gold]

North Hills country club parking lot on the way to the Brewer game.

Cept I was in High School Senior so I was skipping school that day.

[Skitch]

I was in the AMU wondering why I wore gold pants with a gold shirt

[MU Avenue]

Agreed.  Renaming the Warriors to the Gold had a much greater impact on my life than anything that's ever happened in New York or Texas.

I was on I94 commuting up from Chicago to a client site in Milwaukee listening to Bob & Brian on the radio.  I thought they were just making jokes... and then it was real.  It was like reverse War of the Worlds radio broadcast. 

I know it seems wacky and crazy to be dismissive of the events of September 11, 2001, and November 22, 1963, but what you and TallTitan34 have written here are embarrassingly stupid.

And even on that count, your cute, lighthearted comments are way more stupid than TallTitan34’s.

Some topics are off limits from even brilliant humor, and yours, my friend, comes nowhere close to being brilliant.

“… anything that’s ever happened in New York or Texas.”

You must be a million laughs at car wrecks and funerals.

[tower912]

Lighten up, Francis.

[TallTitan34]

Seriously though, what events would you use as examples of something everyone remembers finding out about for the first time?

[21Jumpstreet]

Walked into the office of my restaurant only to see gold words from tomato boxes, orange boxes, and any gold related items my chef could plaster all over the walls.  Sad, sad day.

[The Lens]

I bought one of those Periodic Table "Gold" t shirts.

Just brutal.  MU needs PR help big, time, still.

[MU Avenue]

Lighten up, Francis.

So tower912 is another of those MU grads who thinks it wacky and crazy to be dismissive of the events of September 11, 2001, and November 22, 1963.

So cool. So laid back. Hey, nothin’ bothers you, huh, tower912?

“Lighten up, Francis.” Right?

Hey, tower912, and Skatastrophy and TallTitan34, may I share with you the name of a person I know well who could name for you the 77 people she knew who died September 11, 2001. She can also give you the names of 52 men or women who lost a spouse in the attack and at least 116 children who lost a parent.

Still seeing the humor in September 11, 2001?

[real chili 83]

At a minimum, please no logo wear with that stupid chicken.  Please.

I was going to lunch when I heard Rush Limbaugh talking about it.  You can just imagine the rant he had.

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

So tower912 is another of those MU grads who thinks it wacky and crazy to be dismissive of the events of September 11, 2001, and November 22, 1963.

So cool. So laid back. Hey, nothin’ bothers you, huh, tower912?

“Lighten up, Francis.” Right?

Hey, tower912, and Skatastrophy and TallTitan34, may I share with you the name of a person I know well who could name for you the 77 people she knew who died September 11, 2001. She can also give you the names of 52 men or women who lost a spouse in the attack and at least 116 children who lost a parent.

Still seeing the humor in September 11, 2001?

Get over yourself, you horse's ass. This is a light hearted thread and you've decided to be the "serious" one. Kindly refrain from posting in the thread if it upsets you.

[ATL MU Warrior]

Seriously though, what events would you use as examples of something everyone remembers finding out about for the first time?

Those are appropriate examples for what you stated above.

What boggles my mind is that anybody actually remembers where they were when they found out their college changed it's freaking mascot.  It's such a trivial, meaningless part of a person's life.  How they bungled it is worthy of derision, but really it's not that big a deal. 

Comparing those two tragic and hugely important events to something so trivial and stupid is what's causing the problem.

[tower912]

So tower912 is another of those MU grads who thinks it wacky and crazy to be dismissive of the events of September 11, 2001, and November 22, 1963.

So cool. So laid back. Hey, nothin’ bothers you, huh, tower912?

“Lighten up, Francis.” Right?

Hey, tower912, and Skatastrophy and TallTitan34, may I share with you the name of a person I know well who could name for you the 77 people she knew who died September 11, 2001. She can also give you the names of 52 men or women who lost a spouse in the attack and at least 116 children who lost a parent.

Still seeing the humor in September 11, 2001?

Lighten up, Francis.

[brewcity77]

So tower912 is another of those MU grads who thinks it wacky and crazy to be dismissive of the events of September 11, 2001, and November 22, 1963.

So cool. So laid back. Hey, nothin’ bothers you, huh, tower912?

“Lighten up, Francis.” Right?

Hey, tower912, and Skatastrophy and TallTitan34, may I share with you the name of a person I know well who could name for you the 77 people she knew who died September 11, 2001. She can also give you the names of 52 men or women who lost a spouse in the attack and at least 116 children who lost a parent.

Still seeing the humor in September 11, 2001?

I think it's safe to say tower has a better grasp than you the dangers that were faced on 9/11. Seriously, a parallel was made using hyperbole that Marquette picking "Gold" was a WTF moment in our history.

No one is saying what happened that day was humorous. No one is making a joke about 9/11. They are simply saying that there are days when everyone can remember where they were at the time X happened. I remember where I was when 9/11 happened (on campus).

I also remember where I was when Dwyane Wade had a triple-double to get us back to the Final Four, I remember where I was when Gaines hit the three at the BC, and yes, when Marquette became the "Gold".

All the OP was saying is that there are days and events people have a tendency to remember, and for Marquette, this is one of them. Not making light of anything, not being dismissive of what happened on those days, but drawing a parallel of how human memory works.

So as tower essentially said, and what PRN more succinctly said, get over yourself.

[GGGG]

Exactly brew...I remember where I was when I heard that the Packers traded a first round pick for Brett Favre and thinking what a dumb idea it was.  (Sitting in my car on Mayfair Avenue waiting at the Watertown Plank Road light.)  Yeah it's trivial, but that's how the mind works.

And I have no idea where I was when I heard about the Gold announcement. 

[MU Avenue]

Get over yourself, you horse's ass. This is a light hearted thread and you've decided to be the "serious" one. Kindly refrain from posting in the thread if it upsets you.

PuertoRicanNightmare is yet another MU grad here who is able to be “lighthearted” (yes, it is one word) about September 11, 2001.

Other than changing the team name to “Marquette Gold,” please tell us what other events you, PuertoRicanNightmare, would put on a par with the deaths of 2,996 men, women and children.

I am not being “the ‘serious’ one.” But I do find it really disturbing that anyone would liken “Marquette Gold” to the events of September 11, 2001, or November 22, 1963.

This is no less absurd and foolish than those who liken anyone to Hitler or so stupidly and embarrassingly misuse or misapply “Nazi” or “socialist.”

[dgies9156]

I got a questionare from MU about mascot changes and suggested keeping Warriors and changing logo to a Viking, A Visigoth or some such.

+1000000000000000

I got a questionnaire about the new nickname years ago and suggested a couple of ideas that... ahem... were not adopted. They were:

Flames -- This should be obvious for any school that has St. Joan of Arc Chapel as a centerpiece. Guess what we would do to a cheerleader at halftime!!!!!!!

Inquisition -- Why not name ourselves after one of the "great" moments in Jesuit history? The Marquette Inquisition had a ring to it.

Alas, the Administration said no to these. Probably not PC enough

[brewcity77]

I am not being “the ‘serious’ one.” But I do find it really disturbing that anyone would liken “Marquette Gold” to the events of September 11, 2001, or November 22, 1963.

No one is likening Gold to the events that took place on either of those dates. They were simply used to indicate how human memory works. We have a tendency to remember significant things. Those are two common ones that are mentioned nationally. This is one that's mentioned as it relates to Marquette grads and fans.

Give it a rest.