Marquette Gold revisited

[Jay Bee]

I was in school when the vote happened.. as best as I can remember (which probably isn't very good), we got to pick between two names.  Golden Eagles was the only reasonable choice, although I think we discussed the concern with having the same name as about 12 other schools with D1 or 2 athletics. 

I recall a lot of us wanting Hilltoppers and not understanding why that couldn't be an option.  I definitely do not recall a move to 'stick it to 'em' by voting for the GEs... rather Lightning was so goofy, GEs was the only choice.  I think* Tampa Bay had just started as a hockey team... maybe a year or two before.

Anyway, we are the Warriors. 

[Ahoya06]

The dude with the t-shirt tucked into his black dress pants is my favorite part of the picture.

To throw the thread back to it's original photo, that dude would be me, in probably the worst photo ever taken. The shirt's tucked in 'cause my new-warriors.com shirt ran a couple sizes too long, so I was damned either way as far as looking ridiculous goes.

There were few moments in my life that I was as confused as I was when I saw "Gold"...