Why MU Picked Warriors In 1954?

[Lennys Tap]

Touche!

I'd have to go with "Blue & Gold" then.

Whatever they originally picked, no matter how lame, is the only one I can really get all self-righteous about. (shaking my fist right now)

Which one do I personally like the best? Warriors. But, that's just because I like it, not because it's "right".

EDIT: Technically, "Hilltoppers" was the first official name, so I'd be fine with "Blue&Gold" or "Hilltoppers".

Do you still call the Chicago Cubs the White Stockings?

[Galway Eagle]

Gold lightning would've been alright.  I'm sure it would've made the listening to thunderstruck before the game a bit more relevant and exciting.

[vogue65]

NYU Violets, one of 60 member institutions of the distinguished Association of American Universities. 

[Spotcheck Billy]

Gold Hilltopper Avalanche has a nice ring and covers most of the bases 

[Coleman]

NYU Violets, one of 60 member institutions of the distinguished Association of American Universities. 

According to Chicos, they will be joining the Big 10!

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

Do you still call the Chicago Cubs the White Stockings?

I dunno. I guess I never knew why they changed it to Cubs in the first place.

I understand WHY people like Warriors, I'm just saying that if we are going to get all righteous about it, let's get righteous about the original nickname.

"Warriors" was as made up and forced upon the school as "Golden Eagles". I know we don't like to admit that, but it's true.

[MU82]

I suspect most people who still talk about it, like us on message boards, are well aware of the previous nicknames.  There certainly was plenty of discussion about Hilltoppers and Golden Avanche during the Gold fiasco.  But regardless of the other nicknames, our greatest hoops success by far came while we were named the Warriors - our only National Championship, 2 of our 3 Final Fours, most of our All Americans, our only national POY, and our best and most colorful coach.  To me, that's why we'll always be the Warriors...and why we still hear announcers referring to us as Warriors on occasion.

All outstanding points.

[ChicosBailBonds]

According to Chicos, they will be joining the Big 10!

Nope, but they wouldn't be scratched off the consideration list for academics, just for football.  Unlike FSU, UConn, etc that need to make AAU status first.

[MU82]

You are NOT the only one who kind of liked Gold. Remember, 38 members of the board-of-trustees liked it too. I have to admit, at first blush it seemed a bit odd but in time it would have been grown in popularity. Imagine all the cool iterations of shiny gold uniforms we could have added to our legacy of unique uniforms. But instead, the name didn't last a week. I think the premature death was due to three things. First, Dwyane Wade made fun of it in an ESPN interview and everyone immediately followed his queue. Had he come out and said "Well, let's give the name some time to sink in" it might still be around today. Also, the Milwaukee Journal mocked it on the front page with "Bricky" the gold-bar mascot (probably designed by a Badger lover), and third I think what turned most people off was not the name itself but the fact that the decision was made behind closed doors without any alumni input.

I thought the real death knell was when Sports Illustrated's Steve Rushin, an MU alum, absolutely killed "Gold" in his weekly column back when SI was the conscience of sports. His column was hilarious and vicious, and Gold was gone within a day if I remember correctly.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Stanford = Cardinal (color, not bird)
Syracuse = Orange (not the fruit)
Harvard = Crimson
Uni of Chicago = Maroon
Cornell = Big Red
Dartmouth = Big Green

To join this list of "colors" with "Marquette Gold" would have been much better than joining Tennessee Tech and Southern Mississippi (among many others) sharing Golden Eagles.

Reminds me of the old trivia question, name the DI basketball mascots that do not end in the letter S and CANNOT have a color in them.

Stanford Cardinal does not count, because it is a color.  In fact, many on your list don't count.

Can you name them?

Here's a few starters

Navy Midshipmen
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Illinois Fighting Illini

[Coleman]

Nope, but they wouldn't be scratched off the consideration list for academics, just for football.  Unlike FSU, UConn, etc that need to make AAU status first.

I was just teasing you

[ChicosBailBonds]

I was just teasing you

I know you were.   

[swoopem]

Reminds me of the old trivia question, name the DI basketball mascots that do not end in the letter S and CANNOT have a color in them.

Stanford Cardinal does not count, because it is a color.  In fact, many on your list don't count.

Can you name them?

Here's a few starters

Navy Midshipmen
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Illinois Fighting Illini

Green Bay Phoenix and North Dakota Fight Sioux

[ChicosBailBonds]

Isn't Green Bay the Phoenix?

Yup.  You're missing a handful of others, but UWGB is one on the list.

Here's a few others

Nevada Wolfpack
NC State Wolfpack

There are others, I'll reveal later if folks don't come up with them

[swoopem]

Damit I want to use google so bad.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Damit I want to use google so bad.

Here's another clue, one school fit the profile and changed their nickname and STILL qualify for the answer. 


In total, there are 15 schools on the list, though some have a men's nickname that meets the requirement and a women's nickname that doesn't.  We're looking for the men's nicknames.  I am not counting UND Fighting Sioux in the count since that name was retired and they currently have no nickname.

[swoopem]

Kent State Flash, Bucknell Bison, Marshall Rolling Thunder, and there's gotta be a Lightning. That's all I got for now.

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

Thundering Herd?

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Reminds me of the old trivia question, name the DI basketball mascots that do not end in the letter S and CANNOT have a color in them.

Stanford Cardinal does not count, because it is a color.  In fact, many on your list don't count.

Can you name them?

Here's a few starters

Navy Midshipmen
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Illinois Fighting Illini

Elon Phoenix
Hofstra Pride
Is it Miami Hurricane or Hurricanes?
UMass Minutemen
Northern Kentucky Norse
Is it Liberty Flame or Flames?
UIC Fire? Flame? Flames? Don't remember
Is Robert Morris the Minutemen too? They are something like that
William and Mary Tribe

That's all I got (that others haven't gotten already)

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Kent State Flash, Bucknell Bison, Marshall Rolling Thunder, and there's gotta be a Lightning. That's all I got for now.

It's the Kent State Golden Flashes, so it doesn't count. Marshall is one of the schools but it's Thundering Herd. And suprisingly there is no D1 lightning as far as I know.

[warriorchick]

Stanford = Cardinal (color, not bird)
Syracuse = Orange (not the fruit)
Harvard = Crimson
Uni of Chicago = Maroon
Cornell = Big Red
Dartmouth = Big Green

To join this list of "colors" with "Marquette Gold" would have been much better than joining Tennessee Tech and Southern Mississippi (among many others) sharing Golden Eagles.

Coincidentally,  I have two brothers who went to Tennesee Tech and a sister-in-law thatwent to University of Southern Mississippi.  We may be the only family in the country that has graduates from three different schools whose nickname is The Golden Eagles.

[warriorchick]

Reminds me of the old trivia question, name the DI basketball mascots that do not end in the letter S and CANNOT have a color in them.

Stanford Cardinal does not count, because it is a color.  In fact, many on your list don't count.

Can you name them?

Here's a few starters

Navy Midshipmen
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Illinois Fighting Illini

  You forgot; it can't be an animal, either. I asked this trivia question a couple of years ago on this board.

[ChicosBailBonds]

  You forgot; it can't be an animal, either. I asked this trivia question a couple of years ago on this board.

I've never heard that one, I've always heard the one about color and no S.

[warriorchick]

I've never heard that one, I've always heard the one about color and no S.

It could have been during the time you were persona non grata on this board.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Elon Phoenix
Hofstra Pride
Is it Miami Hurricane or Hurricanes?
UMass Minutemen
Northern Kentucky Norse
Is it Liberty Flame or Flames?
UIC Fire? Flame? Flames? Don't remember
Is Robert Morris the Minutemen too? They are something like that
William and Mary Tribe

That's all I got (that others haven't gotten already)

Hurricanes, doesn't count.

Centenary Gentlemen
Bucknell Bison
UWGB Phoenix
Elon Phoenix
Nevada Wolfpack
NC State Wolf Pack
Hofstra Pride (formerly Hofstra Flying Dutchmen which also qualified)
Illinois Fighting Illini
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
UMASS Minutemen
Marshall Thundering Herd
Union Dutchmen
Navy Midshipmen
William and Mary Tribe
Northern Kentucky Norse