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MU Fan in Connecticut · « **Reply #9750 on:** March 10, 2021, 12:06:01 PM »

There are material shortages worldwide and copper is up $1/lb since November. So why not run a scam?

mu_hilltopper · « **Reply #9751 on:** March 12, 2021, 01:56:35 PM »

I was looking through my MU images today ..

Scoop Snoop · « **Reply #9752 on:** March 12, 2021, 02:29:52 PM »

Quote from: mu_hilltopper on March 12, 2021, 01:56:35 PM

I was looking through my MU images today ..

Thanks for the laugh! I think all MU fans need a few laughs to counter balance the Wojo fiasco. They got the "totally unexpected choice" down perfectly.

What was the mascot going to be? A bar of gold?

GooooMarquette · « **Reply #9753 on:** March 12, 2021, 09:58:51 PM »

Quote from: Scoop Snoop on March 12, 2021, 02:29:52 PM

Thanks for the laugh! I think all MU fans need a few laughs to counter balance the Wojo fiasco. They got the "totally unexpected choice" down perfectly.

What was the mascot going to be? A bar of gold?

I think people here were (jokingly) speculating that it would be a gold bar named Bricky.

brewcity77 · « **Reply #9754 on:** March 12, 2021, 09:59:48 PM »

Unpopular take: Gold was the best option offered at the time. Better than Golden Eagles. Marquette fans would be completely satisfied now with that as the nickname. The only better option was no nickname (which is still the most correct choice).

GooooMarquette · « **Reply #9755 on:** March 12, 2021, 10:06:08 PM »

Quote from: brewcity77 on March 12, 2021, 09:59:48 PM

Unpopular take: Gold was the best option offered at the time. Better than Golden Eagles. Marquette fans would be completely satisfied now with that as the nickname. The only better option was no nickname (which is still the most correct choice).

The Marquette Basketball Team.

brewcity77 · « **Reply #9756 on:** March 12, 2021, 10:53:22 PM »

Quote from: GooooMarquette on March 12, 2021, 10:06:08 PM

The Marquette Basketball Team.

Yup, or just Marquette. It works for the fight song, the "We Are" chant, and would've allowed those that can't let go of the past to still refer to them by old monikers.

Farley36 · « **Reply #9757 on:** March 12, 2021, 11:51:36 PM »

Quote from: brewcity77 on March 12, 2021, 09:59:48 PM

Unpopular take: Gold was the best option offered at the time. Better than Golden Eagles. Marquette fans would be completely satisfied now with that as the nickname. The only better option was no nickname (which is still the most correct choice).

I agree with this take. I think Gold actually would have turned out to be a fine nickname and is still a better option than Golden Eagles.

MarquetteMike1977 · « **Reply #9758 on:** March 13, 2021, 12:00:00 AM »

All the teams like Marquette Final NET 26 who were probably in the Big Dance last Year when there was No Tourney and who are not in the Tourney this year when there is a tourney. Frustrating and Disappointing! UGH!!!!!!!

rocky_warrior · « **Reply #9759 on:** March 13, 2021, 01:43:13 AM »

Quote from: brewcity77 on March 12, 2021, 09:59:48 PM

Unpopular take: Gold was the best option offered at the time. Better than Golden Eagles. Marquette fans would be completely satisfied now with that as the nickname. The only better option was no nickname (which is still the most correct choice).

This is the wrongest(tm) thing you've ever posted. We were already the GE's which sucks. Folks wanted Warriors back, which didn't happen. And gold was:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcrEl_r8xEE

https://wiki.muscoop.com/doku.php/nickname/gold

real chili 83 · « **Reply #9760 on:** March 13, 2021, 06:04:44 AM »

Quote from: rocky_warrior on March 13, 2021, 01:43:13 AM

This is the wrongest(tm) thing you've ever posted. We were already the GE's which sucks. Folks wanted Warriors back, which didn't happen. And gold was:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcrEl_r8xEE

https://wiki.muscoop.com/doku.php/nickname/gold

This. ^^^^^^^^

brewcity77 · « **Reply #9761 on:** March 13, 2021, 06:11:01 AM »

Quote from: rocky_warrior on March 13, 2021, 01:43:13 AM

This is the wrongest(tm) thing you've ever posted. We were already the GE's which sucks. Folks wanted Warriors back, which didn't happen. And gold was:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcrEl_r8xEE

https://wiki.muscoop.com/doku.php/nickname/gold

Warriors was never an option. Gold was in the direction nicknames were going. Like Heat or Thunder. We've seen the repeated folly in naming teams after types of people.

Gold would've been unique, but would've faded into the background, like the Stanford Cardinal. A mascot could've been anything gold we chose and could've changed with the times. The fight song and "We Are" chants don't rely on a mascot.

The problem with the mascot debate is we act like it's important when it's not. We Are Marquette. The rest is superfluous. So go with the innocuous, fluid answer and you'll never have the debate again.

Dr. Blackheart · « **Reply #9762 on:** March 13, 2021, 07:06:27 AM »

Quote from: real chili 83 on March 13, 2021, 06:04:44 AM

This. ^^^^^^^^

Double dis.

The Gold is, was and will continue to be a farce.

The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole · « **Reply #9763 on:** March 13, 2021, 07:10:17 AM »

Hilltoppers was the best option.

But the whole nickname thing is something that I have cared less and less about as time goes on. Frankly it seems silly for adults to be so passionate about it.

SERocks · « **Reply #9764 on:** March 13, 2021, 07:29:04 AM »

Quote from: Fluffy Blue Monster on March 13, 2021, 07:10:17 AM

Hilltoppers was the best option.

But the whole nickname thing is something that I have cared less and less about as time goes on. Frankly it seems silly for adults to be so passionate about it.

Me too.

brewcity77 · « **Reply #9765 on:** March 13, 2021, 07:36:14 AM »

Quote from: Fluffy Blue Monster on March 13, 2021, 07:10:17 AM

Hilltoppers was the best option.

But the whole nickname thing is something that I have cared less and less about as time goes on. Frankly it seems silly for adults to be so passionate about it.

That's exactly why I think either no mascot or something that can be in the background is the best choice.

shoothoops · « **Reply #9766 on:** March 13, 2021, 08:22:21 AM »

Would Marquette have had a "Big Blue" mascot similar to the Western Kentucky Mascot "Big Red"...?

A Blue and Yellow (TB) ThunderBug mascot for the Marquette Lightning?

or

A SUNY Empire Marquette Bluebird?.

The Marquette Tundra Swans? Blue Tundra Swans?

The Marquette River Lakes?

GooooMarquette · « **Reply #9767 on:** March 13, 2021, 09:18:51 AM »

Quote from: Fluffy Blue Monster on March 13, 2021, 07:10:17 AM

Hilltoppers was the best option.

But the whole nickname thing is something that I have cared less and less about as time goes on. Frankly it seems silly for adults to be so passionate about it.

Agree. If it can't be Warriors, Hilltoppers would have made the most sense. But like you, I don't care nearly as much as I did several years back.

GooooMarquette · « **Reply #9768 on:** March 13, 2021, 09:22:48 AM »

Back onto a topic more apropos for this thread, is anyone planning to celebrate Open An Umbrella Indoors Day today?

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/open-an-umbrella-indoors-day/

Nah. Me neither.

tower912 · « **Reply #9769 on:** March 13, 2021, 09:44:27 AM »

Pi day tomorrow.

mu_hilltopper · « **Reply #9770 on:** March 14, 2021, 10:54:54 AM »

I'm trying to ignore Springing Forward/DST until tonight but Mrs. Hilltopper is refusing simply because she can't stand breaking the rules.

My reasoning is simple. I like Sundays. I want a full 24 hours of Sunday.

Mondays? I will happily give up a Monday hour. Who wouldn't? Mondays suck donkey balls. Getting Monday over with quicker would be a treat.

mu_hilltopper · « **Reply #9771 on:** March 15, 2021, 07:29:50 AM »

Ides of March today, people.

Beware.

tower912 · « **Reply #9772 on:** March 15, 2021, 09:17:38 AM »

Et tu?

GooooMarquette · « **Reply #9773 on:** March 15, 2021, 09:44:27 AM »

Next time you're on a flight and think you have the worst seat opponent, just imagine sitting next to this guy.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2021/03/13/mask-required-alaska-airlines-flight-passenger-arrested/4683230001/

MuggsyB · « **Reply #9774 on:** March 15, 2021, 01:43:22 PM »

Apparently a Walrus fell asleep on an iceberg near Greenland and wound up on a beach on the Dingle Peninsula in Ireland.

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