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While We're At It, Get Rid of the Street Pigeon
« on: March 31, 2021, 06:21:51 AM »
With the pending changes to MU's , BB program, let's get a new mascot to replace the current wimpy, mangy street pigeon.  S/he does not come close to representing the attributes of a Golden Eagle:

Eagles are large, fast, and nimble...
Eagles Have Vision...
Eagles are fearless. ...
Eagles are Tenacious. ...
Eagles are High Flyers. ...
Eagles Never Eat Dead Meat. ...
Eagles posses Vitality. ...
Eagles Nurture their younger ones...

Let's get rid of the pajama suit and replace with ameaner,more muscular, intimidating eagle that  inspires both reverence and fear.



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Re: While We're At It, Get Rid of the Street Pigeon
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2021, 07:02:48 AM »
With the pending changes to MU's , BB program, let's get a new mascot to replace the current wimpy, mangy street pigeon.  S/he does not come close to representing the attributes of a Golden Eagle:

Eagles are large, fast, and nimble...
Eagles Have Vision...
Eagles are fearless. ...
Eagles are Tenacious. ...
Eagles are High Flyers. ...
Eagles Never Eat Dead Meat. ...
Eagles posses Vitality. ...
Eagles Nurture their younger ones...

Let's get rid of the pajama suit and replace with ameaner,more muscular, intimidating eagle that  inspires both reverence and fear.

Most of all, Birds don’t have fur. We have a furry bird for a mascot.

That’s right — a furry bird.

We replaced a Warrior with a furry bird!

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Re: While We're At It, Get Rid of the Street Pigeon
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2021, 07:48:21 AM »
I've got an idea

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Re: While We're At It, Get Rid of the Street Pigeon
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2021, 08:17:48 AM »
All Golden Eagles find the imagery and caricature of our mascot offensive. Time for it to go!

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Re: While We're At It, Get Rid of the Street Pigeon
« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2021, 08:21:34 AM »
All Golden Eagles find the imagery and caricature of our mascot offensive. Time for it to go!

Not to mention bald eagles, who find it discriminatory that we would single out one species of eagle and not the entire eagle family.

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Re: While We're At It, Get Rid of the Street Pigeon
« Reply #5 on: March 31, 2021, 08:43:07 AM »
Not to mention bald eagles, who find it discriminatory that we would single out one species of eagle and not the entire eagle family.

Yes.  Also, there are very few things in life cooler than a Bald Eagle taking out a salmon. 

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Re: While We're At It, Get Rid of the Street Pigeon
« Reply #6 on: March 31, 2021, 08:45:55 AM »
Look at the bright side- at least we do not have a mascot as creepy as Providence's Friar. He looks like he came in a time machine fresh from the Spanish Inquisition.
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Re: While We're At It, Get Rid of the Street Pigeon
« Reply #7 on: March 31, 2021, 08:46:49 AM »
Ahem...Walrus.  We need imagery that reflects the fan base.

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Re: While We're At It, Get Rid of the Street Pigeon
« Reply #8 on: March 31, 2021, 08:48:45 AM »
Ahem...Walrus.  We need imagery that reflects the fan base.



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Re: While We're At It, Get Rid of the Street Pigeon
« Reply #9 on: March 31, 2021, 08:51:29 AM »

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Re: While We're At It, Get Rid of the Street Pigeon
« Reply #10 on: March 31, 2021, 09:00:44 AM »
I believe the Golden Eagle is the fiercest of the Eagles too,    We actually made  our mascot less fierce looking over the years.  The initial iteration I think was better.   

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Re: While We're At It, Get Rid of the Street Pigeon
« Reply #11 on: March 31, 2021, 09:03:51 AM »
Ahem...Walrus.  We need imagery that reflects the fan base.


I prefer Walri.

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Re: While We're At It, Get Rid of the Street Pigeon
« Reply #12 on: March 31, 2021, 09:39:16 AM »
Yes.  Also, there are very few things in life cooler than a Bald Eagle taking out a salmon.
Only the sight of a Golden Eagle taking out a Badger

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Re: While We're At It, Get Rid of the Street Pigeon
« Reply #13 on: March 31, 2021, 09:44:49 AM »
Lol, people need to get over this.  Never happening. 
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Re: While We're At It, Get Rid of the Street Pigeon
« Reply #14 on: March 31, 2021, 09:53:41 AM »
Lol, people need to get over this.  Never happening.

This is only about re-imaging the bird mascot - to a "better" version of the bird.  That definitely could happen.

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Re: While We're At It, Get Rid of the Street Pigeon
« Reply #15 on: March 31, 2021, 09:59:34 AM »
This is only about re-imaging the bird mascot - to a "better" version of the bird.  That definitely could happen.

I thought the Wade era logo was sleek and unique. I still wear my hat with that logo and sometimes people ask where I got it.

The current eagle looks like a lame cartoon. Granted, the it’s not really used much outside the Spirit Shop. I don’t buy things with that logo on it.

I wish if we didn’t get Warriors that we went back to Hilltoppers or Golden Avalanche. At this point, it is what it is. Another change would look kind of silly.

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Re: While We're At It, Get Rid of the Street Pigeon
« Reply #16 on: March 31, 2021, 10:02:37 AM »
Yes.  Also, there are very few things in life cooler than a Bald Eagle taking out a salmon.

A salmon?  Child's play.  Golden Eagles take out goats:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxPBWpUNucU
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Re: While We're At It, Get Rid of the Street Pigeon
« Reply #17 on: March 31, 2021, 10:35:15 AM »
Golden Eagles is lame. Completely pedestrian. Entirely insipid.

Bring back the Golden Shower Avalanche or Hilltoppers

True Fact: Warriors was adopted due to the popularity of the Milwaukee Braves. Before that we were the Hilltoppers. Bring it back.



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Re: While We're At It, Get Rid of the Street Pigeon
« Reply #18 on: March 31, 2021, 11:17:00 AM »
Golden Eagles is lame. Completely pedestrian. Entirely insipid.

Bring back the Golden Shower Avalanche or Hilltoppers

True Fact: Warriors was adopted due to the popularity of the Milwaukee Braves. Before that we were the Hilltoppers. Bring it back.

What I don't understand is how you just can't change the Warrior logo in order to keep the name?  This is isn't hard folks. 

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Re: While We're At It, Get Rid of the Street Pigeon
« Reply #19 on: March 31, 2021, 11:18:45 AM »
I thought the Wade era logo was sleek and unique. I still wear my hat with that logo and sometimes people ask where I got it.

The current eagle looks like a lame cartoon. Granted, the it’s not really used much outside the Spirit Shop. I don’t buy things with that logo on it.

I wish if we didn’t get Warriors that we went back to Hilltoppers or Golden Avalanche. At this point, it is what it is. Another change would look kind of silly.

I wish I still had my gear with that logo, it was the original GE, which debuted my freshman year. Over many moves since the my wife made me get rid of gear that was over 15 years old. That was a cool logo that could be customized for each sport (e.g., a basketball in its talons).



True Fact: Warriors was adopted due to the popularity of the Milwaukee Braves. Before that we were the Hilltoppers. Bring it back.




Not just "Warriors" as a name but the choice to go with a Native American mascot over other "warriors" was all about jumping on board the excitement of the arrival of the Braves.
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Re: While We're At It, Get Rid of the Street Pigeon
« Reply #20 on: March 31, 2021, 12:51:38 PM »
Go Furry Birds!!!!!!!!!

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Re: While We're At It, Get Rid of the Street Pigeon
« Reply #21 on: March 31, 2021, 08:46:17 PM »

I prefer Walri.

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Goooo I must reiterate that Warlruses or Walrus do not like to be called Walri.  Their hearts are kind and their intellect is legendary.  However, they do not like to be mocked Goooo.  Keep in mind they are not to be trifled with for any reason and can overpower you quite easily.  Baby Walruses casually tip the scales at 250-300 lbs.  Adults?  Some get to 6,000 lbs.  If in fact a Walrus gets angry?  Cancel Christmas Goooo.  They will gore you and pummel you in a matter of seconds.  Now, we can all agree that the Marquette Walruses would be a tremendous nickname.  Yet, when you continue to incorrectly call a group of Walruses...."Walri", you are disparaging our greatest pinniped.  I forgive you but if the Walruses happen to read this thread?  You're in serious trouble.   And do not disparage Narwhals while you are at it.  :)

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Re: While We're At It, Get Rid of the Street Pigeon
« Reply #22 on: March 31, 2021, 10:15:16 PM »
Goooo I must reiterate that Warlruses or Walrus do not like to be called Walri.  Their hearts are kind and their intellect is legendary.  However, they do not like to be mocked Goooo.  Keep in mind they are not to be trifled with for any reason and can overpower you quite easily.  Baby Walruses casually tip the scales at 250-300 lbs.  Adults?  Some get to 6,000 lbs.  If in fact a Walrus gets angry?  Cancel Christmas Goooo.  They will gore you and pummel you in a matter of seconds.  Now, we can all agree that the Marquette Walruses would be a tremendous nickname.  Yet, when you continue to incorrectly call a group of Walruses...."Walri", you are disparaging our greatest pinniped.  I forgive you but if the Walruses happen to read this thread?  You're in serious trouble.   And do not disparage Narwhals while you are at it.  :)


I stand chastened. And I shall henceforth exercise due respect for all Walruses. Getting gored and pummeled does not sound like fun at all.

And yes - I will exercise a similar degree of respect toward Narwhals as well.

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Re: While We're At It, Get Rid of the Street Pigeon
« Reply #23 on: March 31, 2021, 10:51:55 PM »

I stand chastened. And I shall henceforth exercise due respect for all Walruses. Getting gored and pummeled does not sound like fun at all.

And yes - I will exercise a similar degree of respect toward Narwhals as well.

Thank you for your acknowledgement and respect of the mighty Walrus.  I apologize for snapping at you but it was simply a warning to proceed with caution.  Generally Walruses are not vindictive so you should be alright.  :)

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Re: While We're At It, Get Rid of the Street Pigeon
« Reply #24 on: March 31, 2021, 11:17:35 PM »
Thank you for your acknowledgement and respect of the mighty Walrus.  I apologize for snapping at you but it was simply a warning to proceed with caution.  Generally Walruses are not vindictive so you should be alright.  :)



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Re: While We're At It, Get Rid of the Street Pigeon
« Reply #25 on: April 01, 2021, 11:14:06 AM »
What I don't get is that the San Fran area (OF ALL PLACES)  seems to accept the Golden State WARRIORS...

Bring back the Warrior name with the Hoan Bridge as the logo?

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Re: While We're At It, Get Rid of the Street Pigeon
« Reply #26 on: April 01, 2021, 11:16:54 AM »
What I don't get is that the San Fran area (OF ALL PLACES)  seems to accept the Golden State WARRIORS...

Bring back the Warrior name with the Hoan Bridge as the logo?


Because Golden State dropped the Native imagery years ago - in the late 60s.  Had Marquette done the same, the Warrior name would have never been a problem.

I have said this before, but Marquette trying to respectfully keep Native imagery ended up killing the name.  And it's never coming back.
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Re: While We're At It, Get Rid of the Street Pigeon
« Reply #27 on: April 01, 2021, 11:52:35 AM »
Exactly.   The Warrior imagery for Golden State has not been tied to native American imagery in over 50 years.
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Re: While We're At It, Get Rid of the Street Pigeon
« Reply #28 on: April 01, 2021, 11:57:42 AM »
Either keeping Warriors and dropping the native imagery completely or going back to Hilltoppers would've been fine. I love old-school sounding college nicknames.

But Golden Eagles was selected and that will not change. Kind of sad that the name/logo are so bad that it's been almost downplayed out of existence.

Anything is better than "Golden Avalanche". I will never understand people who advocate for that name.

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Re: While We're At It, Get Rid of the Street Pigeon
« Reply #29 on: April 01, 2021, 11:58:57 AM »
Golden Eagles is lame. Completely pedestrian. Entirely insipid.

Bring back the Golden Shower Avalanche or Hilltoppers

True Fact: Warriors was adopted due to the popularity of the Milwaukee Braves. Before that we were the Hilltoppers. Bring it back.

Damn, no wonder we Warriors won our only championship in Atlanta.

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« Reply #30 on: April 01, 2021, 12:03:21 PM »
Exactly.   The Warrior imagery for Golden State has not been tied to native American imagery in over 50 years.

From my understanding, when deciding whether to change the name or not MU determined that the Native imagery could not be separated from the Warriors nickname. We had kids wearing headdresses to games for years (some encouraged to do so by Dr. McAdams).

And while I am sure there is truth to the Potowatami deal being involved, there was a MU sports law journal article that said the actual requests was from Natives on reservations in South Dakota where the Jesuits worked.
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Re: While We're At It, Get Rid of the Street Pigeon
« Reply #31 on: April 01, 2021, 12:08:10 PM »
What I don't get is that the San Fran area (OF ALL PLACES)  seems to accept the Golden State WARRIORS...

Bring back the Warrior name with the Hoan Bridge as the logo?


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« Reply #32 on: April 02, 2021, 07:16:03 PM »
Thank you for your acknowledgement and respect of the mighty Walrus.  I apologize for snapping at you but it was simply a warning to proceed with caution.  Generally Walruses are not vindictive so you should be alright.  :)

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« Reply #33 on: April 03, 2021, 08:46:00 PM »
Woooooops.  Be safe all.

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Re: While We're At It, Get Rid of the Street Pigeon
« Reply #34 on: April 03, 2021, 10:00:24 PM »
I believe the Golden Eagle is the fiercest of the Eagles too,    We actually made  our mascot less fierce looking over the years.  The initial iteration I think was better.   


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Re: While We're At It, Get Rid of the Street Pigeon
« Reply #35 on: April 03, 2021, 10:43:18 PM »
Why do we even need a mascot?
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Re: While We're At It, Get Rid of the Street Pigeon
« Reply #36 on: April 03, 2021, 11:13:45 PM »
Ditch the mascot.

Call the team whatever but the mascot thing is lame. A guy in an outsized polyester get up waving and clapping on the sidelines is meaningless.

Unless we have the balls to have something along the lines of Dartmouth's Keggy or RISD's Scrotie we need to give the mascot a miss. It's not just trite, banal, and insipid but actually bordering on the grotesque.
 


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« Reply #37 on: April 07, 2021, 03:02:08 PM »
Yes.  Also, there are very few things in life cooler than a Bald Eagle taking out a salmon.
Even better is a bald eagle taking out a badger
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« Reply #38 on: April 07, 2021, 03:05:11 PM »
Even better is a bald eagle taking out a badger


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« Reply #39 on: April 07, 2021, 03:12:55 PM »
uh-oh


Yes
 The new mascot will be named the Snaggle Tooth
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« Reply #40 on: April 07, 2021, 03:20:32 PM »
Yes
 The new mascot will be named the Snaggle Tooth

A walrus with a snaggletooth... I've seen too many of those at Marquette already.

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« Reply #41 on: April 07, 2021, 03:34:43 PM »
It's amazing how quickly a sleeping walrus that ended up in Wales became our preferred mascot.

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« Reply #42 on: April 08, 2021, 08:17:14 PM »
It's amazing how quickly a sleeping walrus that ended up in Wales became our preferred mascot.

Well....besides their physical dominance, the fact that this Walrus fell asleep on an iceberg, and woke up 1200 miles away in Ireland , is pretty badass. 

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« Reply #43 on: April 08, 2021, 08:28:38 PM »
I assume they will bury the mega-years old tiring U2 intro song as well.

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« Reply #44 on: April 08, 2021, 10:51:24 PM »
I assume they will bury the mega-years old tiring U2 intro song as well.

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