New MU Court

[cheebs09]

This was brought up in the 2005 fiasco, but dismissed immediately. The Jesuits thought it was disrespectful to have a Saint used as a mascot.

Too bad Providence didn't have a similar line of thinking.

[tower912]

Eeeww.   They are looking up his frock.

[The Sultan]

Too bad Providence didn't have a similar line of thinking.

Not a specific saint. Just a generic friar.

[Uncle Rico]

This was brought up in the 2005 fiasco, but dismissed immediately. The Jesuits thought it was disrespectful to have a Saint used as a mascot.

Imagining the family values crowd reacting to a female mascot is a vision

[StillAWarrior]

This was brought up in the 2005 fiasco, but dismissed immediately. The Jesuits thought it was disrespectful to have a Saint used as a mascot.

Could have done essentially the same thing without using Joan of Arc by using the imagery of a "warrior" of the time as the mascot. I've always thought this could have been a really cool compromise. Even if they didn't want to make Joan of Arc the official mascot.

[muwarrior69]

Our present mascot is offensive to Golden Eagles. We should have the real thing, like Butler's Bulldog.

[StillAWarrior]

Our present mascot is offensive to Golden Eagles. We should have the real thing, like Butler's Bulldog.

Or Georgetown's bulldog. Or Georgia's. Or Yale's. Or Drake's. Or Bryant's. Or...

[AlienWarrior]

Is the head of the chicken gonna be on the court?

[Viper]

First Warrior was the most respectful iteration of the Warrior, however, the nickname/mascot clearly could not be separated by the more offensive iterations, which is obvious from the fact that they are still continually posted on this board.

...yet Marquette hasn't modified the school seal...a Native American in a canoe. Is this hypocritical of MU? (I'm with my buddy Rick. Should have stayed with the logo I posted prior, kept Warriors.) Oh well, at this point GEagles has been the nickname pushing 30 yrs. Crazy it's been that long.

[SlowJoe]

...yet Marquette hasn't modified the school seal...a Native American in a canoe. Is this hypocritical of MU? (I'm with my buddy Rick. Should have stayed with the logo I posted prior, kept Warriors.) Oh well, at this point GEagles has been the nickname pushing 30 yrs. Crazy it's been that long.

They just updated the seal a couple years ago. Now it shows wild rice instead of Fr. Marquette in a canoe.

https://www.marquette.edu/about/history-logos.php

[tower912]

I remember when the seal change was the end of the world.

[WellsstreetWanderer]

Eeeww.   They are looking up his frock.

Is he going "commando"?

[WellsstreetWanderer]

They just updated the seal a couple years ago. Now it shows wild rice instead of Fr. Marquette in a canoe.

https://www.marquette.edu/about/history-logos.php

Surprised it wasn't a field of soybeans

[muwarrior69]

Too young to vote at the time, but I've liked the idea pitched here about switching to St. Joan of Arc as the mascot. Probably too processive for the mid-90s but with the St. Joan of Arc chapel on campus and Marquette being the first Catholic University to admit women, I think it would have been fitting to have the first female primary mascot in D1.

https://www.orientaltrading.com/womens-a-knight-to-remember-costume-a2-14108593.fltr?csku=UR28619LG&sku=UR28619LG&BP=PS544&ms=search&source=google&cm_mmc=GooglePLA-_-19741228719-_-147937386193-_-UR28619LG&cm_mmca1=OTC%2BPLAs&cm_mmca2=GooglePLAs&gclid=CjwKCAjw-eKpBhAbEiwAqFL0mpKwgfAWXmXOnniHgI_SKdSZn52sGw4nAoLy0hdotQigInd7OWAkBRoCyngQAvD_BwE

[Viper]

They just updated the seal a couple years ago. Now it shows wild rice instead of Fr. Marquette in a canoe.

https://www.marquette.edu/about/history-logos.php

thx. I had missed that. Rice. No maze? Show goes on.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

This was brought up in the 2005 fiasco, but dismissed immediately. The Jesuits thought it was disrespectful to have a Saint used as a mascot.

I mean, that's not an unreasonable take. I figured that even if you could get the mid-90s fanbase to accept a female mascot, having a saint as your mascot would probably be frowned upon by they guys in the big pointy hats

[WhiteTrash]

They just updated the seal a couple years ago. Now it shows wild rice instead of Fr. Marquette in a canoe.

https://www.marquette.edu/about/history-logos.php

The rice paddies in Milwaukee always gave me flash backs to Vietnam.

[Dr. Blackheart]

The rice paddies in Milwaukee always gave me flash backs to Vietnam.

There is a new MU committee formed exploring a name change to Rice University.

[4everwarriors]

Addin' Krispy wood bea a nice touch, aina?

[Hards Alumni]

Addin' Krispy wood bea a nice touch, aina?

Krispy Crean.  Sounds like a winner.

[BrewCity83]

The Marquette Golden Rice Krispies.

[Dr. Blackheart]

The Marquette Golden Rice Krispies.

No marshmallows now that Wojo left.

[brewcity77]

The answer was always too just drop the nickname all together. Virtually all the branding & fan engagement is based around "We Are Marquette" not any mascot. And if you drop the mascot, fans can use whatever they like.

[MU62]

Snap, Crackle, and Pop!

[Coleman]

The answer was always too just drop the nickname all together. Virtually all the branding & fan engagement is based around "We Are Marquette" not any mascot. And if you drop the mascot, fans can use whatever they like.

That was the case after the Gold debacle probably until about the end of the Buzz era, but the Eagle is making a comeback. Naming the mascot Iggy, creating new cartoon versions of him, the logo popping up more. It seems like they are finally embracing it a bit. I think it would be a great time for a true Eagle logo refresh.