This Shit Again

At the beginning of the month, I posted on Marquette's second nickname change in 10 years. Now, we're witnessing their second name change in a month.

Due to the outstanding negative response of every person on the planet to the fourth gayest nickname you could pick for a team (Flamin' Faggots and AssRammers are second and third; more on Number One later), Marquette has decided to open an "election" to have The People vote for Marquette's new nickname. As I mentioned before, this was done in '95, when absolutely nobody "voted" for the name to be changed to Golden Eagles. This time around, we're given 10 unwanted choices, instead of the two we were given last time. Four of the 10 are names Marquette has already gone by. The rest are total shit.

Conspicuously absent from a list filled with former Marquette nicknames is the name that everyone wants: Warriors. On the official nominee list, you'll notice that there's a provision for write-in votes. Underneath that, this disclaimer:

Any nicknames under review by the NCAA for their relationship to Native American imagery will not be counted. Examples of nicknames that will not be counted include Warriors (or any variation of the word, i.e., war)

So, no one will vote for anything then? (I suspect that "Warriors" will still get a ton of write-ins, maybe even the leading vote getter.)

This blatant disregard of what everyone wants is due to the machinations of Marquette president Fr. Robert Wild, who hates the name "Warriors," and, allegedly, threatened to resign if Marquette was renamed the Warriors. Well, good riddance, you pedophile. Let's give this motherfucker the kick in the ass out the door he needs, and vote the Warriors back in!

Since Marquette's official ballot is rigged so that only certain people can vote (and, apparently, I'm not one of those people, even though I attended the fucking school), vote on the poll to the right. Hopefully, our voting goes better than I suspect Marquette's will.

Oh, and the Number One Gayest Nickname in History? Number eight on the nominee list. If this wins, I will blow the school up. No shit