Vote Early, Vote Often

The Marquette administration came up with ten potential nicknames for their sports teams for people in the MU community to vote on. None of them is "Warriors," so most people will still not like whatever wins.

Here they are (* - former nickname):

Blue and Gold*

Explorers

Golden Avalanche*

Golden Eagles (current)

Golden Knights

Hilltoppers*

Saints

Spirit

Voyagers

Wolves

Voters will have a chance to "write in" another candidate, but "Warriors" will not be allowed, nor will any name suggesting Native American imagery or references.

I suppose that rules out the "Casinos."

I like Golden Avalanche, since that's what the administration was buried under after suggesting the change to "Gold."

On that note, I'm not sure which name will win, but I'll bet that "Blue and Gold" finishes last.

The top two vote getters by June 5th will be paired in a run off election, with the winner of that to be announced before the move to the Big East becomes official on July 1st.