Billiken Rich Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Always thought the "colonials" was a stupid name. George Washington fought a damned war to no longer be a colony. Revolutionaries is so much more accurate. Go with that BUT ban anything with Che Guevara on it from campus......please...... AlumniFan and BilliesBy40 like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 After the Hippo story, I like it. Good story behind it. But I also think Foggy Bottoms would be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenHudDude Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 11 hours ago, slu72 said: After the Hippo story, I like it. Good story behind it. But I also think Foggy Bottoms would be good. I doubt that the women’s basketball team would like to be known as that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Especially because a female hippopotamus is called a cow… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARon Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 On 6/15/2022 at 2:10 PM, SluSignGuy said: I just hope the new mascot is something Founding/American Revolution related. I admit, I may buy up a fair bit of colonials swag in the next year. For all the grief teams and programs get for re-branding, I bet they feel a lot better about it when they see the bump in merch sales that comes with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 1 hour ago, ARon said: For all the grief teams and programs get for re-branding, I bet they feel a lot better about it when they see the bump in merch sales that comes with it. At the professional level, possibly-probably. But at the GW Dumpster Fires basketball program, I doubt they sell enough merchandise to make up for the cost of the hourly intern that drafts the press release... almaman likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 As a company employee that lived through about 3 major status changes and rebrandings, I want you all to know that this is not a cheap or quick process to engage in. Whenever the company rebranded they had all kinds of consultants measuring public liking and acceptance of the new logo or colors, using large numbers of colors and graphics for the company brand. There were multiple meetings with the executives in charge and with the board. This took time and a lot of work and research before there was general agreement upon a particular logo, graphics, fonts, and colors. I am very sure GW will be aware that the women athletes will not care for any name having to do with hippos, elephants, or cows. Sorry, I should have also included whales. This is not something that is decided overnight. They will sweat this decision and after all is done, they will face a lot of criticism for their decision, and proceed to alter the logo's details. This happened at SLU when they redesigned the Billiken. It is not an easy process. They might be better off if they had the President's grandson as a consultant for the process, whatever it would become it would be original, be sure of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenHudDude Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 8 hours ago, Lord Elrond said: Especially because a female hippopotamus is called a cow… I was thinking more of them not wanting to be called “Foggy Bottoms”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluSignGuy Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 Go Colonials Revolutionaries! https://twitter.com/GWtweets/status/1661429915164499975 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 Hippos would have been better. oh well, Che Guevara would be proud…. dlarry and HoosierPal like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 Living in a world where Revolutionaries isn't offensive but Colonials is.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 17 minutes ago, JMM28 said: Living in a world where Revolutionaries isn't offensive but Colonials is.... Colonials is the most lukewarm of "offensive nicknames"....Insane that they were pressured to change. 2010andBeyond likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilliesBy40 Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 Their mascot should literally be George Washington Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVBilliken Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 More silliness and caving in to the few and telling the many ..... to take a hike. Colonials is an honorable name. There were 13 American colonies that revolted against the British Empire and created a country unique in its time and still a shining beacon of freedom for much of the world. The people who created this wonderful country were called ...... Colonials. thatskablamo and billiken_roy like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bay Area Billiken Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 2 hours ago, SluSignGuy said: Go Colonials Revolutionaries! https://twitter.com/GWtweets/status/1661429915164499975 Let's Go Revs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bay Area Billiken Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 1 hour ago, BilliesBy40 said: Their mascot should literally be George Washington He is ... or at least has been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilliesBy40 Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 16 minutes ago, Bay Area Billiken said: He is ... or at least has been. I mean without a name after GWU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 And introducing the new Revolutionary themed court for the GWU Revolutionairies! AGB91, Billikenbooster and thetorch like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Jonathan Turley and Steve Rogers are the only good things to come out of GWU..... Tonka and billiken_roy like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 42 minutes ago, Lord Elrond said: And introducing the new Revolutionary themed court for the GWU Revolutionairies! We laugh but the GWU Poly-Sci dept is wondering why you are such a racist since you left out Che....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 1 hour ago, Billiken Rich said: We laugh but the GWU Poly-Sci dept is wondering why you are such a racist since you left out Che....... not sure where to put him without messing up the rest, but it would add to the overall effect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 2 minutes ago, Lord Elrond said: not sure where to put him without messing up the rest, but it would add to the overall effect! Based on the tenets of intersectionality it he should be right above Lenin and all of those other cis white men...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 6 hours ago, Billiken Rich said: Based on the tenets of intersectionality it he should be right above Lenin and all of those other cis white men...... Che was a rich white kid from Argentina. He was Irish and Basque. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 28 minutes ago, brianstl said: Che was a rich white kid from Argentina. He was Irish and Basque. Basque is more than brown enough. You could put Castro high on that list too....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetorch Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Che can't make this list. He had a few thousand people killed maybe. Stalin and Mao laugh at that. If you aren't above a million plus you shouldn't get your picture on the floor. Mao and Stalin with estimates of 50+ million can get the court named after them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.