Acadiana Advocate named official news partner for Cajun athletics

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Originally Posted by raginsaints

Do we have an Advocate beat writer?

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Ummm, Kevin Foote.

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Originally Posted by CajunDreDog

Home teams are usually where the broadcast is determined. When they announced the schedule, there was a graphic that said game was on ESPN+. Doesn't mean that graphic was correct and/or that couldn't change, but I don't see anyone picking up this game. I doubt any national outlets wanna carry it.

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I believe all SEC games are contracted to be shown on an ESPN network unless otherwise broadcast on another national network. Not sure ESPN+ meets the ESPN contract with the SEC. Just my understanding.

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Originally Posted by CajunVic

I believe all SEC games are contracted to be shown on an ESPN network unless otherwise broadcast on another national network. Not sure ESPN+ meets the ESPN contract with the SEC. Just my understanding.

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Im pretty sure espn only has the contract for sec home games. Probably why it shows espn+

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Originally Posted by CajunDreDog

Home teams are usually where the broadcast is determined. When they announced the schedule, there was a graphic that said game was on ESPN+. Doesn't mean that graphic was correct and/or that couldn't change, but I don't see anyone picking up this game. I doubt any national outlets wanna carry it.

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This actually makes a lot of sense.

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Originally Posted by HoustonCajun

I just received a phone call from Brian in response to my email and he said it was OK if I post our conversation here. In summary, he said the contract with The Advocate calls for use of Louisiana or Louisiana Ragin Cajuns and that is being implemented in the coming days. He said 5 years ago this wasn't the case, but today, the owners of The Advocate understand the importance and relevance of UL and Lafayette (Acadiana) and are on board with promoting the second largest university in the state. (Not to mention when we achieve Doc I status in the near future.) We are going to see headers in BR, Acadiana and in NO that say Louisiana or Louisiana Ragin Cajuns and the articles will be using Louisiana as our reference as well as UL. No more UL-Lafayette. This was all agreed to and should have been implemented from day one. But, the guy in charge of implementation at The Advocate resisted as an LSU guy, and management is getting this corrected. And, Learfield is pushing our Louisiana branding initiative within its client base that includes many prominent universities around the country as well as several state-wide schools in Louisiana and, of course, the national media.

What a dynamic guy Brian Bille is as a UL alum, a long time resident of Lafayette, and a former Advertiser employee. Great things are happening at UL and our marketing is in great hands. I am so pumped after talking to him.

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Brian is top notch. He was named "Rookie of the Year" by Learfield/IMG College. Works his tail off and is a man of his word.

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Originally Posted by HoustonCajun

I just received a phone call from Brian in response to my email and he said it was OK if I post our conversation here. In summary, he said the contract with The Advocate calls for use of Louisiana or Louisiana Ragin Cajuns and that is being implemented in the coming days. He said 5 years ago this wasn't the case, but today, the owners of The Advocate understand the importance and relevance of UL and Lafayette (Acadiana) and are on board with promoting the second largest university in the state. (Not to mention when we achieve Doc I status in the near future.) We are going to see headers in BR, Acadiana and in NO that say Louisiana or Louisiana Ragin Cajuns and the articles will be using Louisiana as our reference as well as UL. No more UL-Lafayette. This was all agreed to and should have been implemented from day one. But, the guy in charge of implementation at The Advocate resisted as an LSU guy, and management is getting this corrected. And, Learfield is pushing our Louisiana branding initiative within its client base that includes many prominent universities around the country as well as several state-wide schools in Louisiana and, of course, the national media.

What a dynamic guy Brian Bille is as a UL alum, a long time resident of Lafayette, and a former Advertiser employee. Great things are happening at UL and our marketing is in great hands. I am so pumped after talking to him.

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I know Brian. He is a great guy and I am happy he is in the position he is in.

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Originally Posted by LaCajunsFan

Yes, still no corrections as of today. I wonder if Brian Brille gave a timeline of when this would be done?

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My understanding is that The Advocate agreed to the following:

Follow our branding guidelines.
Use of Louisiana, Louisiana Ragin Cajuns, and UL Ragin Cajuns in articles and headings.
No longer reference to UL-Lafayette athletically.
To be implemented for BR, NO and Acadiana editions.

This should have been implemented at the time the announcement was made. Internal obstruction at The Advocate is being corrected. The Acadiana edition is now corrected from UL-Lafayette to UL Ragin Cajuns on the Sports header. That could stay or change to Louisiana Ragin Cajuns, which is preferred. Next correction should be to the BR edition. The NO edition should see the UL or Louisiana Ragin Cajuns header added and articles on UL included. The writers can/should start using Louisiana and not just UL in their articles. Complete implementation is being addressed by UL with The Advocate and completion is expected shortly.

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Originally Posted by CajunDreDog

Ummm, Kevin Foote.

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Is he only covering Cajuns? He's not doing prep stuff?

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Originally Posted by HoustonCajun

My understanding is that The Advocate agreed to the following:

Follow our branding guidelines.
Use of Louisiana, Louisiana Ragin Cajuns, and UL Ragin Cajuns in articles and headings.
No longer reference to UL-Lafayette athletically.
To be implemented for BR, NO and Acadiana editions.

This should have been implemented at the time the announcement was made. Internal obstruction at The Advocate is being corrected. The Acadiana edition is now corrected from UL-Lafayette to UL Ragin Cajuns on the Sports header. That could stay or change to Louisiana Ragin Cajuns, which is preferred. Next correction should be to the BR edition. The NO edition should see the UL or Louisiana Ragin Cajuns header added and articles on UL included. The writers can/should start using Louisiana and not just UL in their articles. Complete implementation is being addressed by UL with The Advocate and completion is expected shortly.

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Understood...but it might help with our expectations if we knew how long these corrections are expected to get done. Wonder if Brian gave you any indication of such.

Sure seems to me that this would be a real easy fix for their web page guy.....once he gets the go-foward order. Not that I doubt either what Brian told you, or that we are doing our best to get them to comply. I just don't trust those BTR/lsu jerks.

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Originally Posted by LaCajunsFan

Understood...but it might help with our expectations if we knew how long these corrections are expected to get done. Wonder if Brian gave you any indication of such.

Sure seems to me that this would be a real easy fix for their web page guy.....once he gets the go-foward order. Not that I doubt either what Brian told you, or that we are doing our best to get them to comply. I just don't trust those BTR/lsu jerks.

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Hopeful by the end of this week. I am guessing that internal resistance is a little harder to overcome. However, the agreement has been made and The Advocate will implement.

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Originally Posted by HoustonCajun

... Maybe it is time we quit playing SEC teams and play other P5 conferences. Should still get great paydays.

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I have been saying this for decades. SEC schools should be saved as a last resort for a payday.

We want to be Big12? At every opportunity, we should be scheduling any Big-12 school we can in every sport for non-conference games.

Build relationships.

The SEC can go to Hell.

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Originally Posted by raginsaints

Is he only covering Cajuns? He's not doing prep stuff?

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James Bewers does more prep stuff. He also jumped ship with Foote

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Originally Posted by CajunNation

I have been saying this for decades. SEC schools should be saved as a last resort for a payday.

We want to be Big12? At every opportunity, we should be scheduling any Big-12 school we can in every sport for non-conference games.

Build relationships.

The SEC can go to Hell.

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Totally agree. Play Big 12 and also AAC schools.

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Originally Posted by HoustonCajun

Totally agree. Play Big 12 and also AAC schools.

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This x 1000

Well the AAC needs to understand that they’re a G5.

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Originally Posted by CajunEXPRESS

Well the AAC needs to understand that they’re a G5.

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Still the top of the G5 ladder. I would take an invite there in a heartbeat. But, we have to play them to develop a relationship.

Yes, but all I’m saying is that we need to play them on an equal footing. They want a lot of not playing home and home lately.

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Originally Posted by CajunEXPRESS

Well the AAC needs to understand that they’re a G5.

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Dress for the job you want not one you have

So I’m guessing you two thinking that we should take a check instead of a return game. That’s all I’m saying, get a return game not a payment.

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Originally Posted by CajunEXPRESS

So I’m guessing you two thinking that we should take a check instead of a return game. That’s all I’m saying, get a return game not a payment.

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Right now we don't offer them a whole lot in playing us here ..

Have to build up that Resume'

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Originally Posted by HoustonCajun

Still the top of the G5 ladder. I would take an invite there in a heartbeat. But, we have to play them to develop a relationship.

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We have a long way to go according to the RCAF data recently mailed out. Only ULM, UTA and LR produce less revenue than UL in the Sunbelt, and two of those don’t play football. We’re close to a few ahead of us, but it does not change the fact where we honestly are.

Business wise after removing the vermilion colored glasses, can’t envision UL on anyone’s radar at this point.

Critical mass reached this am with Advocate Sports drop downs...

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Originally Posted by fanof71

Critical mass reached this am with Advocate Sports drop downs...

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Well I'll be gosh darn!

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Originally Posted by HoustonCajun

Is the game vs Miss State an SEC televised game? I thought we were putting this on as the host team with the SuperDome. If so, we should be able to get the SuperDome to call us Louisiana, we will be about 5 months into our branding of Louisiana in New Orleans with the Advocate, and hopefully we can control the graphics. Miss State can call us what they want to l, but if things are as I stated, it won't matt what they call us. If it is an SEC game and they control the graphics, we are screwed. Maybe it is time we quit playing SEC teams and play other P5 conferences. Should still get great paydays.

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I say still play them and then beat them. Beat them enough times, they'll get tired of being beat by a directional school. It sounds better to be beaten by "Louisiana" vs "ULL". And I have a feeling that Coach Napier is going to put us on that trend.

Well, the NOLA addition drop down is fixed. BR isn't, they might have been distracted after losing to Southern last night.