Final Four - Who do you want to win?

[CajunCharlie]

I voted George Mason and I'll tell you why: yes, LSU is a Louisiana team, which I believe we should support the Louisiana teams if they're not playing us. However, I think UL has more "at stake" should George Mason win. If GM wins as a low seeded mid-major, it will force future selection committees to realize that the big boys they always pick for at large aren't as talented as they thought, and/or the mid majors are much more talented than they thought, if not as talented is some cases as the big boys. Therefore, if GM wins, UL has a better chance in the future of getting at large bids. Just my .02

God Bless
GEAUX CAJUNS!!!!

Sid, I would like to think you are right about the selection committee, the big boys etc. If George Mason wins it all, which I hope they do, I don't think it will influence the selection committee's thinking on at large bids. The NCAA, is a pawn of the big boys, and they, the big boys, will have the influence needed to have the committee continue picking at large teams as they now do.
I hope GM wins because they are considered a mid major, and for some unknown reason I favor, most of the time, the underdog.

[Purecajun]

it's a legitimate question, we operate in a totally different conference and the teams rarely play in any sport. I don't have a problem with ULL and I think it's stupid for any ULL fan to root against LSU unless the two teams are playing or some other situation where an LSU will directly help a ULL team in some sort of postseason situation or something like that.

Look, I have friends who are big LSU fans and pull against UL in any way possible. It's just the way it goes.

[CajunCherokee]

why don't you focus your efforts on improving ULL and less trying to bring down LSU?

I really don't care one way or another about the name change thing and I personally don't care what you call yourselves, but if you can call yourselves the University of Louisiana, then why can't ULM, or one of the other mid-major state schools?. There is not a competition between LSU and ULL, because the two schools are in totally different situations.

I agree that both schools are in totally different situations, but the actions that LSU has done in the past (and still continue to do) in not allowing other Universities in the state to flourish is the root of my bitterness. Other states do not have a problem in (and benefit from) having more than one major University in their state. Why not Louisiana?

I realize that it is unlikely that we will never be on the widescale arena that LSU operates in, but with their resources, they should be welcoming, not condemning, the growth of state Universities, which would ultimately improve the state of Louisiana. I just can't help but think about almost all of the other states in the country having more than one major University and realize that although we need to improve our University within to improve our status, we are fighting against a glass ceiling that LSU installed many years ago to stunt our growth.

I also can go state state-by-state on the map and name a "University of" and "State University" for most. Why is Louisiana not a part of that? So while LSU thinks that by their national achievements they are making Louisiana a better state, they are to some extent because of national acknowledgement. But major multiple major Universities can boost a state's moral like non-other.

Just my opinion and GEAUX CAJUNS!

[Rebel02]

Needs to have a fifth option....Anyone but L$U, which I would have selected.

For the record, I voted for UCLA.

[geo_cajun]

What is wrong with this thread? It smells like corndogs!
I cheer for the LSU bball players because they are Louisiana boys, and positive attention for louisiana is a good thing. But I root against LSU and all it hypocritically stands for. They go out of their way to hold us back academically and athletically. They copy our ideas (Geaux Cajuns was around a long time before Geaux Tiggers was a thought). And then they have the audacity to ask what we are complaining about. LSU gets more than half the state money that goes to secondary schools in the state, the others all share less than half. With all of the money they already make on marketing, that just doesn't seem fair, or even in the best interest of higher education in the state of louisiana. We can't "copy" any academic programs that LSU may have, but they can steal our well respected computer science program (the first in LA and one of the first in the south) among others. But mostly I hate the smug faces of those LSU "fans" (most of whom never set foot on a college campus) that think they are so cool cause they are LSU fans. Guess who is doing more with what they have academically? We Are!

Whew! I hate when I get all worked up. Back to the point,
Geaux Louisiana! Go to h3ll LSU!

[J-Town Cajun]

What is wrong with this thread? It smells like corndogs!
I cheer for the LSU bball players because they are Louisiana boys, and positive attention for louisiana is a good thing. But I root against LSU and all it hypocritically stands for. They go out of their way to hold us back academically and athletically. They copy our ideas (Geaux Cajuns was around a long time before Geaux Tiggers was a thought). And then they have the audacity to ask what we are complaining about. LSU gets more than half the state money that goes to secondary schools in the state, the others all share less than half. With all of the money they already make on marketing, that just doesn't seem fair, or even in the best interest of higher education in the state of louisiana. We can't "copy" any academic programs that LSU may have, but they can steal our well respected computer science program (the first in LA and one of the first in the south) among others. But mostly I hate the smug faces of those LSU "fans" (most of whom never set foot on a college campus) that think they are so cool cause they are LSU fans. Guess who is doing more with what they have academically? We Are!

Whew! I hate when I get all worked up. Back to the point,
Geaux Louisiana! Go to h3ll LSU!

Well put Geo Cajun

[Hammer58]

why don't you focus your efforts on improving ULL and less trying to bring down LSU?

I really don't care one way or another about the name change thing and I personally don't care what you call yourselves, but if you can call yourselves the University of Louisiana, then why can't ULM, or one of the other mid-major state schools?. There is not a competition between LSU and ULL, because the two schools are in totally different situations.

We do try to focus our efforts on improving UL. That was what the name change was all about. The only reason monroe is involved is because of the change in the law spearheaded by State and its supporters that required an additional school to change their name. And since we are at it why can't the campus in Alexandria or Shreveport just call themselves LSU? Don't they have just as much right Maybe even more so than LSUA&MC in Baton Rouge? As for the comparison between LSUA&MC and UL, you are correct that we are in totally different situations. One has the state legislature writing it inot law that they should have superior funding and status over the other rather than allowing each school to strive to be the best they can without any artificial restrictions.

[bigguill]

Exactly, I just don't understand why Louisiana is so bent on keeping the other schools down. Heck, if it wasn't us, I wouldn't mind seeing Tech become a prominent University. In December, I took a trip to Louisville, KY and as we were entering the state, there was I sign that said, "Welcome to Kentucky, Where Education Matters." I thought to myself, "wow, what would it be like to live in a state that actually cares about its education system?"

I agree that both schools are in totally different situations, but the actions that LSU has done in the past (and still continue to do) in not allowing other Universities in the state to flourish is the root of my bitterness. Other states do not have a problem in (and benefit from) having more than one major University in their state. Why not Louisiana?

I realize that it is unlikely that we will never be on the widescale arena that LSU operates in, but with their resources, they should be welcoming, not condemning, the growth of state Universities, which would ultimately improve the state of Louisiana. I just can't help but think about almost all of the other states in the country having more than one major University and realize that although we need to improve our University within to improve our status, we are fighting against a glass ceiling that LSU installed many years ago to stunt our growth.

I also can go state state-by-state on the map and name a "University of" and "State University" for most. Why is Louisiana not a part of that? So while LSU thinks that by their national achievements they are making Louisiana a better state, they are to some extent because of national acknowledgement. But major multiple major Universities can boost a state's moral like non-other.

Just my opinion and GEAUX CAJUNS!

[RaginFan2]

Exactly, I just don't understand why Louisiana is so bent on keeping the other schools down. Heck, if it wasn't us, I wouldn't mind seeing Tech become a prominent University. In December, I took a trip to Louisville, KY and as we were entering the state, there was I sign that said, "Welcome to Kentucky, Where Education Matters." I thought to myself, "wow, what would it be like to live in a state that actually cares about its education system?"

Amen!

[RaginFan2]

Well put Geo Cajun

Ditto!