Poll - BullGator Mascot/Spirit Leader

[DaddyCajun]

_ Besides all the totally natural connections, my endorsement of the BullGator Mascot is based on my life experience. My Nebraska cousins falling all over themselves with interest in Louisiana Alligators was a blast. Enamored is not too strong of a word for their interest

Using the highly successful Ragin' Cajuns moniker as a benchmark. A Red BullGator is the only image (as a mascot) that comes close to Ragin' Cajuns in capturing the imagination of a newbie.

jmo _

Turbine I totally agree with you 1000%! If anyone wants to help Turbine and I take this to the powers that be, PM me! This has to happen imho.

[CajunNation]

Besides all the totally natural connections, my endorsement of the BullGator Mascot is based on my life experience. My Nebraska cousins falling all over themselves with interest in Louisiana Alligators was a blast. Enamored is not too strong of a word for their interest

Using the highly successful Ragin' Cajuns moniker as a benchmark. A Red BullGator is the only image (as a mascot) that comes close to Ragin' Cajuns in capturing the imagination of a newbie.

jmo

I would prefer the state dog, Catahoula, as our mascot. You see, I want to be associated with all things "Louisiana". After all, don't we want to become known as THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA?

Whatever may become of a new mascot, let's remember that it is a mascot, not a logo.

[redfish14]

"Either that or call those Student council people who are "elected" every year. I think they are the ones responsible for the pepper, well, at least responsible for the mascot. I don't know who is responsible for the "pepper idea", but, in the words of Shaq, "they outh to have their college degrees revoked."

I know someone who is associated with SGA and they have a meeting Monday. I can give her a copy of the bull gator and have her pass it along. Just let me know what else I should tell her about it. name, color, final draft of the drawing etc etc.

[CajunFun]

CajunFan64 gave me permission to play around with his "Mascot idea" Fideaux

All I did was feed him the Pepper . . .

1) Ragin' Cajuns is unique, and powerful. One of the reasons it is powerful, is precisely because it is unique.

So why would we want to copy Florida's mascot?

2) Why was the brown pelican left off of the poll? Were you afraid of tough competition?

It's the state bird.

And consider this:
Michigan is The Wolverine State, Iowa is The Hawkeye State, Texas is The Longhorn State, Oklahoma is The Sooner State, Tennessee is The Volunteer State, North Carolina is The Tarheel State, Nebraska is The Cornhusker State, Ohio is The Buckeye State, Kansas is The Jayhawk State, Arkansas is The Razorback State.

And Louisiana is The Pelican State.

[DaddyCajun]

_ 1) Ragin' Cajuns is unique, and powerful. One of the reasons it is powerful, is precisely because it is unique.

So why would we want to copy Florida's mascot?

2) Why was the brown pelican left off of the poll? Were you afraid of tough competition?

It's the state bird.

And consider this:
Michigan is The Wolverine State, Iowa is The Hawkeye State, Texas is The Longhorn State, Oklahoma is The Sooner State, Tennessee is The Volunteer State, North Carolina is The Tarheel State, Nebraska is The Cornhusker State, Ohio is The Buckeye State, Kansas is The Jayhawk State, Arkansas is The Razorback State.

And Louisiana is The Pelican State. _

Brown Pelican or the Red Bull Gator would be my choice. There is the as you have said Fun the Tulane White Pelican which would be as simular as the Red Bull Gator is to the Florida Gator.

Differences are RED Bull Gators color and his rules the nest! Brown Pelican as you stated is native to the Gulf Cost salt water region and it the Louisiana State bird. How many Tigers are there compared to Gators and Pelicans? I do not see how we could geaux wrong with either the Bull Gator or the Brown Pelican!

[Turbine]

1) Ragin' Cajuns is unique, and powerful. One of the reasons it is powerful, is precisely because it is unique.

So why would we want to copy Florida's mascot?

This does not infringe on the unique Ragin' Cajuns moniker.

I have no problem with LA Gators as mascot, but Florida does not have a BullGator as a mascot, they are the Gators.

2) Why was the brown pelican left off of the poll? Were you afraid of tough competition?

It's the state bird.

I thought we did an earlier poll with the Pelican, can't find it though.

How many times have you seen a native Louisiana Brown Pelican? . . .

Not since the main entrance to Louisiana was the Mississippi River has the Brown Pelican held an 'organic' natural Louisiana association. Until the LA coastline becomes a tourist stop it will take continued forced feeding of the public to recall the association.

And consider this:
Michigan is The Wolverine State, Iowa is The Hawkeye State, Texas is The Longhorn State, Oklahoma is The Sooner State, Tennessee is The Volunteer State, North Carolina is The Tarheel State, Nebraska is The Cornhusker State, Ohio is The Buckeye State, Kansas is The Jayhawk State, Arkansas is The Razorback State.

And Louisiana is The Pelican State.

Great argument.

Consider this, UL has been around longer than the Pelican has been the "Official State Bird"

Consider this as well: UL has on campus the remains of an ancient Buffalo Wallow, it now houses BullGators. Historically BullGators are known visitors to Buffalo Wallows. The possibility then, exists and is not far fetched that BullGators have frequented the area now known as Cypress Lake (UL campus) for hundreds if not thousands of years.

All of which makes the UL-BullGator connection very unique.

jmo

[CajunNation]

Turbine, saying Florida isn't the Bullgators, they are the Gators, is like saying LSU isn't the Tigers, they are the fightin' Tigers.

[Turbine]

_ Turbine, saying Florida isn't the Bullgators, they are the Gators, is like saying LSU isn't the Tigers, they are the fightin' Tigers. _

I meant, Florida does not have a BullGator only as a mascot, they ARE the Gators.

This would not apply to UL. Just like UL is not the Peppers, a BullGator mascot would not define UL like it does Florida. Florida's mascot defines who they ARE.

UL would still be home the Ragin' Cajuns of Louisiana who happen to have a priceless BullGator habitat in the heart of the campus.

ps I don't think Florida ever referred to themselves as the BullGators. And I don't think Clemson would be confused for Fighting Tigers.

[Bert]

I took a guy from Kansas fishing once not to far from Jasper up on Toledo Bend Lake and he thought the Louisiana side would have more Alligators. Boy was he wrong.

[CajunFun]

This does not infringe on the unique Ragin' Cajuns moniker.

That has nothing to do with it. It's still Florida's mascot.

Florida does not have a BullGator as a mascot, they are the Gators.

So because LState is the BENGAL tigers-- not just the tigers-- they are unique?

I don't care if you paint it white and call it a turnip. An alligator's still an alligator.

And we will still be seen as Florida copy-cats.

How many times have you seen a native Louisiana Brown Pelican? . . .

More and more actually. They're making a great comeback.

(And before you start splitting hairs, "native" means born here.)

Consider this, UL has been around longer than the Pelican has been the "Official State Bird"

"Official"? Sure.

But you're still splitting hairs.

The Catholic missionaries used the pelican as an emblem for Louisiana going back to colonial times.

[NOCajun]

And TULANE is using the pelican as THEIR mascot, so we'd STILL be copying somebody. Besides, Florida started calling their field "The Swamp" long after we began using that name for CAJUN FIELD, so what difference would it make if we adopted a gator as our mascot and still called ourselves "RAGIN' CAJUNS"??

[DaddyCajun]

_ Turbine, saying Florida isn't the Bullgators, they are the Gators, is like saying LSU isn't the Tigers, they are the fightin' Tigers. _

LSU calls themselves both the Tigers and the Fighting Tigers! Florida on the other hand calls themselves the Gators and do NOT call themselves the Bull Gators!