Long Term Athletics Money Maker

[will miller]

_ I don't know how practical/safe/ or humane (for all you liberal tree-huggers) this would be but what if we would bring an alligator to our sporting events? That would be cool to see. There are plenty of universities that display their mascot in cages at their games, why can't we? It may not be our official mascot (then again what is?) but would be an identity to our university. Aligator = Cajun _

Hello all, never had a reason to post before. Here is a UL GATOR tradition waiting to happen. OK you ready for this, here goes. After every home win all the diehards go to the campus swamp and feed the UL GATORS.

[Cajun Express]

_ Hello all, never had a reason to post before. Here is a UL GATOR tradition waiting to happen. OK you ready for this, here goes. After every home win all the diehards go to the campus swamp and feed the UL GATORS. _

Oh, I can see a major headline. UL student missing after celebration at the UL Campus Swamp. Gators being run through MRI at the national mammal center. l

[zephyr]

Why not the old man in the big hat years ago. Don't know the name but I liked that better than a pepper or roughneck. Sorry, no offense

[JamesTheJeweler]

_ Express better be prepared to bulldoze the campus swamp/lake rename the football field and move out of Louisiana because BullGator IS the natural association!

jmo

I agree drumroll. Meet Fideaux (or the name of your choice) _

PLEASE! don't use any animals that can be cooked and eaten, make a good gravy, jambalaya, fricasse, or gumbo. poo-poo will surely try and shoot it and bring it back to the camp!

[Kal]

_ Navy a goat, Army a mule, Stanford a tree. Mascots or spirit leaders are not important. Nothing wrong with a flying pepper on a hat, but the state dog is a Catahoula Hound, and if we want to tie the name of the university to a living mascot representing the state this is it. Sorry Turb, I do not want to be associated with a reptile even if he has lived on this planet longer than the dinosaurs, and mammals put together. _

No offense to anyone who has one but, imo, the catahoula is the ugliest dog i've ever seen. It doesn't look mean like a pitbull, and it definately isn't cute like a bulldog or a lab. Just cause its the state dog doesn't mean anyone outside of LA will associate that ugly dog with Louisiana. Unless they think, "man that's an ugly dog, it must belong to some hick down south livin' in the sticks." But that's a negative association, but i digress. I still say that a crawfish mascot would be perfect. When people see crawfish they think cajun. That's what I want. When someone says Louisiana, I want them to think Ragin' Cajun. I don't want someone to say Louisiana and the first thing they think of is "hmmmm.....mangy dogs?" Like I said, I'm not trying to offend anyone who has one, but can't we find something that symbolizes both our Cajun herritage and our state?

I could see us having that dog on the field an our AD having to explain to the PETA protesters saying, "No, really...We are feeding him.....Yes...he has a 24 hour vet.....He really is supposed to look like that."

[KAjunRaider]

[Zeebart21]

Dont you have some clothes to fold, or something?

[rhineaux]

_ PLEASE! don't use any animals that can be cooked and eaten, make a good gravy, jambalaya, fricasse, or gumbo. poo-poo will surely try and shoot it and bring it back to the camp! _

You shouldn't have narrowed it to just animals...You should have included vegetables too.

[Turbine]

_ PLEASE! don't use any animals that can be cooked and eaten, make a good gravy, jambalaya, fricasse, or gumbo. poo-poo will surely try and shoot it and bring it back to the camp! _

You got it, Vermilion Red BullGators are at the top of the food chain ... in other words, they are inedible.

[CajunCanaille]

_ Why not the old man in the big hat years ago. Don't know the name but I liked that better than a pepper or roughneck. Sorry, no offense _

The old man you are refering to is "Cajun Man." I agree with you he was pretty cool. It was good to see the chicken the other night and I really wouldn't mind him being back either. But my top two choices are pictured below.