2013 Staking a Claim for Louisiana

[basinbear]

Actually, it looks like we know exactly who the culprit is. F*** this F****** conference! Seriously. They fight us on the name and the siphon off all out NO Bowl money. F*** them.

From @JoeDavisESPN

One more reason to leave this chicken scratch, el toro poo poo conference in the freaking dust...GET US THE HELL OUT OF HERE!!!!!!!

[angeleast]

agreed. Lets win this conference title and tell them to kiss our ___...

[basinbear]

This. Put your pitchforks down guys.

I talked to the ESPN announcer at the New Orleans Bowl who pretty much said the same thing. This goes way above the announcer's heads. I don't know who up there is fighting us or why but it is what it is.

No Reb...do not put the pitchforks down...just point them in the proper direction...the Sun Belt Conference and ULM....**** those bastards....I am so tired of the lack of respect from these people....

[Boomer]

I had posted a while back that on the LTUR board a guy had heard the Monroe AD mention that he was calling the Commish and Monroe's pres was calling T-Joe about using the Louisiana deal only!!! Guess it worked with the commish and ESPN!!!

[Jeaux]

NLU@Monroe, you are here by put on notice. Mess with us you are messing up your only chance at staying relevant in D1a (fbs). We will bury you @Cajunfield so deep it will take all of Bristol to dig u out.

[Cajuns4me]

Where's Darth Vader when you need him?

[Zeebart21]

Actually, it looks like we know exactly who the culprit is. F*** this F****** conference! Seriously. They fight us on the name and then siphon off all our NO Bowl money. F*** them.

From @JoeDavisESPN

This ____ing disgusting.

[cajunfan337]

I honestly now hope we hang 60 on this team and pop the tires on their bus.

I want a clear message being sent to that University to give it the ____ up. You're done. Let the big boys do business

[Just1More]

I had an inkling feeling that ULM has always had some sort of greasy hand in a lot of our name issues with ESPN.

Sure they have. They send emails and letters claiming what we're doing is illegal. It is not. We have the right to call ourselves "Louisiana", athletically. We, the fans, need to explain to ESPN that representatives of other programs do not dictate what we "call" ourselves athletically. ESPN thinks they're ending the contraversy by calling us names we do not go by, even from the official documentation perspective. They need to make it clear at the beginning of their broadcast that "University of Louisiana at Lafayette goes by 'Louisiana Ragin Cajuns' and therefore will be referred to as 'Louisiana' and 'Ragin Cajuns' on our broadcast". They will not be going against any law and they will be respecting our wishes.

Personally, I don't care if ULM or some other program uses "Louisiana". LSU won't. The rest that attempt it will soon realize they are ruining their own identity with nothing to show for it.

I do not expect entities like ESPN to not follow our requested athletic name. It's easier for their broadcasts, and again, it is what we demand on our athletic branding.

[Hammer58]

This. Put your pitchforks down guys.

I talked to the ESPN announcer at the New Orleans Bowl who pretty much said the same thing. This goes way above the announcer's heads. I don't know who up there is fighting us or why but it is what it is.

So just surrender, right? Not surprised at that reaction.

If moanroe's e-mails and calls created this then our response should be an equal or greater number of calls not just throwing in the towel.