2013 Staking a Claim for Louisiana

[moorecajun]

Recognition?...let's be honest...ULM's season last yr doubled any national recognition the Cajuns ever had...like it or not...here is the logic for you...2 winning seasons and bowls don't make you the best in SBC...Cajuns should succeed with funding and enrollment the economy and other factors are better here...no crusading here...just really can't stand to see the same fans I was with as an undergrad try to be superior...I'm hoping for good things in lafayette...let's just hope the winning continues we all know cajun field was empty on Saturdays not long ago...

Nobody is trying to be superior ... we are trying to be the best we can be.

I would hope your school would have that goal as well.

[Hammer58]

Then ULL shouldn't be bothered by it either right?...ULM is sticking to the acronym as much as possible

Just as Cal is not worried about UCLA and Nevada is not worried about UNLV, UL is not worried about ulm. It's the Waaaaaahoax that are doing all the worrying and whining.

[KACajun]

Great job Kevin!

[zephyr]

Kevin, please forward said piece to Bill Decker. Please put a note and ask him to read it, not eat it...

Thanks

[Hammer58]

Naaahhh. lets really be honest.. What people remember is that brutal ___ whipping clinic Ohio put on you guys in the I-bowl. They remember how your school is so freakin cash strapped that you couldnt house and feed them over the holidays. Your administration sent kids out there at a disadvantage to play in a bowl game against one of the best coaches in 1A.. BTW, we all know that Moanroe cant put 15K in that stadium if their lives depended on it. Go take your bull____ elsewhere, Hoaxboy.

Thats what people remember about your school.

Z

But Z, don't you know that would all magically change if they get their way and we are prevented from using UL or Louisiana? The Waaaaaaahoax would magically have the newest, biggest, best facilities in the SBC, nay the country! Students from all over the state and country would flock to moanroe making them the largest school in the state. ESPN would permanently move their Gameday broadcast to the banks of Bayou Desaird. And if only UL were forced to use the city tag in every utterance Todd a Berry would suddenly overnight turn into a competent football coach.

[Hammer58]

Tabby should just deal with it.

Hey, she has lots of time on her hands. It's not like any guys are beating a path to her door to ask that skank out.

[cajunhawk]

I'm taking this at face value and based on the dates cited, but if this comment really is from Raymond Lalond it's no wonder this state us so ____ed up with politicians like him.

"Raymond LaLa Lalonde
I graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington, a fine engineering and liberal art university. We have always referred to it as UTA or UT Arlington. UT Austin was the original University of Texas and is usually referred to as UT or University of Texas, without having to specify the location of the campus. I would prefer to stick with UL Lafayette or perhaps shorten it to U LaLa. BTW, I started at SLI in 1958.
Yesterday at 2:33pm"

"...shorten it to U LaLa" ? What a ____ing moron.

Give the guy a break...he graduated from UTA.

[Hammer58]

ROTFLMFAO !!!!!!!!! Check out the comments. Apparently douchebag Robert Bob Carlson (note his yellow shirt in his photo for clues of his biases) didn't bother to read Kevin's article especially the part about why lsu fans have no dog in this hunt.

[zephyr]

Is education a concern here?...come on no one cares...and last time I checked my degree from ULM has served its purpose and so did my wife's PharmD...you are the problem with the name thing...there is no sister school or satelite campus in Monroe...I get this is an open forum but use some sense when typing...

First off, when the average person outside of this state sees ULM and ULL, they very often see us as satellite universities which does neither of us any good at all. Second, WE are obviously not the problem with the name thing. You guys just don't get the hypocrisy that you spread with this do you? Have you seen the past helmets and uniforms that had "Louisiana" railed across them after the name change? The only reason you stopped was A) you were getting nowhere with it and B) you were forced to lose the indian moniker and you had to step back and change your name and marketing. Like Jay Walker said, it was a good thing and it worked. Your name and uni's are much sharper than back then and you aren't offending native citizens. Life is good. You thought that branding was going to be great for your university and you didn't mind if we cared when you attempted it......But you do now, especially when we are getting somewhere with it and have had some actual success on the field. . Guess what pal, we've had the "Louisiana" on our jerseys for some time now and never heard crap from many UL Monroe'ers.

The question I have for you, since we are discussing is: Why does my degree from LSU have Louisiana State University Agricultural & Mechanical College but their jersey's and helmets say LSU. That is misleading. I've always wondered this...LOL

[zephyr]

Recognition?...let's be honest...ULM's season last yr doubled any national recognition the Cajuns ever had...like it or not...here is the logic for you...2 winning seasons and bowls don't make you the best in SBC...Cajuns should succeed with funding and enrollment the economy and other factors are better here...no crusading here...just really can't stand to see the same fans I was with as an undergrad try to be superior...I'm hoping for good things in lafayette...let's just hope the winning continues we all know cajun field was empty on Saturdays not long ago...

Yeah, I'll call you out on this one too. I have no problem with you arguing here since you've done it , so far, with class and I have no problem with that. However, to say that ULM's season last year doubled any recognition we've had is nonsense. Yes, you did get some props from the national media on the win versus Arkansas and near win against Auburn but this was when people thought those teams would be decent. That public love quickly went bye bye when Arkansas and Auburn both combined to equal a wet turd on the field. Nobody was screaming your name and nobody was excited to watch you in a bowl. To only come out and completely fall flat on your face in said bowl only reassured people that your season was not as sacred and special as you thought. The national exposure from said season was so great that ESPN (mothership) wanted to put you on TV how many times this year in primetime? I forgot, they chose to put UL's Ragin Cajuns on instead...I guess that recognition went a long way. Recognition only means anything if you follow up on it.

[Cajunrunner]

That's what we all do and have been doing, regardless of winning or not. Kyle talks a big game, but he has very little to back that up besides money. You forget he was about to not renew his tickets earlier cause something wasn't to his liking. This guy is full of hot air and is about as loyal as a fungi. Kyle doesn't get it and will never get it. Please don't put this guy on a pedestal as the voice of our fan base...we are better than that.

I didn't put him on a "pedestal". All I said was that, in my opinion, Kyle does get it from the standpoint that too many in our fanbase still seem to spend too much time whining about how LSU or someone else treats us "unfair". I can guaran-damn-tee that the face of our culture change for football, Mark Hudspeth, doesn't complain to people about LSU holding him or the football program down. He goes about his business to do his job and put a winning team on the field regardless of any outside forces.

[Hammer58]

Hey, let's cut Cajunwaaaaaahoax some slack. It's got to suck being a Hoax fan. It has to really suck being a a Hoax fan in Lafayette having to watch UL winning, growing and advancing while the Waaaaaaaaahoax are......well, the Hoax.