2013 Staking a Claim for Louisiana

[AstroCajun]

Let's fix the poll results fellows.

[TravlnCajun]

UL should turn the tables on ULM & form a coalition with Tech & attempt to convert ULM into a junior college. LSU may even be on board if you include SLU & Nichols in the junior college discussion.
LA has too many universities which hurts everyone, including LSU.

Could be the first thing you've posted that I actually agree with...

even a broken clock is right twice a day! it is a good suggestion though

[Frenchie35]

president@louisiana.edu

Now wait, is that legal. How can you use @Louisiana.edu instead of@louisianalafayette.........?

[eldabruce]

Oh, that's an easy one.

As soon as we are in a conference without ULM (and preferably without Teck, though that may take longer), it's over. The conference members will want us called The University of Louisiana because it sells more tickets.

When that happens, the media will also call us The University of Louisiana.

After that, what LSU or ULM or Teck thinks amounts to bupkus.

This is the most accurate post I have read yet. I'm tired of screaming at the top of my lungs about this issue.

[Turbine]

I emailed louisiana@lafayette.edu

Waiting for a reply.

[nathancpike]

John McElwain, spokesman for the Sun Belt Conference, said a formal policy on how to refer to the team is still being decided.

"It's an evolving process right now," McElwain said. "We're trying to please all concerned parties."

[Geaux]

The fear in this state is amazing. Also, who made Michael Bonnette the "Sports Information Guru"? You win a few games inTV and it gets poeple's attention.

[CajunRebel]

You keep posting about changing strategies and something has to change...what would you suggest?

Well the answer to that question is I don't know exactly what the answer is. But here's what I would like to see, even if it's a long shot.

I suggest T-Joe meet with the ULM pres. to try to hammer out a compromise. Hopefully something that will allow us to keep the Louisiana name permanently without claiming or implying flagship status, and finding another name that ULM could live with that won't make them seem like our satellite campus if we use Louisiana, which is their main beef with us. Perhaps Monroe State, Monroe University, or the University of North Louisiana. And maybe we throw in something else to make it a better deal for them. This way both sides get most of what they want.

And hey, I'll just come out and say it and I don't even know if i agree with it. But I'm throwing it out there. During these negotiations if ULM is completely against us having the UL name, we should at least consider changing our name to something like Acadiana University or University of Acadiana if they'll change theirs. I don't love it. Of course I don't love it. But I sure like it a lot more than Louisiana-Lafayette. Again, let's not kid ourselves. We're not officially UL. The university can't even call itself UL. And outside of Lafayette, hardly anyone calls us UL. I don't think anyone disagrees that: UL > Acadiana U > ULL. So maybe that's our side of the compromise?

Once this is done they can go to their respective local legislative delegations to craft a bill allowing this name change to take place. If you have the full support of the North Louisiana and Acadiana delegations, and then you add in the fact that both universities are in complete agreement and are trying to better themselves, we could get this pushed through the legislature. I don't see a majority of legislators opposing this if it's what both schools want for themselves.

Look, Nevada-Reno uses Nevada because no one in Nevada gives a crap about what they call themselves. But here, for some stupid reason, it matters to people. It matters so much there are a whole list of ridiculous rules that will always prevent us from being UL. We need to acknowledge this and change strategies to get the rules changed. My idea may not be the best. Maybe someone else has a better idea.

I'll ask you this question. Here we are 14 years in and we've made little to no progress. Why do you think the next 14 years will be different? How many more years will it take before we can finally claim victory?

[basinbear]

John McElwain, spokesman for the Sun Belt Conference, said a formal policy on how to refer to the team is still being decided.

"It's an evolving process right now," McElwain said. "We're trying to please all concerned parties."

Hey John...have a idea here...call us Louisiana and call them ULM...end of story

[SlickRick]

I did too!

[Hammer58]

We've made progress. That's why there is all this whining from the Lilliputians. As for how long we should keep up the fight? Until it's won. Anything worth having is worth waiting for. It's also worth fighting for. You keep making allusions to trench warfare. You're tight. That's exactly east it us. If you don't have the stomach for it get the ____ out of the trench. But if you really want it unsheathe your knuckle duster and get in the mud with the rest of us.

[Turbine]

We've made progress. That's why there is all this whining from the Lilliputians. As for how long we should keep up the fight? Until it's won. Anything worth having is worth waiting for. It's also worth fighting for. You keep making allusions to trench warfare. You're tight. That's exactly east it us. If you don't have the stomach for it get the ____ out of the trench. But if you really want it unsheathe your knuckle duster and get in the mud with the rest of us.

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