2013 Staking a Claim for Louisiana

[lcitsh]

"Never mind I wouldn't know where to start."

Start with courage. Then go to intelligence. Finish with productivity.

[Boomer]

When did ESPN announce that? I must have missed it because they didn't do it Tuesday night, unfortunately.

-----BUSTED----JUST ASK WHY THEY USED LOUISIANA ONLY---- INITIALLY!!!

[ninacajun]

I am one that respectfully disagrees with this completely. The more we rub it in their face, the longer we have to hear them whine. I want them to shut up so their cause can never gain momentum. 2 yrs ago T-Joe had our scoreboard changed to say Ragin Cajuns vs "taunting" them with the name. I just want to kick their arses, send them home with an L and not have crabby tabby dominate headlines across the state after we put it to them on the field. While I like the direction, after 13 years I'm so fn tired of this name issue brought up every single day. I'm embarrassed that our defense held the 2 time defending conf champions to under 170 yards, our offense held the ball 43 minutes last night.......and we've got 74,000 posts in multiple threads today about the dam name issue instead of the clinic we put on last night.

Great post...especially the last sentence! I think it is more important to enjoy the strides we have made as a program the last 2 1/2 years. We just went on the road two straight weeks, on a Tuesday, and were dominant. I thought that first Bowl victory was a blast. The nice thing is...this coach just keeps raising the bar! Can we get back to football and save these name wars for the summer!

[basinbear]

Yea, tarp fan extraordinaire Dwayne is begging Dr. Woodley to make an addendum to the Bylaws in order to prevent us from branding ourselves as Louisiana. If they would have mobilized as quickly as they are now and emailed Van De Velde last year, they might have convinced him to accept the Independence Bowl invite.

A fine representative of Louisiana Tarp University

[basinbear]

Ok, let me take a whack at this. Louisiana Tech and ULM seem to be tag teaming our governing Board to make U L stop using the athletic branding "Louisiana" because they think it denotes "Flagship" status. Meanwhile, Louisiana Tech, in official University Press releases mind you, designates itself "The Flagship of North Louisiana". If anyone would check you will find that the word "Flagship" is never used by any Department at UL. ULM meanwhile was the first to try and brand itself as "Louisiana" in the early 2,000's. Ulm is being goaded even more by Tech to pursue this insanity all the while knowing that Tech has declared ULM Indian(far east) style untouchable status as far as they will never be on the schedule...Tech going so far as to run away like a scalded dog from the Independence Bowl because the opponent was to be....ULM. Meanwhile Tabby of Monroe News Star fame who seems to be cooperating with Tech flunkies has issued a name fatwa against UL and has even tried to drag LSU into this. LSU apparently could give a damn...they have their own problems. In addition, former editor of the Advertiser, Bill Decker, throws an ignorance grenade in the middle of all this as of this morning....and our former President doesn't help matters either.....Well...that's all for now ....bartender can I have another....and leave the bottle...good grief

[douglas]

mind blown.....

[Turbine]

"Louisiana" denotes "Flagship" status? Are they objecting to calling football a flagship sport? Seems like they should complain when a minor sport uses the phrase not football. The fact is, "Louisiana" is so generic it can't denote anything other than origin.

"Louisiana Fast" = Popeyes

"Louisiana Kitchen" = Popeyes again

"This is Louisiana!" = The guy from Illinois eating hot boiled Crawfish.

"Louisiana, get over here." = The soldier during WWII

"That's Louisiana!" = It rained all day.

"I am Louisiana." = Any boasting Louisiana resident.

"We Are Louisiana!" = Ragin' Cajuns of Louisiana

"That's Louisiana for you." = Someone tried to say using your location means you are claiming flagship status.

"That's Louisiana for you." = Where it suddenly became illegal for an executive body to rename an institution IF it voted to do so.

"That's Louisiana for you:" Fill in the blank there are a million.

[Turbine]

I'm embarrassed that our defense held the 2 time defending conf champions to under 170 yards, our offense held the ball 43 minutes last night.......and we've got 74,000 posts in multiple threads today about the dam name issue instead of the clinic we put on last night.

This one was Gannett Media generated.

[NewsCopy]

UL may have gone too far, former president says

The university may have gone too far this season, criticizing sports announcers for not calling the team Louisiana and even ... time and if they included the school's geographic location in the name.

The rest of the story ...

[Louisiana84]

The more they complain... the more we are LOUISIANA.

[AstroCajun]

The university may have gone too far this season, criticizing sports announcers for not calling the team Louisiana and even ... time and if they included the school's geographic location in the name.

The rest of the story ...

Miss me yet?

[Turbine]

If it's legal its legal, you can't go to far in asking someone to call you by a prefered nickname.

Asking someone to call you "Louisiana" is no different than asking someone to call you "Ragin' Cajuns"

I do agree though, "UL Lafayette" does go too far.