Let The Political Correctness Begin

[cajunhawk]

To me the name is very important. But no, I don't care if they call us by our nickname on the marquee like they've done hundreds of times over the years.

Do me a favor, go up to an impartial co-worker or friend and tell him you're extremely upset because they used Cajuns on the marquee instead of Louisiana. Then report back to me if his answer is anything other than "so what?"

I'm not trying to be an a--. Just saying of all the things we should be worried about regarding the name issue, this is the very least of them. It makes no difference.

Your first sentence is very contradictory. Saying it is important but you don't care what shows up in lights is like saying you are confident your wife isn't cheating on you...but you are OK with someone writing on a wall that she is easy and give her a call. Little victories matter. Had we not been fighting for these little victories...we wouldn't have made the progress we have made so far...and the AP & ESPN wouldn't feel the need to "put us in our place". You know you are getting to someone when they go so far out of their way to ____ you off.

[Bankruptcyman]

To me the name is very important. But no, I don't care if they call us by our nickname on the marquee like they've done hundreds of times over the years.

Do me a favor, go up to an impartial co-worker or friend and tell him you're extremely upset because they used Cajuns on the marquee instead of Louisiana. Then report back to me if his answer is anything other than "so what?"

I'm not trying to be an a--. Just saying of all the things we should be worried about regarding the name issue, this is the very least of them. It makes no difference.

But how is it ever going to matter to anyone else if doesn't matter to us first?

[bigearl]

Since when is your name not important?

[Oiler]

IMO, T Joe and the university feel they have been handed a significant public relations defeat in the name issue. They have retreated, and are not interested in fighting for the name at this time.

The university IMO has done what nobody else could do, get Cajun fans to start to abandon the fight. Much like the South not invading Washington DC early in the war when they had a great opportunity to end the war with a victory. UL @ Lafayette has folded.

From this day forward I will no longer correct the general public when they give us the old UL L, or Lafayette.

You know if the Louisiana attorney general found us to be in conflict with Louisiana law our retreat might be strategy to avoid a court date, instead we simply folded.

I quit worrying about the name issue several years ago. I got sick of it way back then. I couldn't take any more of the same tired arguments that keep recirculating over and over again. There are some who will never refer to us as Louisiana and there is nothing anyone can do to make them.

[CajunRebel]

Your argument holds water if all this started in 1999 and there was zero history behind it. But, since 1984 is reality and what happened to us actually happened it means so much more than just the perfunctory obligation you give it. It's a battle for a name. And it means...everything.

Maybe it means something to your ego or pride. Kind of like when someone hits you with a cheap shot on the football field. It might ____ you off but it won't change the score on the scoreboard. And in football the goal isn't to put one over on the other team. The goal is to put points on the scoreboard. That's the big picture. We need to quit whining about the cheap shot and focus on the game.

[Cajun Monkee]

I think we're at the point where we either ____ or get off the pot. The name threads are endless.

Turbine, could you henceforth end all threads regarding our name with the following:

"We are Louisiana. Don't like it? Call a ____ing cop."

[cajunhawk]

Maybe it means something to your ego or pride. Kind of like when someone hits you with a cheap shot on the football field. It might ____ you off but it won't change the score on the scoreboard. And in football the goal isn't to put one over on the other team. The goal is to put points on the scoreboard. That's the big picture. We need to quit whining about the cheap shot and focus on the game.

The cheap shots are coming because we are winning and because we are making people nervous. No time to sit on the bench or take the high road. Blood for blood and by the gallon. Time to get nasty. If you wanna sit this one out...I hear the NBA is fun to follow.

[Turbine]

Turbine, there will be one of two names up on the scoreboard on Saturday. Both names have been used in the past (without objection from any of you) and both names are completely appropriate.

But most importantly, no matter what name
goes up there on Saturday, nothing will change. No battle will be own or lost. So it doesn't matter. Getting riled up about this is the pettiest thing I've ever seen out of this fan base.

People will spend all day trying to convince me that it matters and the usual suspects will skip that and go straight to the name calling. But it doesn't matter. It's just sideshow pettiness. Call me when an ESPN executive or AP editor finally changes his tune. Or call me when ULM agrees to lay off. Because that actually matters. That's the big picture.

This is what it sounds like you are telling me:

I have a dispute with Bob, but the only time I won't dispute Bob is if Bob is present. I will only dispute Bob through disinterested third parties. But just to show Bob I am really boss I'm going to call him Bobby.

[Frenchie35]

PA: "That's another, first down!"
Crowd: "LOUISIANA!"

PA: "That's another,
Crowd: "LOUISIANA"....very loud....
PA: "First Down"

[CajunRebel]

This is what it sounds like you are telling me:

I have a dispute with Bob, but the only time I won't dispute Bob is if Bob is present. I will only dispute Bob through disinterested third parties. But just to show Bob I am really boss I'm going to call him Bobby.

Our dispute really isn't with Bob. Bob is obviously never going to agree with us. That's not going to change so why waste time and energy trying to convince him. Our dispute is actually with those disinterested third parties. We want to convince them to see it our way. That's our goal and that's our battle. Petty spats with Bob won't help us accomplish our goal.