Fielding the NEW Swamp

[CajunCanaille]

Just so everyone doesn't have to click on the address here's what it said.....Good article by the way! Glad to see things are moving along.


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OK guys; I had a good visit with an official but unnamed source in the Athletic Department yesterday. Here are a few things you all will want to hear:

1. Our new game day program for football will be 50+ pages of slick finish information ONLY about UL. Most of it is the same from week to week, but there will be 24 NEW pages for every game, some of which will be topical feature type stories. The program will be named 'GEAUX' there is a link to some samples on the front page of RaginCajuns.com.

2. The LEAD topical story for the first home game will be: The RCAF. All the nuts and bolts of it; who is in charge, how to give money, its purpose, the whole enchilada.

3. Advertising is being sold in the program. ALL available full page ads and 1/2 page ads have already been sold.

4. The stadium washing was supposed to start yesterday; rain prevented it.

5. The retaining wall in the stadium is being redone. End zone to end zone on both sides will sport UL logos, information, etc. The end zones are being sold to 2 sponsors. Each sponsor will have 1/2 of each end zone; diagonally opposite each other. One has already been sold; the other may have closed last night. $7500/yr with a 3 year committment for each sponsor.

6. A decorative windscreen is being put up along the exterior fences of the practice area on Cajundome Blvd and Rheinhart Dr. It will be done in UL logos with limited advertising spots [Maybe 3 or 4 total]. Those spots will fetch $15,000/yr EACH with a 3 year committment.

7. This past spring there was a for credit course in marketing which was divided into two sections, one marketing baseball, the other softball. This was VERY well accepted by both the professor and the coaches involved, and was hugely popular with the students who participated. Look for more of this, both in marketing and other applicable departments.

8. Next January will be the kickoff of the Cajun Annual Fund; sort of a Ragin' Cajun Club on steroids. It will be a membership organization with member levels from $100/yr up to $10,000+/yr. Its purpose will be to fund day to day non-capital type operations for athletics. [Capital and Endowed projects will be handled by the RCAF.]

I stressed with my source that we should have been told all this MONTHS ago, and he agreed, but said that it was not his choice to make.

All this can be discussed publicly, but with the caveat that it comes from an unnamed but official source.

[Turner]

Thanks I'm blocked from Scout at work.

[Etowncajun]

Just what people want to know. Maybe the information needs to be issued a little at a time. Keep the MOB happy.

[Frenchie35]

Black with two sponsors in each end zone and UL logo's.

[leeman]

_ I could have sworn that was the reason for getting the turf, drainage would not be a problem. At least they have almost three months to get it right before the first game in LATE September. _

looks like about two cupfuls..doesn't look like a problem to me..

[ulforlife]

I take it this thing is done? I've been in Florida

[HelmutVII]

_ I take it this thing is done? I've been in Florida _

Yep, done. A little bit of clean up to do around the parking lot next to the Athletic offices. There, are a few rolls of padding left too. I guess they will pick it up some times this coming week. All the construction equipment is gone.

All of the hedges around the practice fields have been removed. The soil removed from the stadium field has been graded on one of the pratice fields and is nicely crowned. All they need is a good stand of grass and it will be fine.

I noticed the ground cover shaped like UL with the Flur des lis on the north slope has been severly cut back. I would suspect in an effort to produce new growth for the football season.

I would guess they may not want to start anything else at the stadium until after the DCI show on 7/16.

[reddot]

_I noticed the ground cover shaped like UL with the Flur des lis on the north slope has been severly cut back. I would suspect in an effort to produce new growth for the football season.
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The severe cutting could go another 4 or 5 feet underground to retard
any growth before football season.

[Turbine]

_ The severe cutting could go another 4 or 5 feet underground to retard
any growth before football season. _

That would create a nice little sound deadening cubby hole to launch the traditional UL cannon from.

jmo

[HoustonCajun]

_ That would create a nice little sound deadening cubby hole to launch the traditional UL cannon from.

jmo _

I gathered from a separate posting that clean-up of the stadium would commence shortly after the project is completed. So, is this project completed? Does anyone have any final pictures that they can post? The UL athletic website has 98 pictures posted, but they are not up to final completion of the project. Isn't there a marching band function going on at the stadium in the next week or so? If so, will they start cleaning the stadium before or after the event?

[Cajunsmike]

_ I gathered from a separate posting that clean-up of the stadium would commence shortly after the project is completed. So, is this project completed? Does anyone have any final pictures that they can post? The UL athletic website has 98 pictures posted, but they are not up to final completion of the project. Isn't there a marching band function going on at the stadium in the next week or so? If so, will they start cleaning the stadium before or after the event? _

I can't answer your questions directly. I do know the 7 on 7 passing tournament held last week used the stadium field. Scott Farmer is supposed to be on with Jay on Thursday afternoon at 4. Maybe he can address the status of the stadium cleanup at that time.

[reddot]

_ That would create a nice little sound deadening cubby hole to launch the traditional UL cannon from.

jmo _

In the spirit of the RCAF, we could start a "hedge" fund. Because I'm
defintely selling the looks of those shrubs short.