The Louis Beal Story

[Asian_Cajun]

Thanks Zeebart21.
5-5? 4-6? Cajun is 5-3 hopefully 6-3 by Saturday evening.
Beal must be really good, if we are going to get him. I am still try to catch up.
IMO-
I guess UL still have the same kind of problem when I was there as the U of Slow Learner or was it U Standin Line. I'll bet you lots of students does not know or care yet, about the history of the name change, I didn't know until my 2nd year at UsL. Students have to know first, if you don't know exactly what you want to be call, then how do you expect me to call your name correctly. That's my 3.14150... cents worths.
PS - Wish I could be at the game (650 miles away)

[Zeebart21]

_ Thanks Zeebart21.
5-5? 4-6? Cajun is 5-3 hopefully 6-3 by Saturday evening.
Beal must be really good, if we are going to get him. I am still try to catch up.
IMO-
I guess UL still have the same kind of problem when I was there as the U of Slow Learner or was it U Standin Line. I'll bet you lots of students does not know or care yet, about the history of the name change, I didn't know until my 2nd year at UsL. Students have to know first, if you don't know exactly what you want to be call, then how do you expect me to call your name correctly. That's my 3.14150... cents worths.
PS - Wish I could be at the game (650 miles away) _

Asian, read more of Cajunfuns ultoday.com. Definitely not the University of Slow Learners anymore. LOL! U Stand in Line?? Maybe...

[MetryCajun]

Just googled Ragin Cajuns. This is the first entry. I thought it was pretty funny.

USL Ragin' Cajuns
The Official Online Source for All UL_L Ragin Cajuns Athletics and Sports Information.
www.ragincajuns.com/ - 95k - Cached - Similar pages

[CajunZ1]

_ Hmmmm....no offense, but could you be part of the problem? _

None taken. And no.

I guess I'll clarify by saying I tell people I went to UL--L at work. It doesn't pay to be a UL militant when you begin your career and introduce yourself around a new office that doesn't care about our awesomely complicated name issue.

[Zeebart21]

_ Just googled Ragin Cajuns. This is the first entry. I thought it was pretty funny.

USL Ragin' Cajuns
The Official Online Source for All UL_L Ragin Cajuns Athletics and Sports Information.
www.ragincajuns.com/ - 95k - Cached - Similar pages _

Not funny. Its stupid. we is our own worsest enemy.

Z.

[MetryCajun]

_ Not funny. Its stupid. we is our own worsest enemy.

Z. _

That is my point. I refuse to get upset about this stuff, if our own administration does not give a flip about it.

[HoustonCajun]

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Hooray for name threads!!
When people at work ask me where I went to school, I say UL--L mainly because if I say UL they don't know what the heck I'm talking about (I've tried). Typically I would mention "UL" and they'd say "you mean USL??" with absolutely no malice, just genuine confusion. After a bowl victory or three, that can change, and there's your window to announce us as "UL."

And as I've stated before, NOBODY in the state wants us to be UL except us, and as long as we're in a conference with ULM, we won't be called UL within our conference, which is where is should start (after we announce it ourselves).

For now, we must pick our poison. What is worse, "ULL", or "UL LAF". I HOPE we're all on the same page with this one at least... (In case you didn't know, UL LAF[You'll Laugh] is possibly the worse ticker name in history. Worse than the Sam Houston Institute of Technology's ticker name...)


Adding Beal would be awesome. Do you think he'd be OK with playing defense? That's where we need him it seems... _

When people ask me where I went to school, I say The University of Louisiana, then add Ragin Cajuns. If I have a UL cap on and someone asks, I respond the same way. If they ask is it Monroe or Lafayette, I say Lafayette, but once I say Ragin Cajuns, there is usually no question.

Look, we will likely always be the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. I don't care about that. It is the athletic reference I am concerned about, the national recognition as Louisiana and UL, and the ability to buy UL gear without the Lafayette. The law requires UL to call itself UL at Lafayette. NO ONE ELSE is required to do so. All of Lafayette including all media outlets call us UL and Louisiana. The athletic department is starting to use Louisiana and UL almost exclusively, but not fully yet. I don't know why we can't ask the national media to call us UL and Louisiana. THEY are not bound by any law to use Lafayette. And, how are we violating the law if we ask THEM to call US Louisiana and UL? Some may not choose to do so, like the Advocate. But, ESPN, USA Today and other media will call us us what WE say we want to be called. That is all Nevada Reno did when they decided to be called Nevada. They are still officially the University of Nevada Reno. UNLV and Nevada are similar to ULM and Louisiana. UL Monroe is now locked into ULM. It sounds great and works for them like UAB or UCF or UTEP or UNLV or UCLA. We are in the midst of the greatest national attention for sports that we have ever received. It is imperative that we use this time to establish ourselves as Louisiana. If the athletic department is doing it predominantly now (but not fully), why not just go the next step? We don't have accept winning instead of the name and hope the name eventually changes. Capture the name NOW while we are hot and it will stick forever.

[RaginCajun77]

Not funny. Its stupid. we is our own worsest enemy.

Z.

Next time you go to the bookstore on campus look at the price tags. Written on them is, "USL Bookstore."

[DestinCajun]

It doesn't pay to be a UL militant when you begin your career and introduce yourself around a new office that doesn't care about our awesomely complicated name issue. _

Now that is very true. lol!

From what I see in the media guides and at the athletic site and stadium etc., the U has really come around to using "University of Louisiana", "Lousiana" and "UL" but they do also use "Lousiana-Lafayette" - maybe in case they ever have to explain it all.

But, you really don't see "ULL" being used (sure somebody might trip up and use but that's the exception). I did notice it shows up in a couple of ads in the new football programs.

I cannot address what google or yahoo do and I do no know if there is anything we can do to address that directly. I feel pretty certain if we put our foot down with the SBC, things would change there.

All in all, it is very obvious which direction we are moving in.

[DestinCajun]

Not funny. Its stupid. we is our own worsest enemy.

Z. _

The University of Pogo?

I do feel like we are getting away from USLing ourselves all over the place. And, I mean that across the board.

[CajunCherokee]

Geez louise, isn't their anything else to talk about?

For goodness sake, our football team is about to be bowl-eligible and we are having the best season in a long time. Our basketball team is coming off of a West division championship and our baseball team is looking good at the Fall World Series.

Do we really have to talk about this AGAIN?

[CajunFun]

I also read the interview with Dr. S. I was very disappointed to see the continued reference by both he and the interviewer to UL Lafayette and not just UL.

Ah well, that's taken straight from the Geaux programs, I try not to edit them.

Let me think about it...