University of Lousiana

[Ragin9221]

It would not surprise me if ESPN tells those announcers " never use Louisiana you can say Louisiana-Lafayette or Lafayette, but if you start using Louisiana they will be consequences."

Wouldn't surprise me one bit. They probably dropping the hammer down on the ESPN regional announcer as we speak.

[BlueDawg]

Hey Cajuns, CONGRATS on games yesterday. Hope y'all send state back to StarkVegas in a blowout.
Respectfully, I am a little curious as to why y'all insist on being called "Louisiana" for sports. Your University really doesn't represent the entire state... in fact, (if your honest) you really don't want to. Besides New Orleans, y'all often look down on NW La, NE La, CENLA, BTR. The only area that y'all really care about is Acadiana, so why isn't that reflected in the name of your Institution/sports? The University of Acadiana would be much more unique than just "Louisiana" & there would be no more name controversy, especially with the sports media.

[cajun_lannister]

As the second largest universty of the state and largest member in the UL school system it seems rightfully ours

[smyce]

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[Boomer]

Hey Cajuns, CONGRATS on games yesterday. Hope y'all send state back to StarkVegas in a blowout.
Respectfully, I am a little curious as to why y'all insist on being called "Louisiana" for sports. Your University really doesn't represent the entire state... in fact, (if your honest) you really don't want to. Besides New Orleans, y'all often look down on NW La, NE La, CENLA, BTR. The only area that y'all really care about is Acadiana, so why isn't that reflected in the name of your Institution/sports? The University of Acadiana would be much more unique than just "Louisiana" & there would be no more name controversy, especially with the sports media.

Lil doggie you have been on here enough to understand EVERY point about the name---Its history, its struggle, and the determination of the Cajun people to get the thing that was taken away from us----Do you want to go back to LPI (LouisiaNA POLYTECHNICAL INSTITUTE ) OR WHATEVER THE THE NAME WAS BEFORE THE PRESENT ONE????

[cajunhawk]

Hey Cajuns, CONGRATS on games yesterday. Hope y'all send state back to StarkVegas in a blowout.
Respectfully, I am a little curious as to why y'all insist on being called "Louisiana" for sports. Your University really doesn't represent the entire state... in fact, (if your honest) you really don't want to. Besides New Orleans, y'all often look down on NW La, NE La, CENLA, BTR. The only area that y'all really care about is Acadiana, so why isn't that reflected in the name of your Institution/sports? The University of Acadiana would be much more unique than just "Louisiana" & there would be no more name controversy, especially with the sports media.

To your point...if you go to someone from Montana and ask them about Louisiana...odds are very high they will make reference to either New Orleans or Cajun Heritage. They won't speak about Lake Charles, Shreveport, Ruston, Monroe, Alexandria, or even Baton Rouge. To be honest...we deserve to be the University of Louisiana because...we kind of are. Acadiana is one of the most recognizable pieces of Louisiana next to New Orleans.

We look down on the rest of the state because it is unable to be distinguished from the surrounding states. If you don't think you are in East Texas when you drive through Lake Charles you are fooling yourself. We are unique...but it's that uniqueness that people outside of Louisiana associate heavily with Louisiana.

[BamaCajun]

Hey Cajuns, CONGRATS on games yesterday. Hope y'all send state back to StarkVegas in a blowout.
Respectfully, I am a little curious as to why y'all insist on being called "Louisiana" for sports. Your University really doesn't represent the entire state... in fact, (if your honest) you really don't want to. Besides New Orleans, y'all often look down on NW La, NE La, CENLA, BTR. The only area that y'all really care about is Acadiana, so why isn't that reflected in the name of your Institution/sports? The University of Acadiana would be much more unique than just "Louisiana" & there would be no more name controversy, especially with the sports media.

BlueDawg, you are so right. We should know our place and never try to strive for better. j\a

[LaCajunsFan]

Hey Cajuns, CONGRATS on games yesterday. Hope y'all send state back to StarkVegas in a blowout.
Respectfully, I am a little curious as to why y'all insist on being called "Louisiana" for sports. Your University really doesn't represent the entire state... in fact, (if your honest) you really don't want to. Besides New Orleans, y'all often look down on NW La, NE La, CENLA, BTR. The only area that y'all really care about is Acadiana, so why isn't that reflected in the name of your Institution/sports? The University of Acadiana would be much more unique than just "Louisiana" & there would be no more name controversy, especially with the sports media.

We are also, officially, designated as a 'Statewide' university. We have higher admission standards, and as previously stated, are the second largest in the State.
LaTech and UNO are also 'Statewide,' but UNO has never recovered from Katrina, etc., and seems to be having quite the struggle to survive (their current enrollement is ~7K, less than half of what it used to be). LaTech is good academically, but it is in a far-flung part of the state, and half the size of UL.
All the other Uni's are deemed 'Regional.'
http://regents.louisiana.gov/wp-cont..._2011_1027.pdf

[Hammer58]

Hey Cajuns, CONGRATS on games yesterday. Hope y'all send state back to StarkVegas in a blowout.
Respectfully, I am a little curious as to why y'all insist on being called "Louisiana" for sports. Your University really doesn't represent the entire state... in fact, (if your honest) you really don't want to. Besides New Orleans, y'all often look down on NW La, NE La, CENLA, BTR. The only area that y'all really care about is Acadiana, so why isn't that reflected in the name of your Institution/sports? The University of Acadiana would be much more unique than just "Louisiana" & there would be no more name controversy, especially with the sports media.

Good old Necks. Always trying to look out for our best interests. We'll go with that when you change to Ruston Polytechnical. Or you could go with ULM-Ruston. That would be unique and then there would be that flagship of North Louisiana controversy.

[MSHoula]

MSHoula--I like your dog. Had one once. Smartest dog I ever had. To much of a problem solver for her own good sometimes, though.

Thanks BaldDawg. She's always got all of the attention wherever we go. All of the girls at the Vet School here at MSU come out en masse when we're in the waiting room...it's amazing. Yes...They're smart...so smart it's a little scary!

I'll never have another dog, but if I did, it'd be a Lousiana Catahoula. No doubt.

Back on topic, good game last night Cajuns! The dog was happy (that's her team), but Papa was not sleeping well after that butt-whipping! Such is baseball...hey, whomever wins the Championship tonight deserves it, that's for sure.

-JB

[zakeeus]

Maybe if UL had a larger enrollment than Ellis Shoe, they wouldnt be so butthurt about the name?

[CajunAmos]

Maybe if UL had a larger enrollment than Ellis Shoe, they wouldnt be so butthurt about the name?

Never happen. Didn't you hear about that whole congressional "flagship" thing. Don't want any upstarts horning in on the limelight.

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