Savoie on the Budget Cuts

[Hammer58]

_ Hammer, I think he was referring to the board vote, not the subsequent move by the legislature to overturn it. _

I stand corrected.

[cajunhawk]

Riverranchman is the eptiome of a paper tiger.

[ManAboutTown]

_ Riverranchman is the eptiome of a paper tiger. _

Exacly. No matter what we say, or how solid and obvious our points are, they will always have some kind of spin to add to it. There is an agenda out there, plain and simple. From Politics to athletics, LSU has held this state (and UL particularly) hostage for decades.

[Turbine]

_ If I remember correctly the vote was 100% by the UL system schools for the name change of USL to UL!!!!! _

It is in paragraph 1 of "Battle for a Name"

The vote was 17-1 by the Board of Trustees for State Colleges and Universities who had the same executive rights as the Board of Regents.

It is funny and sad, when the Judge couldn’t find a law prohibiting executive name changes by the Board of Trustees he used the backdoor "there is no law that says you can" route. By that logic I think it is illegal to drive a car at high noon.

[AstroCajun]

_ I'm going to go visit a La Tech board and UL (Monroe) board to see if they have the same amount of hate towards LSU. _

You bet your sweet ass they do.

Fact is, the Techies have us beat in droves on that point.

P.S. you'll find a lot more sympathizers on the Monroe board.

[AstroCajun]

Problem with that is you’re the minority in town.

No, the problem is that you think you are the majority in town when the reality is more of a plurailty.

No, I am not an LSU graduate, either. _

That's as obvious as it is pathetic.

[CajunZ1]

_ You bet your sweet ass they do.

Fact is, the Techies have us beat in droves on that point.

P.S. you'll find a lot more sympathizers on the Monroe board. _

No doubt there will be LSU "haters" on all the state school message boards.

But I'd venture to say that due to the close proximity of the schools, it's a little worse over here (though not by a mile).

[RiverRanchMan]

_ Riverranchman is the eptiome of a paper tiger. _

I am not even an LSU grad, I am just making an observation. I don't recall confessing my allegences. Do I support LSU? Yes. But I do support UL-Lafayette also. But as I previoulsy stated, according to people who post on this message board, "support" of the Cajuns usually means you have to hate LSU, no exceptions.

[RiverRanchMan]

_ No, the problem is that you think you are the majority in town when the reality is more of a plurailty.



That's as obvious as it is pathetic. _

If you choose to live a lie, I can't help you. You're out of your mind.

[barisaxman]

I am not even an LSU grad, I am just making an observation. I don't recall confessing my allegences. Do I support LSU? Yes. But I do support UL-Lafayette also. But as I previoulsy stated, according to people who post on this message board, "support" of the Cajuns usually means you have to hate LSU, no exceptions.

There are plenty of UL supporters who don't hate LSU. We would like to be able to
peacefully co-exist with them. The problem is that there are people within LSU and that support LSU that have the view that ANY other university's advancement comes at LSU's
detriment. The big worry is MONEY!! They think we are taking what's rightfully theirs.

[zephyr]

_ I am not even an LSU grad, I am just making an observation. I don't recall confessing my allegences. Do I support LSU? Yes. But I do support UL-Lafayette also. But as I previoulsy stated, according to people who post on this message board, "support" of the Cajuns usually means you have to hate LSU, no exceptions. _

That is absolutely incorrect. There are posters on this board who are fans of both schools and provide logical arguments on both sides of the fence when need be. They are treated with respect and nobody here demands that you dislike LSU in order to be a cajun fan. I DID graduate from LSU and I grew to dislike them more while I was there than before. That is my choice and I have plenty of reasons for my feelings but i won't hold it against somebody here if they are an LSU fan but the problem is that when you get the typical tiger fan on this board, they treat their allegiance with an air of cockiness that is hard to take. Chances are, if you have been a Cajun fan for a long period of time, there are events that have taken place that have caused you to look at LSU with a certain disdain and I think that is why you see the collective dislike towards them on this board. There aren't a lot of bandwagon Cajun fans out there because there haven't been a lot of successes in recent years to jump on the bandwagon for! Our fanbase is a loyal one and I prefer to look at it in that sense rather than one that hates LSU as much as it loves its own school. That is not necessarily true.

[zephyr]

_ If you choose to live a lie, I can't help you. You're out of your mind. _

The other problem that we face daily is winning over people like yourself. You seem to not necessarily have any direct allegiance to one local school and you say that you support both LSU and UL. However, that is the fanbase we are trying to capture. The local people who may rather go to a UL athletic event which provides a much better family atmosphere and easier on the pockets rather than sending that money to Baton Rouge. However, I'd bet that if you compared how much money you spend on LSU merchandise or events vs. UL, I'd bet you spend more on LSU. There is not necessarily anything wrong with that but our University and fanbase would like to change that.