The University of Louisiana? Only if it acts like it...

[ZuluCajun]

Alot of what the original poster said is accurate to some degree, and what he invisions is a perfect world. Yes, many moons ago, we had radio broadcasts
in multiple cities besides Lafayette, and New Iberia, but that is up to the local stations themselves, weather or not they can sell it to their sponsors.
Now you did mention a "Winning Schedule" which i totally agree with.
ANY excitement starts with Winning. Until we figure that out, and give this football team a chance to win 7 or 8 games, none of what you mentioned
has legs. I do see light pole flags with UL on it, I do see City buses with
UL on them, and I do see newspaper adds, and alot of radio support locally.
A great deal of fans want to support a winner, but are just lying in the wings
waiting for the Athletic Dept. to want the same.
As always, any opinion is healthy, and it would be nice to set our sites
on a perfect world.

[ShowDog]

_ T Boone did not make OSU what it is.

The passion marketing that OSU nurtured gave future success story T. Boone Pickens something to latch on to.

Make a note. Passion always comes before fruitage.

jmo
igeaux.mobi _

They had their flashes with Thomas, Sanders, Gundy etc, but since T. Boone has gotten involved, they are in the top tier of the B-12

[zephyr]

_ When one lacks the logical reasons to support their argument they attack the opponent personally.

I read this board at least twice a week and the post was just my observation. Also, I grew up in Acadiana and have an MBA from UL. _

This was not an attack on you personally. My point was to prove that your limited time here points to the contrary of what is typically spoken here. Sure, there are negative posts but you made mention of our negativity towards our program. However, you are condemning our "excuses for a lackluster sports program"? To me, that is doing nothing but feeding the negative atmosphere for which you are slamming. Is it not? Are you not pushing for us to be highly critical of our program thus reducing our enjoyment? I guess I am one to blame in that regard. I tend to defend the current administration in hopes of actually allowing them time to do their job since they are very new to it and I also point out the actual progress that they've been quick to make. Do I feel that some fans are way too quick to blame the "athletic department" for every failure we endure? I absolutely do. Do I feel that there is a discrepancy in how the fans view various sports and how they grade their success? Absolutely. But I also know that the current administration is much different from those of recent years. I have a problem with some banging these people and the progress they've made because they lump them with the previous staff. To me, this is not looking at the "positives of the program" or of being a fan of UL.

In regards to the name change, you don't see a lot of those posts on here. Are they here? Sure, but its not like we're beating a dead horse.

Do we sit here and blame LSU for problems? I don't blame them for anything. If you're looking for a forum where we show the love to LSU, you need to go somewhere else. There are LOTS of reasons fans here dislike them and I have my reasons which are valid as to why I do. I received my M.S. from LSU and I grew to dislike them even more in my time there. However, I don't think your rebuttal contains any more "logic" than my comments and it certainly does nothing to give you any more of an argument.

[zephyr]

_ Alot of what the original poster said is accurate to some degree, and what he invisions is a perfect world. Yes, many moons ago, we had radio broadcasts
in multiple cities besides Lafayette, and New Iberia, but that is up to the local stations themselves, weather or not they can sell it to their sponsors.
Now you did mention a "Winning Schedule" which i totally agree with.
ANY excitement starts with Winning. Until we figure that out, and give this football team a chance to win 7 or 8 games, none of what you mentioned
has legs. I do see light pole flags with UL on it, I do see City buses with
UL on them, and I do see newspaper adds, and alot of radio support locally.
A great deal of fans want to support a winner, but are just lying in the wings
waiting for the Athletic Dept. to want the same.
As always, any opinion is healthy, and it would be nice to set our sites
on a perfect world. _

But we do have a chance to win 7-8 games, just about every season. The SBC gives us that ability. We play 8 games this year in conference. We play Southern and KSU at home this year. If we are to take that next step, winning 2 out of conference games each year should not be a large chore. We can still have money games and have a 7-8 win season. Does Troy not successfully accomplish this feat with more money games per year than us? I think they do. This is my point. We are the point where we blame coach bustle for not winning by saying the schedule is too hard. It's not and anybody in D-1 who wants to improve, needs to play certain money games but take care of business in conference. If you are critical of his record in conference, or losses to UTEP and McNeese, I will see that as a valid argument but to say we have too hard of a schedule is crazy

[CajunDreDog]

Another confirmed case of Swine Flu?

Z - How is that swine flu going for ya?

igeaux.mobi

[CajunCanaille]

_ When one lacks the logical reasons to support their argument they attack the opponent personally.

I read this board at least twice a week and the post was just my observation. Also, I grew up in Acadiana and have an MBA from UL. _

twice a week since March????

[Turbine]

They had their flashes with Thomas, Sanders, Gundy etc, but since T. Boone has gotten involved, they are in the top tier of the B-12

Fair enough, I guess the point of my earlier post was not to judge where you can be by where you are.

UL can have its flashes but one of the keys is consistently broader coverage.

Then again with the adent of internet broadcasts having multiple station coverage isn't as crucial as it once was.

[TheRaginCajun06]

_ Well if we had a Boone Pickens as one of our alumni willing to help we might could be an OK State.

The originator of this thread reiterates what I've said for years, our athletic dept. has no clue how to market itself. Fifteen years ago I attended a company meeting in New Jersey, and took a few Ragin Cajun t-shirts and gave them to some co-workers. They said every where they went in NJ and NY, people asked where they could get one.

We have never taken advantage of the best nick name in sports and it is way too late. _

Great point here. I had a friend who brought a bunch of t-shirts back to Florida. Something about Ragin' Cajun fit my friends personality. They really do make great gifts lol.

[HoustonCajun]

_ Great point here. I had a friend who brought a bunch of t-shirts back to Florida. Something about Ragin' Cajun fit my friends personality. They really do make great gifts lol. _

For a school needing to increase revenue, UL just doesn't get it when it comes to marketing. We could sell UL Ragin Cajun gear all over the country if we just marketed it. No Lafayette. And, not just Ragin Cajuns without UL. There needs to be a connection to the university.

[TheRaginCajun06]

My first year at UL was the coronation of Bustle. Everywhere you went they were promoting UL and going to the football games.

The PR was decent, not stellar. As a student it was really pushed on us to attend the games with our student ID.

I've been hooked on UL sports since I started and haven't given up on them.
I have noticed the lack of student support the last few years. Can we blame them?

A lot of students work. This is a commuter college. There are many things you can do besides going to watch your colleges team get blown out in basketball, baseball, football.

The athletic program is officially broken. Winning one season won't fix it. It may put a patch on it, but you have to grow this thing back up.

I seriously could go on and on in this post, but I am not. I want UL athletics to be the best they could possibly be. We should be winning the division, but instead FAU and Troy are waving at us in the rear view mirror.

We've been a division 1 school a lot longer, yet we well let all these newly appointed DI schools run all over us!

Can't compete in a conference that most of the country doesn't even know exists! We are far from where we need to be, yet we continue to hope and try not to give up on UL athletics.

_ For a school needing to increase revenue, UL just doesn't get it when it comes to marketing. We could sell UL Ragin Cajun gear all over the country if we just marketed it. No Lafayette. And, not just Ragin Cajuns without UL. There needs to be a connection to the university. _

I definitely agree with you there. Without the connection to the University it has no definite meaning. It could be done... Louisiana's Ragin Cajuns... hats in LIDS stores all across the country. Kinda like LSU, Texas, Florida, Duke, UConn, USC, Florida State, Tennessee... just hats I've seen at LIDS stores all over the country.

[ShowDog]

_ Fair enough, I guess the point of my earlier post was not to judge where you can be by where you are.

UL can have its flashes but one of the keys is consistently broader coverage.

Then again with the adent of internet broadcasts having multiple station coverage isn't as crucial as it once was. _

I just think we miss the boat from a marketing standpoint.

[HoustonCajun]

_ My first year at UL was the coronation of Bustle. Everywhere you went they were promoting UL and going to the football games.

The PR was decent, not stellar. As a student it was really pushed on us to attend the games with our student ID.

I've been hooked on UL sports since I started and haven't given up on them.
I have noticed the lack of student support the last few years. Can we blame them?

A lot of students work. This is a commuter college. There are many things you can do besides going to watch your colleges team get blown out in basketball, baseball, football.

The athletic program is officially broken. Winning one season won't fix it. It may put a patch on it, but you have to grow this thing back up.

I seriously could go on and on in this post, but I am not. I want UL athletics to be the best they could possibly be. We should be winning the division, but instead FAU and Troy are waving at us in the rear view mirror.

We've been a division 1 school a lot longer, yet we well let all these newly appointed DI schools run all over us!

Can't compete in a conference that most of the country doesn't even know exists! We are far from where we need to be, yet we continue to hope and try not to give up on UL athletics.



I definitely agree with you there. Without the connection to the University it has no definite meaning. It could be done... Louisiana's Ragin Cajuns... hats in LIDS stores all across the country. Kinda like LSU, Texas, Florida, Duke, UConn, USC, Florida State, Tennessee... just hats I've seen at LIDS stores all over the country. _

I would go a step further. No " 's" on Louisiana. It is not Florida's Gators or Alabama's Crimson Tide or Michigan's Wolverines. Why is it Louisiana's Ragin Cajuns? It doesn't sound like a university, but rather a state mascot. We need to be simply LOUISIANA and UL and tie both in with Ragin Cajuns.