Louisiana

[leeman]

_ I have sent an email to Julie Dronet but it would help if others on this site sent her emails. Who knows....maybe she has never thought of using the single "L" and maybe she can clarify as to why we use the 's and "Lafayette" when using "Louisiana" as our logo. _

This is really a screwed up situation. We need an Identity to call our own in a bad way. It just seems like this ambiguous situation needs to be dealt with before it goes too far... however, by the rules as I understand them, we don't have any options but to continue to confuse people. What would it take to change the name and start from scratch?.. what would have to happen?... LU Louisiana University ... would definitely be unique. It just sounds , I don't know 'backwards'....LOL.....

[CajunCanaille]

_ This is really a screwed up situation. We need an Identity to call our own in a bad way. It just seems like this ambiguous situation needs to be dealt with before it goes too far... however, by the rules as I understand them, we don't have any options but to continue to confuse people. What would it take to change the name and start from scratch?.. what would have to happen?... LU Louisiana University ... would definitely be unique. It just sounds , I don't know 'backwards'....LOL..... _

It seems we, the university, partialy have it figured out. We need to discontinue the use of UL. That in turn would eliminate us having to use "Lafayette." If we are to use an abbreviation for our university it should simply be "L." Also using "Louisiana" alone (we have already begun this) would eliminate the use of "Lafayette" as well. It just seems that we need to discontinue the sale of any items that have "UL" on them which would in turn take the "Lafayette" tag off all of our merchandise.

Official Name: University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Athletic Name: Louisiana
Abbreviation: L

Problem solved.....

[leeman]

http://www.geocities.com/ulragincajuns/battle.html this has probably already been posted.. for those who haven't read it.

[ULtimateCajun]

I sent an email to Scott Farmer letting him know how pleased I was to see that multiple media outlets have granted our wish of refering to our sports teams as UL and Louisiana. I also elluded to stating that I was glad to see the name game appears to be almost over. His response in summart said he was pleased as well but the name game is not over. I responded with my understanding of the law and asked why it isn't over but I haven't heard anything back. SO I guess they are making strides in getting the word out that we would like to go by UL but until I see ESPN or Fox use UL then I don't see an end in sight.

[CajunCanaille]

_ I sent an email to Scott Farmer letting him know how pleased I was to see that multiple media outlets have granted our wish of refering to our sports teams as UL and Louisiana. I also elluded to stating that I was glad to see the name game appears to be almost over. His response in summart said he was pleased as well but the name game is not over. I responded with my understanding of the law and asked why it isn't over but I haven't heard anything back. SO I guess they are making strides in getting the word out that we would like to go by UL but until I see ESPN or Fox use UL then I don't see an end in sight. _

And that's something that will take too long to achieve. We need to abandon the idea of using "UL" and go to the use of the "L" on it's own and "Louisiana." It's either that or embrace the UL_L abbreviation.

[leeman]

_ And that's something that will take too long to achieve. We need to abandon the idea of using "UL" and go to the use of the "L" on it's own and "Louisiana." It's either that or embrace the UL_L abbreviation. _

There is not one college that uses a single letter as their abbreviation... not sure If (L) would work...I think UL is here to stay. We just need to empasize LOUISIANA as our primary name as often as possible..

[Bunch24]

There is not one college that uses a single letter as their abbreviation... not sure If (L) would work...I think UL is here to stay. We just need to empasize LOUISIANA as our primary name as often as possible..

I was about to post the same response. The single "L" will never fly and I'll give you another reason — it won't work in newspapers or TV. You're never going to see this headline: L beats Tulane.

I don't mind if they did just an L on the baseball cap, like a cursive L or something, but I think in referring to the team, you have to either embrace ULL or push for UL to become accepted.

And another name change will not further help the university's cause. You can't keep changing your name every 10 years until you find something that people will embrace.

[cajun tom]

_ There is not one college that uses a single letter as their abbreviation... not sure If (L) would work...I think UL is here to stay. We just need to empasize LOUISIANA as our primary name as often as possible.. _

How about using LU. University of Kansas uses KU.

[Bunch24]

How about using LU. University of Kansas uses KU.

I've seen some people say ULA (not UGA and UVA). I think LA might work, but I don't know. LU would be confusing, I think.

I'll open up a whole mess of Pandora's worms here, but I never saw what was wrong with USL. It was unique and rolled off the tongue. And if you don't want double-directional, just change the name to University of South Louisiana.

[Membertou]

_ Just for the sake of discussion, try Acadiana University, like Auburn University. It has a better ring to it than Univerity of Acadiana. _

We could have had that name 35 years ago with no fuss at all. It is perfect. It is unique. It perfectly describes us, and would have been absolutely so from the beginning. Lost opportunity if you ask me.