2016: LA the new "official" abbreviation for stats, crawls, etc

[CajunDreDog]

Found a stream of the game online. It has Lafayette as the name.
http://www.feed4u.me/watch/1775777/1...Minnesota.html

[CajunEXPRESS]

Under an hour away from tipoff between @RaginCajunsMBB and @GopherMBB from #TheBarn pic.twitter.com/bfrxbX5vHI

— Ragin' Cajuns MBB (@RaginCajunsMBB) November 12, 2016

Now if we could play like we're LA.

[CajunDreDog]

Found a stream of the game online. It has Lafayette as the name.
http://www.feed4u.me/watch/1775777/1...Minnesota.html

@CajunDreDog Are u effing kidding me? Told them specifically Louisiana

— Matt Sullivan (@MattSulli123) November 12, 2016

[HoustonCajun]

https://twitter.com/alex_faust/statu...54450082914304
Probably gonna have to wait til next year to get any of this changes. I'm just happy things are getting changed and we are pushing this. Makes the waiting easier

Interestingly, when UALR wanted to be known as Little Rock, it was immediately accepted by everyone. I wonder if anyone is following up with the media and conference on this or is it just a simple release and hope for the best? Why hasn't the SBC come on board if ULM is supposedly OK with it?

[Ragin' Caleb]

Interestingly, when UALR wanted to be known as Little Rock, it was immediately accepted by everyone. I wonder if anyone is following up with the media and conference on this or is it just a simple release and hope for the best? Why hasn't the SBC come on board if ULM is supposedly OK with it?

How do you know ulm is okay with it? Not suprised espn isn't changing this immediately though

[LaCajunsFan]

LA is just for ticket or stats, it's not to start calling us La over UL. In conversation it's still UL. Like Houstoncajun likes to compare us to Texas longhorns...they say Texas or UT, but for tickers and stats they have "Tex". No one walks around saying Tex.

Yep. Well said

[ULouisiana]

Looks like the Little Rock & UT Arlington
websites have been updated to Louisiana for all sports and future schedules. Thanks to these conference partners.

Figured Little Rock would comply as everyone
did for their request. Might take some time to get all conference members to changed over. I suspect some will not change unless the conference does, as they did for Little Rock.

With an official announcement from our President and Marketing Department, you would think the conference would comply as they did for Little Rock.

If they do not comply - ???

[Boomer]

In conversation with non-LA people, I never use "UL, Cajuns, Ragin' Cajuns, or anything else. I exclusively use "Louisiana."

----So we do this and Monroe starts using UL----remember they had used Louisiana only after the name change----this whole thing just keeps going on and on because of the LSU desire to keep us from UL in 1984----We are such creatures of habit (I sometimes still say LSUNO and I hear others slip to USL just out of habit)----I drove a stick shift all last week and last night I was still trying to clutch with my left foot----the LA keeps away from the Louisville deal and the need to put the extra L after the UL with hyphen or anyway----and don't forget that some, because Lafayette starts with the letters "LA", they will just say Lafayette---Keep fighting on!!!

[CajunEXPRESS]

So we do this and Monroe starts using UL

remember they had used Louisiana only after the name change

this whole thing just keeps going on and on because of the LSU desire to keep us from UL in 1984

We are such creatures of habit (I sometimes still say LSUNO and I hear others slip to USL just out of habit)

I drove a stick shift all last week and last night I was still trying to clutch with my left foot

the LA keeps away from the Louisville deal and the need to put the extra L after the UL with hyphen or anyway

and don't forget that some, because Lafayette starts with the letters "LA", they will just say Lafayette---Keep fighting on!!!

Well ULM can, like us, only use ULmoanrow. Can't use it anywhere except verbally amongst themselves.

Additionally they've been branding ULM for years. I don't think it's in their best interest to backtrack.

[cypremort]

Yep. Well said

Yes. This. LA is for tickers/stats only.

By the way, we have never referenced/recommended UL in any former guidelines on name use. The goal is not to change the accepted reference of "UL" that is used casually but to require a ticker/stat abbreviation that aligns close with the university name without confusion to other universities.

From louisiana.edu:

Name: University of Louisiana at Lafayette®
Academic Abbreviation: UL Lafayette
Athletics Nickname: Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns®
Athletics Shortened Names: Louisiana, Ragin' Cajuns, and Cajuns
Athletics Abbreviation: LA (for score/stats listings only)