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

[Bankruptcyman]

Does this mean no more "Lou Lafay"?? Say it ain't so!

As long as we continue to play like we did this weekend we will be "Lou Lafay". Remember the game this Thursday is on ESPNU. If we stink it up again, the insulting references will continue.

[31Ragin97]

I agree but maybe they chose ulm because they knew UL wouldn't fly and now that LA is ok they might do the same

oh well.... great point, but oh well... they chose warhawks because Indians "wouldn't fly" either, but then suddenly it was ok for some to still have "Indians" (or derivations), but they didn't change back. (but honestly I think warhkaws is cooler)

[cb089]

Lol. This will go about as well as "We are branded as Louisiana. Louisiana-Lafayette or ULL is not acceptable".

Expect more "UL-L and LA-Laf"

[CajunZ1]

As long as we continue to play like we did this weekend we will be "Lou Lafay". Remember the game this Thursday is on ESPNU. If we stink it up again, the insulting references will continue.

I would love to agree with that, but history has shown that win-lose-draw we will be referred to as everything BUT Louisiana. After 3 straight NOLA bowls we were still the Lafayette Leopards.

[Ragin' Caleb]

Somebody needs to send this to guys announcing this Thursdays game

[CajunJack55]

Somebody needs to send this to guys announcing this Thursdays game

Hopefully someone in the athletic department does, again this is not the job of the fans.

[RaisingCajun08]

Yep, lets rebrand the Monday after we lose to Idaho.

[CajunT]

As long as we continue to play like we did this weekend we will be "Lou Lafay". Remember the game this Thursday is on ESPNU. If we stink it up again, the insulting references will continue.

This! Your conference and record will remain your brand period. Question, this is the same group of people that couldn't get it right, but we are suppose to celebrate it now as some great news in rebranding our athletics? Official branding will only begin on July 31st, 2017.

[CajunAmos]

Maybe a red herring to take everyone's mind off of the football record?

[CajunJack55]

Maybe a red herring to take everyone's mind off of the football record?

They would have to do a lot better than this...

[wcd35]

They would have to do a lot better than this...

They should also announce they have authorized overtime work in order to finish the Tigue for the first home game. That would work for me

[Turbine]

I agree but maybe they chose ulm because they knew UL wouldn't fly and now that LA is ok they might do the same

I'm thinking not, because the nickname Louisiana has been used exclusively for over a decade. ULM dropped that effort after a brief stint a dozen years ago.

LA is just short for the nickname so it's actually a continuum of the past.