Cayenne caper: Is Cajun sports mascot dead or alive?

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[Turbine]

Cayenne was never alive.

It was DOA despite the fine efforts of the various people inside.

[cb089]

Rumor has it Cayenne was diced up and fed to the gators in Cypress Lake.

[Cajun90]

Rumor has it Cayenne was diced up and fed to the gators in Cypress Lake.

If that rumor proves to be unture I will be happy to make it true.....

[Ragin' Caleb]

New mascot is something exciting to talk about and go with in the future. I'd love to see one for opening day

[Duggie35]

Rumor has it Cayenne was diced up and fed to the gators in Cypress Lake.

It would be an appropriate ending for that "thing"!

[Just1More]

Rumor has it Cayenne was diced up and fed to the gators in Cypress Lake.

The legend of the red bullgator emerges.

[HoustonCajun]

The legend of the red bullgator emerges.

And here he is.

[Boomer]

A Cajun/Creole looking dude with shotgun and Delcambre reboks!!!

[SMD7636]

And here he is.

Even though, I am not sure what our mascot should be, it would be cool to have a live mascot on campus in Cypress Lake.

[HoustonCajun]

Even though, I am not sure what our mascot should be, it would be cool to have a live mascot on campus in Cypress Lake.

As a mascot, the Bullgator makes the most sense as it ties in with the history and tradition of the university. And, it makes for a wonderful on-field, costumed mascot. To my knowledge, only Florida and Louisiana would have a gator mascot, putting us in pretty good company.

[CajunAmos]

I'm wondering if we could have an animal representative that is not a "mascot". I can't think of anything that directly represents "Ragin' Cajuns". Ragin' Cajun's is unique and can't be duplicated by anyone else. i love that we're back to using the Fleur de Lis again and that needs to be on everything in my mind. I don't want the pepper, I don't want the hot wheels logo, and I don't think I want a mascot. The saints have gumbo that has nothing to do with Saints and I don't think it would be bad to have something similar but I don't want a character. If you had a catahoula hound or other pet I wouldn't mind as much but I don't want that as an official mascot. JMO