Cayenne caper: Is Cajun sports mascot dead or alive?

[Frenchie35]

http://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP._E...r=1.25&pid=1.7

Here is one example of a mascot outfit. A real Cajun, not a rubber outfit. Something like the Fighting Irish, a Leprechaun, someone dressed as one, not some rubber crap. No how much would that cost? Some of us older gents have that in our closet now...

[CajunMarine81]

http://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP._E...r=1.25&pid=1.7

Here is one example of a mascot outfit. A real Cajun, not a rubber outfit. Something like the Fighting Irish, a Leprechaun, someone dressed as one, not some rubber crap. No how much would that cost? Some of us older gents have that in our closet now...

Beausoleil Broussard? That's what it should be.

[CharlieK]

Summertime threads.....

[Frenchie35]

Beausoleil Broussard? That's what it should be.

Beausoleil Broussard is my wife's 7th great uncle.

[CajunJack55]

Beausoleil Broussard? That's what it should be.

I think just Beausolei for the whatever mascot we use would be a perfect name.

[Ragin4U]

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

Lets just go with the FDL always and not have some hokey mascot. I dont think we need a pepper or a gator running around.

[BeauCajun]

Beausoleil Broussard is my wife's grandfather 5 times removed.

Then your wife and I are long lost cousins.

[Frenchie35]

Lets just go with the FDL always and not have some hokey mascot. I dont think we need a pepper or a gator running around.

I agree. But what do you think of my post #13?....nothing hokey about that. And if we are to continue to be called the "Cajuns", what's more appropriate than the picture presented in the link?

[Ragin4U]

I agree. But what do you think of my post #13?....nothing hokey about that. And if we are to continue to be called the "Cajuns", what's more appropriate than the picture presented in the link?

I don't disagree totally. If we were to have a live mascot, I think something like your idea would be best.
My argument would be that "Cajun" is more of a state of mind and a way of life that cannot be represented in a concrete way. I think "Cajun" is more about the people and not the person. I fear that might get lost by trying to represent that with a single mascot.
Live mascots, whether actually live or a representation, lend themselves to caricature.

[CajunMarine81]

Beausoleil Broussard is my wife's grandfather 5 times removed.

Yep. He's my 7th Great Grandfather.

[Frenchie35]

Yep. He's my 7th Great Grandfather.

Been working on my genealogy for the last 15 years. On the Broussard side I go back to 1540 France.

[CajunJack55]

Yep. He's my 7th Great Grandfather.

So Frenchie and Beyonce are cousins...who would have thunk

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