UL taking time to get it right with Cajuns mascot

[Orestes]

Tweak this up a little and put him in the uniform the way Cayenne was...

[CajunNation]

For the 1 millionth time, *sigh*, when your nickname is a group of people, your mascot must either be a physical representation of said people or a background figure that further defines who you are as a people.

In our case, selecting a highly marketable mascot will lessen the branding initiatives just released by the AD. Ragin Cajuns is the primary brand. Not Bulldogs. Not Pelicans. And certainly NOT GATORS.

If we aren't going to select the Catahoula, then our mascot is better off being a great Spirit Leader like the Fabulous Cajun Chicken. The Crawfish man in the above post could work. If we could somehow transform Cayenne into a more lovable figure, I actually would be OK in bringing him back. It would certainly be much better for our branding initiatives than a Gator.

[Turbine]

Or...We could quit being ruled by fear of a handful of perverse malcontents and bring back Cayenne!

Cayenne was an utter failure, no one noticed it was missing till an entire school year rolled around.

[Turbine]

For the 1 millionth time, *sigh*, when your nickname is a group of people, your mascot must either be a physical representation of said people or a background figure that further defines who you are as a people.

In our case, selecting a highly marketable mascot will lessen the branding initiatives just released by the AD. Ragin Cajuns is the primary brand. Not Bulldogs. Not Pelicans. And certainly NOT GATORS.

If we aren't going to select the Catahoula, then our mascot is better off being a great Spirit Leader like the Fabulous Cajun Chicken. The Crawfish man in the above post could work. If we could somehow transform Cayenne into a more lovable figure, I actually would be OK in bringing him back. It would certainly be much better for our branding initiatives than a Gator.

[Turbine]

IMO Turbine the Red Bull Gator is the way we should go, BUT he needs to be Kid Friendly! So a little less intimidating, Cajun/Creole type HAT , maybe some hip waders with his clawed feet popping out the boots, Louisiana across his chest, fleur-de-lis's patterned a cross his waders, Ragin Cajun's on his Tail Armor bumps, etc. what say you?

"Anybody seen my hat?"

[CharlieK]

I have no idea wtf you are rambling about.

My personal thought is that spending this much time on a mascot is wasteful. Mascots are a novelty of the past. Like someone else pointed out, no matter what we introduce in this day and age, it will be made fun of. Why even bother? We are the most recognizable brand in the G5 (at least) and most unique monicker in sports, period.

We don't need a mascot.

100% of this.

[Penrod]

Cayenne was an utter failure, no one noticed it was missing till an entire school year rolled around.

Bull Gator finished behind former Governor Bobby Jindal in poll of potential UL mascots. That is utter failure.

[HoustonCajun]

For the 1 millionth time, *sigh*, when your nickname is a group of people, your mascot must either be a physical representation of said people or a background figure that further defines who you are as a people.

In our case, selecting a highly marketable mascot will lessen the branding initiatives just released by the AD. Ragin Cajuns is the primary brand. Not Bulldogs. Not Pelicans. And certainly NOT GATORS.

If we aren't going to select the Catahoula, then our mascot is better off being a great Spirit Leader like the Fabulous Cajun Chicken. The Crawfish man in the above post could work. If we could somehow transform Cayenne into a more lovable figure, I actually would be OK in bringing him back. It would certainly be much better for our branding initiatives than a Gator.

Never understood the Cajun Chicken. He had great antics and was a fun character, but a chicken had nothing to do with the university. The Gator is 118 years of tradition in the on-campus swamp and the stadium Swamp. It is a natural, both live animal and costume as shown.

The same with the band name "Pride of Acadiana". Makes sense if we are the University of Acadiana. But, we are the university of the state, not a region within the state where we happen to be located. The Pride of Louisiana is the way to go and eliminate further confusion on who we are with the Acadiana reference. We are LOUISIANA.

[Just1More]

This bullgator bs has got to stop. We don't need a mascot. The fans are the mascots. We're all "ragin Cajuns". Just show up at the games people....

I'm definitely good with no mascot. I admit, however, that I liked the entertainment of the Fabulous Cajun Chicken (not a mascot - but a great alternative), if we could recreate it. My worry is that UL has some fruitcakes - and we've seen what they can do when left to their own creations.

I am more about telling UL not to, once again, make us look foolish... than I am to demand what they decide to do. They're going to do something. You can bank on it. And even though it's trivial in the big scheme of things - we'll suffer loads of embarrassment if they allow silly people to just "get creative". If alpha males like the idea... it's possibly ok. If only females, beta males and art students are involved... we are doomed. I said it... and I'll stand behind it.

[Cajunfanatico]

I think Z would make a great mascot. Who could be more loveable?