Could the Ragin’ Cajuns be getting a new football stadium?

[CajunJeaux]

That starts by getting people to stop crossing the basin. We need acadiana people to support Acadiana first. Maybe a remodeled Cajun Field we with modern amenities will help

A-freaking-men...I will personally start a thread when the “Shop Local” campaign starts...and call out all store participants who don’t support The local university...

[ManAboutTown]

A-freaking-men...I will personally start a thread when the “Shop Local” campaign starts...and call out all store participants who don’t support The local university...

We did that 15 years ago. It worked. Need a second wave, and this time, we need to keep the casual fan. At that point, we explode.

[CajunJeaux]

We did that 15 years ago. It worked. Need a second wave, and this time, we need to keep the casual fan. At that point, we explode.

Businesses who participate in that and go to all LSU games drives me nuts...

[ManAboutTown]

Businesses who participate in that and go to all LSU games drives me nuts...

When I find out about those businesses, I stop spending my money there. I encourage everyone else to do the same.

[ULvictory]

That starts by getting people to stop crossing the basin. We need acadiana people to support Acadiana first. Maybe a remodeled Cajun Field we with modern amenities will help

It starts by giving a reason for them to support. And that’s what the administration is doing now. For the past 40 years, if the administration didn’t care, then why should the fans? That’s the biggest issue. At the same time, those who stayed need to understand that they’re going to have to change their ways after 40 years of complacency. The success you saw in 2014 across the board in our athletic program was great, but it was a perfect storm with no particular long-term goal. Now, we have an opportunity to achieve that type of success with an end-game associated with it.

[Boomer]

Businesses who participate in that and go to all LSU games drives me nuts...

......I am not going nuts on this depending.....we have a group of State Farm agents in our area who contribute and support our group package for UL.....some are diehard UL fans and others are big LSU alumni and fans, but they contribute to the group cause for UL athletic advertising....then they are agents that are in the Acadian area but do not participate in spite of urging by the group.....this is very disappointing to the rest of the contributors.....ask your agent if they are backers.

[talktomewillis]

That starts by getting people to stop crossing the basin. We need acadiana people to support Acadiana first. Maybe a remodeled Cajun Field we with modern amenities will help

This is an excellent point.

And that is the whole basis of the "Acadiana's team" plan. It's why they've visited all the surrounding parishes the last two off seasons. It's why they've joined with "One Acadiana" and now have a person in the athletic department focusing on one particular parish each.

But there were a few folks on here that were critical of this, saying we were selling out because we were not being "Louisiana's team."

Crawl before you walk. The fan base here is Acadiana. We need to own it. And, there is obviously a plan in place.

[ULvictory]

Definitely better now than never to have the outreach program in Acadiana.

From a marketing perspective, I love our effort to implement the Acadian flag as well. There’s a sense of pride when we run out of the tunnel at Cajun Field with the Acadian flag waving in the air or when our baseball team wears it as a patch. It goes beyond just a team, but for an entire culture and people.

[Ragin9221]

Definitely better now than never to have the outreach program in Acadiana.

From a marketing perspective, I love our effort to implement the Acadian flag as well. There’s a sense of pride when we run out of the tunnel at Cajun Field with the Acadian flag waving in the air or when our baseball team wears it as a patch. It goes beyond just a team, but for an entire culture and people.

Took the words out of my mouth, personally we need to put it on the back of our helmets, put it on logo’s, put it on jerseys etc. There is not to many areas in this country that has a flag that represents there area.

We need to use it to try to market the area around Lafayette.

[Esqueleto]

This is an excellent point.

And that is the whole basis of the "Acadiana's team" plan. It's why they've visited all the surrounding parishes the last two off seasons. It's why they've joined with "One Acadiana" and now have a person in the athletic department focusing on one particular parish each.

But there were a few folks on here that were critical of this, saying we were selling out because we were not being "Louisiana's team."

Crawl before you walk. The fan base here is Acadiana. We need to own it. And, there is obviously a plan in place.

I also think we need to start hitting the Morgan City, Terrebonne, and Lafourche area hard. That area of the state is as Cajun as ours, and the trip down 90 is easier than going to Baton Rouge for a game. There should be a big marketing campaign in this area.