Grassroots Campaign for the Next UL Mascot

[RAGINCAJUN11]

Is Albineaux the working name or is that set in stone....I'm not sure that a school with woke sensabilities and a majority of african american athletes will go along with a "white" gator...just saying. This thing will be filtered through many, many groups before it comes to life as anything posted. But its a start, and start that needed to happen...I'm all for having a gator of some sort as a mascot.

Make is green or red that way they can't cry.

[Turbine]

Is Albineaux the working name or is that set in stone....I'm not sure that a school with woke sensabilities and a majority of african american athletes will go along with a "white" gator...just saying. This thing will be filtered through many, many groups before it comes to life as anything posted. But its a start, and start that needed to happen...I'm all for having a gator of some sort as a mascot.

Albino's exist in every ethnic group, including Alligators.

[Policarp]

Albino's exist in every ethnic group, including Alligators.

The Politically Woke don't care about science.

[CouillonCinema]

Is Albineaux the working name or is that set in stone....I'm not sure that a school with woke sensabilities and a majority of african american athletes will go along with a "white" gator...just saying. This thing will be filtered through many, many groups before it comes to life as anything posted. But its a start, and start that needed to happen...I'm all for having a gator of some sort as a mascot.

If anyone else has this concern, I can help clear some of this up. I am the creator of Albineaux. I am also Black. I can reassure you, nobody will care that Al is the color white because he is not ethnically white. He is albino…and an alligator. Albinism exist in all kinds of people. Hopefully, Al can be an inspiration to those people who have this genetic attribute considering he’d be the only albino mascot in the world. There’s only one Ragin Cajuns. There’s only one albino mascot. There’s only one Albineaux. It think that’s a beautiful pairing.

I also think Al can be great for recruiting. Being pictured with graphics of an icy white alligator with glowing vermilion eyes is an objectively cool thing. Al has the potential to do so much for the UL brand.

[MWolf]

If anyone else has this concern, I can help clear some of this up. I am the creator of Albineaux. I am also Black. I can reassure you, nobody will care that Al is the color white because he is not ethnically white. He is albino…and an alligator. Albinism exist in all kinds of people. Hopefully, Al can be an inspiration to those people who have this genetic attribute considering he’d be the only albino mascot in the world. There’s only one Ragin Cajuns. There’s only one albino mascot. There’s only one Albineaux. It think that’s a beautiful pairing.

I also think Al can be great for recruiting. Being pictured with graphics of an icy white alligator with glowing vermilion eyes is an objectively cool thing. Al has the potential to do so much for the UL brand.

Really great work man. I love it, hopefully decision makers do too.

[RedTails]

Would be great to have this become a reality and spearheaded by an alum. I remember early on in the process OP said he was working with Parish Ink (it was a design inspired by Parish Ink's gator). Are there any legal hurdles to clear with this? Is OP seeking any kind of financial compensation tied to this design? If not, would the University in a perfect world be able to trademark/license it?

[fanof71]

If anyone else has this concern, I can help clear some of this up. I am the creator of Albineaux. I am also Black. I can reassure you, nobody will care that Al is the color white because he is not ethnically white. He is albino…and an alligator. Albinism exist in all kinds of people. Hopefully, Al can be an inspiration to those people who have this genetic attribute considering he’d be the only albino mascot in the world. There’s only one Ragin Cajuns. There’s only one albino mascot. There’s only one Albineaux. It think that’s a beautiful pairing.

I also think Al can be great for recruiting. Being pictured with graphics of an icy white alligator with glowing vermilion eyes is an objectively cool thing. Al has the potential to do so much for the UL brand.

I was just putting it out there as a potential hickup...

[RAGINCAJUN11]

So, when we are cheering, which chant do we yell?

GO UL
GO RAGIN CAJUNS
GO LOUISIANA
GO GATORS (Gator chomp would be cool)

Or all of the above?

I can see analyst getting confused here.

[Million$Mullet]

If anyone else has this concern, I can help clear some of this up. I am the creator of Albineaux. I am also Black. I can reassure you, nobody will care that Al is the color white because he is not ethnically white. He is albino…and an alligator. Albinism exist in all kinds of people. Hopefully, Al can be an inspiration to those people who have this genetic attribute considering he’d be the only albino mascot in the world. There’s only one Ragin Cajuns. There’s only one albino mascot. There’s only one Albineaux. It think that’s a beautiful pairing.

I also think Al can be great for recruiting. Being pictured with graphics of an icy white alligator with glowing vermilion eyes is an objectively cool thing. Al has the potential to do so much for the UL brand.

Awesome work Cory! Hopefully this gains some momentum!

[RedTails]

So, when we are cheering, which chant do we yell?

GO UL
GO RAGIN CAJUNS
GO LOUISIANA
GO GATORS (Gator chomp would be cool)

Or all of the above?

I can see analyst getting confused here.

Megia guides handle that. No one says:

Ole Miss: "GO BEARS"
Alabama: "GO ELEPHANTS"
Tennessee: "GO DOGS"

[RAGINCAJUN11]

Megia guides handle that. No one says:

Ole Miss: "GO BEARS"
Alabama: "GO ELEPHANTS"
Tennessee: "GO DOGS"

Good point.

[ManAboutTown]

Would be great to have this become a reality and spearheaded by an alum. I remember early on in the process OP said he was working with Parish Ink (it was a design inspired by Parish Ink's gator). Are there any legal hurdles to clear with this? Is OP seeking any kind of financial compensation tied to this design? If not, would the University in a perfect world be able to trademark/license it?

This was all ironed out early in the process. These are original renderings. Parish Ink had an inspirational design, but it was decided a long time ago that originals needed to made in order to make this a reality. Cory can correct me if I'm saying that wrong.