Grassroots Campaign for the Next UL Mascot

[lafman1]

A pair of Vermilion and White mascots would be perfect with complimentary changeable outfits for different skits.

Which the LOUISIANA Catahoula breed is. Red Merle and white. Both natural colors of the breed.

[lafman1]

That’s pretty cool. I like the white and red gator. It’s a characture of a gator so I don’t think green is necessary and it clashes with the school colors. While the originator chose Al for the albino gator, Al can still be used with the red gator. We play in the swamp, we have a swamp on campus, the gator is fierce and feared, I think a gator is a great mascot for UL. Personally I like the white gator with red eyes.

Nobody refers to Cajun Field as The Swamp. Cypress Lake isn’t a swamp. It’s a man made wetland. The Swamp is its nickname.

[Swamp]

Nobody refers to Cajun Field as The Swamp. Cypress Lake isn’t a swamp. It’s a man made wetland. The Swamp is its nickname.

Are you kidding me?

[CouillonCinema]

I hope Cory and Burt don't mind, but I did a crude attempt at a green/red Al just for the purpose of continued discussion.

Look at chu with the photoshop skills! Why am I taking the criticism arrows when you seem capable of designing things too?? Where have you been haha. I’m joking. I don’t mind. It’s creating more conversations.

A green gator was never on the table. Green would clash too much with the school’s colors and then it’d really look like Florida then. Plus, gators aren’t really green. They’re black to a darkish blue. They get covered in algae a lot so they can have a greenish tint.

A red gator was ruled out because most of UL’s primary form of displaying imagery is on a red background. When you think about the stacked Ragin’ Cajuns logo, you probably think of the white letter version of it. That version works best for the school because they want the primary worn color to be vermilion. Having a red stack Ragin Cajuns on top of a red background wouldn’t provide enough contrast to be pleasing to the eye. That same principle is applied to Al being white. It looks way better to have a red shirt with white UL letters and a white mascot, than white letters and a red mascot that would blend in with the background.

[CouillonCinema]

I don’t have the market firm name or clout, but I know what I was doing in this design. I presented a 10 page document that was primarily images to introduce Al. But I could also present a 30-50 page document on the long term vision for Albineax, possible room for alterations, branding ideas, along with in game skits. That document would be for a board that would vote and decide if my research and vision is suffice. Most people on social media aren’t going to read a 30 page document though. They’re going to see the first image, and decide right then and there what their stance is.

I am an experienced artist. I have put in hours of research and planning to determine Al is the best spirit leader for university moving forward. If I walked into a room with Maggard, Savoie, Saloom today, I have no doubts I could pitch Al and make a very convincing argument.

People have talked about Big Red on here. WKU fans do love him. Big Red was first pitched by a student. Then, after approval, worked hard to win people over. You can image the push back they received when a big red blob was announced as the mascot. But they believed in the long term vision, and liked that he came from one of their own.

All Al would need is one season to start winning over the naysayers.

[lafman1]

Are you kidding me?

Why would I kid?

[Turbine]

Which the LOUISIANA Catahoula breed is. Red Merle and white. Both natural colors of the breed.

Pure confusion with Lafayette Leopards

[RedTails]

Why am I taking the criticism arrows when you seem capable of designing things too??

I hope you don't take any of the negative criticism you see on social media to heart. The easiest thing to do in life is be a critic, made even easier with social media. Critics aren't doers and aren't pushing the issue. Thanks for your passion, initiative, and the lively discussion you brought to our community.

[NOCajun]

I miss the ABA's red, white, and blue basketball.

Yes! My father got me one when we went to a New Orleans Buccaneers game at the old Loyola Field House. Wish I still had it!!

As for the Catahoula Hound, I get the idea of it being unique for a mascot, but it won't push the Brand the way a Gator will!!!

#cULture
#WeAreLouisiana
#GeauxCajuns
#BeatTroy

[ManAboutTown]

Are you kidding me?

The guy is a choad. Many people still call CF The Swamp.

[CouillonCinema]

https://thevermilion.net/2023/04/14/...-waves-online/

Albineaux made it to The Vermilion! I know it’s not the most popular read on campus but hopefully this gets the students talking more.

If anything has been accomplished, people all over the campus, the state, and the country now know Cayenne has been gone. His presence was so insignificant, that he could disappear for ten years and have a horrifyingly large amount of people not even realize he’s missing. That’s really a tragedy.

[Turbine]

Nobody refers to Cajun Field as The Swamp. Cypress Lake isn’t a swamp. It’s a man made wetland. The Swamp is its nickname.

Not sure why you insist on grasping at straws.

Cypress Swamp predates Cypress Lake.

It was a buffalo wallow that attracted alligators and eventually Cypress trees.

The Cypress trees and Swamp predate UL.

When the school was first established there were no drainage ditches and the water all collected at Cypress Swamp.

At first the area was fenced off to keep wildlife out, including alligators. In the early 19teens the hog farm slop was drained into Cypress Swamp. It was viewed as an eyesore at the time.

Then when roads were built on all four sides of the Swamp, the water drained away in the ditches. This cleared and dried things up and the area became known as Cypress Grove where plays were performed in the 1920s and 1930s.

During WWII the area was RE-flooded and called a lake.

The Campus Swamp is a legitimate Swamp. The trees were planted by nature.

Cajun field has been called the Swamp for longer than Florida. Spurrier got the idea after seeing Brian Mitchell's Sultan of The Swamp media cover.

Much like the Original Swamp, Louisiana needs to reclaim it's alligator heritage.