It’s time to brand a classic clean L

[HoustonCajun]

Can still do the hand gestures and Fight Song. The sooner we go down this road, the sooner it will be normalized. 100 years from now the L will still be used and nobody will remember when or how it started. Every major “State” name University uses the state initial as their Logo…why not Louisiana?

Using the "L" would put us in good company with almost every "University of" in the country. It takes care of the name law. Additionally, if needed one can easily change the hand sign from UL to L. And, several universities have the same letter reference and are in the same conference, but use a different font to distinguish their brand.

A few examples:

N - Nebraska
N - Nevada
A - Alabama
A - Arkansas
A - Arizona
F - Florida
M - Michigan
M - Minnesota
T - Texas
T - Tennessee
W - Wisconsin

[CajunNation]

Every second we spend trying to brand Ragin Cajuns is one less second we should have spent branding Louisiana.

The moment the name change became official, the branding strategy should have changed to reflect that. 3 decades later, we still have it backwards.

The branding hierarchy should be:

1) Louisiana
2) FDL
3) Ragin Cajuns

So, I agree with the thread starter. It is WAYYYYYY past time to embrace further branding of Louisiana.

[Turbine]

Many thoughts on this.

Louisiana can stand alone, but whether FDL or Ragin' Cajuns, always include Louisiana.

The biggest drawback on UL is the schools compulsion to include micro location.

[fanof71]

You've got another conflict as far as doing anything at Cajun Field...What about the 2 L's in Our Lady of Lourdes? More and more people are picking up on UL...I saw an espn school ranking that had us listed as UL...I could see changing the football helmets to an L, and Jerseys with the other UL teams, that may be a better place to start....

[CajunNation]

You've got another conflict as far as doing anything at Cajun Field...What about the 2 L's in Our Lady of Lourdes? More and more people are picking up on UL...I saw an espn school ranking that had us listed as UL...I could see changing the football helmets to an L, and Jerseys with the other UL teams, that may be a better place to start....

see avatar....

[Ragin9221]

I am willing to take offers and see what I can do but I like my version of the L! I think it is different and would differentiate us from other L’s.

I have mess with it if anyone can come up with a better L be my guess!
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[Ragin9221]

Take the capital L from the standard University logo and superimpose the school Fleur-de-lis in the middle of it.

Could you give an example?

[KajunKrazy]

Using the "L" would put us in good company with almost every "University of" in the country. It takes care of the name law. Additionally, if needed one can easily change the hand sign from UL to L. And, several universities have the same letter reference and are in the same conference, but use a different font to distinguish their brand.

A few examples:

N - Nebraska
N - Nevada
A - Alabama
A - Arkansas
A - Arizona
F - Florida
M - Michigan
M - Minnesota
T - Texas
T - Tennessee
W - Wisconsin

Ever since we started the UL hand sign lsu mysteriously starting using just the L hand sign. They never did that before UL.

[FeelDaRage]

No, leave it alone. The script 'Cajuns' and Fleur-de-lis are fine. Although a 'Louisiana' on the helmet would be cool from time to time.

[Swamp]

You've got another conflict as far as doing anything at Cajun Field...What about the 2 L's in Our Lady of Lourdes? More and more people are picking up on UL...I saw an espn school ranking that had us listed as UL...I could see changing the football helmets to an L, and Jerseys with the other UL teams, that may be a better place to start....

Amazing. The best thing we got is the arch on the helmet and thats the first thing you say thats gosta go. Negative. Everything but the helmet (which has been on our lids for the last 21 seasons) can take a hike.

Jury, disregard fanof71's statement. Not looking to re-start this war, but I think we're good on Football EXCEPT the dumb stacked logo that looks like the blob from Abbeville on the 50 yard line. Apply the Helmet Arch to all.

The Swamp.