Assuming they make a decision that WORKS, regardless of if I like the mascot or not, I'll digress. If the community embraces whatever it is, I'm happy. But does anyone really believe this admin will get this right? Almost everything we've gotten right in my lifetime has come from the alumni, not the university.
I bet the marketing arm of the University still hasn't recovered from the rebranding disaster at the turn of the century that gave us the hot-wheel logo, yellow and red merchandise, and Cayenne. Probably scared to introduce anything now that we're stable in our branding effort (Louisiana, Ragin' Cajuns, FDL).
'Ragin Cajuns,' outside of your top P5 brands, is the easiest moniker to identify to an area in collegiate athletics—maybe in business, period. If the hang-up is because of something overshadowing that brand, the person making that claim should be fired immediately. It's an absurd suggestion. We have brand recognition across the WORLD, not just in the states.
I've never read a bigger endorsement of the alligator, and you may be right.
I still don't think this affects Ragin' Cajuns in the least.
If there is any school or any brand that has proven time and again that the Spirit Leader does not adversly affect the brand, its Louisiana.
The proof is right onder their noses.
Ragin' Cajuns. > Bulldog.
Ragin' Cajuns > Cajun Chicken
Ragin' Cajuns > Pepper
This school is more afraid of its shadow than it is about enhancing the game day experience.
But hey, you may be right. The natural alligator connection to Louisiana might be so powerful it does what a bulldog, chicken and pepper could never dream of doing, namely "overtake that brand."
Technically true (lately) the white alligators captured in Louisiana have had a dash of pigmentation usually in the eyes.
Louisiana used to breed them. (Albino to regular gator) Florida has taken two Albino alligators and successfully bred two albino parents. https://phys.org/news/2021-08-pair-r...s-hatched.html
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries caught this on in 2009 https://www.wdsu.com/article/new-rar...ericas/3379754
No, I think that's a broad projection. Most people that object to it that I have spoken to and it's not a large number, it's the gator period. They really don't care if it's brown, purple, yellow or any other color. So, let's not start this nonsense about an albino gator being too white.
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