Pitch Two for Albineaux in the Campaign for the Next UL Mascot

[lafman1]

Let’s see, I’ve picked over 1 million alligator eggs in my lifetime. My relatives have farmed roughly 100k alligators since 1995. All eggs have been taken from the Louisiana marshland.

So before you continue to sound like a complete imbecile, understand you will never be the smartest man in the room.

I don’t have to be the smartest person in the room. But I’m smart enough to know the leucistic alligators in Audubon zoo aren’t albino.

[Turbine]

I don’t have to be the smartest person in the room. But I’m smart enough to know the leucistic alligators in Audubon zoo aren’t albino.

The existing albino alligator popULations have their roots in Louisiana.

[cajun4life]

I don’t have to be the smartest person in the room. But I’m smart enough to know the leucistic alligators in Audubon zoo aren’t albino.

FFS, just exit the discussion already.

[Million$Mullet]

There have been some strange discussions on this board over the years but this one…..

This one has turned out to be really strange. Goodness gracious

[ManAboutTown]

Bruh. A leucistic alligator vs. an albino alligator are two totally different things. It’s not semantics. At all.

No one cares. You’re just being a troll. Per usual.

[CajunNation]

Good Morning Raginpagin!!!!!

[CajunNation]

Bring him back.

https://www.yardbarker.com/college_f...405296#slide_1

The greatest college mascots of all time
Updated August 05, 2019 | By Sam Greszes

19. University of Louisiana-Lafayette: Cayenne


No, that isn't a "Banjo-Kazooie" enemy who wandered onto a basketball court; that's Cayenne, the nightmarish anthropomorphic pepper who cheers on the Ragin' Cajuns. Unfortunately, the team has been prone to flaming out in the postseason, having never made it past the second round of the tournament since its wins from the 1972 and '73 seasons were vacated.

https://theind.com/articles/10940/

UL's Cayenne among top 25 mascots

by Leslie Turk

Yahoo! Sports ranks the Ragin' Cajuns' Cayenne among the best mascots in the country.

In its just-released, "Top 25 Great College Football Mascots: More Than Just Oversized Heads," Yahoo! Sports ranks UL's Cayenne among the country's "unique, inspiring, and memorable nicknames/mascots" of the 2012 season.

A menacing, well-chosen nickname designed to instill fear in the heart of an opponent is essential to college football success. With this in mind, I submit 25 memorable mascots as we gird up our loins for another season of collegiate gridiron action. Before you bewail why your favorite didn't make the list, please keep in mind that the countdown only goes to 25.

Here's what the writer had to say about Cayenne, which ranked No. 23:

Louisiana Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns - Cayenne is unquestionably college football's hottest mascot. Since the cayenne pepper is a staple food of Louisiana, in particular in the southern region around Lafayette, Cayenne is a unique and uniquely suited mascot.

[CajunNation]

Chicks dig him.

[Turbine]

Good Morning Raginpagin!!!!!

Doesn't a New Orleans Funeral March usually involve a casket?

[CajunEXPRESS]

Btw, I understand the schism with the fans. Different generations have different feelings on it. I get that part. My comments are specific to the origin of the albino gator. They are unique and have plenty of substance, which is what my personal preference would be. A mascot with background and natural connection to the program. (i.e., gators in cypress lake)

My biggest issue is with the dolts in the administration that would rather sit around and do nothing than take a chance on *gasp* making a decision that not everyone might like. It's why I always do my best to see this debate from the POV of the younger fans. The mascot is not for me or RR or RCAF or the administrators or past alumni. It's for the students and potential students. Regarding the mentioned comments on KLFY, you can almost guess the age of the poster. The younger people love Al and the USL Bulldog people try to discredit it. The rest of us are somewhere in the middle.

The bulldog is a distant memory and has zero to do with our name and future. Or shouldn’t.

[CajunNation]

Doesn't a New Orleans Funeral March usually involve a casket?

That would actually be a great little skit to do with Cayenne jumping out of the casket announcing his return!

Awesome.

He will need a small makeover to improve his looks a little. I know! We could do the Funeral March thing at the first home game in the New Lourdes Stadium!

This is coming together nicely, and for those of you thinking I'm joking, I'm not.

A new and improved Cayenne is our best option.

[Ragin9221]

Let me show you how crazy our University is. I use to wear this Miami Jacket!! As a 12 year old I thought it was coolest thing ever!

You can’t tell me they are not missing out !! I would say that jacket is cleaner and nicer then the Miami one.