Albineaux Concept 70% Approval Rating (Year Long Poll)

[Turbine]

Bulldogs, Gator, Really? Nope.......

Once in the 1970's when they drained the Campus Swamp for maintenance, they temporaily removed 17 Gator mascots from the representive Gator Habitat.

[CouillonCinema]

Where are the T shirts for sale?

I won’t be selling any Albineaux merch anytime soon because I don’t want to make money off something I’m doing out of love for my university and it’s fans. However, I am going to talk to some of Lafayette’s custom retailers to see if they would be interested in selling merch to fans.

Albineaux is the official unofficial mascot of UL. That means I don’t own him. Anybody can make anything with a white alligator with red eyes to rep their Cajun pride. That’s the beautiful thing about a good spirit leader, which we’ll have sooner rather than later!

[BayouRichard]

I won’t be selling any Albineaux merch anytime soon because I don’t want to make money off something I’m doing out of love for my university and it’s fans. However, I am going to talk to some of Lafayette’s custom retailers to see if they would be interested in selling merch to fans.

Albineaux is the official unofficial mascot of UL. That means I don’t own him. Anybody can make anything with a white alligator with red eyes to rep their Cajun pride. That’s the beautiful thing about a good spirit leader, which we’ll have sooner rather than later!

That’s good of you. If someone sells a T-shirt with what you put forward, I would buy one.

[RedTails]

I saw UL posted some pictures from its Swamp Party behind the Student Union. Had some students wearing a Swamp Party t-shirt featuring an alligator (green).

[CouillonCinema]

Further proof Albineaux is making progress as the official unofficial spirit leader, look at this image from the McDonald’s next to campus! Someone did this without asking me, and that’s exactly how it should be! Numerous characters have been suggested on the internet to be our next spirit leader, but I hope Al feels different. He’s making waves in our community because the passion and the desire is real!

All the Albineaux supporters from this thread can be a part of UL’s history book. It’s my joy to look forward to seeing who else is going write a page.

[babysitter]

How much longer are we gonna keep beating this horse to death ?

[CouillonCinema]

How much longer are we gonna keep beating this horse to death ?

If the horse was dead then images of Albineaux wouldn’t be popping up around the community. The horse is as alive as as it’s ever been!

[babysitter]

If the horse was dead then images of Albineaux wouldn’t be popping up around the community. The horse is as alive as as it’s ever been!

Still not the official mascot and how long have we been talking about this ?

[Turbine]

Still not the official mascot and how long have we been talking about this ?

Too long, and not long enough.

"Official" isn't an argument anyone should be making.

Ragin' Cajuns didn't "start" as official.

Louisiana.edu didn't start as official.

[SMD7636]

I like the idea of a typical green alligator. No explanation needed. It just makes sense when looking at our natural swamp habitat on campus.

[Esqueleto]

I like the idea of a typical green alligator. No explanation needed. It just makes sense when looking at our natural swamp habitat on campus.

Agreed. Green gator, Vermilion jersey, installed, move on

[CouillonCinema]

Happy New Year Ragin Pagins!

This Saturday I’m going to release the Phase Three presentation for Albineaux. It will focus primarily on his in game and tailgate skit potential (i.e. more focus of him as a character and not just an image). I will also be releasing the official gofundme campaign to raise money to build the suit. I already had several talks with the owner of The Mascot Company, and will be showing y’all their proposal for Albineaux in the campaign. It’s a very exciting document!

My tagline for this phase is: “It Has to Happen Organically”.

If anyone studies the history of the most prominent spirit leaders in college athletics, they see a thread of characters that didn’t come from marketing firms, but from the passion of enthusiastic fans wanting to make a difference at gamedays.

The Cajun Chicken was the only organic spirit leader we ever had. Now it is time to fix that by creating a character that will outlive all of us. With y’all’s help, we’ll create a clear representation of The University of Louisiana. We’ll have a character that reflects and can enact scenarios from the culture we live everyday.

Saturday is the reason why I haven’t asked anybody for a dime within the past three years I’ve been working on this. For any supporters that would spend any money on merch, I pray that you are in a position to help bring Albineaux to life first.

If you want to help outside of donating to the campaign when it’s launched, you can spread the word about Saturday, or (even more fun), start thinking of Albineaux skits yourself and post them here. I’m still writing some of them so there’s time for some of them to make into the presentation.

Happy to be another step closer to making history with the best fanbase in the world. Geaux Cajuns.