Albineaux Check-In, Update, & Question from CouillionCinema

[Turbine]

Misquote the price it is 7500 so for 7500 investment you can become Albineaux the Gator!!

Thats the price for the mascot people qouted me if i could go to every game i would probably do it. Thats for what i have pictured on my avatar!

Was that for a whole body outfit or just the head.

All we need is the head.
The rest is off the shelf gear.

[Ragin9221]

Was that for a whole body outfit or just the head.

All we need is the head.
The rest is off the shelf gear.

Whole body ! Thats why i was a while back to set up a go fund me, but then i wouldnt be able to do it.

Need someone with some clout on this board to really set it up and find someone willing to do it!

University couldnt stop it what they would tell you to go home! Be pretty sad on there part.

[Ragin9221]

http://www.mascotmakers.com is the website they have what they made in the past on there website

7500 was a rough estimate sure you would need 10k

[RaginScotsman]

I love what you’re doing. And doing it for free. Making effort that is being done as a fan. The university has work being done for them and they balk? Jesus Christ. Love what Cory is doing. I’ll put money to the go fund me.

[Ragin9221]

I love what you’re doing. And doing it for free. Making effort that is being done as a fan. The university has work being done for them and they balk? Jesus Christ. Love what Cory is doing. I’ll put money to the go fund me.

i was thinking Turbine or Cory or any other moderator off this website, because he runs this website and probably could really get it done, but i hate to throw names out there because i hate to put an obligation out there when he already does so much!

I just think it would have to be a grassroots effort to get this done obviously administration doesnt want any part of it!

Plus its a gofundme someone needs to be an upstanding and moral person with high integrity that people trust who could really get this done.

I almost feel like it is Cory fight because he came up with all this stuff so i dont want to offer to suggest to steal someones idea or whatever.

[JMV JustMyView]

Since the University is dragging its feet, it would be great if a mascot outfit was made and introduced at tailgating. This mascot obviously couldn't go into the games, but could go from tailgating spot to tailgating spot.

If the fans get involved and support the idea, they will put pressure on the University to make it happen. The only problem would be the cost of making the mascot uniform.

If Russel Heim had gone to the University admin and said, I have an idea. I'm going to dress up as a chicken and entertain the fans. The admin would have laughed at this man and have him escorted out. Instead, he started by presenting himself at tailgating before he was asked to be part of the games.

Same thing for Albineaux. Just my 2 cents.

Why couldn't he go into the game?

[Ragin9221]

I actually started a gofundme 10 months ago. Please do not donate!! I put it off but we are discussing it right now, i rather have cory approval or someone else within this Ragin Cajun Community to really talk to or get this done!! I am gonna post the link for yall to look at it. I started and never acted on it.

https://gofund.me/a4de3ca0


Its not my baby so i dont want to take someone else’s idea and run with it! This what needs to be done to actually get this done!!

I am a go go go and dont think bout the logistics i say lets just start but i know we need communication within the fan and this community.

I would want it design to be exactly like my avatar lol that thing would be legit

[CouillonCinema]

Never let go. Identify yourself and be proud of what you have done. Not only Louisiana, but America needs more like you.

Love the productions you are doing. As a LOUISIANA faithful, I grew up speaking both English and Cajun French. Having grown up on a farm in Maurice, Louisiana, where I saw my grandparents daily, I learned Cajun French simultaneously with English. When I was young, Cajun French was the language spoke at the family table on Sundays. I have two sisters, 10 years and 13 years younger than me. They never learned Cajun French, so at the Sunday table, they were just out . . . eating was their only participation.

Now, I am still pretty fluent in the Cajun French language but at times, because it is used so infrequently, I find myself reaching for words. Keep the good deed going with the Cajun French language and hopefully, in time, Louisiana will see both Albino as the mascot for all time and you for the truly selfless person that you are for sharing the concept with us.

Thank you so much for sharing that memory with us. All Louisiana french dialects are important to work. I hate hearing the label "dying language" when that language has been a part of our state's identity for hundreds of years.

Hopefully what I'm doing in my work will inspire more creatives to explore how we can turn the something that is considered "dying" to having a renaissance.

[CouillonCinema]

I am really impressed with your diligence and artistry. Wonderful concept. Your efforts to develop the character will undoubtedly add to its potential. I hope you do play a more visible role. It will make a difference.
Don’t let the varmints get you down. Some of our best cultural warriors had little in the way of blood line but big hearts. We’re all cousins if we’re UL supporters.

Thank you to all of you for the encouragement! Connecting with the Ragin Cajun' family has been the part of this journey. I just know we'll have one of the biggest parties in Acadiana the day we finally get a spirit leader.

[Ragin9221]

Thank you so much for sharing that memory with us. All Louisiana french dialects are important to work. I hate hearing the label "dying language" when that language has been a part of our state's identity for hundreds of years.

Hopefully what I'm doing in my work will inspire more creatives to explore how we can turn the something that is considered "dying" to having a renaissance.

Yeah, the sad thing is it's only through my and others' grandparents that are all passing away. I remember both of my grandparents spoke it; when they were arguing, they would speak Cajun French because none of the grandkids could understand what they were saying. They would substitute English words for ones they didn't know, like "television."

The bad thing is, they try to bring it back through the schools, but to use it fluently, you need to use it daily, and that's not going to happen.

In Quebec, they take great pride in their culture and their language. It’s ingrained in their society, and they take great pride in it—not like down here. We do, but we've been so Americanized.

That's one thing that's missing from this university. Our job for football games, any sporting events, or just in general needs to be to promote what little we have left! This should be the job of the university. We are the Ragin' Cajuns; it's time to start acting like it. Its that little bit we have left that we want to promote our area and region because we take such pride in it. It's partly what makes us unique, and we want to do something unique compared to other places.

[cajun4life]

Yeah, the sad thing is it's only through my and others' grandparents that are all passing away. I remember both of my grandparents spoke it; when they were arguing, they would speak Cajun French because none of the grandkids could understand what they were saying. They would substitute English words for ones they didn't know, like "television."

The bad thing is, they try to bring it back through the schools, but to use it fluently, you need to use it daily, and that's not going to happen.

In Quebec, they take great pride in their culture and their language. It’s ingrained in their society, and they take great pride in it—not like down here. We do, but we've been so Americanized.

That's one thing that's missing from this university. Our job for football games, any sporting events, or just in general needs to be to promote what little we have left! This should be the job of the university. We are the Ragin' Cajuns; it's time to start acting like it. Its that little bit we have left that we want to promote our area and region because we take such pride in it. It's partly what makes us unique, and we want to do something unique compared to other places.

Yeah but French Canadians are the worst. Lol

[fanof71]

Yeah, the sad thing is it's only through my and others' grandparents that are all passing away. I remember both of my grandparents spoke it; when they were arguing, they would speak Cajun French because none of the grandkids could understand what they were saying. They would substitute English words for ones they didn't know, like "television."

The bad thing is, they try to bring it back through the schools, but to use it fluently, you need to use it daily, and that's not going to happen.

In Quebec, they take great pride in their culture and their language. It’s ingrained in their society, and they take great pride in it—not like down here. We do, but we've been so Americanized.

That's one thing that's missing from this university. Our job for football games, any sporting events, or just in general needs to be to promote what little we have left! This should be the job of the university. We are the Ragin' Cajuns; it's time to start acting like it. Its that little bit we have left that we want to promote our area and region because we take such pride in it. It's partly what makes us unique, and we want to do something unique compared to other places.

As has been said before, there is nothing raging or Cajun about the in stadium fan experience....

[cajun4life]

As has been said before, there is nothing raging or Cajun about the in stadium fan experience....

I truly wish we would adopt the Euro League mentality of supporting the Cajuns.

[CajunVic]

As has been said before, there is nothing raging or Cajun about the in stadium fan experience....

you are the ONLY person who posts this . . . it has been posted 1 million times . . . it still don’t move the needle . .

[CouillonCinema]

I actually started a gofundme 10 months ago. Please do not donate!! I put it off but we are discussing it right now, i rather have cory approval or someone else within this Ragin Cajun Community to really talk to or get this done!! I am gonna post the link for yall to look at it. I started and never acted on it.

https://gofund.me/a4de3ca0


Its not my baby so i dont want to take someone else’s idea and run with it! This what needs to be done to actually get this done!!

I am a go go go and dont think bout the logistics i say lets just start but i know we need communication within the fan and this community.

I would want it design to be exactly like my avatar lol that thing would be legit

If any of you listened to the latest Ragin Review Twitter space, you heard me say what my next courses of action are. I do not believe the university will budge on Albineaux, or any spirit leader for that matter, anytime soon. They're scared investors. But fortunately I'm a filmmaker (and like all filmmakers), most of my job is creating a pitch that is so good, scared investigators have no choice but to buy into the project. I'm approaching Al like I would approach any large scale production.

Like I said earlier, I think it is important to have a "script" first. My next online presentation is pretty much an outline on how Albineaux will be an entertainer. That "script" will be the guiding document to whoever puts on the suit. Ideally, we can partner with a current student, or students, to put on the mantle. They'll have way more access than any alum fan, BUT at the beginning phases it may need to be a combination of both student and non-student.

After the release of the script comes the fundraiser. I've been doing research and there are quite a few mascot making companies actually. I'm going to present this fundraiser like I would present one of my films for crowdfunding (with extensive research, details of where the money is going, and what the projected return on investment is). This will truly be an all hands on deck moment for the fanbase.

I'm already thinking of how to get outside help for this part as well. When the crowd funding is launched, I want to take the campaign to CFB Reddit. Both Albineaux posts on the website got a lot of traction; and that was without the full context. From Reddit, I may be able to connect with former college mascots on the best practices for our spirit leader. We may even have non-UL fans want to chip into this special project.

Thinking even more outside the box, should the funding go well, I might approach a documentarian to film our fight for a spirit leader. It's not everyday a 125 year old university gets a new spirit leader, especially one that is coming from the fanbase. A pseudo sports doc could really capture this moment we're in, rally all of our supporters, and put our university on a national spotlight (making it harder for them to run from this). The director of the Mondo Duplansis doc is still around. Maybe we can see if he would be interested.

Once the suit is created, it'll be just about acting out the script and getting the community INVOLVED as much as possible. Then after that, the rest is history.