Oaks Along Cajun Field

[SMD7636]

Great idea to move them. They could outline a blvd to Cajun Field.

[CajunFun]

Acorns from a specific Oak in Nola you say. First off, very interesting. Next, do you know of which area in the city this oak was? Reason I ask is because there is one in a completely rundown area of Uptown that a hospital was built around (the hospital is shut down as well). This Oak I speak of has Eight (8) trunks. It could well be over One Thousand years old.

I've never seen mention of which oak in the histories I've read.

However, I have a really weird story to tell about the oaks some day.

BTW, moving oaks of that size is a major, major project. Not cheap, not easy, not easy to stabilize after transplanting, and no guarantee they will survive.

[CajunFun]

PS

Really?

You want to remove oaks for that stadium?

Will the new Cajun Field rank as one of the top 100 stadiums in the country?

Will it even rank in the top 500? Maybe not. My nephew graduated from a Texas HS whose stadium is comparable to what we will have at Cajun Field... which brings up an insight: Would the new Cajun Field even make the top 100 stadiums in Texas? Link.

I like our new stadium; it will serve its purpose. It will show that we are competitive... but it will not show that we are among the biggest, nor the best, not in the country, not in college football, not even among mid-majors.

UL's oak trees, and the tradition they represent, are unique across the world. So do we really want to cut down our traditions, the things that make us leaders, the things that show us to be visionaries, the living things that bind us a community...

...just so we can showcase a 3rd-tier football stadium?

[Turbine]

The oaks in question must be around 54 years old

[Swamp]

Great idea to move them. They could outline a blvd to Cajun Field.

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[RedTails]

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You don't know you're in the good times till they're gone. RIP tailgaiting.

[Esqueleto]

You don't know you're in the good times till they're gone. RIP tailgaiting.

No kidding

[Turbine]

The mad rush all started with an offer to pay to be under an Oak tree.

[CajunFun]

The mad rush all started with an offer to pay to be under an Oak tree.

You are one of the few who remember that. A group of us realized that Cajuns & Creoles hate missing a party. If they saw tailgating along the fence, they'd join us.

So we began tailgating under the Eauque™. When we started, we were so isolated out there that even Nolan Ryan couldn't have hit another tailgater with a fastball.

We were right. It grew so big that we had to start paying for the Eauque. Then they subdivided it into 4 lots. Then it just got to be too crowded and way too loud, too much rowdiness.

Back when we started, I told people that the time would come that we would miss those days. They laughed at me.

May you live in interesting times.
May important people notice you.
May the gods grant all your wishes.

[Swamp]

[Swamp]

The mad rush all started with an offer to pay to be under an Oak tree.

One acorn will become a thousand year old Oak.

[CajunFun]

One acorn will become a thousand year old Oak.

Only to those who see what it can become, protect it, and let grow.

Only to those who believe.