Would you support a change

[CajunNation]

[RaginWaldo]

I believe in our heritage, but i would be a very sad person if we change our mascot to a catahoula hound dog. I really think that would just make us a laughing stock rather than help our national reputation.

I do miss having the bulldog as a mascot and having him on the sideline. I still see people bring their bulldogs to tailgating and always like seeing that.

[RealCajun70]

_ I believe in our heritage, but i would be a very sad person if we change our mascot to a catahoula hound dog. I really think that would just make us a laughing stock rather than help our national reputation.

I do miss having the bulldog as a mascot and having him on the sideline. I still see people bring their bulldogs to tailgating and always like seeing that. _

That is the exact reason I would say put it to a vote but one thing is for sure, no more pepper lol

[CajunMarineBBK]

I personally do not beleive making the catahoula hound dog would make us a laughing stock no more than it does for the state. When you read about the dog what better animal to represent the University of Louisiana. I like the bulldog hell I am a Marine but the Catahoula after reading the above post would be unique. The Vols use a hound dog and no one is laughing at them. Just let me know when the petition is out and I will be more than happy to add my signature.

[CajunCanaille]

I don't think it would be bad to use the Catahoula as long as you use it like the Vols. Don't plaster it accross our logos in any way. Just let it be out mascot. Stick with the interlocking UL and the "Ragin' Cajuns" logo.

[RaginWaldo]

Yea if the dog is on the sideline thats not a bad addition, I just cant see us having this on some sort of logo.

I mean being a Ragin Cajun and having a Hound Dog may make us sound uneducated and give us the "WaterBoy" effect lol and I just dont want it to come to that. Its hard enough to get any respect just cause of the conference we're in.

[Turbine]

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CajunNation I think Catahoula works great on paper but every one of those dogs has a different look, you will never be able to capture a visual image that says anything other than "dog"

It has to be able to be mascotized into a character and mascotized better than a pepper. The message can’t just say dog, it has to say Louisiana with little or no explanation and coon hunting don't cut it.

jmo

[jimbo]

I wouldn't have a problem with a Catahoula as our mascot...in fact i'm surprised the douchers 50 miles east haven't tried to devise some way to filter in the dog with their cat eye mascot since it is the state dog and they are the state u.
Also i wouldn't have a problem distancing ourselves from a bulldog as a mascot since the nechsters up north still have that as their mascot. Whatever it may be , please get rid of the flaming pepper on steroids!

[CAJUN_LXA685]

This is an option that was posted on a thread similar to this last year around this time. The proposed name for the "bullgator" was Fideaux.

[CAJUN_LXA685]

Oh, and I vote to pickle, can, or whatever we can do to the pepper to earse it's existencse from Lafayette and the world. I also vote to get rid of the hotwheel's logo (or atleast get rid of the colors that aren't Vermillion (tabasco now?) red and white.

[RaginWaldo]

Florida is already the "Gators" and they call their stadium "The Swamp" even though ours was nicknamed that before them....Im sure they would just say we are copying them.

[CAJUN_LXA685]

whatever we go with (bulldog, catahoulla, crawfish, gator) just needs to be done right and look fierce. Make it look bowed up like it is on steriods and give it an angry face / glare.