Would you support a change

[raginsaints]

I'd like to see a Catahoula on the sidelines. Cayenne is just awful.

[Turbine]

PS: Maybe we can build a Million dollar cage for them, HEHEHE______!! _

UL has the most valuable mascot habitat in the world. No reasonable amount of money could replace the oldest trees on campus which are standing for parts of three centuries.

I went by Cypress Swamp today and within :30 (seconds) I saw a BullGator, I would say I have seen them 90% of the times I have visited the campus swamp.

I have never seen a pepper or a dog.

[CajunZ1]

Bullgator gets my vote. Catahoula is good too.

What is not good, is the toothy pepper.

igeaux.mobi

[Big Buds]

YES:

and I'll go w/ the bullgator!

[Just1More]

Catahoula. I like the parallel to aTm's Reveille (Collie) or Tennessee's Smokey (Coonhound). They are simply a mascot and a great dog. We wouldn't get all goofy with it in our merchandize and logo stuff but it would allow us to put the pepper to rest. I don't want to reintroduce the bulldog in any way. We are the Ragin Cajuns now and a Catahoula would be a great addition to the family. Alligators are for eating and making cowboy boots. The Catahoula would be unique and cool. There is no reason to get stupid about it. Just get the dog and introduce him to the fans. Everybody that is likeable likes a good dog.

[Big Buds]

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[Turbine]

_ Catahoula. I like the parallel to aTm's Reveille (Collie) or Tennessee's Smokey (Coonhound). They are simply a mascot and a great dog. We wouldn't get all goofy with it in our merchandize and logo stuff but it would allow us to put the pepper to rest. I don't want to reintroduce the bulldog in any way. We are the Ragin Cajuns now and a Catahoula would be a great addition to the family. Alligators are for eating and making cowboy boots. The Catahoula would be unique and cool. There is no reason to get stupid about it. Just get the dog and introduce him to the fans. Everybody that is likeable likes a good dog. _

Everyone knows a Collie and you know it is a Coonhound. Catahoula's have no visual identity and having to educate the rest of the world on who you are is taxing and sometimes futile.

While Catahoula's have great drive and all the great traits CajunNation mentioned they are also very often deaf, blind or both. I'm afraid the opponents would jump all over that fact. Still better than a pepper though.

[chauncey]

I love the catahoula idea!! Don't forget the pooper scooper.

[Just1More]

_ Everyone knows a Collie and you know it is a Coonhound. Catahoula's have no visual identity and having to educate the rest of the world who you are is taxing.

While Catahoula's have great drive and all the great traits CajunNation mentioned they are also very often deaf, blind or both. I'm afraid the opponents would jump all over that fact. Still better than a pepper though. _

Why does the world need an education on a Catahoula? It isn't "who we are". When someone asks, tell them it's a dog we got at the pound and saved his life. All the chicks will dig you.

The ladies love a story about a blind Catahoula puppy we pulled out of the swamp that later came back and saved our life when we were attacked by a monster alligator. Mascots are all about the ladies, Turbine. Chicks dig dogs. Have you ever tried to pet an alligator? When was the last time an alligator greeted you at the door with his favorite toy? Did you ever walk an alligator and have the ladies ask you where you got the cute little fella? Alligators don't get you the ladies... unless you make them into a purse or a pair of shoes. Puppies Turbine. Puppies get you the really hot ladies. Not peppers, not alligators. Catahoula puppies.

Oh, and of course he's going to be deaf... haven't you heard our PA System!!!

[gridiron]

We could start the WildCatahoula offense. There is a video on youtube of a young pack of Florida Catahoulas killing a gator but it's gross so I'm not doing the link. I wouldn't let kids or chicks around my Catahoula they don't take kindly to strangers.

[ULtimateCajun]

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't we have this exact thread last season? I think I posted a pic of a Catahoula wearing a UL sweater.


igeaux.mobi

[Just1More]

I wouldn't let kids or chicks around my Catahoula they don't take kindly to strangers. _

Really? That ain't good. I love me the chicks. I wouldn't mind a stranger or two getting bit... but not the chicks or the kids.

Seriously, I've never been around Catahoulas, but I thought I'd read where they are good around kids... maybe that meant ones they are raised around. Some bulldog mascots are kept on a tight lease and away from the public. A male bulldog can get a little cranky in public and bite.