What keeps your faith?

[CajunZ1]

Because defeat builds character.

And victory is sweeter.


igeaux.mobi

[Hooj_Cajun_Fan]

_ I got a chance to go to the UL bookstore the other day and bought a ton of stuff. What made me do this? Our teams suck and will hopefully get better but I will be a Cajun fan until they are throwing dirt in my face in a pine box. I guess it is just love for the university. What's your reason? _

UL gave me an awesome degree and an awesome education. I worked too hard at school not to take pride in it. You just gotta love Lafayette, and if you love Lafayette you gotta love Louisiana...and by Louisiana I mean the Cajuns.

...plus, the Saints won the freakin' Superbowl after being horrible for year after year after year...after year. It made watching Tracy Porter run that interception back oh so much sweeter. It's only a matter of time before the Cajuns are beating LSU in bowl games and making final 4 appearances every other year.

[shasta]

4 years You must have went through the accelerated program. Most of us like the school so much we decided to stay there for more than 4 years ...

well it may have been 4 and a half plus i already had a semester under my belt when i came to ul, but in retrospect I really should have stretched it out another year


igeaux.mobi

[Hammer58]

Good old fashioned loyalty.

[HebertTommy]

...plus, the Saints won the freakin' Superbowl after being horrible for year after year after year...after year. It made watching Tracy Porter run that interception back oh so much sweeter. It's only a matter of time before the Cajuns are beating LSU in bowl games and making final 4 appearances every other year. _

Well said, sir. After being terrible year after year, once we get it together it'll be all the sweeter.

[cajunhawk]

For me it's about several things. One, I'm a proud alumni of the University of Louisiana. For a lot of people that should mean something. Second, the university was my home for 6 and a half years of my life(Yeah I took my time and had fun doing it). I lived there, worked there, went to school there, ate there, etc. And I loved every minute of it. It's only second nature to be loyal to your home. Third, who else is gonna do it? This is a huge problem with people in Louisiana, no one likes a loser. If your not winning your not worth their time. Sure you have some loyal people, but for the most part people in Louisiana go looking for a winner.

Four cases in point, LSU in the early 2000's blew up, I grew up here, and during the 80's and 90's you never heard a thing from them. Saban took over and kaboom, it's the cool thing now to be a WalMart tiger fan or paper Tiger. The Saints, before Katrina you would be lucky to see a "Faith" sticker on someones car. Now, you can't blink without seeing a Gold fluer de lis, saints flags, saints shirts, hats, guys wanting to be Sean Payton(vicodin addicts?). The Hornets, no one gives a good god damn unless this team is winning. But its NBA so I give them a pass on that. Even, the Cajuns. If everyone can remember the season where we went 5-2, they had a rap song on the radio about us. It was god awful. And prolly caused our downfall to 6-6 that year. And they all have their exceptions. I know lifelong LSU fans, Saints fans, even lifelong Cajuns fans. The Hornets, you people need to get a life.

So what keeps my faith? Being an alumni, missing my home, and because loyalty in this state is a rare commodity, and one UL needs in bunches.

[CajunMarineBBK]

I would guess I am different than most I went for about a half semester than joined the service. I live in Lafayette area you are suppose to pull for the home team. I am addicted to the Cajuns. See yall Saturday.

[cajunhawk]

_ I would guess I am different than most I went for about a half semester than joined the service. I live in Lafayette area you are suppose to pull for the home team. I am addicted to the Cajuns. See yall Saturday. _

A salute to you sir, for your service to this country(belated veterans day appreciation) and for your patronage to your local community.

[Just1More]

Are we talking about "faith" or "loyalty"? The question was followed by the original poster that despite our losing in sports, he continues to stick with the school. I'm loyal to the university no matter what. It is my alma mater. I have faith that if we loyal types keep pushing for common goals and supporting them, we'll achieve them.

I don't have "blind faith". If I want something done I have to be willing to help. Back to losing in sports (not the most important issue at UL... but an issue worth discussing)... I believe if we maintain a certain approach to athletics, we will see some very gratifying results. It is much more gratifying to help raise something that needed your help and enjoy even the slightest results, than to simply observe, and only jump on board when it wins.

[RCAJUN90]

_ UL gave me an awesome degree and an awesome education. I worked too hard at school not to take pride in it. You just gotta love Lafayette, and if you love Lafayette you gotta love Louisiana...and by Louisiana I mean the Cajuns.

...plus, the Saints won the freakin' Superbowl after being horrible for year after year after year...after year. It made watching Tracy Porter run that interception back oh so much sweeter. It's only a matter of time before the Cajuns are beating LSU in bowl games and making final 4 appearances every other year. _

I agree with everything you said. Lafayette was an awesome place to live and UL was a great place to go to school. I head back to Lafayette every chance I get even though I have no family there and all my friends have moved on.

I've been a life long Saints fan. Never thought I would live long enough to see them have such an awesome season like last year. I pray I live long enough for the Cajuns to have a similar type season or at least go to a bowl game.