Naming LA Tech

[HoustonCajun]

_ An official name and a "better known as" name are two different things.

If LSU A&M College at BR can be called "LSU," then why can't we be known (athletically) as UL?

Trust me, I'm not a chest pounding UL name-or-bust guy, but please realize that schools all over the country are known by different names than their "official" academic letterhead.

igeaux.mobi _

Here are some more examples:

Fresno State - Cal State Fresno
Nevada - Nevada Reno
Charlotte - UNC Charlotte
Milwaukee - UW Milwaukee
California - Cal Berkeley
Texas - Texas at Austin
Nebraska - Nebraska Lincoln
Louisiana - Louisiana at Lafayette

The schools with city tags that have been successful, all have great acronyms:

UCLA - Cal Los Angeles
UNLV - Nevada Las Vegas
UTEP - Texas El Paso
UAB - Alabama Birmingham
ULM - Louisiana Monroe

I AM a chest pounding UL name-or-bust guy. This works for us as it does for these other schools. Why so much trouble embracing it, even by UL alumni? Why does the outside media have so much trouble accepting what we want to be called, like ESPN? Why do they so readily accept what other schools want to be called and I'm not just talking about the traditional power schools?

[Hammer58]

_ Here are some more examples:

Fresno State - Cal State Fresno
Nevada - Nevada Reno
Charlotte - UNC Charlotte
Milwaukee - UW Milwaukee
California - Cal Berkeley
Texas - Texas at Austin
Nebraska - Nebraska Lincoln
Louisiana - Louisiana at Lafayette

The schools with city tags that have been successful, all have great acronyms:

UCLA - Cal Los Angeles
UNLV - Nevada Las Vegas
UTEP - Texas El Paso
UAB - Alabama Birmingham
ULM - Louisiana Monroe

I AM a chest pounding UL name-or-bust guy. This works for us as it does for these other schools. Why so much trouble embracing it, even by UL alumni? Why does the outside media have so much trouble accepting what we want to be called, like ESPN? Why do they so readily accept what other schools want to be called and I'm not just talking about the traditional power schools? _

You had me until you included that last one in your "schools with city tags that have been successful" section.