I will start this post off with this, there is no doubt that you are one of the most diehard Cajun fans out there, but you are wrong on so many levels. Lets just look at some of the things that you would like to see happen with this program.
1. That we are based in a Texas based league with the likes of the FBS wanna be's. That will NEVER HAPPEN. Now if a league with SMU, UTEP, Houston and Rice were to come calling then I could see that being a possibility, but it won't happen.
2. We have had 21 winning seasons since 1960, so where is all that tradition that was formed by those great uniforms? There is none. You like to use Ohio State and other Top 25 programs when citing their uniform choices as examples of tradition. All of those schools have changed their uni's to fit the times with the exception of 2 programs, Michigan and Penn St. That is 2 programs out of 120. For a program that has had limited success you need to have gimmicks, and the easiest way to do that is get what the kids want. If they want black uniforms the so be it.
3. We will NEVER ACHIEVE the name "University of Louisiana" legally. We may make headway nationally as Louisiana athletically, but within Louisiana we will never achieve that status.
4. Stop using the Texas schools as an example of what we should do. Everyone in their right mind knows that Texas does things the right way when it comes to allowing schools to thrive on their own. Louisiana is not like that and you know it. LSU will never allow another school to show them up academically, they are trying to absorb La Tech because Tech has something they want, which no one will know until they steal it away from them.
5. Finally the future is bright for the Cajuns in all facets of the university. We have 2 stud head coaches in the sports that really garner national publicity. We have massive amounts of facility improvements under way on campus and at the athletic complex. RCAF has started to grow and it is still in its infancy as a fundraising arm. We are a gnats dick hair away from becoming a Tier I institution. We are the ONLY university in this state outside of LSU that is continuing to grow and improve. ULM is dying, Nichols is dying, McNeese is struggling, La Tech is killing themselves by trying to attach themselves to LSU and staying in the WAC, Tulane is well Tulane, they decided their fate when they left the SEC.
Sorry for the Rant. Just tired of all the bullcrap about _____e that doesn't matter. It is easy to look at the small things and get stuck on the fact that they never change, but take a step back and look at everything that is going on at UL right now and understand that we are undergoing a major transformation and we are 2-3 years away from finally operation on all cylinders as a complete university much like we were doing prior to the Death Penalty.