Mark Hudspeth rejuvenates UL

[USL1970]

ESPN has a database compiled from all the college adminstration and/or athletics departments on what the name of the school is or variation of that name (i.e. abbreviation), and that is the source for their reporters.

[HoustonCajun]

Actually, I want and wish HUD follows in the footsteps of Gary Patterson @ TCU, Chris Peterson @ Boise, and Kyle Whittingham @ Utah has decided to do. They have all had much better offers as a HC but chose to stay where they are because they built a dynasty and the result is all the money they need. With that being said I doubt he would do that, but one can always hope. I also hope he stays for his entire contract.

My thoughts exactly. Think of the coaches that did well at schools and left for the greener BCS pastures, only to fail and HOPE to get a head job like they had before. The former coach at Boise State who went to Colorado is one that comes to mind. Coach Rodrigue leaving his gold mine in West Virginia for Michigan is another failure, and WVU is already a BCS program. There are many others. Our own women's basketball coach left for Cincinnati and he personally told me it was the worse move he ever made and desparately wanted back in at UL. There is so much untapped potential at UL and in Lafayette. Coach Hud recognizes that and just may be able to do here what Patterson, Peterson, Whittingham and even Coach Beamer at VA Tech have been able to accomplish. We'll see.

[moorecajun]

The oft used adage "win and the name thing will take care of itself" is being proved false.

One thing is becoming abundantly clear, winning and new exposure will never win a name battle.

The name you are introduced as, is how you will be remembered.

I gotta disagree with you Turb (and please accept my most humble apologies) but we haven't won anything yet. We are winning; the bowl game itself is where a lot of this name stuff can be rectified. This year will carry a LOT of weight into next year where I expect to see a lot less ULL's and more LOUISIANA'S.

You can't close your survey until a large enough sample size is taken.