2011 New Orleans Bowl: LOUISIANA (32) SDSU (30)

[Lexhead]

WWL Radio: Deke flipped over the weekend and began referring to us as UL or Louisiana. Bobbi. Hebert just can't bring himself to do it - yet.

[Cajun Power]

The awful pre-game band at Champions' Square kept saying "ULL"

I booed, but most people were too excited to care.

[bigearl]

Dying to hear it...

[cjr3888]

And that party in the Rouses parking lot was epic. I've never seen that many people drinking INSIDE a grocery store. They couldn't keep filling the beer aisle fast enough.

[NewsCopy]

Brett Baer’s 50-yard field goal as time expired lifted Louisiana to a 32-30 victory over San Diego State Saturday evening in the 2011 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in front of a record crowd of 42,841.

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UL-SI

[awadelewis]

I was surprised by the overall poor condition of the field, not just the logos in the end zone. There was some really nasty looking bare spots in that turf. It was shocking, esp. in comparison to the Field Turf in Cajun Field. Do the Saints actually play on something that crappy? If so, I'm even more impressed by the Saints offense.

[awadelewis]

I heard it being being replayed on Big Dave's show this morning as I was driving back from NOLA. It was a classic and I was darn glad to be in the Superdome to see it live and be able to hear Jay's call of the winning play. Jay's had to call a lot of the bad juju over the years and it's good to hear him be able to call a victory like that. KPEL now has something to replace Mr. Bitter's call of the Acadiana win from a few years ago.

[bigguill]

I can't believe that people are complaining about what ESPN calls us. My goodness.

[CajunSaint]

Yeah maybe that old piece of ____ 4dogs will call in to eat crow! Nah, that would require him to be a man not the _____ that he is.

now, come on, hammer. you know you're trash-talking the smartest caller on espn1420. just ask him; he'll tell you so himself. geaux cajuns!

[CajunSaint]

thanks for being a class act. geaux cajuns!

[I_Bleed_RED]

UL alum in the hills of Western North Carolina. Watched the game last night...epic win by the cajuns. The ESPN crew, as we all thought, was relentless with UL-Lafayette and Lafayette references. Even with this morning highlights, it was always UL-
Lafayette. And with basketball on the horizon, its only going to get worse. And after years of trying to get ESPN's attention to the change (as well as AP, USA Today, etc) it may be a good time to change tactics. As ESPN is the world sports
authority, what they say, normally goes.

Mr. Farmer, T-Joe, University Attorney, and anyone else you can think of...Call ESPN, ask when the production meetings for
college football will begin this summer, set an appointment...and fly to Bristol, Conn. Make a presentation in person. Don't
send a fax, or depend on some intern or minimum wage pa to make the determination of the right logo, name,
and scoreboard sig..please no more LaLaf, LafLa, ULouLaf, etc, ESPN.

Much like any other "brand name" our brand, UL, Louisiana, etc. carries a huge value. Every time our teams are called by the wrong name, the brand becomes less valuable. In essence ESPN is costing the university and the athletic department "brand revenue" by not mentioning our athletic teams with the correct identification. That's why I'm suggesting that the University Attorney be present, to protect the rights of the University and the all important brand of the university.

Here in North Carolina, of course, its always UNC. Unless its of an official University nature, then its UNC-Chapel Hill. Read
any news item that concerns a UNC student, UNC is only used after UNC-Chapel Hill is used as the location ID. "UNC-Chapel
Hill student was arrested today after breaking into an atm machine on the UNC campus. UNC security, etc....

Now that we have the gravitas of a bowl win, its time to challenge ESPN and how they refer to the University of Louisiana.

Great first post.

[locoguano]

A school's name is what is repeated over and over... it is what a school is identified by. To think that being called "Lafayette" all night is not a big deal is just naive.