MORE PRESEASON PROGNOSTICATION!! this guy didnt get the memo from ulm..LOL!

[HoustonCajun]

_ suck it up, jr. You plainly stated that NO one outside of Lafayette calls us Louisiana. NOT TRUE!!!

ulmsters got panties in a knot yesterday when an MT guy posted a link on their board using Louisiana. I laughed my a** off at that.

Hell the kid with the blog that marched in the Drums across 'ajun Field was really impressed with the field at The University of Louisiana.

Another part of the slooooooowwww process. It is happening though.

Z _

Yeah, but look at our website. It has Louisiana-Lafayette and Louisiana's Ragin Cajuns on the home page and on the coaches bios and a lot of other pages. Granted, we are moving to more and more usage of UL and Louisiana on that site, but it is still a mixed message. And, as long as it is a mixed message for us, it will certainly be a mixed message for outsiders, so they will refer to the old (8 years now) standby, Louisiana-Lafayette. It all starts with US, i.e. UL SID.

[Zeebart21]

_ Yeah, but look at our website. It has Louisiana-Lafayette and Louisiana's Ragin Cajuns on the home page and on the coaches bios and a lot of other pages. Granted, we are moving to more and more usage of UL and Louisiana on that site, but it is still a mixed message. And, as long as it is a mixed message for us, it will certainly be a mixed message for outsiders, so they will refer to the old (8 years now) standby, Louisiana-Lafayette. It all starts with US, i.e. UL SID. _

A statement was made in a previous post. The statement was debunked. that is all. Nothing more, nothing less.

Z

[NOCajun]

_ I saw some Latexsters whining on their forum about their baseball scoreboard operator putting up "UL" or "Louisiana" (I forget which it was) when the Cajuns played up there.

Just for that I'm going to recommend we use "Tech" instead of "LaTex" when they come down for the basketball game in December. _

Hell, REALLY ______ 'em off and put "LA NECH" on the scoreboard - grab a brew and watch what they do with THAT one!!!

[MetryCajun]

_ suck it up, jr. You plainly stated that NO one outside of Lafayette calls us Louisiana. NOT TRUE!!!

ulmsters got panties in a knot yesterday when an MT guy posted a link on their board using Louisiana. I laughed my a** off at that.

Hell the kid with the blog that marched in the Drums across 'ajun Field was really impressed with the field at The University of Louisiana.

Another part of the slooooooowwww process. It is happening though.

Z _

I stand corrected! Almost no one calls us Louisiana outside of Lafayette.
Where you see progress, I see none. The only times I saw the national media call us Louisiana were 5+ years ago. All I see now is LA Laf, UL Laf or some other bastardization.
I admit the Lafayette area has made great strides in the past few years, but that has not translated to other areas. Unlike some I am not consumed with the name thing. I would trade a 9-3 season in exchange for going back to USL.
You mentioned a sloooowww process....that is not how it is going to happen. In our current situation we are Louisiana Lafayette. Only a formal announcement by the University will get us the name we all want. It will then happen overnight!!

Would love to continue this discission, but I will be out of pocket for a couple of weeks. I am going to Alaska sans wife and kids.

[Zeebart21]

_ I stand corrected! Almost no one calls us Louisiana outside of Lafayette.
Where you see progress, I see none. The only times I saw the national media call us Louisiana were 5+ years ago. All I see now is LA Laf, UL Laf or some other bastardization.
I admit the Lafayette area has made great strides in the past few years, but that has not translated to other areas. Unlike some I am not consumed with the name thing. I would trade a 9-3 season in exchange for going back to USL.
You mentioned a sloooowww process....that is not how it is going to happen. In our current situation we are Louisiana Lafayette. Only a formal announcement by the University will get us the name we all want. It will then happen overnight!!

Would love to continue this discission, but I will be out of pocket for a couple of weeks. I am going to Alaska sans wife and kids. _

Enjoy your vacation!

Z

[Cajunsmike]

I stand corrected! Almost no one calls us Louisiana outside of Lafayette.
Where you see progress, I see none. The only times I saw the national media call us Louisiana were 5+ years ago. All I see now is LA Laf, UL Laf or some other bastardization.
I admit the Lafayette area has made great strides in the past few years, but that has not translated to other areas. Unlike some I am not consumed with the name thing. I would trade a 9-3 season in exchange for going back to USL.
You mentioned a sloooowww process....that is not how it is going to happen. In our current situation we are Louisiana Lafayette. Only a formal announcement by the University will get us the name we all want. It will then happen overnight!!

Would love to continue this discission, but I will be out of pocket for a couple of weeks. I am going to Alaska sans wife and kids.

There is a guy in Houston (Randy Guilbeaux) who keeps track everytime someone outside of Lafayette calls us Louisiiana, it is more extensive than you think. Of course he counts the scoreboard at Rice for this year's baseball game saying Louisiana on his list. He should post the list one day. I would also take a 9 and 3 season for just about anything regarding the name. I am ready to have some fun.

[DestinCajun]

I stand corrected! Almost no one calls us Louisiana outside of Lafayette.
Where you see progress, I see none. The only times I saw the national media call us Louisiana were 5+ years ago. All I see now is LA Laf, UL Laf or some other bastardization.
I admit the Lafayette area has made great strides in the past few years, but that has not translated to other areas. Unlike some I am not consumed with the name thing. I would trade a 9-3 season in exchange for going back to USL.
You mentioned a sloooowww process....that is not how it is going to happen. In our current situation we are Louisiana Lafayette. Only a formal announcement by the University will get us the name we all want. It will then happen overnight!!

Would love to continue this discission, but I will be out of pocket for a couple of weeks. I am going to Alaska sans wife and kids.

Fishing?

[DestinCajun]

I would also take a 9 and 3 season for just about anything regarding the name. I am ready to have some fun.

I want it all, I tell you, I want it all of it.

No reason why we can't talk about building a winner on the field and also the use popular names WE prefer, not those others decided for us. It's too different things.

From the news coming out of the Cajun athletic department, there's a lot of good stuff to talk about. It wasn't long ago that all I saw were questions like

"Where's the (fill in blank)?

Weren't we supposed to (fill in the blank)

What happened to the (fill in the blank)?

Now I'm seeing the answers.