Grassroots Campaign for the Next UL Mascot

[KajunKrazy]

The color is a key piece to the entire idea.

JMO. I think the color with the lack of pigmentation is the worst part about the idea.

[KajunKrazy]

I never suggested green. You did. If in deed the mascot is a gator why not make the costume as close to realistic in color to the gators we see in the basin, lake martin, bayou teche.... and so on? No one has ever seen a gator with out pigmentation except for a rare occasion at the zoo.

I ask again why is the designer choosing for the gators to be albino and not a natural color? Still trying to understand the thought process and reasoning?

The creator is marketing it as an Al Boudreaux the Albino Alligator. The color is in his name. You are correct about the Green gator. But insert any other color and they will be the Blue, White, Red, Orange.. gator.

But I noticed you only replied to half of my question. No one has ever answered the 2nd part. Why albino? What is the thought process?

[KajunKrazy]

This. I don’t know why, if, in fact, the new mascot is an alligator, it can’t be an alligator’s natural color, or vermilion.

And I know this is going to rustle some jimmies, but it has been said more than once on this site that football drives the bus.

And that football team is overwhelmingly, predominantly Black.

Do we really want to look at them and future recruits with a mascot that is purposefully white?

And as far as the Catahoula “leopard” dog goes, remember the pecker head from ESPN that had so much fun, toying with us during the name argument?

While I think the Catahoula, on the surface, is a cool idea, do we really want to give this jerk off of ESPN another opportunity to screw with us?

On the recruiting part. And I could be totally wrong on this. Aren't Albinos found more predominately in the black community that they are in white?

[Turbine]

That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard. Is green a florida school color? No. Are tigers purple and gold? No. Is Alabama's elephant crimson? No. Is Tennessee's Blue Tick orange? no. Is Tx A&M collie burgundy? no. In all those cases you can put the jersey on the mascot that is school colors. No schools colors are the color of there mascot.

You listed a bunch of missed opportunities, no time like the present to differentiate.

[Turbine]

Actually, MAT,, I think it's the most important thing. Kids have to want to hug the mascot and parents will want to take pictures of their kids with it.

And, as soon as that happens, parents sign off on the mascot and it grows from there. Absolutely the #1 priority as far as I'm concerned.

My dream is to go into local toy stores and see stuffed (insert mascot here). My dream is for parents to rent out (mascot) to appear at their kids' birthday party.

We can make fun of it all we want, but Big Red at WKU has accomplished that and is downright beloved by everyone on the Hill. And, it's nothing but a red blob.

I applaud Corey. As I said, I don't know if the gator is the answer. But FINALLY there's discourse and a LOT of it about a spirit leader. I don't think the powers that be have any choice but to get moving on this.

I do not like the universal green that is out there (for UL) but for some reason everyone loves a cuddly Gator Costume.

Otherwise (purple and yellow triangles aside) you would not see them for sale in February at the Abbeville Walmart.

[KajunKrazy]

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/albino

Personally, just get a mascot and get it right.

Thanks I think everyone knows what definition of albino is that is not the question here Merriam.

[KajunKrazy]

You listed a bunch of missed opportunities, no time like the present to differentiate.

I don’t see anything that is a missed opportunity there. You’d have to explain that?

[KajunKrazy]

One thing we can all agree on is it doesn’t matter what the mascot is but who is in the costume will be key. If none of us had ever seen Russell in a chicken costume and someone suggested a chicken for the mascot, we would think they’re crazy. People who say bring back the chicken are really saying bring back Russell of the 90s. He’s in his 60s by now. So it doesn’t matter if the mascot is a White Gator or Catahoula the person in it will make or break it. And students come and go.

[KajunKrazy]

I don't think anyone will ever refer to the mascot by its color unless the school promotes it as such.

Up till now they are almost always depicted as bright green and no one refers to them as "Green Gators."

Curious? Why do you think AES don’t just call themselves the Gators?

[MWolf]

The creator is marketing it as an Al Boudreaux the Albino Alligator. The color is in his name. You are correct about the Green gator. But insert any other color and they will be the Blue, White, Red, Orange.. gator.

But I noticed you only replied to half of my question. No one has ever answered the 2nd part. Why albino? What is the thought process?

Let me help. We have two school colors. One is vermillion. The other is white. Get it? Make sense?