JMU to Host College GameDay

[Sonsissymia]

huge movements currently underway at Clemson, auburn and Miami to get those limiting "town names" out of sight/out of mind.

[R1Letterman]

Miami is not in Miami ironically enough...
And private schools are not a good fit

[JAB]

Acadiana loves more than their own team actually named by their ancestors “Cajuns”. Think about that! Until they stop sucking then nothing will change.

Exactly. Why would people choose to watch one team’s hard fought battle with Southern Miss when they could watch another team’s hard fought battle with Florida?

It’s apples and oranges.

[Turbine]

huge movements currently underway at Clemson, auburn and Miami to get those limiting "town names" out of sight/out of mind.

Miami of Florida is 450,000 pop
Miami of Ohio is 4,500 pop

Miami of Ohio isn't changing they've been around over 200 years.

Clemson has no name competitor.

Auburn is also unique.

Vermilion as the local schools name would, have been distintive.

Lafayette College has also been, around 200 years. And Lafayette Leopards logos regularly show up representing UL Lafayette.

There are also 20 other Lafayette communities in the US.

No rational marketing or branding firm would adopt Lafayette as their brand.

[jaxmc1023]

Academics is fighting tooth and nail to keep Lafayette in the name.

Isn't academics legally required to keep Lafayette in the name?

I.e. use of Louisiana is only a sports related nickname, like LSU or ULM?

[Turbine]

Exactly. Why would people choose to watch one team’s hard fought battle with Southern Miss when they could watch another team’s hard fought battle with Florida?

It’s apples and oranges.

Not sure from where this thought is originating from.

No one had to choose.

[JAB]

No rational marketing or branding firm would adopt Lafayette as their brand.

Well the good thing is that UL has successfully stripped Lafayette from its branding. The bad thing is that the change has had 0 identifiable positive effect on the team.

[Sonsissymia]

Miami of Florida is 450,000 pop
Miami of Ohio is 4,500 pop

Miami of Ohio isn't changing they've been around over 200 years.

Clemson has no name competitor.

Auburn is also unique.

Vermilion as the local schools name would, have been distintive.

Lafayette College has also been, around 200 years. And Lafayette Leopards logos regularly show up representing UL Lafayette.

There are also 20 other Lafayette communities in the US.

No rational marketing or branding firm would adopt Lafayette as their brand.

must have had that ready somewhere to copy and paste! but to be sure, I was hoping for a deranged reply from one of the crazies, not you being your usual rational self.

[Sonsissymia]

Well the good thing is that UL has successfully stripped Lafayette from its branding. The bad thing is that the change has had 0 identifiable positive effect on the team.

you say that, but in the first quarter thurs, the ref said Lafayette right there in the middle of the field; so maybe PG-13 stripping...

[R1Letterman]

No rational marketing or branding firm would adopt Lafayette as their brand.

https://friendsoflafayette.wildapricot.org/

https://m.facebook.com/TheLafayetteCompany