Albineaux Concept 70% Approval Rating (Year Long Poll)

[jaxmc1023]

Young people love the idea because many of them have either (A) never seen a mascot at games, or (B) were subjected to the abomination that was Cayenne.

Polling older people is going to get you a bunch of opinions about "culture" and "tradition", and while they may have a point, the group of people that remembers UL traditions -- let alone cares about them -- is dwindling daily.

Do something different. Different makes headlines. Different goes viral. Different makes other schools talk s*** about you, and creates rivalries.

People will complain about ANY mascot we roll out.. but Albineaux, at the very least, signals to the people in this area that we are embracing Cajun culture and spirit, something the school hasn't done this century.

[CharlieK]

The name Albineaux is just weird. Make the gator red, name him Ragin Cajun.

[CajunVic]

This is a board of objectors. Until it proves otherwise, objection will be taken to every darn thing our university does or doesn’t do. PROVE ME WRONG.

[jaxmc1023]

The name Albineaux is just weird. Make the gator red, name him Ragin Cajun.

News at 11.. The name Ragin Cajuns is weird...

[CajunVic]

So isn’t Role Tide and Green Wave weird?

[jaxmc1023]

So isn’t Role Tide and Green Wave weird?

UL should be embracing every opportunity they get to be weird or different

[Big Poppa]

Reading the public comments there has never been an issue that divides the UL community more than this albino alligator. It needs to just die now.

[CajunVic]

Reading the public comments there has never been an issue that divides the UL community more than this albino alligator. It needs to just die now.

I guess you have no faith in the poll that has almost an 80% approval rate. Usually the objectors are the loudest. As a betting man, I would suggest that the lion’s share of the objectors you speak of and see on social media have also logged votes in the 41 currently voting no in the poll. I suggest that 41 out of this fan base is not a house divided.

[CharlieK]

News at 11.. The name Ragin Cajuns is weird...

No it’s not. The nickname for people from the area is Cajuns. Ragin flows with it and fits with the concept of an athletic nickname. Not weird at all, very creative and appropriate.

Naming your mascot after a genetic condition is weird. No matter that you spell it with a regional twist.

[KajunKrazy]

News at 11.. The name Ragin Cajuns is weird...

Russ Faulkinberry didn’t think so when he nicknamed his D that, that was made up of a bunch of coonasses from Acadiana.