The Spice is wrong!!!

[CAJUN_LXA685]

I could live with an Alligator I guess. How would you make it / cloth it so that it is associated with THE University of Louisiana without looking corny or stupid?

[HoustonCajun]

_ I could live with an Alligator I guess. How would you make it / cloth it so that it is associated with THE University of Louisiana without looking corny or stupid? _

We had a thread a few months ago about mascots. Someone had a great bullgator mascot, cartoon character, named Fideaux, if I remember correctly. Given that we have bullgators in the swamp on campus, that mascot appeared a good fit for UL. Could whoever posted that before do so again? It would be real easy to make that into a costume worn on the sidelines.

[CharlieK]

When I was finishing at USL in 1995 they had decided to go with a bulldog named ragin cajun as the mascot. Seemed like a good idea, tied into the old nickname, while keeping our cooler than cool current nickname. I left the state for several years and didn't do a very good job of keeping up with the goings on here. When I got back in 2003 the bulldog was gone. What happened? It's definitely better than the walking tampon.

I'm sure this has been hashed over here, but I just didn't know the story....

[Turbine]

UL has 24-7 BullGator representation on campus with the world’s most valuable campus mascot habitat. Priceless.

Now then, the pepper is both a homerun and a dismal failure. It looks great embroidered and in print but simply does not translate well into or onto any other venue real or pretend or as mental imagery.

[CAJUN_LXA685]

_ We had a thread a few months ago about mascots. Someone had a great bullgator mascot, cartoon character, named Fideaux, if I remember correctly. Given that we have bullgators in the swamp on campus, that mascot appeared a good fit for UL. Could whoever posted that before do so again? It would be real easy to make that into a costume worn on the sidelines. _

i found the thread and here is one of the pictures....which I vote for. If you can get a costume made that looks this fierce I'm in.

I agree that the pepper looks good embroided and in print, so I also vote for keeping it as the "comma to the top" at the end of RAGIN.

[RCAJUN90]

Since we are selling beer now let's bring back BUDMAN!!!

[Turbine]

The secret to a great mascot with personality is the beak or snout or choppers.

If it is pronounced when it turns or just looks in a different direction it conveys action and personality.

This is part of the failure of pepper design, the person inside is at a real disadvantage to express personality. If you can’t do that you will never serve the purpose of getting the crowd into the game.

[HoustonCajun]

_ i found the thread and here is one of the pictures....which I vote for. If you can get a costume made that looks this fierce I'm in.

I agree that the pepper looks good embroided and in print, so I also vote for keeping it as the "comma to the top" at the end of RAGIN. _

That is it and it is nice looking. I would put a UL on the state "L" and on the back have his name, whatever it would be called. We could have a name contest, starting with Fideaux.

[Boomer]

We need the guy that did the video on finding the store in Cameron Parish to be CAJUN MAN he could stir up some stuff pre game with his old hat and white Cajun Rebock boots and shotgun!!!!

[Jacob81]

Why are we missing the boat.... gator is ok and there's really nothing wrong with it except we would share a mascot with Florida all while not actually being the gators....... Identity??????? We are the ragin cajuns and our colors are red(vermillion) and white. What's red(vermillion)? Crawfish(boiled). What is the Lafayette and Acadiana area known for? Peppers, I mean CRAWFISH!!!!! It's not rocket science. It's so freakin painfully obvious, that we're affraid to do it.

It would be a cool costume also. But the mascot would have to belly crawl always!!!!!!