re: So is this where ULL fades back into irrelevance

I never understood the UL hate for LSU. As an LSU alum and fan, I never disliked ULL until I saw the vitriol that spews from many of their fans. I root for Tech, ULM, Nicholls, just not when they play LSU.

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I never understood the ULL hate for LSU. As an LSU alum and fan, I never disliked ULL until I saw the vitriol that spews from many of their fans. I root for Tech, ULM, Nicholls, just not when they play LSU.

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Nicholls and la tech and southeastern etc fan don’t like like this

Sure seems like they had Florida’s attention. After all, they did hire ULL’s coach.

Does it make you feel better to constantly act like the publicly funded version of tulane?

The issue is that still in the same class with every other state college not named LSU, they tried a political ploy to become the sole rep for the state as a university. Power brokers in NE Louisiana could see that coming and got Northeastern to share the "Louisiana" name.

But no no no the frauds call themselves Louisiana.

I don't know of anyone who had issues with them as USL, except the one time rivalry with McNeese in sports. FTR, all of my relatives prior to myself and my sister opting for McNeese, went to SLI/USL. Buildings and scholarships have been named after relatives there, so I have never been anti USL or Laffy. Additionally, most of my teachers and all but one of my high school coaches were USL alum. Every last one of those alumni were admirable.

FWIW, the laughing stock of the football world was USL deciding to go "big time" in football after going 0-10 against the likes of McNeese, Northwestern, Northeastern, Southeastern and Lamar. LA Tech had at least a legitimate reason to make the step up in class back then.

You must be really freaking young then, you apparently didn’t watch an LSU game under Curly Hallman

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Bulldogs

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Someone was telling me recently when the last one died, ULL held a funeral by the campus priest at Wisdom.

They got him a casket but due to rigor, he would not fit because his legs were stuck out so they sawed his legs off to get him to fit in order to have his funeral.

Personally I think they should rebrand and go retro, everything back to the bulldogs.

Or they hire a competent up and comer who will carry the success onward.

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So is this where ULL fades back into irrelevance

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Yet here you are, starting a thread, unprompted by any relevant news, on the main board of an LSU fan site.

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I would estimate that within Lafayette city limits, the Cajuns have 50% support at best. In my neighborhood five miles away from campus, its maybe 25% . In places like Opelousas and Crowley, probably less than 10%. And that's no different than 20-30 years ago.