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re: Who's mad about ULL using "Louisiana" name now?
Posted on 5/20/14 at 3:53 pm to Grit-Eating Shin
Posted on 5/20/14 at 3:53 pm to Grit-Eating Shin
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Oh, you know, silly things like wins, polls, conference, etc.
okay, so how high do we have to be ranked, how many games do we have to win and what conference do we have to be in before it's okay? And was UT known as UT before they reached those standards?
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Posted on 5/20/14 at 3:53 pm to Grit-Eating Shin
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Oh, you know, silly things like wins, polls, conference, etc.
Oh, so the whole academic thing that you've been bantering about is out of the window and all that matters is wins and polls.
In that case, with our recent success in sports, you won't have a problem with us going by Louisiana then because we meet your standards.
Posted on 5/20/14 at 3:53 pm to Lsuhoohoo
quote:No, I'm not the one who is comparing my directional Louisiana school to one of the most prestigious schools in the country. UT fans didn't have to beg everyone to start calling them "Texas". No, they built their own prestige, so everyone knew who they were.
Youre grasping at straws.
quote:It's self-applying a name that you have no legal rights to.
Its athletic branding.
Posted on 5/20/14 at 3:54 pm to Cajunese
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Oh, so the whole academic thing that you've been bantering about is out of the window and all that matters is wins and polls.
In that case, with our recent success in sports, you won't have a problem with us going by Louisiana then because we meet your standards.
27-20
Posted on 5/20/14 at 3:55 pm to Korin
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27-20
Not really something that I would boast about
Posted on 5/20/14 at 3:55 pm to Cajunese
quote:If you're saying that it's only an athletic branding, then I suppose so. But I know that's bullshite because you probably tell people that you go to "UL", right?
Oh, so the whole academic thing that you've been bantering about is out of the window and all that matters is wins and polls.
quote:Key word "recent". The universities you envy have a tradition of doing it, and don't have to beg for notoriety.
with our recent success in sports, you won't have a problem with us going by Louisiana then because we meet your standards.
Posted on 5/20/14 at 3:55 pm to BamaHater
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Thing is people know University of Texas at Austin= Texas Longhorns. There is no confusion. They see University of Tennessee Knoxville=Tennessee Volunteers. People don't see University of Louisiana Lafayette= Louisiana Ragin' Cajun. You need to get a bigger profile, which you are currently doing before a change like this will stick.
Yeah obviously it's not sticking but if they keep pushing it and we continue to be successful it may just start to stick. Obviously right now it's not working. But that's what happens when you change your name as much as we have. That's why I kinda wish we just would've stayed at USL but it is what it is.
Posted on 5/20/14 at 3:56 pm to Hazelnut
quote:The world will never know.
okay, so how high do we have to be ranked, how many games do we have to win and what conference do we have to be in before it's okay?
Posted on 5/20/14 at 3:56 pm to Hazelnut
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That is indeed a terrible example because the University of California at Berkley is the oldest institution in the UC system and the flagship.
FIFY
Posted on 5/20/14 at 3:57 pm to BamaHater
You have to start somewhere. The university has only been UL Lafayette for 14 years and athletics are becoming more of a focus in recent years. The goal is for people to link Louisiana to Ragin Cajuns. If you want it to stick, you have to stick to it. So what the LSU fans perceive as whining is a necessary part of the long term goal. If you don't press being called your preferred name, it'll never happen.
Posted on 5/20/14 at 3:57 pm to Grit-Eating Shin
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no legal rights to.
Actually we do. There's this crazy thing called a Trademark that we have.
Posted on 5/20/14 at 3:58 pm to Grit-Eating Shin
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The world will never know.
Well then your "Standards" suck and really mean nothing. And way to answer my second question
This post was edited on 5/20/14 at 4:00 pm
Posted on 5/20/14 at 4:00 pm to Hazelnut
If you really want to brand your athletic teams as Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns you need your athletic department to spend the $$$ to get the name change out there to the NCAA and the media. Let them know what you want to go by. Do an athletic re branding besides just changing the name on the uniforms and your web site. The NCAA still refers to you as the University of Louisiana Lafayette. ESPN uses Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns. CBS uses UL Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns. Seems to me they never got the word you want to be called Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns.
This post was edited on 5/20/14 at 4:02 pm
Posted on 5/20/14 at 4:01 pm to Grit-Eating Shin
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It's self-applying a name that you have no legal rights to.
Obviously you have no clue what you're talking about. The university can't be the University of Louisiana. It isn't. Athletics can be branded as Louisiana and theres nothing that says they can't. Do you have some problem with loopholes?
Posted on 5/20/14 at 4:01 pm to Grit-Eating Shin
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strict admission standards
By no means is it hard to get into the University of Texas at Austin
Posted on 5/20/14 at 4:03 pm to SaintCajun
They're a top 20 public university.
Posted on 5/20/14 at 4:04 pm to Lsuhoohoo
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Athletics can be branded as Louisiana and theres nothing that says they can't.
Why is the academic website "www.louisiana.edu" ?
Posted on 5/20/14 at 4:04 pm to Hazelnut
quote:Nah, you just know that your school can't live up to them. You don't honestly think that ULL can ever match the success of Tennessee or Texas or Michigan. I'm not asking you; I'm telling you.
Well then your "Standards" suck and really mean nothing.
quote:Do you think I'm 100yrs old or something, guy?
And way to answer my second question
Posted on 5/20/14 at 4:04 pm to BamaHater
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If you really want to brand your athletic teams as Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns you need your athletic department to spend the $$$ to get the name change out there to the NCAA and the media. Let them know what you want to go by. Do an athletic re branding besides just changing the name on the uniforms and your web site.
They do try to get the change out there. Most requests have been ignored by networks and viewed as whining by people on here.
Posted on 5/20/14 at 4:05 pm to SaintCajun
quote:Don't you have to be in the top 10% of your graduating class in HS?
By no means is it hard to get into the University of Texas at Austin
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