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La. Tech is going to be used no matter what. It is a shortening of the name, especially when writing it. I don't care, if it has a little "a". The pronunciation of L.A. Tech is a problem, because it sounds like we are from Los Angeles.Originally Posted by maverick
I don't get THAT upset about any of it, though. People across the country know who we are.....
The only people I have heard even remotely connect Louisiana Tech to Los Angeles are on this board. Now I haven't actually been to Los Angeles lately so maybe a few would there.
So you are okay with our own fans calling us Ell Aye Tech? That's not even close to the brand Dooley sold us. Still, it is an easy fix, but our administration has is too busy searching for "first time ever" moments.
I'm very happy with fans calling us Ell Aye Tech ("L A" Tech). Again, Dooley doesn't own the LA Tech brand, we (the school) do. It's not like "L A" Tech is a derogatory slur. It's very respectable, and trust me when I say no one confuses us with Los Angeles.It's a cool brand, and we should adopt it. Personally, I like "L A" Tech much better than being called "Lah Tech", which is really just a weak attempt to copy the "Vah Tech" name of VA Tech.
Our FANS are going to call us Louisiana Tech. But if they are going to come to our games and cheer four our teams the short answer is YES I AM OKAY with them calling us Lah Tech or El Aye Tech. I don't even mind Jolly Lolly Poly. My point was and is that no one is going to confuse us with Los Angeles unless they are totally ignorant, in which case we shouldn't care.
I want to know what Hester's "fake fans" use? El A Tech? Lah Tech? What....?
I don't recall ever hearing: "Tex" Tech, Vah Tech, and especially not "Gah" Tech. So, is it that much more trouble to say "Louisiana" like folks say "Texas" "Virginia" and "Georgia" ?
At least the administration is trying to build excitement and a sense the program is improving. The alternatives are:
1) Say nothing because it was done 30-40+ years ago.
2) Say "check this out, we did this 20, 30, 40+ years ago."
I love Tech. But I have to be real. Those awesome teams from late-60s through early-70s were not competing with the Alabama, Texas, Arkansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, etc. powerhouses of those days. I'm certain they would have given those teams more than they wanted but a Grantland Rice Bowl is no Sugar/Rose/Orange bowl.
Christmas Day, my father-in-law and I were recounting all the great NFL players that Tech, Grambling, NSU, and NLULM produced from those years. If memory serves, each of those schools have more NFL star players than LSPoo.
During the coin toss introductions, the PA guy at the DXL bowl said "THE PONY EXPRESS!!" Sounded really lame because NOTHING about current day SMU teams is comparable to the Pony Express glory days. I don't want Tech coming off like that.
No the administration is building resumes using information that is often inaccurate. The last thing they care about is excitement from the fans.
Who stoled your Christmas presents from under the tree PD?
Publicity is publicity! Just be glad to get called something other than smitheads.
"Life is good!"
You make fun of Lafayette or Monroe when they do the same things our Southland AD does for EllAye Tech. He lumps us in with a group he calls "the Louisiana Techs of the world". That make you proud?
No, I hate that for sure but I don't see that as the same at all.
Our AD should be made aware of this dribble.
Happened to us at the Frisco Bowl while eating at Babes. Manager comes over and asked if he could have a teaching moment for one of his waitresses who happened to be a SMU student. She just had her mind made up that LA Tech was a school from California. I tried to explain the whole LAH Tech thing to her. Manager was dying laughing as she could not process the Louisiana/LA thing. She finally just gave up and said all she cares about is SMoooo and that was that.
I read on Drudge that only immigrants, liberals, and lesbian Muslims say "ELL AY TECH".
Well, she's actually right.
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