UL received approval from the UL System to begin work on renovating M.L. 'Tigue' Moore Field. Some minor renovations will likely begin this offseason, but the grandstand demolition and renovation will likely take place after the 2016 season and be completed in time for the 2017 season.

This will be the first project as part of Tier II of the Master Plan. The other major project of Tier II is Cajun Field pressbox renovation.

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So one thread on the UL system being broke and closing schools, another thread on multi million dollar improvements to athletic buildings.

Wouldn't expect more from the great state of Louisiana.

(04-25-2015 09:41 AM)Usajags Wrote:  So one thread on the UL system being broke and closing schools, another thread on multi million dollar improvements to athletic buildings.

Wouldn't expect more from the great state of Louisiana.

Close. LSU is breaking their own system. LOL

(04-25-2015 09:41 AM)Usajags Wrote:  So one thread on the UL system being broke and closing schools, another thread on multi million dollar improvements to athletic buildings.

Wouldn't expect more from the great state of Louisiana.

We know how to keep our priorities straight.

Man that's nice. It looks like some of the minor league baseball fields here in Tampa Bay.

(04-25-2015 09:41 AM)Usajags Wrote:  So one thread on the UL system being broke and closing schools, another thread on multi million dollar improvements to athletic buildings.

Wouldn't expect more from the great state of Louisiana.

When its private funds and not state funds, who cares?

Z

(04-25-2015 11:17 AM)zeebart21 Wrote:  

(04-25-2015 09:41 AM)Usajags Wrote:  So one thread on the UL system being broke and closing schools, another thread on multi million dollar improvements to athletic buildings.

Wouldn't expect more from the great state of Louisiana.

When its private funds and not state funds, who cares?

Z

I had to go back and read the article... The Cajuns are making efforts to make sure it's funded by donations.

When it's donations? I got no qualms with it. I might not think it's the best use of those funds... But I can't (and don't want to) tell folks how to spend their money.

(04-25-2015 12:46 PM)TheRevSWT Wrote:  

(04-25-2015 11:17 AM)zeebart21 Wrote:  

(04-25-2015 09:41 AM)Usajags Wrote:  So one thread on the UL system being broke and closing schools, another thread on multi million dollar improvements to athletic buildings.

Wouldn't expect more from the great state of Louisiana.

When its private funds and not state funds, who cares?

Z

I had to go back and read the article... The Cajuns are making efforts to make sure it's funded by donations.

When it's donations? I got no qualms with it. I might not think it's the best use of those funds... But I can't (and don't want to) tell folks how to spend their money.

Those funds are being donated for the stadium, if it wasn't for the stadium we wouldn't be getting the donations.

(04-25-2015 10:10 AM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  Man that's nice. It looks like some of the minor league baseball fields here in Tampa Bay.

I thought those stadiums were spring training stadiums and only used a month or so a year. I was in Tampa last week and saw mini-Yankee stadium. That was a good looking stadium.

(04-25-2015 12:46 PM)TheRevSWT Wrote:  

(04-25-2015 11:17 AM)zeebart21 Wrote:  

(04-25-2015 09:41 AM)Usajags Wrote:  So one thread on the UL system being broke and closing schools, another thread on multi million dollar improvements to athletic buildings.

Wouldn't expect more from the great state of Louisiana.

When its private funds and not state funds, who cares?

Z

I had to go back and read the article... The Cajuns are making efforts to make sure it's funded by donations.

When it's donations? I got no qualms with it. I might not think it's the best use of those funds... But I can't (and don't want to) tell folks how to spend their money.

None of our expansion has had money from the general fund used. Its all been money raised privately and through RCAF for athletics. There is no question, no debate as to what this money is to be used for.

Z

(04-24-2015 02:16 PM)Cajunman02 Wrote:  UL received approval from the UL System to begin work on renovating M.L. 'Tigue' Moore Field. Some minor renovations will likely begin this offseason, but the grandstand demolition and renovation will likely take place after the 2016 season and be completed in time for the 2017 season.

This will be the first project as part of Tier II of the Master Plan. The other major project of Tier II is Cajun Field pressbox renovation.

Advertiser article

Great looking park!

(04-25-2015 02:22 PM)Bobcat87 Wrote:  

(04-24-2015 02:16 PM)Cajunman02 Wrote:  UL received approval from the UL System to begin work on renovating M.L. 'Tigue' Moore Field. Some minor renovations will likely begin this offseason, but the grandstand demolition and renovation will likely take place after the 2016 season and be completed in time for the 2017 season.

This will be the first project as part of Tier II of the Master Plan. The other major project of Tier II is Cajun Field pressbox renovation.

Advertiser article

Great looking park!

very nice

(04-24-2015 02:16 PM)Cajunman02 Wrote:  

Either you guys are recruiting giants, or the new field is going to be extremely small with 30 foot bases and a 100 foot fence.

(04-25-2015 09:21 PM)Usajags Wrote:  

(04-24-2015 02:16 PM)Cajunman02 Wrote:  

Either you guys are recruiting giants, or the new field is going to be extremely small with 30 foot bases and a 100 foot fence.

Our recruiting has been pretty good lately, so I'll go with option 1

(04-25-2015 09:21 PM)Usajags Wrote:  

(04-24-2015 02:16 PM)Cajunman02 Wrote:  

Either you guys are recruiting giants, or the new field is going to be extremely small with 30 foot bases and a 100 foot fence.

Yes, our recruiting has stepped up lately.....we signed two pitchers this past fall that both throw over a 200 mph fastball.....

(04-26-2015 08:34 AM)swampbear Wrote:  

(04-25-2015 09:21 PM)Usajags Wrote:  

(04-24-2015 02:16 PM)Cajunman02 Wrote:  

Either you guys are recruiting giants, or the new field is going to be extremely small with 30 foot bases and a 100 foot fence.

Yes, our recruiting has stepped up lately.....we signed two pitchers this past fall that both throw over a 200 mph fastball.....

And that's with a softball.

(04-25-2015 09:21 PM)Usajags Wrote:  

(04-24-2015 02:16 PM)Cajunman02 Wrote:  

Either you guys are recruiting giants, or the new field is going to be extremely small with 30 foot bases and a 100 foot fence.

We seem to be recruiting better than USA for sometime now. Thanks

(04-25-2015 09:41 AM)Usajags Wrote:  So one thread on the UL system being broke and closing schools, another thread on multi million dollar improvements to athletic buildings.

Wouldn't expect more from the great state of Louisiana.

http://ulsystem.edu/index.cfm?md=pagebui...me&pid=402

LSU is not part of the UL School system

Universties that are part of the UL System are:
Grambling State
Louisiana Tech
McNeese State
Nicholls State
Northwestern State
Southeastern Louisiana
UL Lafayette
UL Monroe
University of New Orleans (UNO)

(04-26-2015 04:58 PM)IdahoCajun Wrote:  

(04-25-2015 09:41 AM)Usajags Wrote:  So one thread on the UL system being broke and closing schools, another thread on multi million dollar improvements to athletic buildings.

Wouldn't expect more from the great state of Louisiana.

http://ulsystem.edu/index.cfm?md=pagebui...me&pid=402

LSU is not part of the UL School system

Universties that are part of the UL System are:
Grambling State
Louisiana Tech
McNeese State
Nicholls State
Northwestern State
Southeastern Louisiana
UL Lafayette
UL Monroe
University of New Orleans (UNO)

LSU political posturing

(04-26-2015 05:21 PM)swampbear Wrote:  

(04-26-2015 04:58 PM)IdahoCajun Wrote:  

(04-25-2015 09:41 AM)Usajags Wrote:  So one thread on the UL system being broke and closing schools, another thread on multi million dollar improvements to athletic buildings.

Wouldn't expect more from the great state of Louisiana.

http://ulsystem.edu/index.cfm?md=pagebui...me&pid=402

LSU is not part of the UL School system

Universties that are part of the UL System are:
Grambling State
Louisiana Tech
McNeese State
Nicholls State
Northwestern State
Southeastern Louisiana
UL Lafayette
UL Monroe
University of New Orleans (UNO)

LSU political posturing

yeah, even though LSU is not part of the UL System but the Louisiana State system, by what's known as the LSU Rule, they are to be known as the state's Flagship University even though they are in a completely different school system than us.

Because of LSU politics after they had the legislature pass a law ( The LSU RULE ) in 1995 stating that if any university wanted to change their name to The University of Louisiana, two schools had to change their names at the same time and add the city tag, thus UL Lafayette and UL Monroe.

This was done to supposedly appease UL Lafayette who kept fighting for the UL name since we changed our name from Southwestern Louisiana to University of Louisiana in 1984 going through the same process that other state schools went through to change their name. The name was mainly changed for Academic reasons, not Sports.

I was actually one of the lucky ones to actually receive a degree with UL on it, Then LSU and other State schools paranoia set in that UL might grow, so they had a law passed that stated that only the Legislature could approve a name change, so a few months after we became UL we were ordered to revert back to Southwestern Louisiana and I was reissued my degree with that name.

Here is a good interesting short read about the whole ordeal and how Louisiana politics stripped us of the official UL name.

http://www.angelfire.com/la3/ulragincajuns/battle.html