[NU Sports] Tell Us Something !

Mon Nov 21 14:33:33 CST 2005

The Gopher site is really up to date,.....

The last entry is 10/26 

Its very hard to report on things when nothing exists....

NU is also waiting until they get a call, or whatever they get to be asked to a
bowl. Until then, all you have is speculation and rumor, and you don't put that
on your "official web site" regardless of how intriguing or enticing it might
seem.

rsl

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Joe Thiegs
> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 2:33 PM
> To: 'Jonathan Hodges'; cherron604 at aol.com
> Cc: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Tell Us Something !
> 
> 
> We do have this:
> 
> Get Ready to Bowl! 
> http://www.alumni.northwestern.edu/about/bowl-2005.html
> 
> (linked from http://www.nusports.com front page)
> 
> I do think it would be nice to have something a little more 
> informative, though, like:
> 
> Bowl Watch 2005
> http://www.alumni.umn.edu/bowl
> 
> (linked from http://www.gophersports.com front page)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Hodges
> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 1:02 PM
> To: cherron604 at aol.com
> Cc: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Tell Us Something !
> 
> 
> I admit, NU Athletic marketing generally does a poor job.  
> But, I believe they are handling the bowl situation correctly 
> considering the circumstances.
> 
> AD Murphy has said that the Sun Bowl is a likely destination 
> while the Alamo Bowl and Music City Bowl are also in the 
> realm of possibilities.  The department has already put pages 
> together telling fans to buy tickets from either the 
> department or the NU Alumni Association and has publicized 
> the bowls that NU could go to.  Everyone knows that we are 
> going to a bowl as well as our likely destinations.
> 
> They have not been premature in announcing specific sites we 
> may go to, which would definitely hurt us without any 
> official word from the bowls. Also, none of the bowls we may 
> go to will have a competitor locked up (except maybe the 
> Alamo Bowl, which won't happen for at least a week) since 
> they are waiting on the same things that we are - the BCS 
> pairings.  We are already speculating enough along with the 
> media, if the athletic department were to jump in and make 
> any definitive statement prematurely it would be anarchy.
> 
> I do think that the NU athletic department should be able to 
> improve attendance at men's basketball and football games.  
> At least they have a more coherent marketing campaign this 
> year than previous years, as they have ads in numerous places 
> in the media.
> 
> Also, it would be nice if they put potential dates and price 
> ranges for ticket packages now that we have it narrowed down 
> to 3 or so potential bowls.
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> On 11/21/05, cherron604 at aol.com <cherron604 at aol.com> wrote:
> > Since our game Saturday, I have received about 5 pages of e-mail
> > (mostly from this list) discussing what happened, where we might be 
> > going, etc.  Also in that stretch, I received 1 official NU 
> piece of 
> > email (CSTV actually) summarizing Saturday's game.
> >
> > >From the NU Athletic Department, silence.
> >
> > This group couldn't market food to gluttons.
> >
> > How hard is it to produce something short, describing the likely
> > options, and a likely timetable of when a decision might be made ?  
> > 10-15 minutes for one staffer, then send it out to the 
> whole mailing 
> > list.  That is one of the reasons e-mail has developed - 
> much faster 
> > for mass communications.
> >
> > Everyone on the list (and we are probably better informed than the
> > average NU ticket-holder) has wanted to know where we might 
> be going, 
> > and when we might find out.  And it would be so easy for the ticket 
> > office just to pass along a note - but nothing.
> >
> > It would be interesting to know what (if any) 
> communications the other
> > 6 bowl-eligible programs had had with their season ticket holders 
> > since Saturday.  Since our marketing and attendance is somewhat 
> > challenged, our ticket office should be doing more to drum 
> up interest 
> > and keep the season-ticket holders informed.
> >
> > Chuck Herron   Tech '85
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