[NU Sports] Our 2005 schedule in retrospect ...

Sun Nov 27 06:51:47 CST 2005

That's why we went to satellite w/Dish.  Comcast service stinks out here 
too (PA just ovr the Delaware bordrer).  If you don't like the Phillies, 
Eagles and Flyers, foreget it.

cherron604 at aol.com wrote:

>Comcast Sports Net is our Chicago outlet for the White Sox, Bulls, Hawks, etc., but it broadcasts all day, every day, so there is a lot of room for filler.
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>I once saw some highlights of the Penn State-NU game - I was excited, until I realized it was the Penn State coach's show.
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>In a typical week ,Comcast would show:
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>- 2 broadcasts of 'Illini Rewind with Ron Zook' (1 hour each)
>- 2 broadcasts of 'Inside Notre Dame Football'
>- 1 broadcast of 'Michigan Replay'
>- 1 broadcast of 'Iowa Football with Kirk Ferentz'
>- 1 broadcast of 'Buckeye Football Weekly'
>- 1 broadcast of 'Penn State - the Football Story'
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>As well as half-hour broadcasts of the coach's press conferences from Michigan, Michigan State and Notre Dame.  Thats 6.5 hours a week of coachs shows (6.5 hours of publicity for those programs, vs. no publicity for us).  Comcast could easily find an extra half-hour a week for an NU show.  We (the school or RW) apparently do not want to do one, which is, imho, unwise.
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>Chuck Herron   Tech '85 
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Michael Vance <michael.vance at att.net>
>To: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
>Sent: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 01:01:56 -0500
>Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Our 2005 schedule in retrospect ...
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>Unless I'm wrong, this goes back to the University's (in)ability to properly market NU athletics. I know that technically, the coach has to agree to do a coach's show, but whose job is it to pitch the idea to a local station? We had the Gary Barnett Show on SportsChannel way back when, and I think we even had the Randy Walker Show for a season or two after that. Then it went to the Seven-Minutes-At-The-End-Of-The-Sunday-Sports-Show with Randy Walker for a season or two, then nothing. I don't care when it airs (the old GB show was on at something like 3:00 in the afternoon and the Lloyd Carr Show is on Sunday morning last I heard), just get something on the air! 
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>If we aren't doing it because RW doesn't like to do a coach's show, then Mr. Murphy needs to tell him how it has to be. I don't want a media hound for a coach either, but a coach has to be able to sell his program, not just to recruits, but to fans as well. 
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>If we aren't doing a show because we can't sell the idea of 30 minutes devoted to NU sports to any of the local broadcast or cable stations, then we've got serious marketing problems at the University. 
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>-Michael 
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>At 11/26/2005 10:11 PM, SjT \(Stephen J. Truog\) wrote: 
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>>>Finally you have to look at what RW is doing to 
>>>generate revenue for the 
>>>program in the same ways that every BT coaches 
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>>I know that's technically part of the coach's job, but 
>>I really think our problems run deeper than a head 
>>coach here. We've all discussed the factors ... many 
>>of which Walker is powerless to change (early start 
>>times, pro sports city, etc.). His teams are exciting 
>>and he's building a winning tradition. If that doesn't 
>>earn more fans in our situation, who knows what will 
>>(I see from the Stanford-ND game that Stanford is 
>>remodeling their stadium and shrinking it to 50,000 or 
>>so ... I don't think we need to shrink Dyche, but you 
>>see the problems they have in a pro market with many 
>>more alumni nearby than NU has ... on a side note, 
>>flipping channels, maybe our NC game at Nevada next 
>>year isn't a gimme). 
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>>>because they generate a lot of money. There are 
>>>plenty of no-nonsense 
>>>all-football coaches who have figured out how to do 
>>>this (Carr, Tressel, Ferentz, etc.). 
>>>      
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>>Not sure I buy this. Carr walked into his situation 
>>and really hasn't had to do much (or done much) to 
>>deal with the off-field state of the program. And all 
>>Tressel did was beat Michigan (which was enough in 
>>Columbus:) ). These guys all had ready-made situations 
>>to step into and really don't face the situation or 
>>circumstances Walker does. 
>>
>>Again, I know you don't want a total a-hole who 
>>alienates fans ... but so what if the guy's not Mr. 
>>Personality flashing a smile around town. The media 
>>may love that guy for 15 minutes, but the sword is 
>>double-edged and can turn fast (ask Barnett or 
>>Neuheisel). I don't want a snake-oil salesman. I want 
>>someone who builds a winning program, and if Walker 
>>does that by thriving on an "us vs. them" and 
>>tight-shipped atmosphere that doesn't exactly win him 
>>personality points, fine with me. 
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