[NU Sports] Congrats Mr. Phillips!

[Mike Nolan]

> Also, regardless of the tactics, it's easy to measure success.  Did you
> sell all the tickets you had?  Until you do that regularly, you can't
> complain about how they are sold or who purchased them.  
> 
> We used to only see a sellout when we had a home game with OSU or UoM.
> Two sellouts in a row is unprecedented success.  When was the last time
> that NU football could point to something like that?

I think we can plan on their being another sellout every other year 
when Nebraska plays at Northwestern.  

The AD is in charge of marketing, but only indirectly responsible for
winning the games.  Nobody could have predicted last summer that the
Cats would be missing the Big Ten's Most Valuable Player by the time
this game rolled around.  

Having the GameDay crew is also a bit of a coup, though it may not
generate the type of crowd that they get with on-campus visits.
(Missouri had something like 18,000 in the crowd for their recent
GameDay appearance, breaking a record set in Lincoln several years
ago.)  But they may get the Wrigleyville faithful, which could
make for a different kind of crowd.  The Chuck Barris rule still
applies.

The last time GameDay did a Northwestern visit was a Penn State game.  
It was cold and snowy and they did the broadcast from inside, with 
little or no crowd, as I recall.  

I wonder where the GameDay set will be, on one of the rooftops?
--
Mike Nolan

> 
> In this sort of event marketing, success breeds success.  Sold-out shows
> virtually guarantee increased ticket sales to subsequent shows because
> people like being part of something special and the prospect of not
> being able to get a ticket forces people to make a decision earlier than
> they otherwise would.  The publicity that comes with a sold out show is
> priceless.  The people who thought they might want to attend know they
> waited too long.  The people who didn't think about attending start
> getting curious about what's going on.  People who were smart enough to
> buy tickets early feel good about their purchase and tell their friends.
> 
> 
> We've been putting a good product on the field for years.
> 
> >From what I hear, we are improving the experience at the Stadium.
> 
> We appear to have some momentum in the market.
> 
> Let's make sure we keep our eye on the prize (sold out games) before we
> try to micromanage the process.
> 
> Jeff
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> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com]
> On Behalf Of Jim Leonard
> Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2010 10:07 PM
> To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Congrats Mr. Phillips!
> 
> I don't think the success of the Wrigley game is dependent on getting a
> win. 
> Clearly that's what we all want but the idea is to promote NU football
> within 
> Chicago and that seems to be working. I'd feel much better if we had
> Persa but 
> I'm still not intimidated by Illinois. 
> 
> As a side note, I don't care for the College Game Day show. I understand
> why the 
> masses love it, but it just seems tacky hundreds of people show up hours
> and 
> hours before the game hoping for 5 seconds on TV. I shall not lead a
> protest 
> against it, it's well within the boundaries of harmless fun but I think
> it 
> jumped the shark about 5 seasons ago. 
> 
> Go Cats!
> Jim
> 
> 
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "cherron604 at aol.com" <cherron604 at aol.com>
> To: sjtruog at yahoo.com; nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Sent: Sun, November 14, 2010 1:48:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Congrats Mr. Phillips!
> 
> 
> Having a Lee Corso in attendance is hardly evidence of success.  Mostly,
> it is 
> evidence of how low the success bar has been set.
> 
> The sellout success won't be known until Saturday.  Yesterday was a
> sell-out, 
> but half of the fans were wearing black and yellow.
> 
> Finally, the wisdom of giving up a home conference game won't be known
> until the 
> W or L is in the books.
> 
> Chuck Herron  Tech '85  
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: SjT (Stephen J. Truog) <sjtruog at yahoo.com>
> To: nwu-sports at tssi.com <nwu-sports at tssi.com>
> Sent: Sun, Nov 14, 2010 11:54 am
> Subject: [NU Sports] Congrats Mr. Phillips!
> 
> 
> A sellout and College Gameday coming to Wrigley!
> 
> 
> 
> Should be a nice showcase for Northwestern football, coming off of the
> big win 
> 
> over Iowa.
> 
> 
> 
> I am delighted to eat crow on this one - I didn't think giving up a home
> game 
> 
> for Wrigley without the Illini also doing so was a good idea, but it
> already has 
> 
> 
> become the "event" our AD was hoping for to help NU football take over
> the 
> 
> Chicago media market - and now going national!
> 
> 
> 
> Well done, Mr. Phillips!
> 
> GO CATS!!!
> 
> -SjT
> 
> 
> 
> PS - Now let's hope we give 'em a good show!
> 
> 
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> sjtruog at yahoo.com
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> GO CATS!!! GEAUX SAINTS!!!
> 
> Super Bowl XLIV Champions!
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