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ValleyTalk:
Interesting topic and I'm glad this is being discussed. I agree with the comments of many on this thread. There are certainly numerous causes to the problem at hand and right now winning may be the only answer, at least one would think.

Case in point, last year we hosted #1 NDSU when we were ranked in the top 10 in the country. One would think a top 10 contest, at home, honoring Jim Tressel with playoff implications on the line would pack the place... It didn't. We were lucky to get 10,000 butts in the seats that day. I know I was among the many on here upset with the lack of promotion of this game internally. The promotion was giftwrapped on a silver platter and the marketing of the game left a lot to be desired. It is pretty damn sad a metro area of 565,000 people (North Dakota has 720k for reference) can't find 15-20k on a consistent basis to fill the play 5-7 times of the year. I can assure you if you combine the crowds at all the area HS games on Friday nights it would easily exceed a YSU crowd. Howland-WGH and Mooney-Boardman alone one night would have outdrawn the first two YSU games combined. Yes, the population may be declining, but it was declining at a faster rate when we were winning titles.

I also think social media marketing should be revamped. I 'liked' NDSU Athletics on facebook and they run a top notch account. They post videos and have that fan base very excited about their Bison.

I will leave you with this...

NDSU Highlight video from this past weekend: http://youtu.be/BmzLF6r1UTI

YSU Highlight video from this past weekend: http://youtu.be/QYyb51OKzcc

Videos say a lot..

IAA Fan:
A few things:

1. NDSU and YSU are apples an oranges. I would bet if you had this same thing available in 1997, we would be more excited as well. This is a team coming off of 3 championships & we had better darn well hope they do not get a 4th and tie us. We are a team coming off 3 lack-luster years.

2. I was pleasantly surprised by the crowd yesterday. The tailgate lots were very nicely crowded.

3. Marketing was a topic of conversation all over the lower lost yesterday. It started with how many people are showing up because Tressel spends a good hour there! have been gathering so may ideas on marketing from the fans ...it is just amazing how the university can ignore this. Some of the ideas I am hearing are nothing short of brilliant. Good or bad, these are the school's consumers and the university should listen. I may start a thread and begin posting these.

The one that shocked me was when I put up Penguin Kamikaze flag, just how many people wished the team would run out on to the field with that again. I thought I was the only one that hates the US flag idea and wants the Kamikaze. We discussed that since it has been so long since we had any titles, that we should simply have one flag for each win in the season. So right now, they would run out behind 3.

The other coming up constantly is the lack of flyover.

The one that I sort of started, but it grew, is a "presentation of the flags" at the beginning of each season. Some were saying to do it at the spring game, with others saying to wait for the home-opener. The idea is that we select 4 people of honor to present the national title flags each year & make a big deal out of it. Try to really bring in some names if possible.

One man had a what I thought was great idea. That we ring a chime like a clock. Similar to mass on Sunday, each Saturday He says at least once ever 10-30 minutes ...all day. Then the last chime is really extreme and the team takes the field during it. I think it is just a great idea. Kind of an modern version of the old victory bell.

I still say that we play Manfred Mann's 1960's version of "The Mighty Quinn" constantly and it becomes our anthem .."you ain't seen nothing like the Mighty Guins"!!

Everyone seems to like the band playing over the Ghetto music ...I really ike what the band is doing this year ...keep it up.

Wick250:
IAA Fan,

By all means, start that separate thread that features fans' suggestions for marketing and promotion.  We all know that the athletic department monitors this site.  It is a shame that fans must do their job, but so be it.

As far as the depressed area excuse, I am not buying it.  Recently, our unemployment figures were lower than the state average.  Our population is smaller, but we have done a fine job of reinventing ourselves after the living hell of the loss of the steel mills.  Like most large and medium-sized cities, our biggest problem is an underclass that is unemployable....addicted to drugs and welfare.  Those people were never YSU fans, then or now.

NatChamps93949597:
Long time lurker, first time poster here. I am a part time faculty member at YSU in the school of business. Here's my two cents.

If you all want marketing to change, I recommend you contacting this person. http://ysusports.com/information/directory/bios/brown-john

I contacted him last year regarding some basketball marketing ideas I had. Long story short, marketing for bball games got better. He and I do lunch every few months and I share with him suggestions that my section and I come up with to make the games more exciting.

seanbryan3:
Really would be great to see a nice size crowd for the Western Illinois game at home under the lights. If the Guins take care of business in Missouri, should see a nice turn up in the stands against Western Ill.

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