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Wise Owl
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FAU vs fiu
On the other note… this is what bothers me about the whole Bury The Burrow In Red garbage…
"Break the attendance": Anyone notice that they have not advertised ANYWHERE what the actual current record is? I know what it is… but that doesn't mean the average citizen of Boca Raton does. Also, FAU is averaging around 650 people per game… the attendance record is MUCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH higer than that… what makes ANYONE think we are going to break the record when the attendance this season has been so abysmal? They are setting their sights WAY too high and it's going to backfire miserably. If we were averaging 3,000 per game, setting a goal of breaking the attendance record would be realistic. What makes Marketing think we are going to jump from 650 to 3,000+ for a game against FIU?
This is a terrible marketing ploy… never would happen at a major university. This is why we are not seen as a major university… we have terrible marketing in our athletics department.
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FAU vs fiu
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If I am wrong come Sunday morning - I will admit I was gone… happily. But I doubt it will happen.
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Spread The Wings
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I have been meaning to get to a basketball game this season ever since Nov. I'm planning on being there Sat. thanks to the hype and I'll be one of those who pays to get in. Last years high attendance was 1348 when ETSU came to town according to the media guide. That was just 5 more than the UCF game and 10 more than Kennesaw State. The home game avg was 1112. I didn't see anything regarding the all time high. But 1348 is certainly within reach and it appears that the marketing dept. is doing what needs to be done to make it happen i.e. free admission, free food, giveaways, etc. FIU got only 506 out to the first contest. Surely FAU can beat that soundly in the stands while the Owls beat the Panthers on the court. Go Owls!
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fauowl09 said
The group of students who attend every home game that call themselves "The Rowdy Rex's" brought boxes of rice with FAU stickers all over them… turns out Dre asked one of them for the box to keep… he has it on his desk in his dorm now!! The boxes of rice are AWESOME….
On the other note… this is what bothers me about the whole Bury The Burrow In Red garbage…
"Break the attendance": Anyone notice that they have not advertised ANYWHERE what the actual current record is? I know what it is… but that doesn't mean the average citizen of Boca Raton does. Also, FAU is averaging around 650 people per game… the attendance record is MUCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH higer than that… what makes ANYONE think we are going to break the record when the attendance this season has been so abysmal? They are setting their sights WAY too high and it's going to backfire miserably. If we were averaging 3,000 per game, setting a goal of breaking the attendance record would be realistic. What makes Marketing think we are going to jump from 650 to 3,000+ for a game against FIU?
This is a terrible marketing ploy… never would happen at a major university. This is why we are not seen as a major university… we have terrible marketing in our athletics department.
ive posted on this previosuly more than once…it is over 4K…i told someone who works for the department to verify it after someone wrote that it was 2,800 (per Dexter)…this IS NOT the case…i asked them to pull the box score for the miami game (when i held Dir Sports Mktg title)…still waiting to hear back ;)
but respectfully, i am going to completely take the opposite stance on this…you will see 2000+ saturday night - period.
what has been lacking with this administration is the campus ties - SG, Clubs, Greeks, and Housing…i maded it my earnest to reach out to them and INVOLVE them in the program…this built roots and feeding lines for attendees…dont see much if any of that now…this is the first for this year…that is certain…they need someone who is a liason full time for part of the year to establish ties with htese groups…they are influential and move students…
on another note, our community support is way up…this is a positive.
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This is from the sports guy on the UP online blog thing. Granted these are student journalist but he could have at least tried to get the "official" attendance record. :-/
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I'm looking forward to this game big time!
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