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re: Someone explain Tech's misfortune to me please
Posted on 12/2/12 at 11:21 pm to TulaneUVA
Posted on 12/2/12 at 11:21 pm to TulaneUVA
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Bowl payout? Marketing?
I'm willing to bet they might make 50k, if they were to attend. It is my understanding, the Independence Bowl is in no position to be offer "deals" to participant who they "think" might bring a crowd. If i had to guess, the Tech administration got enough negative feedback from boosters to ditch the deal if ULM was the opponent. I may be wrong, but the Tech admin has done a pretty good job on keeping the focus long term.
Marketing? Who are they marketing to? Before commenting further, I'll try to find the tv ratings for this time slot last year.
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Posted on 12/2/12 at 11:25 pm to Kickadawgitfeelsgood
Marketing to prospective students?
Posted on 12/3/12 at 12:11 am to Kickadawgitfeelsgood
Here are the fact of Independence Bowl vs. Liberty Bowl. Last year the Independence Bowl had a rating of 1.5 up 6% and the Liberty had a rating of 1.8 down 36%
This year the Independence Bowl is at a time slot on it's own, the LIberty Bowl will have to compete against the Sun Bowl which starts an 1 1/2 hours early.
The payout for the Independence Bowl is 1.15 million, the Liberty is 1.43. It equals out because expenses would be much lower for Tech going to Shreveport than Memphis.
Tech would have played ULM which they had a chance to beat instead of Tulsa which they would have been an underdog.
You can spin this anyway you want, but Tech loses big with this. Loss of money, loss of practice time, seniors lose out, recruits reminded of ignorance of Tech athletic dept, and negative press. What will be the first comments about Tech by announcers next year? Tech had a great season but negotiated itself out of a bowl game. What will be the first comment about Tech that instate coaches will use? Tech is afraid to play instate schools.
This year the Independence Bowl is at a time slot on it's own, the LIberty Bowl will have to compete against the Sun Bowl which starts an 1 1/2 hours early.
The payout for the Independence Bowl is 1.15 million, the Liberty is 1.43. It equals out because expenses would be much lower for Tech going to Shreveport than Memphis.
Tech would have played ULM which they had a chance to beat instead of Tulsa which they would have been an underdog.
You can spin this anyway you want, but Tech loses big with this. Loss of money, loss of practice time, seniors lose out, recruits reminded of ignorance of Tech athletic dept, and negative press. What will be the first comments about Tech by announcers next year? Tech had a great season but negotiated itself out of a bowl game. What will be the first comment about Tech that instate coaches will use? Tech is afraid to play instate schools.
Posted on 12/3/12 at 12:23 am to Kickadawgitfeelsgood
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I may be wrong, but the Tech admin has done a pretty good job on keeping the focus long term.
If part of their longterm plan is to get negative national attention for turning down a bowl then they're doing a fabulous job.
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Marketing? Who are they marketing to?
They're marketing the university to a national audience. They're also marketing their program to recruits.
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