"You know you’ve seen him. At the tailgates around 8 a.m. In the stands. In opponents’ nightmares. Crazy Larry is anything but nuts. He’s a passionate fan who will do anything to get in the stadium. And this year, it was only $250 for select season tickets. We created Larry, a Frankenstein of our dreams and nightmares, and he helped us get tickets sold at a record pace."
Crazy Larry was worse IMO, difference is that it was just used in marketing and not made a public spectacle, ala RoboticDuckus
RoboDuck was created as a means to brand Oregon nationally since they can't use Donald Duck (actually, the mascot's name is Puddles which is the most $75K of any mascot ever) outside the state.
Crazy Larry was just a one-time, one-season means of advertising Husky football to the general public in the Seattle area. RoboDuck was meant to be Oregon's new mascot and to represent the university nationally.
Both are inexcusable, but I think the scope and intent of RoboDuck makes it worse.
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"You know you’ve seen him. At the tailgates around 8 a.m. In the stands. In opponents’ nightmares. Crazy Larry is anything but nuts. He’s a passionate fan who will do anything to get in the stadium. And this year, it was only $250 for select season tickets. We created Larry, a Frankenstein of our dreams and nightmares, and he helped us get tickets sold at a record pace."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=-C4_aHq7gUg#t=30
Skip to 0:30. Relive the nightmare born to us from the damnation known as the marketing department of college athletics
FYFMFE
Any marketing executive that thinks that putting a scratch and sniff burger on your ticket should apply for a job with PatHadenFS.
Crazy Larry was just a one-time, one-season means of advertising Husky football to the general public in the Seattle area. RoboDuck was meant to be Oregon's new mascot and to represent the university nationally.
Both are inexcusable, but I think the scope and intent of RoboDuck makes it worse.
Also, I can't stop laughing at this pic
Speaking of which, o/u on how long it takes for there to be a scandal based on Sark banging a Song Girl?
...minutes after his introductory kick ass presser