Article: UW Marketing Remains out of Touch
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Disagree, I was one of about 500 students/dipshits remaining in the stands of that OSU game.brchco12 said:
While they would show up if we were winning, they still suck.
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Went to the 2013 arizona game when we were both undefeated and there was justifiably a bit of buzz among the doogdom. We sat close to the student section and granted it rained 3+ inches, the student section, which was never full, was 3/4 empty by halftime. That was the worst weather since 2006 OSU when Stanback got hurt and it was raining sideways, just an all around shitty day. but we didn't leave early when we were students because we hazed anyone who left a game early.
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If we are going to bash #yellowfever I'm. Fucking. Out.whatshouldicareabout said:
It's great when you have yellow feverGrundleStiltzkin said:
I think you're wong.AtomicDawg said:
The students will be great if we were good. we have a football problem.brchco12 said:
The students fucking suck... I always boo the student non-athletesAtomicDawg said:i think our marketing probably sucked for decades but we just didn't know it. There was no need to market that hard when they were drawing 70k plus. Now they have to try but there really isn't a demand. If they have the year I expect this year I think eyes gonna be a lot of empty bleachers. I still have not seen a game where they fill the student section.
The duck is right. The only way this is solved is with wins.
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Facebook?? What is this, 2007?
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I remember sneaking into the student section after I graduated with a Doog who was still in school, and it was packed. Back then, you didn't leave, and the school hadn't turned into Revenge of the Nerds/China/India/Japan/S. Korea yet. These stupid UWPD meatheads used to scan the crowd for people with booze. Get a life!
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The 14% say fuck Instagram, and all other newfangled shit.Dardanus said:Facebook?? What is this, 2007?
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This is a very frequent KG topic. Honestly though, I think anyone who is passionate about the program see's the problems with marketing. This was addressed last season by Max Waugh and gained some headlines with regards to the game day experience / marketing. Honestly the AD provides no incentive to be a season ticket holder. When you invest in the full package in April, then four months later discover you could have gotten a four game pack or discounted tickets to the FCS game on the schedule it's kind of a slap in the face. Going 1-10 in 2005 then raising ticket prices was when the AD learned how many suckers there are in the Husky fan base. Yeah people left, but still averaged more than 60k in 2008. Still holding onto the golden years.
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Thanks for correcting me. I was piss drunk at that game and for most of that season.RoadDawg55 said:
Arizona only had a RB named Kadeem Carey. He wasn't very good though.PurpleJ said:
A good running team would have plunger raped us that day. Luckily, Arizona was fucking soft and had vanilla Vick at QB.AtomicDawg said:
I was at that game. Sankey ran the ball like 40 times and Kevin Smith dropped a play action to that was set up off of running the ball all damn day. Go Hawks.PurpleJ said:
I was at that game. Perfect example of why a passing offense on Montlake is fucking stupid.brchco12 said:
While they would show up if we were winning, they still suck.AtomicDawg said:
The students will be great if we were good. we have a football problem.brchco12 said:
The students fucking suck... I always boo the student non-athletesAtomicDawg said:i think our marketing probably sucked for decades but we just didn't know it. There was no need to market that hard when they were drawing 70k plus. Now they have to try but there really isn't a demand. If they have the year I expect this year I think eyes gonna be a lot of empty bleachers. I still have not seen a game where they fill the student section.
The duck is right. The only way this is solved is with wins.
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Went to the 2013 arizona game when we were both undefeated and there was justifiably a bit of buzz among the doogdom. We sat close to the student section and granted it rained 3+ inches, the student section, which was never full, was 3/4 empty by halftime. That was the worst weather since 2006 OSU when Stanback got hurt and it was raining sideways, just an all around shitty day. but we didn't leave early when we were students because we hazed anyone who left a game early.
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Happy to see some content return to the front page. The donation request section could use a little flair:
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UW has a marketing department?
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Been touched on in this thread earlier, but UW will never get a huge student fan base. Wins will help, obviously, but the students won't be back on board because who they now are.
I went to the UW in the 80s with my 3.5 because my dad took me to games since I was 7. My sons, who I've taken to games since they were 7, one took his 3.6 to CWU and the one who is a SR this year, unless he gets a baseball schollie, will be taking his 3.7 to ASU, or SDSU, or some other place to get laid, because UW won't even look at a local white kid with a 3.7.
UW decided years ago that they would rather make money on out of state, out of country tuition. And what happens when little Johnny China graduates, he doesn't come back and get 4 Tyee seats, he heads back home.
Until UW decides the want to start letting locals back in, this is what they're gonna get.
