In before all the pi$$er comments start rolling in.
Well, is seems darn near everybody does it exactly the same way we do, both for scoreboards and also for media rights.
Spears has experience, good experiences, with Learfield IMG competitors, I think he knows more than we may understand about what is possible with negotiations with rights marketers, etc. As a matter of fact, I suspect this kind of experience as what got him selected into his position.
There are other companies that do this. We don’t have to be tied at the hip to IMG.
Spears mentioned presenting a proposal to the BOG for the cost of approximately $8M for video boards at the Joan, the soccer stadium and softball stadium. I wonder if we break from the normal approach this time and if so how that would affect advertising during the game?
Steve cotton is as good as the come. I live in Clemson country and I can’t stand listening to their radio guys. University of South Carolina’s are even worse
You never know. We may just get a better deal on some items going our own way. We’ll never know until we try.
I live down here too where I get all the Clemson games on radio... I totally understand painting a rosy picture of your team/program, but their guys are the worst homers I have heard in a long time. Everything Clemson does is amazing and beyond criticism, and everything the other team/coaches/fans/cheerleaders do is garbage. lol
I agree . But there are times I wish Steve would be more of a homer. I really wish our PA guy would be more of homer. I hear it all the time at other stadiums, how a PA can help get the crowd into the game. It makes a difference. I know we want to be professional but, this is the Marshall network and a home game at the Joan.
Agree about the PA guy... He should be looking to get people excited during the game. It's safe to assume the Marshall fans inside the stadium don't care if he's over the top for our side.
Dan Hoard and Dave Lapham (the obnoxious one)? They are FANTASTIC!!!! lol
Can't be any worse than Toni Caridi. That dude is a hack. At a previous job they always played eerdiot games on the radio. If I didn't know any better I'd be sure wvu was the best team in CFB and never did anything wrong.
Haha... I hadn't heard a Bengal radio call in several years (since I left Huntington), but last summer a buddy got married about an hour north of Cincy and I happened to be driving home Sunday afternoon... The broadcast was so bad I was literally laughing my way back to North Carolina. The play by play guy is a homer, the color guy has the most obnoxious voice I can recall and their sideline guy (who I don't remember, but was a former Bengal player) was openly cheering for the team multiple times when they cut to him... It was worse than the local high school broadcast on our AM station, lol.
It was. I don't see that at other games. I don't see DJ Herd Squat either. It's about presentation and delivery. We struck out on those.
In house DJs are big in the NBA, but not college football... In the NBA they can play music during the game, so a DJ actually works inside the arenas (which are all located in urban centers where hip hop music is king).
Yep. Music is huge at NHL games as well. It can be a nice piece of the college game experience if the right tunes are played. All genres can be played and get the crowd moving. Maybe the 28 students in attendance will look up from their phones and start moving as well.
He just wasn't any good. He didn't have any energy. His audition was bad too.
It's all driven by the PA announcer and the band in my view. I appreciate the work and loyalty of both but we need more energy from both - big time. It doesn't hurt to be a homer.
This! I remember one basketball game where the Pep Band was playing "Lets Go Herd" and right in the middle Kirtner started playing the barenaked ladies "all star" song. Biggest Fu I have seen at a Marshall game.
Wait, does that mean they do the in-game advertising and run that?
The PA announcer is not the same as the Play-by-Play guy. Part of the PA Announcer's job is to be the stadium hype man.
I've heard enough PA guys over years to know that they can get the crowd pumped and lead the way in making the game day experience a positive one. PA guy is vastly different from on field ramblings and a would be DJ, who the students don't even pay attention to.
LOL! Asking for someone to coordinate our game day environment is unattainable? WOW! Must be something in the Schewey water because it seems every other school can do it. It doesn't cost one damn red cent to organize and come up with a plan. Not doing so is pure laziness and bush league. Come on man, lets not go over the ledge on this.
I am too, but this is a simple fix that can add to the game day experience. Acting like it isn't important just isn't the answer. These all can add to and create additional traditions and experience which bring enjoyment to those who come to the game. Most importantly. Coordinating these things would cost next to nothing.
