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The morning of the Rockets' toughest game of the year against a top 20 SEC team and "the UT article" is a MAC nostalgia piece. It is basically
about the NIU-Alabama and Miami U-LSU wins with UT barely getting a couple of mentions. Definitely underwhelming.
09-12-2015 05:31 AM
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The Blade sucks
09-12-2015 05:53 AM
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Picked up a copy of today's Arkansas democrat gazette and they have some very nice pieces on the game
09-12-2015 06:22 AM
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(09-12-2015 06:22 AM)JCannon21 Wrote:  Picked up a copy of today's Arkansas democrat gazette and they have some very nice pieces on the game

Found their on-line articles here. They rank our secondary higher than theirs, not something we see very often in recent times! Personally, I think if we challenge for the MACC, it will be the D that gets us over the hump. Really wondering how the D will stack up against a quality team like this. They will be about as good or a tad better than the MIssouri teams we have played against the past couple years. But, our defense should be somewhat better now. They look to be a very balanced offense, so hopefully our D can stop the run effectively and frustrate them enough to make some mistakes.

http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/.../?f=sports

http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/.../?f=sports

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09-12-2015 07:51 AM
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It is disappointing that the Toledo Blade did not list that the game will be on the SEC alternate channel. They just listed radio.
09-12-2015 08:33 AM
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What is The Blade?
09-12-2015 12:33 PM
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(09-12-2015 12:33 PM)Toledo Football 1st Wrote:  What is The Blade?

It is the "former Toledo Blade", which constantly reminds us that the UT Medical Center is the former Medical College of Ohio.
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(09-12-2015 08:33 PM)Rocket65 Wrote:  
(09-12-2015 12:33 PM)Toledo Football 1st Wrote:  What is The Blade?

It is the "former Toledo Blade", which constantly reminds us that the UT Medical Center is the former Medical College of Ohio.

Oh OK. I didn't even know Toledo had a newspaper.
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(09-12-2015 10:01 PM)Toledo Football 1st Wrote:  
(09-12-2015 08:33 PM)Rocket65 Wrote:  
(09-12-2015 12:33 PM)Toledo Football 1st Wrote:  What is The Blade?

It is the "former Toledo Blade", which constantly reminds us that the UT Medical Center is the former Medical College of Ohio.

Oh OK. I didn't even know Toledo had a newspaper.

They don't
09-12-2015 10:19 PM
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No real ISU@Toledo Rocket article as of this morning. The important headline the community needs to know is UT and Stony Brook have not
come to terms on payment which has to be finalized by early February 2016. Articles like that will surely build back readership and generate $$$ for the Blade.
09-18-2015 06:31 AM
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And we wonder why we can't sell this game out.04-chairshot BTW what's the deal with our marketing? Went to the Dunham's Sports in Defiance and couldn't find a rocket T-shirt. They had every other MAC school and BG had two racks with different gear. This is in a town 60 miles from Toledo with a decent UT history.(Ward and Dodrill come to mind) Come on Athletic Department! We need to at least make a play for our own back yard!
09-18-2015 07:35 AM
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(09-18-2015 06:31 AM)Boca Rocket Wrote:  No real ISU@Toledo Rocket article as of this morning. The important headline the community needs to know is UT and Stony Brook have not
come to terms on payment which has to be finalized by early February 2016. Articles like that will surely build back readership and generate $$$ for the Blade.

The main story is about o$u losses hard to come by vs. MAC. It has a picture of the 1894 Akron Zippers who last defeated ohio - columbus campus. I purposely did not provide a link.
09-18-2015 07:40 AM
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Yesterday (Thursday), there was a full page ad for the Iowa State game on the back page of the sports section.
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09-18-2015 05:51 PM
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(09-18-2015 05:51 PM)RocketBBallFan Wrote:  Yesterday (Thursday), there was a full page ad for the Iowa State game on the back page of the sports section.

Keyword: Ad. That UT paid for.
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(09-18-2015 07:35 AM)UTLAW Wrote:  And we wonder why we can't sell this game out.04-chairshot BTW what's the deal with our marketing? Went to the Dunham's Sports in Defiance and couldn't find a rocket T-shirt. They had every other MAC school and BG had two racks with different gear. This is in a town 60 miles from Toledo with a decent UT history.(Ward and Dodrill come to mind) Come on Athletic Department! We need to at least make a play for our own back yard!

Jay Lehman in hoops and broadcasting.
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"Jay Lehman in hoops and broadcasting."

Ah, yes, The Defiance Dandy - thank you Jerry Keil.
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(09-18-2015 05:53 PM)Rocket4Life Wrote:  
(09-18-2015 05:51 PM)RocketBBallFan Wrote:  Yesterday (Thursday), there was a full page ad for the Iowa State game on the back page of the sports section.

Keyword: Ad. That UT paid for.

Someone had commented on the lack of marketing on UT's part and I was just pointing out that UT paid for a full page ad in the paper.
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Yea, on the front page of the Second News section of today's blade, there's a picture and article about a pep rally at the Ye Old Durty Bird. The headlines of the article says: "Prep rallies rock downtown pubs.....UT football team looks to keep rolling with another upset victory." Yes, it says "Prep rallies", and aren't we 7.5 pts. favorite. That doesn't sound like an upset to me....
09-19-2015 07:53 AM
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Took about a paragraph for them to be sure to mention that other school.

Also: I think that's more to the business owner's credit than UT's, since it was their initiative. Hopefully a lesson learned from UT about marketing the programs. People aren't coming to you. You need to go to them. That article in the paper? Sure useful but doesn't reach many people. The front page of the website does have a UT as, "I don't want second best." You DON'T mention negatives when promoting. It's as stupid as the "I got a job" marketing.

Whoever is in their marketing needs to stop using words because they suck at them. Get the video producers from the athletic dept and put on silent ads or something, maybe just add the normal campus ambient noises, Lecturer's talking, students conversations with a close of the alma mater or fight song or something. If people are interested, they can look up the number. You can catch a lot more the excitement of the university just sitting on the bench in the quad or near the fountain or the Starbucks or listening to a concert in Doer or a lecture at the Law school. That's why BG's ads with the bicycle are so effective. They're about the people and who wants to go to a university that's not about people first? Pretty buildings fall into the background noise fairly quickly if you're not feeling part of the overall community.
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