https://wcu.az1.qualtrics...UKZW790tD&Q_CHL=email

Got an email today from a research study I did 2 years ago. They try to update info every 2 years. If you have the time it's good to do.

I'll copy paste the email text below.
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In 2013, you completed a survey on rivalry. We sincerely appreciate your time and input into that research, and we hope you will join us for round two! (if you haven't done so already)

Click here to take the survey
Or copy and paste the URL below into your internet browser:
https://wcu.az1.qualtrics...UKZW790tD&Q_CHL=email

That link is for a follow-up study, which we hope to continue to offer to college football fans every two years to see how rivalries change over time. We would also appreciate any assistance you can offer us in promoting the survey to other college football fans (e.g., sharing the link on message boards, emailing to friends, etc.).

As fans of college football, we appreciate the passions of rivalries; however, we also share concerns for the misunderstanding of the fans' perspective of rivalry games among college football administrators and researchers. Your input and promotion of this work will help to produce empirical research for improved decision making and debate of such topics. The previous round of research was enlightening, leading to academic conference presentations and cites in the Wall Street Journal and Fox Sports Online; we hope your input this time around will continue to further our understanding.

Thank you in advance, and enjoy the upcoming weekend of college football.

-Dr. David Tyler, Western Carolina University
-Dr. Joe Cobbs, Northern Kentucky University

If you wish to no longer be contacted about the college football rivalry research, you may click here to opt out of future emails. We understand, and don't worry - you won't become our rival for doing so.

(09-30-2015 12:08 PM)ThunderDent Wrote:  https://wcu.az1.qualtrics...UKZW790tD&Q_CHL=email

Got an email today from a research study I did 2 years ago. They try to update info every 2 years. If you have the time it's good to do.

I'll copy paste the email text below.
________

In 2013, you completed a survey on rivalry. We sincerely appreciate your time and input into that research, and we hope you will join us for round two! (if you haven't done so already)

Click here to take the survey
Or copy and paste the URL below into your internet browser:
https://wcu.az1.qualtrics...UKZW790tD&Q_CHL=email

That link is for a follow-up study, which we hope to continue to offer to college football fans every two years to see how rivalries change over time. We would also appreciate any assistance you can offer us in promoting the survey to other college football fans (e.g., sharing the link on message boards, emailing to friends, etc.).

As fans of college football, we appreciate the passions of rivalries; however, we also share concerns for the misunderstanding of the fans' perspective of rivalry games among college football administrators and researchers. Your input and promotion of this work will help to produce empirical research for improved decision making and debate of such topics. The previous round of research was enlightening, leading to academic conference presentations and cites in the Wall Street Journal and Fox Sports Online; we hope your input this time around will continue to further our understanding.

Thank you in advance, and enjoy the upcoming weekend of college football.

-Dr. David Tyler, Western Carolina University
-Dr. Joe Cobbs, Northern Kentucky University

If you wish to no longer be contacted about the college football rivalry research, you may click here to opt out of future emails. We understand, and don't worry - you won't become our rival for doing so.

Check your link. Doesn't work. Seems truncated with the ... in the middle.

http://www.knowrivalry.com/rivalry-survey.php

It takes awhile to fill out.

Since WVU has no rivals any longer, I'm going to pass on this. It doesn't apply in my situation.

(10-01-2015 12:02 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  Since WVU has no rivals any longer, I'm going to pass on this. It doesn't apply in my situation.

WVU hasn't developed any new conference rivalries yet?

(10-01-2015 04:48 PM)Lenvillecards Wrote:  

(10-01-2015 12:02 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  Since WVU has no rivals any longer, I'm going to pass on this. It doesn't apply in my situation.

WVU hasn't developed any new conference rivalries yet?

There are several rivalries under development. But it takes time. Playing somebody 3 years in a row does not a rivalry make. Give it a few more years, and a couple of really good, close games, like WVU's comeback against the Cards in 2005.

Cuse has no rivals currently in FB....we have plenty in hoops

(10-01-2015 07:01 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  

(10-01-2015 04:48 PM)Lenvillecards Wrote:  

(10-01-2015 12:02 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  Since WVU has no rivals any longer, I'm going to pass on this. It doesn't apply in my situation.

WVU hasn't developed any new conference rivalries yet?

There are several rivalries under development. But it takes time. Playing somebody 3 years in a row does not a rivalry make. Give it a few more years, and a couple of really good, close games, like WVU's comeback against the Cards in 2005.

That was a fun rivalry while it lasted. Good luck this year.

(10-01-2015 10:16 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  Cuse has no rivals currently in FB....we have plenty in hoops

You guys have been playing Pitt for a long time, nothing developed there?

(10-01-2015 12:02 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  Since WVU has no rivals any longer, I'm going to pass on this. It doesn't apply in my situation.

It may be dormant, but Pitt and WV is still a rivalry.

(10-01-2015 10:38 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  

(10-01-2015 12:02 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  Since WVU has no rivals any longer, I'm going to pass on this. It doesn't apply in my situation.

It may be dormant, but Pitt and WV is still a rivalry.

One that not one student will recognize by the time the decade until the series resumes takes place. Only us old farts value it. The students could care less, mostly.

However, all things are impermanent. Even the mountains themselves are worn down in the fullness of time.

(10-01-2015 10:34 PM)Lenvillecards Wrote:  

(10-01-2015 10:16 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  Cuse has no rivals currently in FB....we have plenty in hoops

You guys have been playing Pitt for a long time, nothing developed there?

It is a rivalry...but not intense. WVU is more of a rival than Pitt to us...

I don't understand the goal.

The stated goal in the email seems to be nothing more than a fluffy way of saying nothing or at least a little self promotion.

If you were born and raised around here then you know WVU doesn't play their true arch rival. The mother of all rivalries lies west of the border.