a GREAT weekend to be a Duke

(10-17-2017 02:15 PM)Dadgum Wrote:  

(10-17-2017 01:09 PM)Jay M. Youix Wrote:  CGD helps recruiting tremendously, obviously. I think having it a second time is maybe even more important. if I'm a recruit, I'm thinking, "they've gotten it twice in three years, why won't they get it again?" it's absolutely massive for us.

for whoever mentioned applications: Bourne said that usually takes 3-4 years (believe that was the timeframe) before they would expect to see an increase there as a result of CGD. no idea if that's "admin speak" or not, but that's what he said. I think it was during the UB&T Center presser.

I believe we'll start to see results in 18-24 months if I had to guess.

I believe GMU and VCU saw a spike in applications much sooner than that follow their final 4 runs.

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(10-18-2017 11:16 AM)Rockville Duke Wrote:  

(10-17-2017 02:15 PM)Dadgum Wrote:  

(10-17-2017 01:09 PM)Jay M. Youix Wrote:  CGD helps recruiting tremendously, obviously. I think having it a second time is maybe even more important. if I'm a recruit, I'm thinking, "they've gotten it twice in three years, why won't they get it again?" it's absolutely massive for us.

for whoever mentioned applications: Bourne said that usually takes 3-4 years (believe that was the timeframe) before they would expect to see an increase there as a result of CGD. no idea if that's "admin speak" or not, but that's what he said. I think it was during the UB&T Center presser.

I believe we'll start to see results in 18-24 months if I had to guess.

I believe GMU and VCU saw a spike in applications much sooner than that follow their final 4 runs.

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I'd expect a much bigger impact from making the final 4 as a mid-major than hosting college gameday.

(10-18-2017 11:16 AM)Rockville Duke Wrote:  

(10-17-2017 02:15 PM)Dadgum Wrote:  

(10-17-2017 01:09 PM)Jay M. Youix Wrote:  CGD helps recruiting tremendously, obviously. I think having it a second time is maybe even more important. if I'm a recruit, I'm thinking, "they've gotten it twice in three years, why won't they get it again?" it's absolutely massive for us.

for whoever mentioned applications: Bourne said that usually takes 3-4 years (believe that was the timeframe) before they would expect to see an increase there as a result of CGD. no idea if that's "admin speak" or not, but that's what he said. I think it was during the UB&T Center presser.

I believe we'll start to see results in 18-24 months if I had to guess.

I believe GMU and VCU saw a spike in applications much sooner than that follow their final 4 runs.

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3-4 years seems ridiculous to me. So the Oct 2015 appearance means we are going to see the spike in Fall 2019 for the HS seniors graduating Spring 2020. That means a HS freshman watched CGD and decided then that they would apply to JMU in 4 years? Or using a 3 year timeframe, a HS sophomore? Aren't freshman and sophomore who are interested in CGD out playing football or baseball or soccer on their Saturdays?

I think the timeline is immediate to 12 months. I 100% believe there were present day HS seniors that saw the snaps/tweets/facebook posts of friends that graduated HS last year and said "I should apply there!". I could see HS juniors that saw their older friends or perhaps older sibling friends social media accounts and thought the same. I just don't see CGD impacting a freshman who is more concerned with popping zits, getting their license, impressing the sophomore girl, waiting to be asked to homecoming, etc, being impacted as much as junior/seniors.

EDIT: The ridiculous claim is for applicants growing. I'm 100% behind it having a huge recruiting impact.

(10-18-2017 11:37 AM)#YEEHAWDUKES Wrote:  

(10-18-2017 11:16 AM)Rockville Duke Wrote:  

(10-17-2017 02:15 PM)Dadgum Wrote:  

(10-17-2017 01:09 PM)Jay M. Youix Wrote:  CGD helps recruiting tremendously, obviously. I think having it a second time is maybe even more important. if I'm a recruit, I'm thinking, "they've gotten it twice in three years, why won't they get it again?" it's absolutely massive for us.

for whoever mentioned applications: Bourne said that usually takes 3-4 years (believe that was the timeframe) before they would expect to see an increase there as a result of CGD. no idea if that's "admin speak" or not, but that's what he said. I think it was during the UB&T Center presser.

I believe we'll start to see results in 18-24 months if I had to guess.

I believe GMU and VCU saw a spike in applications much sooner than that follow their final 4 runs.

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I'd expect a much bigger impact from making the final 4 as a mid-major than hosting college gameday.

Anyone know the demographics of GameDay? My impression is most would be college age and above, not sure how many high school kids watching. Though the social media buzz might catch more notice for teens.

Perhaps getting exposure to parents helps when a kid is deciding on schools and JMU is already among them, but can't picture a parent saying "hey, just saw this school on ESPN, maybe you should apply there."

Probably the most important eyeballs were those of peripheral alumni who may get re-energized to engage with JMU again.

(10-18-2017 12:11 PM)2Buck Wrote:  

(10-18-2017 11:37 AM)#YEEHAWDUKES Wrote:  

(10-18-2017 11:16 AM)Rockville Duke Wrote:  

(10-17-2017 02:15 PM)Dadgum Wrote:  

(10-17-2017 01:09 PM)Jay M. Youix Wrote:  CGD helps recruiting tremendously, obviously. I think having it a second time is maybe even more important. if I'm a recruit, I'm thinking, "they've gotten it twice in three years, why won't they get it again?" it's absolutely massive for us.

for whoever mentioned applications: Bourne said that usually takes 3-4 years (believe that was the timeframe) before they would expect to see an increase there as a result of CGD. no idea if that's "admin speak" or not, but that's what he said. I think it was during the UB&T Center presser.

I believe we'll start to see results in 18-24 months if I had to guess.

I believe GMU and VCU saw a spike in applications much sooner than that follow their final 4 runs.

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I'd expect a much bigger impact from making the final 4 as a mid-major than hosting college gameday.

Anyone know the demographics of GameDay? My impression is most would be college age and above, not sure how many high school kids watching. Though the social media buzz might catch more notice for teens.

Perhaps getting exposure to parents helps when a kid is deciding on schools and JMU is already among them, but can't picture a parent saying "hey, just saw this school on ESPN, maybe you should apply there."

Probably the most important eyeballs were those of peripheral alumni who may get re-energized to engage with JMU again.

There were definitely HS recruits watching and pumped up/tweeting about it. They get excited to go to a school with that type of fanbase. Might tend to be the sports minded kids, but it wasn’t just football players. There’s no doubt this will help our athletic recruiting.

(10-18-2017 12:18 PM)JMURocks Wrote:  

(10-18-2017 12:11 PM)2Buck Wrote:  Anyone know the demographics of GameDay? My impression is most would be college age and above, not sure how many high school kids watching. Though the social media buzz might catch more notice for teens.

Perhaps getting exposure to parents helps when a kid is deciding on schools and JMU is already among them, but can't picture a parent saying "hey, just saw this school on ESPN, maybe you should apply there."

Probably the most important eyeballs were those of peripheral alumni who may get re-energized to engage with JMU again.

There were definitely HS recruits watching and pumped up/tweeting about it. They get excited to go to a school with that type of fanbase. Might tend to be the sports minded kids, but it wasn’t just football players. There’s no doubt this will help our athletic recruiting.

Sure, totally see the influence on student athletes. It certainly makes targets much more likely to take our calls and visit campus.

I was referring to an uptick in "general" applications- what sort of exposure GameDay provides to non-athlete teens. Even those I think would get a favorable impression of JMU, just curious how many are watching.

Maybe someone can correct me...but it looks like last week's CGD had the second best rating of the season (1.884). Only the season opener for FSU vs. Alabama drew a larger rating (2.045)...the other couple of weekends so far have averaged 1.600ish.

A lot of eyeballs!

http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/?s=college+gameday#feed

(10-19-2017 12:35 PM)DukedoG06 Wrote:  Maybe someone can correct me...but it looks like last week's CGD had the second best rating of the season (1.884). Only the season opener for FSU vs. Alabama drew a larger rating (2.045)...the other couple of weekends so far have averaged 1.600ish.

A lot of eyeballs!

http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/?s=college+gameday#feed

As much bitching and complaining as you see on social media, it doesn't appear to be as big of a deal as they think it is. If anything, it's helping ratings. Go figure.

I hope they visit Montana or Jacksonville State next (That'll piss off the Tide and Tigers).

We beat Tech! We want Bama!

(10-19-2017 12:43 PM)Potomac Wrote:  

(10-19-2017 12:35 PM)DukedoG06 Wrote:  Maybe someone can correct me...but it looks like last week's CGD had the second best rating of the season (1.884). Only the season opener for FSU vs. Alabama drew a larger rating (2.045)...the other couple of weekends so far have averaged 1.600ish.

A lot of eyeballs!

http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/?s=college+gameday#feed

As much bitching and complaining as you see on social media, it doesn't appear to be as big of a deal as they think it is. If anything, it's helping ratings. Go figure.

I hope they visit Montana or Jacksonville State next (That'll piss off the Tide and Tigers).

Wasn't the last CGD just as high? It seems like maybe JMU draws well nationally also .

(10-17-2017 07:34 AM)doubleduke2016 Wrote:  It looks like last time they came we got a google trend score of 85/100 (how often people search for us) compared with a 100/100 for the appointment of President Alger in 2013 (our highest in the past 5 years) and a 75/100 in December when we beat NDSU. So in terms of google searches CGD is more important than a national championship or beating the 5-time champs, but slightly less important than getting a new University president.

I won't profess to know anything about Google trend scores, but some common sense here... I'd have to believe the vast majority of searches around the appointment of Alger were from alums/students/people who were already aware of JMU, right? I mean I can't imagine that changing the President would cause a random person from Oregon who was previously unaware of JMU, to search for JMU. But I'd think a far higher % of the Google searches around CGD were from people unaware of JMU - like that random person in Oregon, which can only increase our national awareness.

A metric we can definitely measure is hits/activity on the JMU and JMU Sports websites. I wonder what sort of increase they've seen and will continue to see. No way to tell who's new to JMU or simply an alumnus reconnecting but when you get visits to your site you can tell where they're coming from (Google, an email, an ad, etc).

Several times last week I got JMU banner ads displaying in my Hotmail account so it's obvious JMU is using services (via cookies) to track visitors.

Watched a little of the CGD today, ours was so much better...bigger, louder, greater!

(10-22-2017 12:22 AM)hburg Wrote:  Watched a little of the CGD today, ours was so much better...bigger, louder, greater!

...and without the unfortunate tinge of pedophilia.

Seriously, Penn State was a bad, bad decision for a destination. Bad. Like, awful bad.

Too soon to be normalizing that program. Way too soon.

(10-22-2017 12:32 AM)91Alum Wrote:  

(10-22-2017 12:22 AM)hburg Wrote:  Watched a little of the CGD today, ours was so much better...bigger, louder, greater!

...and without the unfortunate tinge of pedophilia.

Seriously, Penn State was a bad, bad decision for a destination. Bad. Like, awful bad.

Too soon to be normalizing that program. Way too soon.

I don’t think anyone left there had anything to do with it.

Are they allowed to move on?

(10-22-2017 12:32 AM)91Alum Wrote:  

(10-22-2017 12:22 AM)hburg Wrote:  Watched a little of the CGD today, ours was so much better...bigger, louder, greater!

...and without the unfortunate tinge of pedophilia.

Seriously, Penn State was a bad, bad decision for a destination. Bad. Like, awful bad.

Too soon to be normalizing that program. Way too soon.

They were a YSU loss away from going to a program fresh off of recruiting a convicted rapist. Espn doesn’t bother to take “image” into consideration apparently. They should be.

(10-22-2017 09:24 AM)Potomac Wrote:  

(10-22-2017 12:32 AM)91Alum Wrote:  

(10-22-2017 12:22 AM)hburg Wrote:  Watched a little of the CGD today, ours was so much better...bigger, louder, greater!

...and without the unfortunate tinge of pedophilia.

Seriously, Penn State was a bad, bad decision for a destination. Bad. Like, awful bad.

Too soon to be normalizing that program. Way too soon.

They were a YSU loss away from going to a program fresh off of recruiting a convicted rapist. Espn doesn’t bother to take “image” into consideration apparently. They should be.

ESPN has never been one to shy away from leveraging controversy, sensationalism sells newspapers. For example, they're going to ride that d-bag Ball for every last bit of mileage they can get.