(05-20-2018 01:50 PM)AquaRocket Wrote:  

(05-19-2018 03:20 PM)FMRocket Wrote:  

(05-19-2018 01:02 PM)PaulJ Wrote:  

(05-17-2018 03:39 PM)eastisbest Wrote:  

(05-17-2018 10:43 AM)PaulJ Wrote:  Plus Typsi has a total population of 21,000, so EMU can have a large presence especially when classes are in session and thousands of students in town. I have been to many college towns, including across Ohio and Michigan, and many have close connections to colleges because the college and its thousands of students and employees have a huge local business reach across the town. With 19,000 students and 6,000 employees in a city of 280,000 and 650,000 regional population, UT does not have the same profile or impact, several other companies (Jeep, ProMedica, Owens Corning) have larger presences). And I do think the geographic location of Toledo in terms of college football between UM, OSU and ND, has for many years divided college football interests and now more so in recent decade when cable, social media and talk radio on college football having expanded greatly. Unless you have a direct connection to UT, seems like the casual Toledo college football fan is more likely to have connections to (or claim allegiance) to OSU, UM or ND-and I am not so sure any marketing or promotion UT does is going to stem that trend.

Disagree. UT should OWN Secor from the highway. OSU, ND, UM, they're not making claim on that street, though BG did put up a billboard at Central and Secor, lol. Nice shot by them. Those pole flags are classy too. They'd look good IMO, along Bancroft.

And if UT doesn't have a "close connection" with Toledo town, whose fault is that? It's not Toledo's.

Mayor Bell started it with his highway sign. UT-Toledo should follow through on Secor AND Westwood to make those approaches blood curdlers for game day. Hell, I'd but boxes on them to play the fight song on game day. Walk signs? Crush the Falcon, don't crush the falcon. Get rid of the green-go, replace it with Midnight blue-go. That illegal?

To some extent I agree and would like to see more local UT promotion in and around the main campus, but I doubt the limited budget would really allow for much impact, certainly not enough to draw the UM, OSU and ND fans. The Glass Bowl is in pretty good shape (yes more lighting and other improvements would be warranted but again I come back to the limited budget). The family ticket packages are great and UT gets some good local marketing in the media, TV and radio, not sure they really have the budget to take on the big boy schools in marketing and promotion.

You would think that having the bonds on the GB expansion retired years ago that the university could spring for more signage in and around campus, and also in the business district/downtown. EMU, who in no way shape or form is as well off financially as UT, is able to pull off banners/signage in the Ypsi business district. Akron as well, has some serious debt to retire with their 65 million dollar Infocision Stadium, displays a lot of Zip banners in and around town... It can be done, even with a limited budget. The hardcore suckeye & scum fans can genuflect at the altar of their glorified semi-pro teams all they want. The University of Toledo will press on, but marketing needs to be stepped up in a major way.

So just how are those big banner marketing campaigns working out in Akron and Ypsi based upon game attendance??? UT has excellent marketing and they spend the $$$ they have wisely. Toledo is at the top of the MAC year in and year out in attendance. Nuff said.

Toledo has had a quality product year in and year out as opposed to what Akron and EMU has had. Never said that there was a direct correlation with banners/marketing and the obvious dismal attendance figures at both schools mentioned. OK, Toledo does a wonderful job at marketing and is near the top in attendance. I’ll leave it at that. Not worth the argument !!
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