Gameday Host

[Skyh13]

So how do you feel about the PA guy being an Iowa grad and fan?

I think the huge difference between the two however is the AD got out in front of the "we hired a Hawk" with the PA guy and seemingly tried to sneak it by this time. In either case the most qualified person should be who gets the gig.

Just turn down her damn mic and she won't be as....piercing. I'm kind of surprised there isn't software running on the in stadium audio that equalizes all sounds from mics/music pumped in/etc. so you don't have wild differences in sound output that makes it significantly less pleasing to the ears.

As someone with some experience here, there absolutely is, however it’s not quite that straightforward. The PA system overall would be tuned to the stadium, but getting the different mics to sound exactly like each other is difficult because of the variables between mic type, manufacturing, and just where the mic is in relation to the person speaking. Then you finally get to the question of “how does this specific person sound on a given mic, and is it good?” which itself is a bit more art than science.

It sounds like perhaps there is more adjusting that could be done for the host, and I’m sure they’ll do that. There’s never enough time given to do these sorts of things. Also, in my experience the overall tuning done on PA systems can tend to over-emphasize clarity, both to help the crowd understand and also to help fight feedback, but usually at the expense of generating a somewhat harsh sound. Again, I’m sure tweaking will happen.

 

[cdface]

Abort.

let's give it a couple more weeks at least! wait...

 

[StaterCRguy]

If she is generating money who cares.

 

[BCClone]

If she is generating money who cares.

How is she generating money?

 

[ClonerJams]

How is she generating money?

 

[madguy30]

How is she generating money?

And for who?

 

[cyclone1209]

They were looking for applicants last spring, you guys could have applied.

This should've gone to Gunnerclone.

Outrageous comments only, no cap.

 

[BryceC]

I saw a lot of fans calling for more in-game entertainment because the timeouts were so empty and boring. That was definitely a topic of conversation.

Be careful what you wish for I guess

 

[GoClone]

I have had nothing against Jackie, at least not before this, but she is just not good at this job, Not when she did it with the Barnstormers and certainly not for Iowa State either. She needs to be gone now. Pollard needs to buy out her contract and move on to something else.

Jackie S with her over the top and shrill voice is not the answer. I do like the idea of rotating players from various sports, or perhaps even using sports alumni attending the games as hosts.

Jackie S with her over the top and shrill voice is not the answer.

Now, back to having nothing against her...that might have changed yesterday though after seeing the pics of her in that d*mn hawk gear,

 

[MNCYWX]

Unfortunately I think these game day hosts are here to stay. We see them all the time in the pros and with more and more commercials breaks these days, teams are trying to find ways to distract us from complaining about how often and long media timeouts are.

If this is truly a thing for the future I would rather see her do things like fan interviews and Trivia questions. When I go to Minnesota Wild games, the hosts seem focus on fan interactions doing things like answer 4 questions and get a shirt.

At this current stage, if Iowa state is trying to incentivize and improve the game day. The current iteration is missing the mark.

I think this is spot on assessment. You can like/not like Jackie for her personality, but Iowa State did absolutely *NO* favors to help this succeed. Literally just took what we were doing but adding an energetic person on the mic before it all.

You need to do fan interaction type activities as mentioned. Trivia. Little mini-games with fans for a prize, etc. This is how you show personality of the host/reporter.

I will say. Broadcasting can make you look dull. When I'm training new hires for on-air, I always tell them you *HAVE* to go "over the top" with your expressions if you want to end up being dynamic on air. For some reason it doesn't translate as well as we think it does on-air.

Jackie definitely brings some energy. I've met Jackie a couple times, though I've never worked with her. Her personality she shows seems to be the genuine person she is.

I may or may not have applied...

 

[JM4CY]

How is she generating money?

Ad reads. Maybe sponsors wanted this.

 

[Cyched]

I’ll do it

 

[dafarmer]

Be careful what you wish for I guess

We wanted less time on the momentum killing TV timeouts, like scrolling the ads on TV after a 1minute timeout.

 

[IcSyU]

It cracks me up that people think just anyone can pick up a mic and do the job. It isn't that easy and there is an art to It. And you have to be committed to give up your time for what I'm sure is terrible pay.

And fewer and shorter TV timeouts were NEVER an option. The unfortunate reality is the Big 12 no longer has big eyeball schools and this is what they have to do to try to cut how much further behind they're falling in the budget department.

 

[Cyientist]

I think this is spot on assessment. You can like/not like Jackie for her personality, but Iowa State did absolutely *NO* favors to help this succeed. Literally just took what we were doing but adding an energetic person on the mic before it all.

You need to do fan interaction type activities as mentioned. Trivia. Little mini-games with fans for a prize, etc. This is how you show personality of the host/reporter.

I will say. Broadcasting can make you look dull. When I'm training new hires for on-air, I always tell them you *HAVE* to go "over the top" with your expressions if you want to end up being dynamic on air. For some reason it doesn't translate as well as we think it does on-air.

Jackie definitely brings some energy. I've met Jackie a couple times, though I've never worked with her. Her personality she shows seems to be the genuine person she is.

I may or may not have applied...

Looks like you may have lucked out not getting this gig.

 

[StaterCRguy]

Was she doing ad reads.

 

[BCClone]

It cracks me up that people think just anyone can pick up a mic and do the job. It isn't that easy and there is an art to It. And you have to be committed to give up your time for what I'm sure is terrible pay.

And fewer and shorter TV timeouts were NEVER an option. The unfortunate reality is the Big 12 no longer has big eyeball schools and this is what they have to do to try to cut how much further behind they're falling in the budget department.

Average person can't really be worse than she was. The basketball teams are almost always in the front row of the student sections, incorporate them into a segment. You have our male and female athletes of the year there, work them in. There are all kinds of things you can do. Use the band, they are usually outgoing individuals. She was usually in a group that looked at her as if she was some half baked individual.

It is very obvious; she doesn't know her audience. She is not using segments of it that can help her out. It's almost like she hasn't been to a couple ISU games in her life.

 

[IcSyU]

Average person can't really be worse than she was. The basketball teams are almost always in the front row of the student sections, incorporate them into a segment. You have our male and female athletes of the year there, work them in. There are all kinds of things you can do. Use the band, they are usually outgoing individuals. She was usually in a group that looked at her as if she was some half baked individual.

It is very obvious; she doesn't know her audience. She is not using segments of it that can help her out. It's almost like she hasn't been to a couple ISU games in her life.

You're assuming she's calling the shots on what gets done. Just her mic not being obnoxiously loud compared to every other sound from the video board would have made her way less annoying.

In general, people think they are way better at things than they are and they can just pick something up and do it just because it looks easy. Every person who golfs keeps thinking they'll get better because they hit that one good shot that one time and now they'll do it consistently. Everyone thinks they can do a better job than the meteorologist because a week out they said it was going to be X and revised throughout the week to Y and Y happened but it wasn't X so the weather person is a moron.

As a society we are quick to ***** and presumptive about what we know without actually knowing the facts. Too many people think their elementary understanding makes them subject matter experts. Do I think say Georges Niang could do the job? With some break in absolutely! Am I naive enough to believe you could just drop anyone into that role? Absolutely not. Do I think it will be better in 3 weeks? Yes. Will many people still hate it? Yes. Do people typically dislike change? Yes.

 

[ClonerJams]

Was she doing ad reads.

I wasn't at the game so not sure, but if that's the case they could just have the PA do that or just have pre-recorded ads playing during timeouts.

 

[StaterCRguy]

I wasn't at the game so not sure, but if that's the case they could just have the PA do that or just have pre-recorded ads playing during timeouts.

Hmm. Well everyone is talking about this lady so people were paying attention to her. Pretty good advertising.