I don't care who's doing the job, it's more the concept of having something like that at a college football game like it's some cheap carnival like atmosphere.
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I don't care who's doing the job, it's more the concept of having something like that at a college football game like it's some cheap carnival like atmosphere.
The comps to the wrestling staff are not valid. Those guys openly denounced Iowa before they got here and that’s putting it mildly.
Agreed. It's one of those things where, because the general populace can sort of innately understand whether or not it's good (kind of like acting), they assume they can just do it and it be good, which is not true at all.
And to add on to that, the host is only really there to execute the gameday entertainment plan. So if there's a lack of actvities, games, fan interactions, or other things... that's squarely on ISU, and NOT the host. She probably has some input, idea-wise, but the kinds of things people have mentioned in this thread require jumbotron graphics, and sounds, and sponsor involvement, etc etc etc. Plans. The host can't just make all that happen themself.
If I were him, I wouldn’t read my inbox ever. My assistant would scrub my emails and tell me about the important ones. I cringe to think of the number of whiny emails that are sent to him though…
There's a line though. If people love you, that's great. If people love to hate you, that's not bad either. If people just want you to go away, that's not great.
And when bad things happen people tak about it. That doesn't make it good advertising. I know I'm going extreme with this example, but the morning of Sept. 11, 2001 the weather here in Iowa was really nice. No one was talking about the weather.
KidSilverhair
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It’s not so much a contradiction in logic as a recognition of the reality. When you accept big piles of TV money, you play by TV’s rules. And TV has to make that money back somehow, the entire reason they paid for CFB rights is because it draws viewers which advertisers want to reach with their ads.
And yes, in a lot of ways, the game experience has gotten worse for the in-person attendees (it’s not exactly all sunshine and rainbows for those watching on TV, either, but you can at least flip around/use multi view to cope with commercial breaks). Hyping up the experience with screeching DJs and in-game hosts as a way to cover increasingly obtrusive ad breaks is, well, maybe not welcome, but not surprising either.
I see ISU fans have found the relatively minor gameday experience issue they are going to latch onto and ***** about for the rest of the season.
This is just fiction. ISU and fans nationwide have bitched about the breaks and how terrible they are. This is the standard industry response. This is response to the survey they sent out to everyone. They are trying something different because people wanted something different.
But even if it's a response to a survey did the survey ask about a host?
I haven't seen the survey. It's not a bad idea to involve interested parties when solutioning. JP has historically discussed his market and not a "standard industry response".
The host may or may not be the answer, but there's enough traffic here to make me wonder if it's a misfire.
Maybe this lady should take a cue from pro-wrestling and just lean into being the heal. Come out and insult the fans. Insult the stadium. Insult the city. If she could pull that off people would be waiting for her to make an appearance so they can shower her with boos.
Crazy lady: "Everyone sitdown and shut up and listen to me. I SAID SHUT UP! Listen, I know you don't like me, but I don't care what you like. I'm not here to make friends, I'm just hear to do my job. QUIT YOUR BOOING! SHUT UP! For some reason they want me to talk to you ugly, mouthbreathing group of people about the flex cam. The flex cam? Why are we doing a flex cam? None of you fat fans has a single muscle between you to flex. Whatever, do the camera thing. Delta Dental Smile cam? Is there a dentist in Ames? Why are we doing an ad for a dentist? SHUT UP! None of you people has been to a dentist in well over a decade. SHUT UP! I can't wait until this game is over and I can get on the fastest road away from this place."
That would get people energized. That would get people standing up and booing her as loud as they could. People wouldn't be on their phones. They'd be screaming at her.
Crazy lady: "Everyone sitdown and shut up and listen to me. I SAID SHUT UP! Listen, I know you don't like me, but I don't care what you like. I'm not here to make friends, I'm just hear to do my job. QUIT YOUR BOOING! SHUT UP! For some reason they want me to talk to you ugly, mouthbreathing group of people about the flex cam. The flex cam? Why are we doing a flex cam? None of you fat fans has a single muscle between you to flex. Whatever, do the camera thing. Delta Dental Smile cam? Is there a dentist in Ames? Why are we doing an ad for a dentist? SHUT UP! None of you people has been to a dentist in well over a decade. SHUT UP! I can't wait until this game is over and I can get on the fastest road away from this place."
That would get people energized. That would get people standing up and booing her as loud as they could. People wouldn't be on their phones. They'd be screaming at her.
I feel it's being decent to let someone know if they suck instead of letting them continue to suck. You know, help them improve themself.
Meh, at this point I don't give a ****. They're still asking me to pay just as much, actually more, so it doesn't help me one bit. Considering this, and then we need the marketing shoved done even more... somewhere there is a breaking point. Don't know where, but somewhere.
Genuine question as I haven’t seen. Does she ever say she’s a hawk fan? Or did she just do a promo social media thing for Iowa? Seems like her job is promo stuff so the latter would make sense to me
The only difference is the delivery.
The issue wasn’t the delivery but the product they were delivering.
Football games have probably 10 or more breaks/game that last at least 2 and an half minutes and have absolutely nothing entertaining to fill that time.
Having someone else do the exact same ad reads they have been doing for the past 15 years isn’t the solution, especially when she is significantly more obnoxious.
In her posts that have been posted on here, it specifically says Hawk fan.
I remember back when it was about "not being associated with alcohol" as almost a moral high ground. But now it's a main sponsor. Why not just sell it?
Is it really because we are worried what Sukup EZ folks will feel their benefit is devalued? Do they care?
Talking about delivery, here are just a couple examples I can give since I've been a cyclone fan for basically forever.
For the smile cam, find Audi Crooks, shes usually in the front row. Say, "here is Audi and the her unforgettable smile" Delta dental wants to know if you have a better smile than Audi.
For the Landus headset, she can get a cheap one and a white board and write ISU WIN BIG on it (does that not remind you of the one guy who showed up for 10 years on the jumbotron who would dress up like a coach) and do a basic impersonation of that guy, and then say, Landus wants you to be the coach and make the call, and segment into it. For other games, put the headset on a fan and have them write a pre-approved saying on the board and then segment into it.
That corn video thing, I think its' Iowa corn, get a fake wig and sunglasses, find a farmer or a guy dressed in bibs (claim he's a farmer) and say, Jimmy here is an Iowa corn farmer...................., then whatever the statement needs to be.
It's not rocket science, its delivery and knowing the audience.
For the smile cam, find Audi Crooks, shes usually in the front row. Say, "here is Audi and the her unforgettable smile" Delta dental wants to know if you have a better smile than Audi.
For the Landus headset, she can get a cheap one and a white board and write ISU WIN BIG on it (does that not remind you of the one guy who showed up for 10 years on the jumbotron who would dress up like a coach) and do a basic impersonation of that guy, and then say, Landus wants you to be the coach and make the call, and segment into it. For other games, put the headset on a fan and have them write a pre-approved saying on the board and then segment into it.
That corn video thing, I think its' Iowa corn, get a fake wig and sunglasses, find a farmer or a guy dressed in bibs (claim he's a farmer) and say, Jimmy here is an Iowa corn farmer...................., then whatever the statement needs to be.
It's not rocket science, its delivery and knowing the audience.
