GP1

If you are inviting someone named Anthony DiFino, you had better make sure whatever you serve has garlic in it....with some red wine.

I'm not in favor of things like this because college footballl practices are extremely boring and you don't want to show a boring product to fans. Not sure how many people would shold up at 8 AM for a college football practice. If they did hold it, the ONLY place to have it would be The Bid Dialer. There is really nothing to see the first few days.

If they are using Ad Words, great. It seems a little more random to me. I just clicked on four ABJ stories to see what would happen and onlyh on the Federal Judge story did the ad come up. I saw a bunch of ads for things I haven't been looking for.

I was on the internet just now and clicked on a story in the ABJ about bedbugs in OU dorm rooms. When the story came up, there was an advertisement for Akron football tickets around the border of the story. This is a very good and modern strategy using the best player on the Zips team, Wagner. My wife works for a guy named Ric Elias (he has a widely viewed video on the internet right now as he was one of the passengers on the plane that went down in the Hudson) who owns a company named Red Ventures here in Charlotte. They do internet marketing for companies like DTV (they are the #1 distributor of DTV in the US), Miracle ear and some other really well known companies. They also take the inbound calls for those companies as the 800 numbers on the advertisements direct them to their company. It is really cutting edge stuff they are doing and if you are a good web developer, you can write your ticket at this place. It isn't a sleazy telemarketing company like folks around Akron would normally think of (I won't say the name) that calls people to hoodwink them out of their Social Security check in the name of God or politics, sell them a crappy product or anything like that. It is a comprehensive marketing program they design from start to finish. That's not the point though. The point is, this marketing strategy works for a lot of people. UNCC did it in the Charlotte Business Journal website and they have almost sold every PSL for their new stadium. It wasn't the only reason for the sales, but it helped market directly to those with money who could afford the tickets. Let's hope we have a good team and down the road we can take advantage of these strategies. Things like radio ads and TV ads aren't very effective anymore as people change the channel when one comes on. Nobody looks at billboards and is really not in a position to immediately do anything about a billboard advertisement when they see one as they are probably driving and will forget by the time they get home. Americans have a very short attention span. The same goes for bus ads as well. They aren't 100% ineffective, but pretty close. Should they do them? Only if they have extra money to spend and then yes. We give the Athletic Department a hard time a lot on this board and we should pat them on the back as well when they do something right. This is the right thing to do and we should pat them on the back for it. So to the folks in the Marketing Department I'd say, well done. You did the best you could with what you have.

Actually, we are coming into a political season and they do Republican fundraising. You make hay when the sun is up. They also do Evangelical Christian fundraising, which is the same as doing Republican fundraising since the Republican Party is the party of Evangelical Christians, so they will be busy.

He could probably start, but leaving now would result in him having to pay for his own tuition. His best move is to stay at Akron and graduate. Injuries, Moore becoming a head case, etc. could result in PN starting again down the road. I'd like to see him stick around just in case....

He is one missed block, one twisted leg, etc. away from being the starting QB again. I don't want to see anyone hurt, but football is a game where anyone can get hurt at any time. He needs to be prepared to play if he is called upon.

If I was in your shoes, I'd do the same thing.

I didn't care who won. I just wanted the best man to win. Good luck to Mr. Moore.

As things look right now, tickets to both games should be easy to get. Chapel Hill is the easy choice since you will be right there. The statium is in the middle of campus with little parking. The best college football setting I have ever seen. Be prepared to walk a lot. UNC fans are a bunch of babies and be prepared to want to punch some of them in the face while you are there, but hold back from doing so. Franklin Street uptown is a cool scene. Lots of hot girls walking around. Wake is a much different atmosphere. Stadium is not on campus but the non parking pass parking is real good across the street at the basketball arena. There are some bars across the street from the BB arena that are good enough if you don't want to tailgate. The BB lot isn't the best place to tailgate. The stadium is about the size if Info so all seats are real good. Games not sold out so you can buy a ticket. Sit on the Wake side on the end near the new scoreboard as the sun is brutal on the visitor's side. Wake fans are Ivy League type people as Wake is a great school. Old money people who never get too excited or too down. They clap politely. Since I have no school loyalty and just want to watch college football, Wake is the choice for me. It is also an hour closer to my house than Chapel Hill. Lots of hot 60 year old women walking around. It all depends on what you want to do. GP1, please define what a hot sixty year old woman looks like. Post pixs if you can. Being sixty-eight myself, I find that women in their forties are the ones I lust for. You are just an old troll pervert. Jane Fonda still looks good. Linda Carter sill looks good, Jacklyn Smith is still outrageously gorgeous I think all if them are aat least 60. Not sure though. I guess what I'm saying is if you are located in Hollywood and have a lot of money and freinds that know people , you may have a very miniscule chance of finding a hot 60 year old Suzanne Somers perhaps? I prefer two 30 year olds. Or three 20 year olds.

As things look right now, tickets to both games should be easy to get. Chapel Hill is the easy choice since you will be right there. The statium is in the middle of campus with little parking. The best college football setting I have ever seen. Be prepared to walk a lot. UNC fans are a bunch of babies and be prepared to want to punch some of them in the face while you are there, but hold back from doing so. Franklin Street uptown is a cool scene. Lots of hot girls walking around. Wake is a much different atmosphere. Stadium is not on campus but the non parking pass parking is real good across the street at the basketball arena. There are some bars across the street from the BB arena that are good enough if you don't want to tailgate. The BB lot isn't the best place to tailgate. The stadium is about the size if Info so all seats are real good. Games not sold out so you can buy a ticket. Sit on the Wake side on the end near the new scoreboard as the sun is brutal on the visitor's side. Wake fans are Ivy League type people as Wake is a great school. Old money people who never get too excited or too down. They clap politely. Since I have no school loyalty and just want to watch college football, Wake is the choice for me. It is also an hour closer to my house than Chapel Hill. Lots of hot 60 year old women walking around. It all depends on what you want to do.

I don't. In fact, I don't know what their motivations are. I want players who are primarily motivated to win. Facilities would be a secondary motivator. The University has banked everything on facilities and not doing the things necessary to win (the list is too long to type). KD is focused on winning. They could still be playing at Memorial Hall and he would find a way to get the program winning because it is his primary focus.

While they are important, they are one reason of many. The key to establishing a winning program is getting kids who are primarily motivated to win.

I generally don't recommend anywhere in California because the food is too healthy and I try to stay away from healthy food.

There are written performance evaluations (the physical proof you always ask for) saying his compliance with ncaa rules was unacceptable early in his career at tosu. Not only did he not mend his ways after the reviewing AD left the school, he got worse when he was not given written evaluations leading to a culture where guys were selling trinkets and he was lying to his superiors about a Federal drug investigation for several months. He was later terminated from his employer for these compliance violations. Enough proof? Would you hire someone at any business who had unacceptable compliance ratings on his/her written reviews and then was later fired for even worse compliance issues? If so, you should not be able to hire people because you don't understand when someone has character flaws. If Tressel was in sales, he is the kind of guy who would get a company investigated for Robinson Patman Act violations. Tressel can write books about God and family from now until kingdom come. He is a person with low character, a cheater, a phony and a con man. Consider yourself conned. People get conned by people each day. It isn't that big of a deal. Just take it for what it is worth and enjoy the rest of the day. LOL

Maybe you should learn to deal with it. I've written a lot of things over the years on this board that have driven people crazy and they have attacked me personally. If anyone could cry about abuse it is me, but I don't and never have. I understand this is a public board and people are going to say what they say. My advice...toughen up bitch.

I haven't gotten my Wake Forest tickets yet either.

It wasn't advice. It was pitty.

Poooor you.....

Depends on the primary motivator. Our basketball facilities are average at best yet we have the best team in the league. Our soccer facilities are probably worse than our basketball facilities yet we win national championships. I have yet to see a building make a tackle, complete a pass or go for a long run.

Bingo! We needed a stadium because the Rubber Bowl was falling down. Other than that, facilities are half of an athletic director's resume. The other half are half truths.

I sadly agree with sentence one. Facilities don't win games. Players win games. We need to get players who want to win and not come to UofA with the primary motivator being facilities.

Glad to help. If anyone is traveling anywhere, the Great GP1 has traveled through out the United States on business throughout his professional career and knows a ton of good places to eat. I've thought of writing a food guide for businessmen traveling for work. The seafood spaghetti? I'm green with envy. I hope you were able to take in the downtown area while there. I used to stay at the Courtyard across the street from The BOB. Grand Rapids is a great place.

7-5 gets a lot of mac teams to a bowl game.

I agree. We'll be better. The only question is, How much better? The other questions center around the rest of the MAC and in particular the division. OU will be good. Toledo will be improved, but they are in another division. Miami could be better than last year after winning the MAC, but we though that after 2005 and look what happened. Too much change at Temple to know what is going to happen. Every season, the MAC is up in the air. We just need to take advantage of our schedule early and get on a roll.