Zips OC Promotion

[ZippyRulz]

I think it's already time for a separate thread for this. My questions are:

 

1. What are the chances the NCAA pisses on it for a team using an unauthorized coach, however benign it may be? (Maybe the AD already vetted it?)

 

2. Does the OC get a gameday polo/outfit to match the other coaching staff? (I would assume so)

 

3. How soon does another school copy this, given the attention and season ticket sales boost?

 

4. Is there an alternative prize or is it transferrable if the winner doesn't want the spotlight or feels unqualified to act as OC? It seems like it would make a huge difference if the "right" person wins it and the "wrong" person does not.

 

[Sergeant Zip]

 

Edited 13 hours ago by Sergeant Zip

[Let'sGoZips94]

45 minutes ago, ZippyRulz said:

I think it's already time for a separate thread for this. My questions are:

 

1. What are the chances the NCAA pisses on it for a team using an unauthorized coach, however benign it may be? (Maybe the AD already vetted it?)

 

2. Does the OC get a gameday polo/outfit to match the other coaching staff? (I would assume so)

 

3. How soon does another school copy this, given the attention and season ticket sales boost?

 

4. Is there an alternative prize or is it transferrable if the winner doesn't want the spotlight or feels unqualified to act as OC? It seems like it would make a huge difference if the "right" person wins it and the "wrong" person does not.

 

 

1) If the NCAA comes down on this promo after so much success, the backlash will be against them, not Akron.

 

2) No idea but this would be a nice touch.

 

3) Too late for most schools to copy this. Probably will see some copycats next year, maybe to a lesser extent late this season, but Akron being the first will always be referenced as the first. 

 

4) I hope they rig it and make sure a celebrity wins it. That would ultimately be the best for the progrum attention wise.

[Zips1991]

5 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

4) I hope they rig it and make sure a celebrity wins it. That would ultimately be the best for the progrum attention wise.

I thought about this too but then you're running the risk of alienating the real fans who may have bought tickets with hopes of winning. Ideally, you could pair a real fan with a celebrity to do it as a team.

[exit322]

54 minutes ago, ZippyRulz said:

1. What are the chances the NCAA pisses on it for a team using an unauthorized coach, however benign it may be? (Maybe the AD already vetted it?)

 

 

Honestly zero, because Moorhead still will be relaying the call, so he's got the final say and can change it.

[MangoZip]

 

4) I hope they rig it and make sure a celebrity wins it. That would ultimately be the best for the program attention wise.
 

I’ve thought about this as well. Could you imagine the attention if McAfee won? What they should do is livestream the actual selection to make it authentic and then also somehow turn that into a money maker. 

[Let'sGoZips94]

45 minutes ago, Zips1991 said:

I thought about this too but then you're running the risk of alienating the real fans who may have bought tickets with hopes of winning. Ideally, you could pair a real fan with a celebrity to do it as a team.

 

I mentioned this in the other thread. There should be 2 winners and at the very least they should co-develop the game plan (would make it even cooler for the fan to be able to meet the celebrity). Could even make it 2 drives in the game (1st drive of each half?) and have it be a competition between the 2 winners for the most successful drive. 

 

24 minutes ago, MangoZip said:

 

4) I hope they rig it and make sure a celebrity wins it. That would ultimately be the best for the program attention wise.
 

I’ve thought about this as well. Could you imagine the attention if McAfee won? What they should do is livestream the actual selection to make it authentic and then also somehow turn that into a money maker. 

 

Someone mentioned in the other thread that there will be a press conference for the selection. 

[exit322]

1 hour ago, Sergeant Zip said:

 

 

If this is the Moorhead we usually got speaking publicly, I think we'd all think a little better of him.

[zippy5]

I hope the NCAA comes down on us. It will bring even more attention.

[Zips1991]

The email I received earlier stated the following...

 

Here's what the winning experience includes:

- Receiving the call announcing your selection as the Offensive Coordinator of the Game.

 

- Being officially introduced at your own "hiring" press conference.

 

- Meeting with Head Coach Joe Moorhead to help script the opening offensive drive.

 

- Wearing a headset and standing on the sidelines as the opening drive unfolds.

 

- Wrapping up the day with a postgame press conference to discuss your performance.

[Let'sGoZips94]

 

[AkronAlumnus]

22+ million impressions and still rolling

[MangoZip]

So what if a Robert Morris fan drops $75 and wins and tries to sabotage the zips?! 😂

[mes102]

Fox Sports 1's First Things First (arguably the best afternoon sports show) talked about this on air for five minutes of their two hour show. 14:25 into video until the end of video is the Akron part (was five minutes on air because they aired the Goodrich Promo on Akron Zips Youtube channel during that segment but cut it out afterwards when doing their own youtube video). 

 

 

Edited 57 minutes ago by mes102