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[run&blade]

They don’t beat SDSU at home they don’t deserve to be in playoffs.

[run&blade]

You know what would be a cool promo during a timeout?

get several people and see who can throw a frisbee the farthest or throw a softball/baseball.

Something visual that takes advantage of the giant domed area.

Two teams of three launching big objects with one of those three man slingshots and anoth person trying to catch it. Throw a hockey helmet on them to protect them.

set up kids area and have adults help them make paper airplanes. Start of fourth quarter they stand on north wall and launch the airplanes. Give T-shirt’s to top 5 that go farthest.

Was as anybody in marketing department ever a kid?

Watching two two people eat ribs 80 yards away is about as electrifying as watching a mouse take a dump.

[Blue42]

If you need people throwing frisbees during timeouts to enhance your enjoyment of a college football game.....

then I think you're not really a college football fan and you probably need to find something else to do with your time.

Honest to God some of the stuff I read on this board from the piss & moan crew boggles the mind.

If you weren't entertained by the quality of football on display from 1:00 - 3:30 last Saturday in the UNI Dome, then I can't help you. David Harris can't help you. Mark Farley can't help you. You're just in the wrong damn place.

[clenz]

If you need people throwing frisbees during timeouts to enhance your enjoyment of a college football game.....

then I think you're not really a college football fan and you probably need to find something else to do with your time.

Honest to God some of the stuff I read on this board from the piss & moan crew boggles the mind.

If you weren't entertained by the quality of football on display from 1:00 - 3:30 last Saturday in the UNI Dome, then I can't help you. David Harris can't help you. Mark Farley can't help you. You're just in the wrong damn place.

I’m going to go out on a limb and guess our athletic department also is far from happy about what games are like at this point from an attendance, atmosphere, engagement and outcome standpoint.

focus on the frisbees as the issue of fans and you’ll continue to completely miss the big picture of what they represent.

[run&blade]

If you need people throwing frisbees during timeouts to enhance your enjoyment of a college football game.....

then I think you're not really a college football fan and you probably need to find something else to do with your time.

Honest to God some of the stuff I read on this board from the piss & moan crew boggles the mind.

If you weren't entertained by the quality of football on display from 1:00 - 3:30 last Saturday in the UNI Dome, then I can't help you. David Harris can't help you. Mark Farley can't help you. You're just in the wrong damn place.

Oh, I am fine with nothing, including axing the band.

If if we are going to have people eat ribs 50+ yards away and call that entertaining I would rather see how far somebody can chuck a frisbee. I seriously doubt anybody would say they prefer the rib eating contest.

I remember a game in the late 80’s when they had some high level disc golfers throwing disc through the uprights from 100+ yards. I enjoyed it.

[vbfan19]

The reason they have the rib contest is because the BBQ place (Starbecks?) paid money for product placement essentially, same way that radio stations had paid money to have someone come out and attempt a FG in the past. If contact the athletic department and offer to sponsor a frisbee event (that doesn't interfere with the game itself and can be held in a minute or two), then I'm sure they'd love to consider your event.

[Blue42]

Seriously? You weren't even aware that we played NDSU until the game was over? That is being seriously checked out! I would hope that you would cheer for the Panthers, even during the bad times. Some of the biggest critics on here are still going to games and cheering.

What...and put his $ where his mouth is?!?! I don't think that's how this cat operates.

[UNIChippewa]

Seriously? You weren't even aware that we played NDSU until the game was over? That is being seriously checked out! I would hope that you would cheer for the Panthers, even during the bad times. Some of the biggest critics on here are still going to games and cheering.

Oh, of course I'll still cheer for them, that's a given.

Being in Colorado, it's pretty damn hard for me to follow a football game in live time, since we're never on TV out here and while I can watch a game through ESPN3 on my laptop, the sound and picture quality is often times pretty bad and doesn't make it worth the investment in time. I'm sure if I was still living in Iowa I would have been aware of who we were playing last weekend.

But, my point still stands; for me personally, it is getting harder and harder to get excited about UNI football when every single season follows the exact same recipe; travel out west for a season opener against a tough but beatable opponent, get our assess handed to us, beat up on a non-conference opponent or two, and do just enough in the MVC to get an at-large bid where we host a team from the East Coast that our 2nd string could handle with ease in the 1st round, then go to a conference rival who finished ahead of us, and lose bigly. Rinse, recycle, repeat...

It's gotten really old.

[vbfan19]

But, my point still stands; for me personally, it is getting harder and harder to get excited about UNI football when every single season follows the exact same recipe; travel out west for a season opener against a tough but beatable opponent, get our assess handed to us, beat up on a non-conference opponent or two, and do just enough in the MVC to get an at-large bid where we host a team from the East Coast that our 2nd string could handle with ease in the 1st round, then go to a conference rival who finished ahead of us, and lose bigly. Rinse, recycle, repeat...

It's gotten really old.

I'll admit, UNI did get their asses handed to them in the first half of the Montana game, but that's the only time I can remember it happening against a non-conference FCS opponent other than playoff games against Montana and Delaware. Yes, there may have been some losses, but none of the "getting their asses handed to them" variety. In fact, the last time UNI lost to a non-conference regular season game against an FCS opponent by more than one score was in 1997 (before most of the current football team were born, or at least out of diapers).

[Born-a-Panther]

I’m going to go out on a limb and guess our athletic department also is far from happy about what games are like at this point from an attendance, atmosphere, engagement and outcome standpoint.

focus on the frisbees as the issue of fans and you’ll continue to completely miss the big picture of what they represent.

David and the administration are incredibly frustrated by the attendance decline - especially Saturday's showing - and they are working hard to start building things up again. They are looking at and considering many options - ways to sell more tickets, atmosphere improvements, advertising/marketing, etc. The new ticket guy is personally calling hundreds of people leading up to big games to work at selling tickets over the phone and building relationships between the ticket/marketing departments and our fans. The Iowa State/UNI volleyball game was such an attendance success in large part due to those cold calling efforts. We have new trade agreements back in place again for the first time in years with local and main media outlets - such as KWWL and the Courier. They have just recently implemented new digital media capabilities, have a new marketing person in place and yes - are looking very closely at addressing game day atmosphere. Many of the people leading these new charges and initiatives have been here about two months. Nathan Christensen with the PSC office is working very hard alongside David and the rest of the department to bring new life to things. I think we need to give them some time, but I can promise you that it is high priority for them.

[06panther10]

David and the administration are incredibly frustrated by the attendance decline - especially Saturday's showing - and they are working hard to start building things up again. They are looking at and considering many options - ways to sell more tickets, atmosphere improvements, advertising/marketing, etc. The new ticket guy is personally calling hundreds of people leading up to big games to work at selling tickets over the phone and building relationships between the ticket/marketing departments and our fans. The Iowa State/UNI volleyball game was such an attendance success in large part due to those cold calling efforts. We have new trade agreements back in place again for the first time in years with local and main media outlets - such as KWWL and the Courier. They have just recently implemented new digital media capabilities, have a new marketing person in place and yes - are looking very closely at addressing game day atmosphere. Many of the people leading these new charges and initiatives have been here about two months. Nathan Christensen with the PSC office is working very hard alongside David and the rest of the department to bring new life to things. I think we need to give them some time, but I can promise you that it is high priority for them.

I sincerely hope all of this is true. But the fact is none of this stuff is new, there has been a precipitous decline for many years running with no improvement with most of this stuff.

I find it kind of scary that anybody in the AD could be even be remotely frustrated or shocked by attendance at the NDSU game because they are the people that thought selling $60 tickets would be a good idea. I would have thought killing attendace was what they wanted with a decision like that.

[UNIdad]

David and the administration are incredibly frustrated by the attendance decline - especially Saturday's showing - and they are working hard to start building things up again. They are looking at and considering many options - ways to sell more tickets, atmosphere improvements, advertising/marketing, etc. The new ticket guy is personally calling hundreds of people leading up to big games to work at selling tickets over the phone and building relationships between the ticket/marketing departments and our fans. The Iowa State/UNI volleyball game was such an attendance success in large part due to those cold calling efforts. We have new trade agreements back in place again for the first time in years with local and main media outlets - such as KWWL and the Courier. They have just recently implemented new digital media capabilities, have a new marketing person in place and yes - are looking very closely at addressing game day atmosphere. Many of the people leading these new charges and initiatives have been here about two months. Nathan Christensen with the PSC office is working very hard alongside David and the rest of the department to bring new life to things. I think we need to give them some time, but I can promise you that it is high priority for them.

You just won't let us get too far down on our program, will you? Thanks!

[Born-a-Panther]

I sincerely hope all of this is true. But the fact is none of this stuff is new, there has been a precipitous decline for many years running with no improvement with most of this stuff.

I find it kind of scary that anybody in the AD could be even be remotely frustrated or shocked by attendance at the NDSU game because they are the people that thought selling $60 tickets would be a good idea. I would have thought killing attendace was what they wanted with a decision like that.

Except the $60 tickets are the ones that actually sold - it was the $30 tickets in the red zones that didn't. So yes - they are looking at price point, as well.

And I can sincerely tell you that everything I told you is true. Yes, there has been a decline for many years... but not under the new administration's watch. It all started under previous leadership, and it takes some time for new people to come on board - get their people in place and restructure responsibilities the way they think is best.

[BCPanther]

Dannen left us in worse shape than any of us thought. We knew he was a weasel but at least we thought he was a competent weasel. Turns out the only thing he was any good at was saying no to spending one additional dime and lots of times constrained our budget even further than he needed to. He got out just when everything was about to hit the fan.

That said, I do believe David is on a short leash. He's going to have to make this better and better fast. He's got his team in place and there have to be results. I would hope we see a dramatic gameday atmosphere improvement for basketball. The product on the field is going to have to be addressed, football wise. The next year is crucial and David acknowledges that. Let's just hope his plans turn out the way he wants it to.

[run&blade]

The $60 sold because NDSU fans bought them. If UNI won six of the last seven titles I would love to go to road games no matter the cost to watch UNI kick everybody’s ass. It would be fun to travel to the domed stadiums in the dakotas knowing you were going to kick their ass, embarrass their fans, and leave with everybody jealous.

If the the defending champs for 6 of the last 7 years was from the state of Maine and they charged that much there would not have been 8000 people in there.

If the administration doesn’t think ticket prices were part of the problem for lack of UNI fans then I have zero hope for them.