5-1

[BCPanther]

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.

Yeah, this isn't correct. The NDSU folks were in the $40 sections. The $60 seats were pure purple. The get-in prices were the problem, not the premium pricing. Not EVERY seat was $60. Just some fine tuning needed not a full on takedown of the system.

But, you know. #outrage

[run&blade]

I don’t think there is much that can done to salvage this season from a fan perspective.

There us is zero buzz and the weather and schedule pretty much guaranteed nobody is going to tailgate this season.

we handed out beer to Hampton fans the first game, nobody was around and we enjoyed the conversation.

This was/is a lost season.

Dannen was criminal in giving Farley that ridiculous contract. Uni is going to pay for it for the next several seasons.

I would start targeting 2019.

Get that iowa craft craft beer bus to park on west side of dome. Let people enter and leave dome to buy craft beer before/after/during the game.

People eat hat stuff up. Thing draws thousands of people to it twice a day on RAGBRAI. Hell, advertise it on RAGBRAI. Put a power 5 game on the Jumbotron before uni plays and let people in here drink beer and watch it.

If if you can’t improve the product you are going to need to do everything you can to promote everything else.

[run&blade]

Yeah, this isn't correct. The NDSU folks were in the $40 sections. The $60 seats were pure purple. The get-in prices were the problem, not the premium pricing. Not EVERY seat was $60. Just some fine tuning needed not a full on takedown of the system.

But, you know. #outrage

Hell, charge $160 next time. Many season ticket holders sold their tickets to NDSU fans. They had a strong following above their bench. I was very surprised.

Upper east sid in the middle of the fields was dominated by NDSU fans.

The uni walk walk up was very limited, prices kept them away and NDSU fans didn’t care.

If if you don’t think pricing was a huge problem I sure as heck don’t expect anything to get fixed.

[Born-a-Panther]

Yeah, this isn't correct. The NDSU folks were in the $40 sections. The $60 seats were pure purple. The get-in prices were the problem, not the premium pricing. Not EVERY seat was $60. Just some fine tuning needed not a full on takedown of the system.

But, you know. #outrage

This. The $60 tickets went to UNI fans.

But also... I did say they are looking at ticket prices. Did some of you just skim through that and not pay attention to it? Sigh.

[7YrsOfCollegeDownTheDrain]

All i can say is i think this team is talented enough to go 5-1. We'll see what happens... I think we play well at USD this weekend and get things moving in the right direction but it's a long road ahead.

[CincyPanther88]

One thing to remember is that attendance is down for most professional sports including NASCAR. It isn't an excuse for UNI football but something to take into consideration.

https://247wallst.com/special-report/2017/09/25/sports-teams-running-out-of-fans-ta/

[clenz]

All i can say is i think this team is talented enough to go 5-1. We'll see what happens... I think we play well at USD this weekend and get things moving in the right direction but it's a long road ahead.

It has the talent. Does it have the coaching and buy in to being that team?
thsi team is talented enough to be 4-1 right now - it’s 2-3 or worse after 5 games for the 6th time in 7 seasons

[7YrsOfCollegeDownTheDrain]

It has the talent. Does it have the coaching and buy in to being that team?
thsi team is talented enough to be 4-1 right now - it’s 2-3 or worse after 5 games for the 6th time in 7 seasons

Agreed - we'll see if the staff pulls a rabbit out of it's hat and changes things when backed into a corner again. Wish it weren't the case that we had to do this again.

[Logicfan]

It has the talent. Does it have the coaching and buy in to being that team?
thsi team is talented enough to be 4-1 right now - it’s 2-3 or worse after 5 games for the 6th time in 7 seasons

More talented than the Bison which was a 25 point loss or the Hawkeyes which was a 24 point loss?

[Purpledog]

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.

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I would be happy just watching plays that have our QBs Throw the ball! Watching the game live last Sat started out exciting. Great play calling mixing it up. Had them on their heels with the passing game. We were moving the ball, Eli was hitting open spots. Then it seemed like Farley took over and had Eli run options, what 4 or 5 times!!! Can Farley not let that “running QB” mentality go!!?? He always refers to it being “ minus one” on offense if the QB can’t run,,, sorry but it is more like PLUS 3 on offense if you have the weapons we have AND a QB that can deliver a ball on more than a 5 yard route. And the last two possessions before half???? We had them with the passing game, which opened up the run a few times..so can we see Eli throw the ball?? Visually to me that was fun,, and it was working

[Blue42]

Farley does seem determined at times to prove you have to run the ball to win......no matter how well the pass is working.

[panthergirl123]

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.

As stated by vbfan19 earlier, Starbecks is paying money to promote their business. I like Starbecks. The cornbread they serve with their bbq is wonderful. I agree with Run & blade though that the set up for the rib eating contest is cheesy. It is too far away. Also, they need to have a countdown clock or some kind of tally for the amount of ribs eaten by the contestants.

I think many people on here just feel that the current promotions are not exciting. Personally, I hate the whole sing-a-long song segment. The concept itself is not bad. My issue is that they always bring out the song when there's never enough time to even think about finishing it. I think in the first game they chose Bohemian Rhapsody which is one of the longest songs ever produced.

I know I am whining but darn it I get frustrated with the game day experience.

[run&blade]

Just because they sell ribs they don’t have to have the promotion be about eating.

[sevelev711]

Just because they sell ribs they don’t have to have the promotion be about eating.

The promotion comes from the sponsor, not from UNI. I'm sure UNI gets creative input, but the Starbecks is the one who has final call. For UNI to not do the rib eating means UNI not getting paid. It's like blaming the weatherman for a surprise thunderstorm.

[sevelev711]

Farley does seem determined at times to prove you have to run the ball to win......no matter how well the pass is working.

As soon as I saw that UNI had a successful half against NDSU's secondary, their only legitimate weakness, I thought "Ah, I bet we're going to run more in the second half." Lo and behold.