Getting Students in the Mac

[Born-a-Panther]

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hawkeye fans dislike anything not positive and/or not in Iowa City or (not) on ESPN.

I used to agree with this and will say it's still true in a lot of cases. But more and more lately, I'm seeing them come back down to earth a bit. Friends of mine that never used to show us respect in ANYTHING are now doing so and at the same time, are calling out Iowa's faults more and more. There are still those that are insufferable, but it's not nearly as bad as it used to be. At least in my circle of friends and acquaintances.

[TH1974]

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Saying the register should give UNI equal coverage as compared to ISU and Iowa is like saying Wartburg should get equal coverage as compared to UNI and Drake.

Iowa and ISU have 10x as many fans and the register understands what their subscription base wants to read about.

It sucks, but it's just the way it is. If we want coverage, we need to earn it.

Hope you have your helmet on. Look out.

[achrist70]

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I used to agree with this and will say it's still true in a lot of cases. But more and more lately, I'm seeing them come back down to earth a bit. Friends of mine that never used to show us respect in ANYTHING are now doing so and at the same time, are calling out Iowa's faults more and more. There are still those that are insufferable, but it's not nearly as bad as it used to be. At least in my circle of friends and acquaintances.

I'll agree but there are still the knuckleheads who have delusions that Iowa is going to win national championships in football and basketball.

[Kyle]

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Hope you have your helmet on. Look out.

We can't even drum up enough interest in our own backyard to fill up a 7,000 seat arena and our fans wonder why the states major newspaper doesn't feel like UNI is a high priority to their several hundred thousand readers.

[jegbomb52]

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We can't even drum up enough interest in our own backyard to fill up a 7,000 seat arena and our fans wonder why the states major newspaper doesn't feel like UNI is a high priority to their several hundred thousand readers.

Ok, by that logic Iowa cant fill their stadium which is twice our size. Give us half the coverage the Rag gives Iowa and I would be happy...

[Kyle]

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I'll agree but there are still the knuckleheads who have delusions that Iowa is going to win national championships in football and basketball.

I've never heard a single Hawkeye fan in real life, on social media, or a message board claim they are going to win a National Championship in football or basketball.

You've heard multiple Hawk fans claim they are going to win one in both football AND basketball?

Or are you just making stuff up because you hate the Hawks?

[Kyle]

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Ok, by that logic Iowa cant fill their stadium which is twice our size. Give us half the coverage the Rag gives Iowa and I would be happy...

What are you talking about?

Last year the Hawks averaged about 14,000 fans which is good enough for 17th in the country and fills up 95% of their seats.

[PantherObserver]

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Guys, nobody reads newspapers anymore.

[jegbomb52]

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If you believe Iowa averaged 14,000 last year your high... maybe Michigan, Wisconsin, and MSU. I promise you there were a dozen games with less than 50% capacity butts in seats

[otter]

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Guys, nobody reads newspapers anymore.

If they don't read newspapers they still probably read it online...like how the article was probably found

[Kyle]

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If you believe Iowa averaged 14,000 last year your high... maybe Michigan, Wisconsin, and MSU. I promise you there were a dozen games with less than 50% capacity butts in seats

Maybe, but they still sold the tickets, which is more than we can do. They sold out 11 games last year. I don't think we've had 11 sellouts in the entire Ben Jacobson era. And we both know UNI fans should be the last ones pointing fingers for buying a ticket and not showing up. I guarantee we'll have at least 50-100 empty seats front and center during the WSU game.

Look, the bottom line is the Register is doing what they need to do in order to sell newspapers and advertisements. They don't owe anyone coverage and are simply prioritizing based on what their viewership demands. UNI's marketshare doesn't hold a candle to Iowa or ISU.

[RallyKat]

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While we spend a lot of time hammering on the students, I am continually disapointed in the "sold" corporate tickets that go unused. While I know those sponsors are very improtant to the program I would love to see the department figure out some type of programs/ticket exchange for those unused seats --- Something as simple as a give away to customers, students, youth leagues, etc or as a reward for community service activities.

Keep up the determined effort on the student section Bleed! What about having the best student filmed you tube segment on the scoreboard, having some trivia, song picks, pictures from the student section posted on the video board during games.

For what it's worth, if I ever win the lottery I will be installing a video scoreboard at center court so the student section won't have to turn around to see what is going on.

[Purrrrrfect]

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maybe, but they still sold the tickets, which is more than we can do. They sold out 11 games last year. I don't think we've had 11 sellouts in the entire ben jacobson era. And we both know uni fans should be the last ones pointing fingers for buying a ticket and not showing up. I guarantee we'll have at least 50-100 empty seats front and center during the wsu game.

Look, the bottom line is the register is doing what they need to do in order to sell newspapers and advertisements. They don't owe anyone coverage and are simply prioritizing based on what their viewership demands. Uni's marketshare doesn't hold a candle to iowa or isu.

dual fan!!

[TH1974]

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dual fan!!

Running down UNI!!!

[Panther-Sheik]

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Maybe, but they still sold the tickets, which is more than we can do. They sold out 11 games last year. I don't think we've had 11 sellouts in the entire Ben Jacobson era. And we both know UNI fans should be the last ones pointing fingers for buying a ticket and not showing up. I guarantee we'll have at least 50-100 empty seats front and center during the WSU game.

Look, the bottom line is the Register is doing what they need to do in order to sell newspapers and advertisements. They don't owe anyone coverage and are simply prioritizing based on what their viewership demands. UNI's marketshare doesn't hold a candle to Iowa or ISU.

Truth. Stings maybe, but truth.