ESPN College Gameday

[Newsbreaker]

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A couple interesting tidbits buried with the ESPN media zone site.

First, all the games for that Saturday are listed as "netflex" giving them a lot of power to move games around and pick the matchup they want. The press release for GameDay for this week says they can choose amongst the netflex games at their discretion, but only one other game was up for final consideration. Also, the prime time slot is listed as "netflex ACC Basketball."

I'd guess UNI will know in a few days if we're in that final two, as otherwise game time will be set in stone. If not, we will find out during GameDay this Saturday.

I still think it's a long shot, but maybe not as long as we thought. Gotta beat ISU(b) this week though.

[BCPanther]

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Those of you on Twitter, tweet your support for Gameday in CF to Jay Levy, ESPN College Basketball Director.

@JL23TV

[UNIdad]

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I tend to think that GameDay is going to want to go south and/or east. One week in Ames, the next in Ann Arbor. Three weeks without an ACC team is an eternity for ESPN, especially if the forecast is for cold weather.

If GameDay comes to Cedar Falls, I hope we have a good plan for how to support it. Iowa State pulled out all the stops. UNI shouldn't try to match them, but put together something really special that isn't predicated on volume like Iowa State's was. For instance, make a big deal out of the Interlude Dance. I was at the live events in Ames and the broadcast team was having a blast on the air and off. One minute Jay Bilas is taking selfies with students in the front row, the next he is posing with cheerleaders, then you see him sitting at the desk posting it on Twitter. These guys would have a great time doing it with the students. Play up wrestling, football, volleyball, swimming/diving (which has its Senior night on Friday). Let DJ show off his weightlifting prowess. Play up Dance Marathon and the good that it does in the community. And be really clever with signs. These guys were autographing tons of them.

I hope the AD and Marketing people are already putting a plan into place.

[DownGoesKansas]

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If somehow get gameday (.01% chance) do enough people even show up to not have it be an embarrassment? Or would we step it up and literally fill it up?

[BCPanther]

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We'd fill it. Though I'll be pretty surprised if it's not UVA\Duke.

[Born-a-Panther]

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Sorry to have to say this but...

I have received confirmation from sources in the MVC office and the UNI athletic department saying this is simply not true.

There is discussion about the game on Feb. 28 at Wichita State as a possible GameDay selection, but nothing in regard to the Jan. 31 game in Cedar Falls.

[PantherChic]

Honestly that makes complete sense.

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[Born-a-Panther]

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Stating what those of us on here already know and based off of communications I am receiving...

Our students have to show up on a regular basis in order to land gigs like this.

I'll leave it at that.

[UNIpanther99]

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Lets be honest, if ESPN is going to showcase the Valley, they need to go to Wichita. Their fans are to MVC basketball what NDSU fans are to MVFC.

[UNIdad]

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If somehow get gameday (.01% chance) do enough people even show up to not have it be an embarrassment? Or would we step it up and literally fill it up?

While I agree that we need to get more people to the games on a consistent basis, I don't think we should focus only on the quantity of people. We should focus on quality of what our people do.

For instance, 500 students doing something really clever with signs would be fantastic. They could have signs that when flipped show a picture of Jake. Or that show each of the Gameday guys with Jake, flipped one at a time whenever that person is speaking on air.

[UNIdad]

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Lets be honest, if ESPN is going to showcase the Valley, they need to go to Wichita. Their fans are to MVC basketball what NDSU fans are to MVFC.

Let's be honest, we need a Hickory Park. The GameDay guys love Hickory Park and always talk about it.

[Codytwo]

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Let's be honest, we need a Hickory Park. The GameDay guys love Hickory Park and always talk about it.

I've never been there. Is it really that good?

[achrist70]

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Yes, Hickory Park is very good and rather reasonable for the food that you get.

[UNIdad]

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I've never been there. Is it really that good?

No, it is not that great. It is very good food, fun environment, big portions, decent prices. Maybe that makes it great . . . but not that great. For a long time, the broadcasters have been talking about it. Now it is the place for them to go and the cool thing to talk about.

[Trapped in California]

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Need a Kansas City Joe's location (just changed their name from Oklahoma Joe's). Its good enough to make Lakes shut up.