bisonguy Posted August 12, 2004 Posted August 12, 2004 I was up in Grand Forks last week, and didn't see any UND football billboards up there. I haven't seen any in Fargo, either, and there's usually at least a couple in Fargo. No TV ads in Fargo, either. I thought REA was hired to do the advertising for the athletic program . Did I just not see the billboards in GF, or isn't there any advertising for UND football, yet? Quote
dakotadan Posted August 12, 2004 Posted August 12, 2004 For a short while they had a billboard NW of the Engelstad when fb season tickets went on sale. I don't know if it is still up or not. Other than that I have not seen any around GF at all. I also haven't really been out on interstate or US-2 lately so I don't know if there are any by the highways. The only other thing I can think of is that the video billboards at REA and the ALERUS have been advertising fb alot lately, but that is it. Has anyone else seen anything around town or know what their plans are? Maybe I have just completely been blind and not noticed anything. Quote
airmail Posted August 12, 2004 Posted August 12, 2004 I hadn't thought about it, but since it is brought up, I guess I haven't seen much either. Around this time last year, they were advertising heavily with the "back on track" campaign. With the season just a couple weeks away, you'd think there'd be more visible media. If season ticket sales are indeed down from last year, they certainly should be advertising, IMO. Kind of disappointing. Who knows, maybe they spent their whole budget on "UND decorations & banners" at the Alerus. But that's a whole different can of worms. Quote
joelbird Posted August 12, 2004 Posted August 12, 2004 Nothing in Bismarck either. There is a Bison one I have to drive by every morning on my way to work. Quote
bisonguy Posted August 13, 2004 Author Posted August 13, 2004 Can somebody clarify or confirm- Wasn't REA Inc. hired by the Alerus and UND athletics for advertising and promotion? Quote
Northcountry Posted August 13, 2004 Posted August 13, 2004 Actually I think REA was hired to administer all aspects of UND athletics (at least any that hold the possibility of generating revenue). I want to say that this was a tongue in cheek remark, but it appears to be more and more true with each passing decision. Quote
CoteauRinkRat Posted August 13, 2004 Posted August 13, 2004 Can somebody clarify or confirm- Wasn't REA Inc. hired by the Alerus and UND athletics for advertising and promotion? and your point is? Quote
bisonguy Posted August 13, 2004 Author Posted August 13, 2004 and your point is? It's not a point or an attempt to make one. It's a question (note the '?'). I thought I saw someting earlier that REA Inc. was hired by UND for advertising and promotion of athletics starting this year. REA seems to do a good job for advertising and promotion of the arena and UND hockey. Quote
nickelboy Posted August 14, 2004 Posted August 14, 2004 We are ranked pre-season Number #1 and there is no media coverage about football. All they talk about is the world juniors tryouts. I know coach Lennon is very upset about the lack of press , as he should be. You have one of the best teams around and it's two weeks before a big home open game and their is nothing said about it. Could you imagine if it was hockey, there would be something in the paper the last two weeks hyping this up. Let's start getting ready for football and not worry about hockey right now. Quote
Cratter Posted August 14, 2004 Posted August 14, 2004 We are ranked pre-season Number #1 and there is no media coverage about football. All they talk about is the world juniors tryouts. I know coach Lennon is very upset about the lack of press , as he should be. You have one of the best teams around and it's two weeks before a big home open game and their is nothing said about it. Could you imagine if it was hockey, there would be something in the paper the last two weeks hyping this up. Let's start getting ready for football and not worry about hockey right now. One has to do with a professional hockey tournament with teams from around the world. The other is a Division 2 football team with school not even started yet. No one will ever be happy. Quote
bisonguy Posted August 19, 2004 Author Posted August 19, 2004 Just saw a TV ad on WDAY right now. Not bad. Starts out a little cheesy, but picks up. Best UND football commercial by far. Quote
Canuck Posted August 19, 2004 Posted August 19, 2004 One has to do with a professional hockey tournament with teams from around the world. The other is a Division 2 football team with school not even started yet. No one will ever be happy. Actually, the world junior tournament is an amateur event...but that really has no bearing on whether or not UND football is being advertised properly. Quote
dakotadan Posted August 21, 2004 Posted August 21, 2004 I saw the other day that they put the football billboard up by the ralph again. It was a hugo's board just the other day. Wow, talk about great advertisement for one of the best football programs in the country right now. Maybe they had to spend all of their money on those beautiful new bushes they planted around our great soccer stadium! Quote
Fighting Sioux Fan Posted August 22, 2004 Posted August 22, 2004 UND's program speaks for itself and does not need much advertising unlike 'SU which needs to run radio adds on GF radio to try to get fans to their big D1 debut... Quote
dakotadan Posted August 23, 2004 Posted August 23, 2004 Yeah, too bad our DI debut was fifty-some years ago. Quote
dakotadan Posted August 23, 2004 Posted August 23, 2004 Or however long ago it was. It is hard to keep track when we started so long ago! Quote
dakotadan Posted September 2, 2004 Posted September 2, 2004 I saw that they put up another billboard about a week ago. I am surprised that there hasn't been a huge ad campaign in these last couple of days. Especially with UND being ranked #1 in the nation. For the fair weather fans, this would be the time to show up. You would think UND would realize that. Has anyone seen any tv ads or anything? Quote
bisonguy Posted September 2, 2004 Author Posted September 2, 2004 The TV ads have been picking up in Fargo this week. Quote
dakotadan Posted September 2, 2004 Posted September 2, 2004 What are they like? I haven't seen one yet. and I watch alot of tv Quote
bisonguy Posted September 2, 2004 Author Posted September 2, 2004 Try watching the news or shortly thereafter (WDAx or KVLY 10:00)- They start off with some of the players in an empty Alerus Center warming up and tossing the football around. Then it says something like "Without you...... it's just a game." Then it cuts to game highlights and the rockin tunes that seem to be prevalent in football commercials. As I said earlier, it's a pretty good TV ad(way better than last year's). Quote
dakotadan Posted September 2, 2004 Posted September 2, 2004 I guess I have seen that. THey played it in the Al during the football game last saturday Quote
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