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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: Chairman of the Board Date: February 12, 2013, 8:52 am
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Another thought- it would be nice to have some sort of alternate
unofficial moniker... ND has the golden domers, UVa has the
wahoos, heck even Albany has the blue scoobies. A few years ago
i think i said marine canines somewhere and its too long...
This is all about branding. Maybe we can borrow from Washington
of UConn or any team that is similarly situated.
Weve got an original mascot. Lets look at the tigers. Auburn,
Missouri, Clemson, LSU, and countless others. We can come up
with something cool to do. Heck, in a few years, lets get an
actual wolf and have him brought out on the field. What could
be cooler? Then make contests for students (to boost
attendance) where they get the run the wolf around the field at
halftime, take photos, etc. Maybe if you produce ticket stubs
for every home game you get to do it, etc. At Georgia, they
have the bulldog (Uga), which i think they are up to Uga VII?
HTML http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uga_%28mascot%29
HTML http://www.totalprosports.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/24-washington-huskies-mascot-dubs.jpg
Building a brand- like the band, start getting the kids
red/white striped rugby shirts and if they wear it to the game
and sit in the student section, give out free snacks or
something. College kids like free food. I think of Georgia
tech and the bumble bee. Or something easy, like a funny hat.
West Virginia they wear the coonskin cap, UMass has the colonial
hat, etc.
Also, as far as fans in the audience go, Texas has the hook em
horns, Florida has the gator chomp. FSU has the tomahawk chop;
we are penn state; ohio state dots the I; we need to come up
with our own original something. I dont know what it is.
HTML http://glennschool.osu.edu/news/dot_the_i/Ohioband.png
Which brings me to- the athletic department MUST have a wolf
statue somewhere near the Athletic Complex. And not some cheesy
cartoon wolf, a real one. Hofstra has the lions near the gates
of Shuart. Penn State has a lion near their locker rooms. How
much can this cost?
HTML http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Honshu-wolf_statue.jpg
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: Chairman of the Board Date: February 12, 2013, 8:53 am
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For football, lets figure out who are rivals are and will be.
And make a trophy game. Paul Bunyon's axe. The keg of nails.
The bronze boot. The Stanford Axe. the golden egg. We can do
something local, something so silly but its part of our
identity.
HTML http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NCAA_college_football_rivalry_games
Lets say we have a rivalry with... Rhode Island. make a golden
fish... or against Albany, a golden dog collar and chain, for
example. Or just do a Governor's Trophy against Albany, or
Buffalo.
HTML http://blog.wilsonkelseydesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Fish.jpg
Or how about this- for the annual SB/UA game, a golden bone:
HTML http://www.lamp-post.co.uk/prodimages/petlondon/50117.jpg
HTML http://image1.masterfile.com/em_w/01/71/68/700-01716878w.jpg
This is about building an identity- we should start now so that
we dont have to ten years from now. These are low cost high
reward ideas (at least, i think!). ???
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: iBOsbu Date: February 12, 2013, 9:44 am
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some great ideas Chairman.. I really like the rivalry games with
trophy idea..especially against Albany! I hope someone from the
Athletics office is reading these posts.
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: iBOsbu Date: February 12, 2013, 9:47 am
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Also like the red/white striped rugby shirts idea!! those
Georgia tech fans look really cool on TV!
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: Chairman of the Board Date: February 12, 2013, 9:53 am
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I really like the Bowl of Bones idea. Get a giant dog bowl,
with alternating stripes of scarlet, gray, purple, and gold.
Fill it full of golden dog bones. The winner gets it in a
ceremony at the end of the annual SB/UA game, presented by the
CAA commish, and the players can grab the bones and parade
around the field with them. Eventually to return them to the
bowl, and then into a glass trophy case in their respective
athletic complex.
Keep that glass display case right near the football locker
room. And on years when its empty, make sure the players see it
every day.
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: iBOsbu Date: February 12, 2013, 10:02 am
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[quote author=Chairman of the Board
link=topic=249.msg5315#msg5315 date=1360684393]
I really like the Bowl of Bones idea. Get a giant dog bowl,
with alternating stripes of scarlet, gray, purple, and gold.
Fill it full of golden dog bones. The winner gets it in a
ceremony at the end of the annual SB/UA game, presented by the
CAA commish, and the players can grab the bones and parade
around the field with them. Eventually to return them to the
bowl, and then into a glass trophy case in their respective
athletic complex.
Keep that glass display case right near the football locker
room. And on years when its empty, make sure the players see it
every day.
[/quote]
Awesome Idea.. You know I was thinking of the same, ie traveling
trophy, when I learnt that both UA and SBU are going to be in
CAAFB and will be playing every year. I was thinking more along
something that represents the NY state.. so I was thinking hard
and coming up with lame names like liberty trophy etc. But your
"Bowl of Bones" is the best lol its catchy
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: Chairman of the Board Date: February 12, 2013, 10:06 am
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Thanks again, im just ranting now. Looks like you beat me to
it! :)
How about some funny fabricated latin name for the Seawolves-
something to put on t-shirts, etc. Caninus Aquis.
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: iBOsbu Date: February 12, 2013, 10:08 am
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One more point... if the AD or CAA dont do anything about it, I
think we fans can pull it off. We can get in touch with Albany
fans and create a cheap hand made trophy (cardboard bones
perhaps!! we are used to making cardboard boat for Roth regatta)
and present it to the winner. It takes only one year to get it
noticed; once the management finds out that both set of Fanbases
like it, then I am sure they will get a proper trophy.
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: Chairman of the Board Date: February 12, 2013, 10:13 am
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Sure, toy bones spraypainted gold (though we should do this
right in the future). Each bone has an engraved score and year
of each game and recipient.
Imagine Fiore and Priore and Stanley on the field together at
LaValle receiving this after the buzzer?
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: iBOsbu Date: February 12, 2013, 10:19 am
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[quote author=Chairman of the Board
link=topic=249.msg5317#msg5317 date=1360685166]
Thanks again, im just ranting now. Looks like you beat me to
it! :)
How about some funny fabricated latin name for the Seawolves-
something to put on t-shirts, etc. Caninus Aquis.
[/quote]
;D ;D Although Lupus is latin for wolf.. Caninus is dog. Not
sure how to say "Sea".. Aquis would be water.. so Caninus Aquis
is more like water dog lol ???
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