USD "Keep it Classy" Campaign

[Nidaros]

Re: USD "Keep it Classy" Campaign

Stu did a blog on the billboard. Kind of ho hum, nothing said in the blog that matters. Just the usual jabs at SDSU fandom.

http://stuviews.tumblr.com/

[LakeJack]

Re: USD "Keep it Classy" Campaign

Stu did a blog on the billboard. Kind of ho hum, nothing said in the blog that matters. Just the usual jabs at SDSU fandom.

http://stuviews.tumblr.com/

What I read was "blah blah blah USD needs SDSU, blah blah blah USD really needs SDSU blah blah blah good for USD, they realize they need SDSU, blah blah blah USD will do whatever they have to because they need SDSU, blah blah blah, did I mention that USD needs SDSU, blah blah blah.

[yoteforever]

Re: USD "Keep it Classy" Campaign

What I read was "blah blah blah USD needs SDSU, blah blah blah USD really needs SDSU blah blah blah good for USD, they realize they need SDSU, blah blah blah USD will do whatever they have to because they need SDSU, blah blah blah, did I mention that USD needs SDSU, blah blah blah.

1.) You were the 1st football team in South Dakota to beat a BCS team...............oh, I guess you weren't
2.) You were the 1st football team in South Dakota to beat the #1 team in the country FCS..........ooops, sorry...wrong again
3.) You were the 1st state university to be established in South Dakota........oh crap, that isn't eight either
4.) You were the 1st school in South Dakota to go to D-1 athletics........yep
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Does USD need SDSU? No
Does USD want SDSU? Yes, for supper (as the billboard suggests)

Does SDSU need USD? No, because they have nothing to win and everything to lose (and they will)
Does SDSU want USD? No (same reason as above)

Will USD fans have Tea and Crumpets for tailgate? No, there will be brats, chips, beer and Bloody Marys
Will SDSU fans have Tea and Crumpets? No, just 75% of the posters on this board is all. The rest of them will embrace the renewed rivalry with their USD friends

Just think if the UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA fans had the same reasoning as you do, what we would do in the winter without (2) basketball matchups with DUKE? I have come to the conclusion that there is only about 3-4 of you that want to have fun and open debates on sports, matchups, etc. The rest of you are programmed with the standard line: "we were first" "they are just chasing us" "they are copying us" "they need us".

Let's debate upcoming games and why or who will win, not explain for the 12,789th time you were first to D-1. USD doesn't need you. But they want you. And that's the difference you don't get. Because if you don't change your thinking, we will get you. You'll be caught still in yesteryear, when today comes up and bites you in the butt.

When the '13 game is in Vermillion, if you can get over the fact I am from USD, I would love to host you for pre-game tailgate. Maybe then will we all realize that this game is for fun and bragging rights for 365 days, and nothing else? If SDSU wins, good for you. If we win, good for US(D).

You were first...........that's it.

[joeybrownerHOF]

Re: USD "Keep it Classy" Campaign

I may be wrong but didn't they beat NDSU that was ranked 1 in one of the various FCS polls?

[89rabbit]

Re: USD "Keep it Classy" Campaign

1.) You were the 1st football team in South Dakota to beat a BCS team...............oh, I guess you weren't - Actually we were, we beat Wisconsin in 1936
2.) You were the 1st football team in South Dakota to beat the #1 team in the country FCS..........ooops, sorry...wrong again - Actually we were, we beat FCS #1 NDSU in 2007
3.) You were the 1st state university to be established in South Dakota........oh crap, that isn't eight either - You are right, USD was established in 1862 and held their first classes in 1882 - SDSU was founded in 1881 and we held our first classes in 1884.
4.) You were the 1st school in South Dakota to go to D-1 athletics........yep - Yup we were the first school to go D-I, you also forgot to mention that we are the largest school in South Dakota
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Please see my comments in blue.


Go State!

[joeybrownerHOF]

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Please see my comments in blue.


Go State!

Techinically they weren't BCS in 1936 then but if you want to count it then USD also beat Nebraska 6-5 in 1900 and Minnesota 10-0 in 1912.

[89rabbit]

Re: USD "Keep it Classy" Campaign

Techinically they weren't BCS in 1936 then but if you want to count it then USD also beat Nebraska 6-5 in 1900 and Minnesota 10-0 in 1912.

I stand corrected.

Go State!

[joeybrownerHOF]

Re: USD "Keep it Classy" Campaign

I stand corrected.

Go State!

Sad but true but you aren't too far from the truth about the Gophers under Brewster. I also agree about the rest of the season.

[LakeJack]

Re: USD "Keep it Classy" Campaign

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Does USD need SDSU? No
Does USD want SDSU? Yes, for supper (as the billboard suggests)

Does SDSU need USD? No, because they have nothing to win and everything to lose (and they will)
Does SDSU want USD? No (same reason as above)

Will USD fans have Tea and Crumpets for tailgate? No, there will be brats, chips, beer and Bloody Marys
Will SDSU fans have Tea and Crumpets? No, just 75% of the posters on this board is all. The rest of them will embrace the renewed rivalry with their USD friends

Just think if the UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA fans had the same reasoning as you do, what we would do in the winter without (2) basketball matchups with DUKE? I have come to the conclusion that there is only about 3-4 of you that want to have fun and open debates on sports, matchups, etc. The rest of you are programmed with the standard line: "we were first" "they are just chasing us" "they are copying us" "they need us".

Let's debate upcoming games and why or who will win, not explain for the 12,789th time you were first to D-1. USD doesn't need you. But they want you. And that's the difference you don't get. Because if you don't change your thinking, we will get you. You'll be caught still in yesteryear, when today comes up and bites you in the butt.

When the '13 game is in Vermillion, if you can get over the fact I am from USD, I would love to host you for pre-game tailgate. Maybe then will we all realize that this game is for fun and bragging rights for 365 days, and nothing else? If SDSU wins, good for you. If we win, good for US(D).

You were first...........that's it.

Stu is no SDSU fan and here is what Stu has to say:

The fact of the matter is that USD needs to be more aggressive in its marketing, because it has a longer way to go. The Jackrabbits got a head start on this Division I road and have thus far produced a more polished athletic package than the Coyotes . . . All you had to do was look at the vacated USD student section during the second half of last week’s historic upset of Eastern Washington to know that the Coyotes still have a lot of work to do. USD athletic director David Sayler knows this as well as anyone. He has done his best to change the school’s approach with new logos, a fan-friendly atmosphere and more visible and in-your-face advertising, which brings us back to the billboard. . . . USD, which admits it has some catching up to do, has decided to fully embrace the in-state rivalry – and occasionally be impolite – as a means of making people excited about Coyote athletics again.



The last line makes it pretty clear who needs who.

We avg. more fans at CAS then the Dakota Dome can hold. See you in 14 months

[Roy]

Re: USD "Keep it Classy" Campaign

The U has to sell a lot of "free" tickets to pay for the $52,500 campaign!

[TK22867]

Re: USD "Keep it Classy" Campaign

The Duke reference has pulled me in, I have to respond now.

1. In no way, shape or form should SDSU respond directly to the USD billboard. We're done playing in the mud. We (both SDSU and USD) have graduated to big boy school now (Division 1). That kind of stuff may have been acceptable in pre-school, but we're with the big boys now. Furthermore, I don't want to see 1 dead animal thrown on any playing surface at either location. My suggestion is that the school presidents make it well known that any student caught throwing any object or animal of anytype during any event (not just against USD) will be automatically expelled. If a non-student does it, they will be permanentley banned from all school-related events.

2. If the SDSU administration is hellbent on responding to the USD billboard (which I'm not sure they are), I would strongly recommend a billboard advertising our RIVALRY game with NDSU. No cheap shot language, just a pure advertisement for the game.

3. Yoteforever: I agree with your assessement of the Duke vs. North Carolina scenario. However, NDSU is our North Carolina. USD is our Maryland. NOT OUR RIVAL! Get over it.

[RabbitObsessed]

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I think that last point will be tough to prove when USD is the highest attended basketball game this year. Maybe attendance won't hold up after the first year wears off but I think it will.

[91jack]

Re: USD "Keep it Classy" Campaign

[QUOTE=yoteforever;183467]1.) You were the 1st football team in South Dakota to beat a BCS team...............oh, I guess you weren't
2.) You were the 1st football team in South Dakota to beat the #1 team in the country FCS..........ooops, sorry...wrong again
3.) You were the 1st state university to be established in South Dakota........oh crap, that isn't eight either
4.) You were the 1st school in South Dakota to go to D-1 athletics........yep
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1) No! USD does have this feather in their hat. It was a good win but not a great one. They beat a team that was 3-8 (or was it 3-9). Minnesota did beat Iowa and Illinois so 2 of their 3 wins were respectable. I wish SDSU had a win like this because they are a Big 10 team but beating a team that wins 3 of 13 games (and counting) is a good win not a great one.
2) SDSU beat a #1 rated NDSU team in 2007. It was the last game of the season and NDSU wound up finishing 10-1. EWU is 0-2 right now. How will their season turn out is still up in the air. If they don't lose another game, this is a great win. If they lose a few more games, were they rated #1 because of last year or this year. It's still good to beat #1 but I'd take beating #1 the last game of the year over beating #1 two games in.

I don't mind the billboard. I live in Brookings and haven't even seen it in person, yet. It does have people talking about a game that will be sold out when it comes around. If it gets a few more people watching on TV great. I don't think that it quite achieves the class of "state wide interest" but it does help. Years ago, both SDSU and USD had more players that were from South Dakota. You had players and fans that were classmates with those players in more High Schools across the state. People followed it better because they know the players. TV will bring more eyes so that will add what is lost by not knowing the players. It will be cheaper to watch on TV so that will help a lot, too.

They are both good wins. I'd prefer USD win over SDSU's debacle but there is a lot of season to be played.

I do think USD has a really good team this year. They will lose a lot next year but we'll see what happens then when we get there.

[joeybrownerHOF]

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USD is our Maryland. NOT OUR RIVAL! Get over it.

And yet 10 of the last 14 smack threads concern USD covering various aspects: atheltics, education, coaches, marketing, administration.

[smoothjack]

Re: USD "Keep it Classy" Campaign

3. Yoteforever: I agree with your assessement of the Duke vs. North Carolina scenario. However, NDSU is our North Carolina. USD is our Maryland. NOT OUR RIVAL! Get over it.[/QUOTE]

Couldn't have said it better myself. Would love to have seen yoteforevers face when he realized he was wrong about the first team to beat a #1 rated fcs school. Total fail.