Unbelievable interview by Bo Bounds with John Bacon

[ShotgunDawg]

Everyone including Scott Stricklin needs to listen to Bo Bounds' interview of John Bacon this morning. Bacon speaks about how important it is to preserve the stadium experience and how advertisements during TV timeouts has basically ruined it.

With the SEC Network about to pump millions of dollars a year into our program, can we just get rid of these?

At this point, it shows greed and lack of long term foresight to continue to pump advertisements down the throats of the fans.

Hopefully Bo will podcast this interview.

[archdog]

Everyone including Scott Stricklin needs to listen to Bo Bounds' interview of John Bacon this morning. Bacon speaks about how important it is to preserve the stadium experience and how advertisements during TV timeouts has basically ruined it.

With the SEC Network about to pump millions of dollars a year into our program, can we just get rid of these?

At this point, it shows greed and lack of long term foresight to continue to pump advertisements down the throats of the fans.

Hopefully Bo will podcast this interview.

I am not sure how much money our university gets from these advertisements, but they cannot be worth what it cost us in atmosphere. Nothing, and I mean nothing should take away from our stadium rocking with the fight song and other traditional chants that get our fan base into a frenzy. If I was a recruit, the game atmosphere could be a possible decision maker for me. Our higher ups have been doing a great job at making sure things like the Big Dawg camp have a great working atmosphere. We need to make this our only goal in the upcoming season as both fans and the AD. We need to up our game time atmosphere.
Just try one game without the ads killing the crowds mood after every stoppage of play, and listen to the feedback. I challenge them to do it.
Everytime you would normally play an advertisement, start the maroon white chant, fight song, True Maroon video clip, players dance party. I don't care what you play as long as it is not Buy me an Fn Mercedes Benz commercial. I will never buy a mercedes. Hell I will never even drive a mercedes because of that commercial.

[BeastMan]

Nonsense. We know have 2 jumbo trons. That means 2 commercial at a time. Double the money suckas!!!!!

[jimbo352]

I don't believe you...

[BulldogBear]

I am not sure how much money our university gets from these advertisements, but they cannot be worth what it cost us in atmosphere. Nothing, and I mean nothing should take away from our stadium rocking with the fight song and other traditional chants that get our fan base into a frenzy. If I was a recruit, the game atmosphere could be a possible decision maker for me. Our higher ups have been doing a great job at making sure things like the Big Dawg camp have a great working atmosphere. We need to make this our only goal in the upcoming season as both fans and the AD. We need to up our game time atmosphere.
Just try one game without the ads killing the crowds mood after every stoppage of play, and listen to the feedback. I challenge them to do it.
Everytime you would normally play an advertisement, start the maroon white chant, fight song, True Maroon video clip, players dance party. I don't care what you play as long as it is not Buy me an Fn Mercedes Benz commercial. I will never buy a mercedes. Hell I will never even drive a mercedes because of that commercial.

+1

[Political Hack]

Oregon does it that way with Nike money. Not sure why they couldn't do it with the new influx of TV money.

[codeDawg]

Everyone including Scott Stricklin needs to listen to Bo Bounds' interview of John Bacon this morning. Bacon speaks about how important it is to preserve the stadium experience and how advertisements during TV timeouts has basically ruined it.

With the SEC Network about to pump millions of dollars a year into our program, can we just get rid of these?

At this point, it shows greed and lack of long term foresight to continue to pump advertisements down the throats of the fans.

Hopefully Bo will podcast this interview.

The ads are how we financed the video boards to begin with. That's why we have both.

[ShotgunDawg]

The only competitive advantage that the stadium has over TV is the atmosphere and since of community.

Go to block seating in the student section so they can sit with their friends without having to enter the stadium 2 hours early = community

Get rid of Ads all together. By continuing to run Ads the AD is showing that they are greedy, lack foresight, and don't fully understand their business.

I am calling for the students turn their backs to type video board this season during ads, and for everyone else to boo

[engie]

It's been talked about verbatim since the end of last year that there will be no in-game advertisements on either jumbotron this year. ALL ads will be pregame and halftime.

How many times does Strick have to admit that they made a mistake and are fixing it before our fans realize that they "saw" the problem too and have taken major steps to correct it?

Plus, the SEC is taking on some oversight of game experiences now as well...

[ShotgunDawg]

The ads are how we financed the video boards to begin with. That's why we have both.

Oh, and the 20 mil+ a year we will get from the SEC network can't finance to the video boards. Give me a break, and please start thinking. And somehow, in some crazy world you believe it's actually worth sacrificing the in game atmosphere so that we have a little extra of unneeded change to fund a video board?

MSU football belongs to the people and state of Mississippi, and we the people need to ensure that it doesn't fall into the cooperate greed model of trying to squeeze out every penny.

The future of season ticket holders, students staying at games, etc... Is contingent upon how well the athletic department preserves the in stadium atmosphere.

[ShotgunDawg]

It's been talked about verbatim since the end of last year that there will be no in-game advertisements on either jumbotron this year. ALL ads will be pregame and halftime.

How many times does Strick have to admit that they made a mistake and are fixing it before our fans realize that they "saw" the problem too and have taken major steps to correct it?

Plus, the SEC is taking on some oversight of game experiences now as well...

I've never heard that they are getting rid of in game advertisements. All I heard is that they will squeeze them into the first half, so the second half has fewer ads.

Are you sure about your info Engie? Please link if so.

[dickiedawg]

The only competitive advantage that the stadium has over TV is the atmosphere and since of community.

Go to block seating in the student section so they can sit with their friends without having to enter the stadium 2 hours early = community

Get rid of Ads all together. By continuing to run Ads the AD is showing that they are greedy, lack foresight, and don't fully understand their business.

I am calling for the students turn their backs to type video board this season during ads, and for everyone else to boo

If the students turn their back on one video board they'll be looking at another one.

[Political Hack]

It's been talked about verbatim since the end of last year that there will be no in-game advertisements on either jumbotron this year. ALL ads will be pregame and halftime.

How many times does Strick have to admit that they made a mistake and are fixing it before our fans realize that they "saw" the problem too and have taken major steps to correct it?

Plus, the SEC is taking on some oversight of game experiences now as well...

I thought it was still going to air ads during TV timeouts, etc... If it's only pre-game and halftime, that's great. I though he just said that they're going to "push more of the ads" into those times. Good to know it's all ads.

[ShotgunDawg]

If the students turn their back on one video board they'll be looking at another one.

I thought about this as well. I don't think the angle and upperdeck will allow them to clearly see it.

[BulldogBear]

If the students turn their back on one video board they'll be looking at another one.

That's what I was thinking. Just how does one turn one's back to the video board? Inspect the bottom of the new bleachers perhaps?

[ShotgunDawg]

That's what I was thinking. Just how does one turn one's back to the video board? Inspect the bottom of the new bleachers perhaps?

Whether or not they could see another board really isn't the point. If all the students turned their backs to the South end zone video board during ads, it would send a clear message of protest.

[PassInterference]

The Bacon interview is segmented out on the Out Of Bounds app.

[engie]

I can't find where he said it now, but I'm pretty sure he said something along the lines of "all ads will be pregame and halftime-- and the marketing dept is going through and cutting all the "fluff" games and whatnot that do not tie directly into the fan experience at Davis Wade"

[engie]

Seems it might be mentioned behind this scout paywall... http://mississippistate.scout.com/st...cott-stricklin

[thunderclap]

I honest to God turned to the guy next to me last year and said "I wish they'd just turn that damn thing off."