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Posted on 4/20/12 at 1:10 pm to DMagic
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I put it there just to annoy you specifically
Guess I can't be too annoyed if you put it there just for little ole' me
Thanks for thinking of me DMagic.
Posted on 4/20/12 at 1:12 pm to AUnite
None in TN either? They don't want TN high school players?
Posted on 4/20/12 at 1:14 pm to AUnite
These have been up for a while. We know we don't have a lot of name recognition in the south, and this is part of an overall strategy to get our name out there. Sure, recruiting is one reason, but there are others. You have to start somewhere. It's tough to recruit if no one knows anything about you. We need to get people talking about Mizzou. Looks like it's working! 
Posted on 4/20/12 at 1:14 pm to semotruman
It's only working on TD as far as I can tell.
Posted on 4/20/12 at 1:17 pm to Alahunter
SEC teams have been doing this for a while, I actually applaud the effort and attempt to move forward rather than just joining and saying "where's our check."
Posted on 4/20/12 at 1:17 pm to roadGator
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It's only working on TD as far as I can tell.
If it's working here, it's working elsewhere too.
Posted on 4/20/12 at 1:20 pm to semotruman
I'll bring it up tonight at an event I'm attending just to help you guys/gals out.
Posted on 4/20/12 at 1:23 pm to roadGator
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Their Billboard in Jax must have been cheap based on it's location. Let's just say it's not in the best part of town.
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Posted on 4/20/12 at 1:30 pm to roadGator
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Their Billboard in Jax must have been cheap based on it's location. Let's just say it's not in the best part of town.
Don't know the area.....any chance it is in a "fertile recruiting area"? I thought there was one in the Tampa area, as well........
Posted on 4/20/12 at 1:31 pm to roadGator
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roadGator
Awww, thanks!!
Seriously though - what do you want us to do? Join the best conference in the NCAA and make no effort? I'm kind of surprised A&M hasn't done it too, maybe they feel like they don't need to. But we're trying to introduce a whole new part of the country to Mizzou. As a marketing/PR person, I'm glad they're doing something!
Posted on 4/20/12 at 1:32 pm to busey
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Their Billboard in Jax must have been cheap based on it's location. Let's just say it's not in the best part of town.
This just in: top level high school athletes often times unfortunately reside in what might be referred to as the "rough" parts of large cities.
Posted on 4/20/12 at 1:33 pm to pdiddy
No, it's not in a fertile recruiting area. If they moved it 10 miles North then it would have been.
I don't care how many billboards you guys put up. If your marketing department thinks it helps then it's good by me.
I don't care how many billboards you guys put up. If your marketing department thinks it helps then it's good by me.
Posted on 4/20/12 at 1:33 pm to pdiddy
No. I don't think JAX really has any of those. Definitely not to the extent other cities might.
Posted on 4/20/12 at 1:34 pm to Mizzou Fan in Da ATX
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This just in: top level high school athletes often times unfortunately reside in what might be referred to as the "rough" parts of large cities.
Posted on 4/20/12 at 1:37 pm to Mizzou Fan in Da ATX
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This just in: top level high school athletes often times unfortunately reside in what might be referred to as the "rough" parts of large cities.
This just in: the area where the billboard sits is not filled with D1 athletes. Just trust me on this one. I understand what you are trying to say though. You guys can probably pull a few 2 stars from there though.
Posted on 4/20/12 at 1:38 pm to roadGator
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Their Billboard in Jax must have been cheap based on it's location. Let's just say it's not in the best part of town.
If I'm not mistaken, it's between the airport and Downtown which makes some sense.
Posted on 4/20/12 at 1:42 pm to roadGator
roadGator - hey, that's kinda what we do. We pulled Sean Weatherspoon as a 2 star linebacker from Texas and he is doing quite nice for the Atlanta Falcons now. Danario Alexander was a 2 star wide receiver from Texas also, and is now in the NFL after becoming the all-time single season receiving leader at our school. Chase Daniel was only a 3 star, and so on.
Our coaching staff is definitely in more of the "outside the box" camp when it comes to recruiting tactics. In that regard this whole billboard thing doesn't surprise me. They aren't just doing it to throw it up there and see what happens, they obviously have really looked into things and think they know of some spots where they can similarly hunt for diamonds in the rough that SEC powers may pass on...that was their EXACT strategy in Texas where Mizzou also had no recruiting presence prior to the formation of the Big 12, and it worked pretty well for them. Will it work in this league I don't know, but they know what they're trying to do with all this activity that's for sure.
Our coaching staff is definitely in more of the "outside the box" camp when it comes to recruiting tactics. In that regard this whole billboard thing doesn't surprise me. They aren't just doing it to throw it up there and see what happens, they obviously have really looked into things and think they know of some spots where they can similarly hunt for diamonds in the rough that SEC powers may pass on...that was their EXACT strategy in Texas where Mizzou also had no recruiting presence prior to the formation of the Big 12, and it worked pretty well for them. Will it work in this league I don't know, but they know what they're trying to do with all this activity that's for sure.
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Posted on 4/20/12 at 1:45 pm to Tigerbait46
It's within sight of downtown. Closer to the airport would have been better to get the First Coast HS kids some views. Their best players aren't going to Mizzou but some of their good players may.
Posted on 4/20/12 at 1:46 pm to Alahunter
These billboards wont help them.
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