Class of 61 wrote:Up until about 3 yrs. ago, or so, I often complained to OUR main bookstore in the Union re: a major LACK of alumni gear...had to go to SBX to get stuff.
I also suggested that the bookstore look into the sound chip items..i.e. OSU has a bottle/can opener that plays Across the Field or similar...
Thought we could do something similar to this...and a couple of kids who were in line behind me when I made the suggestion said they'd buy them up in a heartbeat... could also use them in the "singing" greeting cards etc.
I can barely believe my eyes. Class of 61 wants to duplicate a marketing effort of The Ohio State University! Holy smokes! Wait until your family finds out! Oops.....they already did.
Texcat
Texcat,
Go back on your Cincy site....and it will never be THE OSU in my book...not as long as OHIO UNIVERSITY has been around longer.
(And even a blind squirrel finds an acorn now and then anyway).
Education our Challenge, Excellence our goal. (look it up)
I found it interesting that there were a number of items on this site (which is a little better put together as well) that are not on the "official store" site which you can get to from the athletic page. Including a slightly better (more accurate) football jersey replica.
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Which still has a few elements off, but is better than the solid orange one. What struck me as unusual is that this site is kinda hidden amongst the BGSU offices pages, with a link to it from the bookstore office page. This seems to be a lot better of a site than the "official store" in terms of what is available, yet it's very difficult to get to.
A FEW elements off??? Those numbers look ridiculous! I'm glad I got my Orange one last year with correct fonts, sizes and all that good stuff! GO FALCONS!!! 20 DAYS!
Oh yeah. I was just saying, the fact that it is trying to look more like the actual jerseys is a plus. SBX still far outshines the official store(s) though.
Class of 61 wrote:Up until about 3 yrs. ago, or so, I often complained to OUR main bookstore in the Union re: a major LACK of alumni gear...had to go to SBX to get stuff.
I also suggested that the bookstore look into the sound chip items..i.e. OSU has a bottle/can opener that plays Across the Field or similar...
Thought we could do something similar to this...and a couple of kids who were in line behind me when I made the suggestion said they'd buy them up in a heartbeat... could also use them in the "singing" greeting cards etc.
I can barely believe my eyes. Class of 61 wants to duplicate a marketing effort of The Ohio State University! Holy smokes! Wait until your family finds out! Oops.....they already did.
Texcat
P.S. Their bottle opener plays "Hang On Sloopy".
"Hang on Sloopy" is ok...just substitute "O H I O" with "B G S U". That always gets some OSU choch angry at events. LOL
Michael W.
BGSU-12 TIME MAC CHAMPION
FALCON FOOTBALL ROCKS!
Class of 61 wrote:Up until about 3 yrs. ago, or so, I often complained to OUR main bookstore in the Union re: a major LACK of alumni gear...had to go to SBX to get stuff.
I also suggested that the bookstore look into the sound chip items..i.e. OSU has a bottle/can opener that plays Across the Field or similar...
Thought we could do something similar to this...and a couple of kids who were in line behind me when I made the suggestion said they'd buy them up in a heartbeat... could also use them in the "singing" greeting cards etc.
I can barely believe my eyes. Class of 61 wants to duplicate a marketing effort of The Ohio State University! Holy smokes! Wait until your family finds out! Oops.....they already did.
Texcat
P.S. Their bottle opener plays "Hang On Sloopy".
"Hang on Sloopy" is ok...just substitute "O H I O" with "B G S U". That always gets some OSU choch angry at events. LOL
That might work. It has a good sound. "BG" "SU". We tried that at Cincinnati but it didn't work out that well. One side yelled "UC". The other side yelled "UC". It sounded a bit like you were in a canyon listening to an echo. Then we tried "University". The other side yelled "Cincinnati". That sounded a bit elitist but the guy who thought it up is now working for the Obama administration. He learned it in prison and is now a czar of something or another.
I'll bet "UC" and "Bearcats" would work though. I wish the Falcons a very successful season. I'm a big fan of all Ohio football teams......ALL of them.....including the evil tOSU.
Texcat
University of Cincinnati
Big East Champions 2008
Go Bearcats! Go Falcons!
That always gets some OSU choch angry at events. LOL
