(01-07-2014 08:49 AM)vandiver49 Wrote:  

(01-06-2014 10:37 PM)ncbeta Wrote:  

(01-06-2014 09:59 AM)vandiver49 Wrote:  

(01-04-2014 09:01 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  

(10-31-2013 07:47 PM)ncbeta Wrote:  I don't like the idea. But unlike what's been discussed, is there a way for ECU to be called Carolina University but keep East in the official name? That may be more suitable for fans... it's an easy transition. We are still East Carolina University, just marketed as Carolina University. on ESPN and sports websites listed as Carolina U. We don't even have to change the fight song...

Examples:
Louisiana State University and agricultural and mechanical college - more commonly known as LSU or Louisiana State
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Or Rutgers
North Carolina State University at Raleigh, or NC state.

The problem is they drop the end of their names, not the beginning.

The only examples I can think of even close is:

California State university, Fresno - or Fresno State

I hate to bump to say something stupid but, I've always thought the most badass school name is Sewanee: The University of the South. How about some shape or form of East Carolina: The University of the Carolinas. The "Carolinas" may be redundant.

I'm not sure that would work. I really ECU is more hampered by a crowded market than any other factor.

Idk... we've easily got our share in NC. Probably a higher percentage of our state than any other G5 school. We really need to expand beyond the VA/NC/SC area...

But ECU's share is divided by 5. I know ad execs have access to reams of data, but I also believe they do a great deal of spit-balling as well. Does ECU outdraw Duke and Wake in viewership? Probably, but clearly that never mattered to the BEast.

What they saw was a state with 4 FBS teams and a population of 9-10 million people. With regard to CFB, no team in the Tarheel State can claim to have the critical mass of viewership. The population is too diffused across the state and the fandoms are too board.

Wake and Duke veiwership is pretty much nil. Wake would be lucky to be fbs ifnit wasnt for the ACC. Duke fans dont show til Bball season as most of them pull for someone else in fb. NC fb has always been Unc, State and ECU and our rating when on similar platforms prove it. You are right about the BE, but their methods and practices were flawed. Basketball first, large metro areas (even if the school didnt deliver) serving the C7. Some of the worst leadership ive seen.