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I just received a call from a good fan who shared with me some of his thinking in regards to the Heart of Dallas Bowl in 2013/14 and how we could potentially improve upon it this time around if that is indeed our destination. I would like to get your feedback on this. One thing it appears that Wren is already on top of is ticket delivery. It appears that they will use UPS to deliver tickets this time as opposed to the fiasco we experience when it was done through the AD last HOD bowl. Three cheers for Wren and the decision makers for proactively putting this in place. Another idea this fan had was in terms of selling tickets. His idea was to have everyone on here that has a facebook account to send a request to ALL of their friends (not just UNT) that contains a good picture and link to the UNT ticket office (not Ticketmaster). The message should be that whether you can attend the game or not, buying a ticket through the AD will help the University as a whole. Perhaps even set up some type of webpage that has a goal listing how many tickets they want to sell which is updated with each ticket sale. He also brought up a great thought in regards to how can we best compile data on the attendees at the game. If you recall from 2014, there were many, many new faces that most of us had never seen before in that 40K group of loud Mean Green fans. My guess is that many of them have never made it to Denton for a game but were willing to attend one in Dallas. What could we do to get their information and possibly lure them to attend a game in Denton next season? People will not give you their name and phone number unless they get something in return. Perhaps we could get that through the ticket purchase process. Or perhaps, have some type of free plastic commemorative UNT football give-away that includes a free ticket in the Wing Zone to the Lamar game in 2017? However they do it, there is a big group of good prospective UNT fans that will attend who we have to figure out a way to connect with. Give the students an easy way to make this game. Get a hip band, hit them up on their unt email, set up shuttle busses, get the greeks and student organizations a carrot. Let's make this economically feasible for every damn student of UNT to attend this game. This is our future folks, we will potentially create 20-30 year supporters if we play our cards right on this. Lastly - this game could have huge implications for recruiting. We ought to figure out a way to invite every damn good prospect in the DFW area and their family to get to this game and roll out a red carpet (within the rules mind you) to make it a great experience. Let them walk out on the field, give them some type of special VIP pass, take pictures and put them on social media. Don't give me any horseshit about our recruiting budget is too low. You have to invest money to make money. Sorry for the novel but I am very passionate about this. Make it happen! gmg