As I look upon the $500 worth of Buckeye Christmas presents I purchased for my family this year I thought about the $50 I spent last year and wonder what the financial impact has already been because of Urban's hiring and the success of Buckeye football.  Anybody else go nuts this year because of the feeling of euphoria from this season and seasons to come?

'tis the season to be jolly

buckyroh wrote: As I look upon the $500 worth of Buckeye Christmas presents I purchased for my family this year I thought about the $50 I spent last year and wonder what the financial impact has already been because of Urban's hiring and the success of Buckeye football.  Anybody else go nuts this year because of the feeling of euphoria from this season and seasons to come?

Were you around in 2003?

Yeah I was around.  I bought everything I could that had "National Champions" on it.

I spend roughly the same amount when they win vs. when they lose. I am proud to be a Buckeye whether they are terrible or not..

But to answer your question, no doubt that UFM has put the fan base in a frenzy and I am sure many are back on the bandwagon

While there are a great deal of bandwagon/fair weather fans out there I don't think that the amount you spend on merchandise can be directly correlated to whether you are a good fan or not. I'm sure Buck-I-Guy spends a lot and he is not any more of a fan than me IMHO.  When any team has an excellent season manufacturers are sure to spend significantly more time/resources producing more products for that team, thus causing more sales. I doubt there were a lot of OSU 2011 6 win-7 loss T-shirts floating around. This is true for apparel as well as larger ticket affinity items as well. Just my two cents...end rant.

I stopped "gearing up" shortly after high school.....

Did that coincide with Michigan going down the crapper? 

WalkerNCH wrote: I stopped "gearing up" shortly after high school.....

I got less.

Not on purpose just never got the urge to get anything.

Despite the 12-0 I can't help but feel like it's still the off-season....

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I stopped "gearing up" shortly after high school.....

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+1

So true. I've wear (on game day) the same Big Kat jersey I had in college. That thing is so faded...

hawkfan12 wrote: While there are a great deal of bandwagon/fair weather fans out there I don't think that the amount you spend on merchandise can be directly correlated to whether you are a good fan or not. I'm sure Buck-I-Guy spends a lot and he is not any more of a fan than me IMHO.  When any team has an excellent season manufacturers are sure to spend significantly more time/resources producing more products for that team, thus causing more sales. I doubt there were a lot of OSU 2011 6 win-7 loss T-shirts floating around. This is true for apparel as well as larger ticket affinity items as well. Just my two cents...end rant.

I don't remember Buck-I-Guy or that other clown (Silver Bald Weirdo) before 2002. not at all. why am I unsurprised by that?

+100000
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IMO, gear sales/general popularity of the Buckeye brand in state shot up after the NC and have remained strong. When I first started rooting for the Buckeyes as a kid-early 80s-and having a few Buckeye items, I thought that if you saw someone w/ Buckeye gear on, they were probably alumni, or children of alumni-the casual fan didn't wear as much stuff as I recall.

hawkfan12 wrote: When any team has an excellent season manufacturers are sure to spend significantly more time/resources producing more products for that team, thus causing more sales.

I literally had to read that like 10 times.   LOL wtf do they teach in schools these days.  This sounds like some **** someone in the Federal Govt would claim as a reason we need more Federal Govt.  More food stamps = more GDP!!!

Manufacturing something doesn't create sales.  If that were the case every manufacture should just manufacture a gazillion trinkets and of course naturally they will just sell because you spend the time/resources making them.   You could literally get unemployment to a negative % in your economic model because making something results in a sale which means you need to make more.   You must be a Senior Cabinet member on Obama's Jobs Council?

LOL, the excellent season causes more sales, not the production.... you are missing a comma or a period or something.

I just by a hoodie because I want to be warm in the winter.

NiTrane wrote:

hawkfan12 wrote: When any team has an excellent season manufacturers are sure to spend significantly more time/resources producing more products for that team, thus causing more sales.

I literally had to read that like 10 times.   LOL wtf do they teach in schools these days.  This sounds like some **** someone in the Federal Govt would claim as a reason we need more Federal Govt.  More food stamps = more GDP!!!

Manufacturing something doesn't create sales.  If that were the case every manufacture should just manufacture a gazillion trinkets and of course naturally they will just sell because you spend the time/resources making them.   You could literally get unemployment to a negative % in your economic model because making something results in a sale which means you need to make more.   You must be a Senior Cabinet member on Obama's Jobs Council?

LOL, the excellent season causes more sales, not the production.... you are missing a comma or a period or something.

Take your ******* political talk someplace else shithead.

Actually it does, the more of those 4 for $10 tee shirts they make, the more people buy.

NiTrane wrote:

hawkfan12 wrote: When any team has an excellent season manufacturers are sure to spend significantly more time/resources producing more products for that team, thus causing more sales.

I literally had to read that like 10 times.   LOL wtf do they teach in schools these days.  This sounds like some **** someone in the Federal Govt would claim as a reason we need more Federal Govt.  More food stamps = more GDP!!!

Manufacturing something doesn't create sales.  If that were the case every manufacture should just manufacture a gazillion trinkets and of course naturally they will just sell because you spend the time/resources making them.   You could literally get unemployment to a negative % in your economic model because making something results in a sale which means you need to make more.   You must be a Senior Cabinet member on Obama's Jobs Council?

LOL, the excellent season causes more sales, not the production.... you are missing a comma or a period or something.

cgorange wrote:

NiTrane wrote:

hawkfan12 wrote: When any team has an excellent season manufacturers are sure to spend significantly more time/resources producing more products for that team, thus causing more sales.

I literally had to read that like 10 times.   LOL wtf do they teach in schools these days.  This sounds like some **** someone in the Federal Govt would claim as a reason we need more Federal Govt.  More food stamps = more GDP!!!

Manufacturing something doesn't create sales.  If that were the case every manufacture should just manufacture a gazillion trinkets and of course naturally they will just sell because you spend the time/resources making them.   You could literally get unemployment to a negative % in your economic model because making something results in a sale which means you need to make more.   You must be a Senior Cabinet member on Obama's Jobs Council?

LOL, the excellent season causes more sales, not the production.... you are missing a comma or a period or something.

Take your ******* political talk someplace else shithead.

Economics isn't politics, it's mathematics and behavioral science.

sanitarian2 wrote: Actually it does, the more of those 4 for $10 tee shirts they make, the more people buy.

NiTrane wrote:

hawkfan12 wrote: When any team has an excellent season manufacturers are sure to spend significantly more time/resources producing more products for that team, thus causing more sales.

I literally had to read that like 10 times.   LOL wtf do they teach in schools these days.  This sounds like some **** someone in the Federal Govt would claim as a reason we need more Federal Govt.  More food stamps = more GDP!!!

Manufacturing something doesn't create sales.  If that were the case every manufacture should just manufacture a gazillion trinkets and of course naturally they will just sell because you spend the time/resources making them.   You could literally get unemployment to a negative % in your economic model because making something results in a sale which means you need to make more.   You must be a Senior Cabinet member on Obama's Jobs Council?

LOL, the excellent season causes more sales, not the production.... you are missing a comma or a period or something.

What comes first, the chicken or the egg?

It's supply and demand.  Manufacturer's don't make more just because a team wins.  They make more because the demand goes up when a team wins.