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Re: USUFans Challenge BBSF 2012

Posted: April 25th, 2012, 5:13 pm
by GeoAg
Question sap, is the amount shown on the graph just for usufans.com donations or for the whole fund drive?

Re: USUFans Challenge BBSF 2012

Posted: April 25th, 2012, 5:17 pm
by Aglicious
GeoAg wrote:Question sap, is the amount shown on the graph just for usufans.com donations or for the whole fund drive?
That is the amount from the USUFans Challenge... the total amount and goal for the campaign can be found through the 'Support' menu above under BBSF which will take you here:

http://utahstateaggies.givezooks.com/ca ... fund-drive

Re: USUFans Challenge BBSF 2012

Posted: April 25th, 2012, 5:22 pm
by ProvoAggie
Aglicious wrote:
GeoAg wrote:Question sap, is the amount shown on the graph just for usufans.com donations or for the whole fund drive?
That is the amount from the USUFans Challenge... the total amount and goal for the campaign can be found through the 'Support' menu above under BBSF which will take you here:

http://utahstateaggies.givezooks.com/ca ... fund-drive
The givezooks site does not include donations made through the ticket office though.

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Re: USUFans Challenge BBSF 2012

Posted: April 25th, 2012, 6:00 pm
by treesap32
ProvoAggie wrote:
Aglicious wrote:
GeoAg wrote:Question sap, is the amount shown on the graph just for usufans.com donations or for the whole fund drive?
That is the amount from the USUFans Challenge... the total amount and goal for the campaign can be found through the 'Support' menu above under BBSF which will take you here:

http://utahstateaggies.givezooks.com/ca ... fund-drive
The givezooks site does not include donations made through the ticket office though.
Correct. Our numbers are higher because we included a couple of donations made through the ticket office, a couple of "pledges" made in person at the BBSF office, and a couple of donations made previously this year that were requested to be included in this challenge (by contacting the BBSF who then coordinated this with me).

That is why our numbers are higher than the GiveZooks site.

Re: USUFans Challenge BBSF 2012

Posted: April 25th, 2012, 6:05 pm
by Aglicious
treesap32 wrote:
ProvoAggie wrote:
Aglicious wrote:
That is the amount from the USUFans Challenge... the total amount and goal for the campaign can be found through the 'Support' menu above under BBSF which will take you here:

http://utahstateaggies.givezooks.com/ca ... fund-drive
The givezooks site does not include donations made through the ticket office though.
Correct. Our numbers are higher because we included a couple of donations made through the ticket office, a couple of "pledges" made in person at the BBSF office, and a couple of donations made previously this year that were requested to be included in this challenge (by contacting the BBSF who then coordinated this with me).

That is why our numbers are higher than the GiveZooks site.
Not anymore...they show the amount raised for the campaign now in the $200k's

Re: USUFans Challenge BBSF 2012

Posted: April 25th, 2012, 8:07 pm
by treesap32
Aglicious wrote:
treesap32 wrote: That is why our numbers are higher than the GiveZooks site.
Not anymore...they show the amount raised for the campaign now in the $200k's
Oh nice. They must have manually changed it.

Re: USUFans Challenge BBSF 2012

Posted: April 25th, 2012, 9:24 pm
by GeoAg
Another question...Do we know if the current total for the whole BBSF on givezooks includes donations made prior to the time the fund drive began? I paid BBSF for my season tix a few months ago and was just wondering.

And btw to sap and whoever else was involved in setting this up...fantastic job. Blew the $4000 goal out of the water boys. Hope it keeps coming.

USUFans Challenge BBSF 2012

Posted: April 26th, 2012, 9:25 am
by BigVBAg
Wow! Big jump overnight. It looks like we've brought in enough donations that between my "baby gift" to treesap and my promise to donate an additional $50 for each $1500 raised, I'm on the hook for another $600. Obviously we need to set loftier goals next year, or at least focus on new money and new donors.

Let's keep those donations coming! Go Aggies!!


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USUFans Challenge BBSF 2012

Posted: April 26th, 2012, 9:27 am
by BigVBAg
GeoAg wrote:Another question...Do we know if the current total for the whole BBSF on givezooks includes donations made prior to the time the fund drive began? I paid BBSF for my season tix a few months ago and was just wondering.
I can't say for sure that the total has been updated correctly, but the fund drive totals include donations made prior to the drive that were paid with your season ticket renewal, for example.


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Re: USUFans Challenge BBSF 2012

Posted: April 29th, 2012, 9:26 pm
by treesap32
What a great week for Aggie Athletics this past week has been! We had 3 football players get drafted to the NFL, we unveiled a new logo and branding colors including amazing Nike uniforms, and now we're hearing more rumors that we will be joining the Mountain West Conference!

The BBSF fund drive is more crucial now that ever! We've done amazing thus far raising over $17,000 with more to come on Monday (weekend donations), and I think we can do even better. Let's support our student athletes and help bring Utah State athletics to a new level equivalent to all the other upgrades we have been seeing!

Re: USUFans Challenge BBSF 2012

Posted: May 1st, 2012, 9:13 am
by treesap32
With a few new donations, we are getting closer to our goal of $20,000!

I was also happy to see that several users have committed to upping their donations if we are officially announced as members of the MWC. There is no better time than now to go "ALL IN" and support Aggie Athletics.

For good measure I've added a few more prizes as incentives to beat our original (updated) goal!

Guaranteed Awards
$2,500 donated - Michael Smith Autographed Rookie Card
$3,000 donated - Bobby Wagner Autographed Sr. Bowl Card
$3,500 donated - Robert Turbin Autographed Rookie Card
$4,000 donated - Robert Turbin Autographed Rookie Card
$4,500 donated - Nate Williams 1974 Card (NBA)
$5,000 donated - Marv Roberts 1974 Card (NBA)
$6,000 donated - Cornell Green 1975 Card (NFL)
$7,000 donated - Shaler Halimon 1970 Rookie Card (NBA)
$8,000 donated - Merlin Olsen 1975 Card (NFL)
$9,000 donated - Nate Williams 1976 Card (NBA - Jazz Uniform)
$10,000 donated - Cornell Green 1964 Rookie Card (NFL)
$11,000 donated - Kevin Robinson 2008 Rookie Card (NFL)
$12,000 donated - Michael Smith "Silver" Rookie Card
$13,000 donated - Michael Smith "Gold" Rookie Card
$14,000 donated - Shaler Halimon 1970 Rookie Card (NBA)
$15,000 donated - Kevin Robinson Autographed Rookie Card (numbered 2/5)

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Up Next
$20,000 donated - Merlin Olsen 1964 Rookie Card & $30 Locker42 Gift Card

$22,500 donated - Merlin Olsen 1969 Card
$25,000 donated - Chris Cooley Rookie Card
$27,500 donated - Michael Smith Autographed Rookie Card
$30,000 donated - Kevin Curtis Autographed Rookie Card

Re: USUFans Challenge BBSF 2012

Posted: May 1st, 2012, 2:30 pm
by treesap32
New video from the BBSF.

We have a rich history here at Utah State. Let's continue it and support our student athletes!

[youtube][/youtube]

Re: USUFans Challenge BBSF 2012

Posted: May 2nd, 2012, 6:26 pm
by TheAKAggie
Checks in the mail!

Re: USUFans Challenge BBSF 2012

Posted: May 3rd, 2012, 4:51 pm
by treesap32
We did it! We have now raised over $20,000 in donations for the 2012 Big Blue Scholarship Fund Drive! Tremendous work by all those who have donated thus far.

Let's not stop now. This is a new day for Aggie Athletics. With the announcement in the morning that Utah State will be joining the Mountain West Conference, the outlook for our future is brighter than ever. I am personally committing to up my donation after tomorrow's press conference, and I know that many on this message board have done the same.

Let's show how much we appreciate the efforts of all those involved in bringing us to the next level, and put our money where our mouth is.

Now is the time! I can't wait!

Re: USUFans Challenge BBSF 2012

Posted: May 3rd, 2012, 4:52 pm
by mr swaggie
20,475!!! Awesome. That's a ton.

Re: USUFans Challenge BBSF 2012

Posted: May 3rd, 2012, 5:30 pm
by BigVBAg
The next 7 days represent the fourth and final week of the fund drive. Let's keep the donations coming so we can "win the 4th". Go Aggies!

Re: USUFans Challenge BBSF 2012

Posted: May 6th, 2012, 9:12 am
by BigVBAg
It's so great that we've passed $25,000! Thanks to all who have made donations. Can we make it $30k? In order for the donations to be counted as part of the drive, they need to be in by approximately 4pm MDT on Thursday, May 10th. Go Aggies!

Re: USUFans Challenge BBSF 2012

Posted: May 7th, 2012, 10:55 am
by treesap32
We received several donations over the weekend bringing us to a total of $25,685! Several of these were repeat donations from people who have already donated, but we did receive one new donation this weekend as well.

So far we have had donations from 31 users, with an additional 7 repeat donations from certain users.

Let's keep this going and reach $30K before the end of the drive on Thursday!

Re: USUFans Challenge BBSF 2012

Posted: May 10th, 2012, 9:26 am
by treesap32
We received a few last minute donations over the last 24 hours and we're now up to $26,535! Remember, today is the last day to donate. Let's try to reach our goal of $30,000! There's an autographed Kevin Curtis rookie card waiting if we do!

Here are the stats so far:
Total donated: $26,535
Number of donations: 47
Number of unique donors: 39
Repeat donations (after MWC announcement): 8
Number of guaranteed prizes to be awarded at end of drive: 19 (21 if we reach $30K)

Here's a breakdown of the potential prizes:

Guaranteed Awards
$2,500 donated - Michael Smith Autographed Rookie Card
$3,000 donated - Bobby Wagner Autographed Sr. Bowl Card
$3,500 donated - Robert Turbin Autographed Rookie Card
$4,000 donated - Robert Turbin Autographed Rookie Card
$4,500 donated - Nate Williams 1974 Card (NBA)
$5,000 donated - Marv Roberts 1974 Card (NBA)
$6,000 donated - Cornell Green 1975 Card (NFL)
$7,000 donated - Shaler Halimon 1970 Rookie Card (NBA)
$8,000 donated - Merlin Olsen 1975 Card (NFL)
$9,000 donated - Nate Williams 1976 Card (NBA - Jazz Uniform)
$10,000 donated - Cornell Green 1964 Rookie Card (NFL)
$11,000 donated - Kevin Robinson 2008 Rookie Card (NFL)
$12,000 donated - Michael Smith "Silver" Rookie Card
$13,000 donated - Michael Smith "Gold" Rookie Card
$14,000 donated - Shaler Halimon 1970 Rookie Card (NBA)
$15,000 donated - Kevin Robinson Autographed Rookie Card (numbered 2/5)
$20,000 donated - Merlin Olsen 1964 Rookie Card & $30 Locker42 Gift Card
$22,500 donated - Merlin Olsen 1969 Card
$25,000 donated - Chris Cooley Rookie Card

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Up Next

$27,500 donated - Michael Smith Autographed Rookie Card
$30,000 donated - Kevin Curtis Autographed Rookie Card

Re: USUFans Challenge BBSF 2012 - $27,635 Raised!

Posted: May 11th, 2012, 1:42 pm
by treesap32
It's all over folks!! What a success this year! We have raised $27,635 in donations from the members of this message board alone! We broke several goals along the way and blew my expectations out of the water! Can't wait until next year to try to beat our record!

Thank you to everyone who donated. I'm working with the BBSF folks to see how many new donors we had, but I suspect we had at least 15-20. Tremendous work everyone!

Here are the final stats for what we achieved with the USUFans Challenge:
Total donated: $27,635
Number of donations: 54
Number of unique donors: 46
Repeat donations (after MWC announcement): 8
Number of guaranteed prizes to be awarded at end of drive: 20

Here's a breakdown of the prizes:

Guaranteed Awards
$2,500 donated - Michael Smith Autographed Rookie Card
$3,000 donated - Bobby Wagner Autographed Sr. Bowl Card
$3,500 donated - Robert Turbin Autographed Rookie Card
$4,000 donated - Robert Turbin Autographed Rookie Card
$4,500 donated - Nate Williams 1974 Card (NBA)
$5,000 donated - Marv Roberts 1974 Card (NBA)
$6,000 donated - Cornell Green 1975 Card (NFL)
$7,000 donated - Shaler Halimon 1970 Rookie Card (NBA)
$8,000 donated - Merlin Olsen 1975 Card (NFL)
$9,000 donated - Nate Williams 1976 Card (NBA - Jazz Uniform)
$10,000 donated - Cornell Green 1964 Rookie Card (NFL)
$11,000 donated - Kevin Robinson 2008 Rookie Card (NFL)
$12,000 donated - Michael Smith "Silver" Rookie Card
$13,000 donated - Michael Smith "Gold" Rookie Card
$14,000 donated - Shaler Halimon 1970 Rookie Card (NBA)
$15,000 donated - Kevin Robinson Autographed Rookie Card (numbered 2/5)
$20,000 donated - Merlin Olsen 1964 Rookie Card & $30 Locker42 Gift Card
$22,500 donated - Merlin Olsen 1969 Card
$25,000 donated - Chris Cooley Rookie Card
$27,500 donated - Michael Smith Autographed Rookie Card


The only goal we didn't reach was the $30,000 for a Kevin Curtis Autographed Rookie Card. I'll have to keep that one or save it for next year's drive. :)

I will be holding a drawing tomorrow to determine who wins the prizes. I have had a couple people request to be excluded from the prizes, which is completely fine. If you donated and would like to be excluded from the prizes please send me a private message and I will exclude you.

I plan on filming the drawing and posting it on youtube to create a little drama and suspense. Let me know if anyone has a problem with this, or has other ideas on how to do it.

Once again, thank you all for your tremendous support. I know that this effort has REALLY raised some eye-brows of the higher-up members of the athletics department which is a very good thing in my opinion.

Re: USUFans Challenge BBSF 2012 - $27,635 Raised!

Posted: May 11th, 2012, 2:50 pm
by BigVBAg
I want to take this opportunity to thank treesap32 for putting the "USUFans.com Challenge" together this year. It was great to see so many contributions this year. Thanks to all who donated. You are truly great Aggies!

One last item of note, I want to congratulate treesap for making the "Top 5 All-Star Team" for week 4 of the fund drive. He was also Rookie of the Week. Congratulations and thanks again for all your efforts!

Re: USUFans Challenge BBSF 2012 - $27,635 Raised!

Posted: May 11th, 2012, 3:56 pm
by treesap32
Thanks BigVBAg, and thank you for your generous pledges at the start of the drive. I know several members contributed because of that.

Re: USUFans Challenge BBSF 2012 - $27,635 Raised!

Posted: May 11th, 2012, 5:21 pm
by GeoAg
Awesome job sap! Hope we can bust through 30k next year!

Re: USUFans Challenge BBSF 2012 - $27,635 Raised!

Posted: May 11th, 2012, 6:29 pm
by Aglicious
Yes, thank you treesap for all your efforts. This was no small task and you were the man!!

:notworthy: :golfclap: :golfclap: :notworthy:

Many thanks for something that truly made a difference. :thanks:

Re: USUFans Challenge BBSF 2012 - $27,635 Raised!

Posted: May 11th, 2012, 8:08 pm
by AggieSports
Treesap - you Rock! The Aggies are better because of you! You have truely "met the challange"!

Image

Photo credit to a great friend and true Aggie taken a couple months ago...

Re: USUFans Challenge BBSF 2012 - $27,635 Raised!

Posted: May 11th, 2012, 8:23 pm
by AgMan21
AggieSports wrote:Treesap - you Rock! The Aggies are better because of you! You have truely "met the challange"!

Image

Photo credit to a great friend and true Aggie taken a couple months ago...
This. Is. Awesome.

Re: USUFans Challenge BBSF 2012 - $27,635 Raised!

Posted: May 11th, 2012, 8:31 pm
by AggieSports
The actual picture isn't cut off on the right. It really is amazing.

Re: USUFans Challenge BBSF 2012 - $27,635 Raised!

Posted: May 12th, 2012, 9:05 pm
by treesap32
Well folks, with the help of my 4-year old daughter Mia, we held a drawing for the 20 prizes today. I filmed it and uploaded a video of it just for fun in case anyone wants to see all the prizes and the names drawn for each of them. I will warn you that it is 10 minutes long, but it might be kind of cool to see all the cards and stuff or to be able to watch it to see if you won a prize. I'll post a spoiler below in a few minutes with a list of all the winners in case you don't want to waste your time watching the video. But in the meantime here you go:

[youtube][/youtube]

Thanks again everyone! You are all the best!!

Re: USUFans Challenge BBSF 2012 - $27,635 Raised!

Posted: May 12th, 2012, 9:46 pm
by usu99
where did you get all this stuff?????????????? cool!

Re: USUFans Challenge BBSF 2012 - $27,635 Raised!

Posted: May 12th, 2012, 10:30 pm
by AgMac
YES!!! I think everyone will agree that we cannot thank you enough, treesap, for all of your efforts.

Re: USUFans Challenge BBSF 2012 - $27,635 Raised!

Posted: May 12th, 2012, 10:43 pm
by ProvoAggie
usu99 wrote:where did you get all this stuff?????????????? cool!
Our sponsor Locker 42 provided the gift card and the wonderful treesap 32 provided pretty much everything else.

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Re: USUFans Challenge BBSF 2012 - $27,635 Raised!

Posted: May 12th, 2012, 10:44 pm
by Aglicious
Woohoo, winner winner chicken dinner!

Thanks Mia!!! (He IS frowning) lol

Again, awesome job with everything treesap.

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Re: USUFans Challenge BBSF 2012 - $27,635 Raised!

Posted: May 12th, 2012, 11:18 pm
by CodingAggieBlue
I'd also like to thank treesap. I've never seen such a concerted effort on any other fan-forum. Ever. I'm always amazed at the ways that Aggie Nation is able to pull together. Well done Aggies, and well done treesap for organize things on this board. Also, tell Mia "thank you" for helping out. She did a very good job.

Re: USUFans Challenge BBSF 2012 - $27,635 Raised!

Posted: May 12th, 2012, 11:29 pm
by treesap32
SPOILER ALERT:

For those that don't want to watch the video, I'm going to list all the winners below...

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$2,500 donated - Michael Smith Autographed Rookie Card - lisraelb
$3,000 donated - Bobby Wagner Autographed Sr. Bowl Card - bigbluebaby
$3,500 donated - Robert Turbin Autographed Rookie Card - AgMac
$4,000 donated - Robert Turbin Autographed Rookie Card - claym
$4,500 donated - Nate Williams 1974 Card (NBA) - Empire of Dirt
$5,000 donated - Marv Roberts 1974 Card (NBA) - Rabidchild
$6,000 donated - Cornell Green 1975 Card (NFL) - Agman21
$7,000 donated - Shaler Halimon 1970 Rookie Card (NBA) - ChowderAggie
$8,000 donated - Merlin Olsen 1975 Card (NFL) - tetonaggie
$9,000 donated - Nate Williams 1976 Card (NBA - Jazz Uniform) - newhouse9
$10,000 donated - Cornell Green 1964 Rookie Card (NFL) - DCS
$11,000 donated - Kevin Robinson 2008 Rookie Card (NFL) - ProfessorChaos
$12,000 donated - Michael Smith "Silver" Rookie Card - Aglicious
$13,000 donated - Michael Smith "Gold" Rookie Card - robertb
$14,000 donated - Shaler Halimon 1970 Rookie Card (NBA) - TheAKAggie
$15,000 donated - Kevin Robinson Autographed Rookie Card (numbered 2/5) - OKAggie
$20,000 donated - Merlin Olsen 1964 Rookie Card & $30 Locker42 Gift Card - NC_Aggie
$22,500 donated - Merlin Olsen 1969 Card - SFDrifter
$25,000 donated - Chris Cooley Rookie Card - greenvilleAggie
$27,500 donated - Michael Smith Autographed Rookie Card - buckfever

Everyone who donated gets a Robert Turbin rookie card. The top 32 donors also get a Michael Smith rookie card.

Re: USUFans Challenge BBSF 2012 - $27,635 Raised!

Posted: May 13th, 2012, 1:45 am
by QuackAttackAggie
Who won the season tickets you promised? You said youd provide ten groups of four for both football and basketball

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