An Email campaign by Oregon Duck Fans to gain a spot in the BCS Fiesta Bowl for the University of Oregon Duck football team. The Email is as Follows:
Hello Oregon Duck football fans and friends of Pac 10 conference,
We are part of a group of loyal Duck fans asking you to support a grassroots campaign for an invitation to the 2006 Fiesta Bowl.
The key to the campaign is establishing Nov. 29 as Tostitos Tuesday – A fiesta for the mouth, a Fiesta Bowl for the Ducks
We ask that fans on that day buy Tostitos products to show your support for an invitation to the Oregon Duck football team to the 35th annual Tostitos Fiesta Bowl in Tempe. Here is a list of Tostitos products from the company's website: http://www.tostitos.com/products.php
You have been sent this email to help promote this grassroots effort.
This campaign is being done without the knowledge of the University of Oregon Athletic Department, the university, the Pac 10 office or Tostitos. It is solely the idea of a group of Oregon fans who feel this special season needs a special ending.
The Ducks are coming off an historic season, finishing with a 10-1 record, losing only to the top-ranked Trojans. It represents the best turnaround season in some 70 years, bouncing back from a year-earlier record of 5-6. It also included the coming together of a team that lost its leader, Kellen Clemens, to a leg injury. But backup sophomore quarterbacks led the Ducks to wins in the last three games, culminating with a 56-14 whomping of the Oregon State Beavers.
What has made this season so special is the "chemistry" that has developed between the players, the coaches and staff. That chemistry, along with mentoring and leaders stepping up, have brought this team to new heights.
Further supporting our bid to the Fiesta Bowl, the Ducks are known to "travel well" to bowl games, ensuring a full house at the stadium (our 2002 Fiesta Bowl against Colorado attracted 74,118 fans) and filling up surrounding hotels and motels.
Our participation in the Fiesta Bowl also will help the bowl's TV partner, ABC, achieve its goal of having teams from different regions of the country. When the Ducks appeared in the 2002 Fiesta Bow, hammering Colorado, 38-16, the game drew a TV rating of 11.3. By comparison, Ohio State's 2004 victory over Kansas State drew an 8.5 rating by Nielsen.
Our request is simple: Help us get the word out that Nov. 29 will be Tostitos Tuesday-- A fiesta for the mouth, a Fiesta Bowl for the Ducks. Help publicize this activity, and our unflagging efforts to get a bid to the 2006 Fiesta Bowl.
This email is the creation of members from the Yahoo group GoDucks. It sole purpose is the promotion of the University of Oregon by it's fans. Please forward this email to people you think will try to help the Ducks get to the Fiesta Bowl, http://www.tostitosfiestabowl.com/ and when you buy your products on Tuesday try to let your Store Manager know what's happening and ask him to be a voice for you with his distrubuter and the Tostitos Corperate office. Thank you for your support.
Go DUCKS
