Notre Dame Football uses Text

So, I know that most people know that I am obsessed with Notre Dame sports, especially football. My family is from South Bend and its a family thing. If you want to know more, just ask me about it. While searching the Notre Dame athletic website, I saw the transcript of Charlie Weis' press conference from August 30, 2005. Near the end of the interview, the following conversation ocurred between the reporter and Head Coach Charlie Weis.

Q. Text messaging is something that's gotten big in recruiting. How much do you guys use it and can you measure the success?

COACH WEIS: We text every single day, and it is a very, very integral part of recruiting now because it counts as an electronic message rather than a phone call and I would say that we talk to several recruits every single day by text. You know, as a matter of fact, I've had I'm using text to try to set up Thursday because Thursday is the first day that I can start calling people.

So you have the combination of getting ready for Pittsburgh and realizing that September 1 phone calls can start, so I'm trying to set up my little schedule when I can actually pick up that telephone and call them via text.

Q. What types of things do you text?

COACH WEIS: Depends. Quotes sometimes. I give them a little state of the union during the summertime. I sat there at the All Star Game and flat out texted about everyone known to mankind while my kid was saying, "Daddy, aren't you going to watch the game?" Any time you have an opportunity to let the kids know you're thinking of them when they would not think you were thinking of them, you either text them before a game, and then you text them after a game to follow up on what happened.

I'm not going anything that everyone else isn't doing. I just think that it's become just part of what you have to do.

http://und.collegesports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/083005aab.html

I found it very interesting that coaches and universities are using this form of technology to contact possible recruits. Times have really changed since the personal visits to the student's homes, though I'm sure that still does happen. I just thought this would be of some interest to those of you who follow collegiate sports or those who bleed blue and gold like myself!

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Posted by: Katie Riley
Posted on: September 12, 2005 01:23 AM

yeah britt go blue and gold 2-0!!! wahooO!

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