GameDay Rivals in Search of the Ultimate Tailgater-EMMY Winner

by Huddle Productions on February 19, 2010

Gameday Rivals in search of the Ultimate Tailgater signed on for a second season with the Fox Sports Network. This new social media concept was created by 8-time Emmy award winners Jim Knox and Chris Yates who are managing partners of Huddle Productions.
This concept was called the “American Idol” for sports tailgaters. Each week Huddle Productions traveled around the Big XII South to feature tailgaters for a weekly contest.
This new concept created a viral marketing campaign by combining the passion of sports fans with multiple channels like the Fox Sports Network, social sites such as Facebook, YouTube, MySpace, and Twitter plus an aggressive grassroots marketing campaign. It created so much interest that there were  over 3.6 million inernet requests and over 106 video clips that were sent everywhere including some segments airing in Tokyo, Japan.
This season Gameday Rivals will be expanding into other markets.

Gameday Rivals in search of the Ultimate Tailgater just won an EMMY for sports program of the year. The show airs on the Fox Sports Network. This new social media concept was created by 8-time Emmy award winners Jim Knox and Chris Yates who are managing partners of Huddle Productions.

This concept was called the “American Idol” for sports tailgaters. Each week Huddle Productions traveled around college football stadiums searching for ultimate tailgaters and doing stories on their unique rituals.

This new concept created the “best marketing campaign of the year” according to Bud Light executives. This marketing campaign was successful because it combined the passion of sports fans with multiple distribution channels like the Fox Sports Network, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter plus an aggressive grassroots marketing campaign. It created so much interest that there were  over 3.6 million internet requests and over 106 video clips that were sent everywhere including some segments airing in Tokyo, Japan.

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