<p>Hey Everyone,</p>
<p>I'm a graduate student journalist at Berkeley, and I'm working on a group multimedia project that has the potential to be published by a national media outlet. We're trying to gauge the effects that the recent success of Cal's football team has had on admissions, applications, alumni giving, and academic revenue. Research has shown that when teams are on national television a lot, or win a national championship, their schools' admissions applications ALWAYS go up.</p>
<p>So, is there anyone out there (particularly out of state) who saw Cal on tv last season and thought, "Hey, that wouldn't be a bad place to go to school"? Or maybe you were on the fence about where to go, and just happened to decide upon a school that had the better football program?</p>
<p>If any of this applies to you, please feel free to email me, or else post your responses here. You don't have to be going to Berkeley to respond (in fact I'm interested in the general trend), however Berkeley is the focus of this particular article.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>