The Iowa State athletic department has a new deal...for $99 you can get Cyclone tickets to games against Iowa, North Dakota State, and Colorado. This is much less desperate than the Applebees mini pack from last year. Just the rivalry game was priced at $92. So that makes the North Dakota State and Colorado games $3.50 a piece. I don't think it gets much cheaper than that.
The mini game package is available because Iowa returned 1,200 tickets back to Iowa State. It's kind of surprising to me considering last year Kinnick was sold out for this game. Though, you can purchase tickets to games against Northwestern or Minnesota (much more important games) for only $52 dollars, so I can understand why Hawkeye fans didn't want to dish out the extra $40 to sit in Jack Trice Stadium.
It will be interesting to see how this impacts ticket sales and ultimately the gate receipt. Iowa and Iowa State have a deal that the visitor gets 20% of the revenue from this game. For last year's game, Iowa State got a check for $616,383.48. That's nearly twice as much than the $330,389 Iowa received for playing in Ames in 2007. I suspect that the pay check for Iowa this year will be even worse. What a bad deal Iowa got itself into. At least the contract is changing. I believe starting in 2013, the home team will get to keep the money from the ticket sales.
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Links For Iowa - July 17, 2009
Iowa Related
Jeff Brinson Primed For Bigger Role
Wow! Brinson ran for 1.985 yards his senior season. That's almost 2 whole yards. And who is this Jules Hampton? Okay, I'll give the guy a break. I'm sure he doesn't follow Iowa football too much down in Florida. Anyway, there are some good quotes from Brinson and I'm excited to see him play this fall.
McNutt excited about position change
Another article about a player from a local newspaper...this one is on Marvin McNutt. It reiterates what we've been hearing for a while, moving to receiver is a great move for McNutt and he is expected to do good things at his new position.
At least it's college football related
Camp Randall liable for cameraman's death
I had never heard about this before, but apparently before the 2003 Iowa at Wisconsin match up (where Sean Considine broke up John Stocco's pass in the end zone to end the game and preserve a 27-21 victory) a cameraman from ABC was setting up his camera on a platform slipped, and fell to his death.
Not even college football related
Cedar Rapids - The Movie
The very funny Ed Helms is going to star in a new movie called Cedar Rapids. I believe the premiss is the Helms is an insurance salesman that goes to an insurance convention in Cedar rapids and hilarity ensues. The Hlog chimes in on this new movie too and BHGP give a unique take on the movie.
Google Trends #100
Lancaster Barnstormers
The Lancaster Barnstormers are a baseball team and are not nearly as cool as the Iowa Barnstormers, a football team with an awesome helmet (they have printed on goggles...on the helmets).
Jeff Brinson Primed For Bigger Role
Wow! Brinson ran for 1.985 yards his senior season. That's almost 2 whole yards. And who is this Jules Hampton? Okay, I'll give the guy a break. I'm sure he doesn't follow Iowa football too much down in Florida. Anyway, there are some good quotes from Brinson and I'm excited to see him play this fall.
McNutt excited about position change
Another article about a player from a local newspaper...this one is on Marvin McNutt. It reiterates what we've been hearing for a while, moving to receiver is a great move for McNutt and he is expected to do good things at his new position.
At least it's college football related
Camp Randall liable for cameraman's death
I had never heard about this before, but apparently before the 2003 Iowa at Wisconsin match up (where Sean Considine broke up John Stocco's pass in the end zone to end the game and preserve a 27-21 victory) a cameraman from ABC was setting up his camera on a platform slipped, and fell to his death.
Not even college football related
Cedar Rapids - The Movie
The very funny Ed Helms is going to star in a new movie called Cedar Rapids. I believe the premiss is the Helms is an insurance salesman that goes to an insurance convention in Cedar rapids and hilarity ensues. The Hlog chimes in on this new movie too and BHGP give a unique take on the movie.
Google Trends #100
Lancaster Barnstormers
The Lancaster Barnstormers are a baseball team and are not nearly as cool as the Iowa Barnstormers, a football team with an awesome helmet (they have printed on goggles...on the helmets).
Iowa Commits on YouTube
I scoured YouTube today for videos of the current 2010 Iowa football commits. I wasn't able to find videos for everyone, but did uncover a few highlight reels and a few interviews. I am really excited about this class so far. I've never really followed recruiting closely before, but with all the talented guys the Hawks are picking up, it's hard not to be captivated. Anyway, here's the videos I found.
QB/TE/ATH Austin Vier -
OT Andrew Donnal -
MLB Austin Gray -
DE Louis Trinca-Pasat -
OLB James Moris -
QB/TE/ATH Austin Vier -
OT Andrew Donnal -
MLB Austin Gray -
DE Louis Trinca-Pasat -
OLB James Moris -
Links For Iowa - July 16, 2009
Sorry I haven't done one these in a few days. I've been sick with a fever and sore throat and so I haven't been online as much. Anyway, I'll try to get you all caught up today. There have been a few good articles on individual players in the last couple of days.
Iowa Related
ESPN - Consistency the next step for Stanzi
This is a nice little article about Stanzi. I think we all already knew that consistency from Stanzi is the key to Iowa's success this year.
Big Future for Bulaga
Did you know Bryan Bulaga's favorite ice cream is mint chocolate chip? Mine is moose tracks with those little peanut butter cups. Anyway, there are more interesting facts about Bulaga and some talk about him turning pro after this year. Shonn Greene thinks it's a good idea and that Bulaga would do great in the NFL. I'm still hoping he sticks around as the offensive line is already losing enough after this season.
Getz finds a familiar college roomie
Incoming freshman Dakota Getz is currently living with John Wienke. The two know each other from high school, playing in the same conference in Illinois. (Side note: check out the helmets for Getz's high school…look familiar?)
At least it's college football related
Stewart Mandel > COLLEGE FOOTBALL MAILBAG
Mandel talks a little about how defensive are adapting to be smaller and quicker to defend the spread. In doing so, they are becoming more susceptible to the power-run, pro-style offenses. That's exactly what I like to hear. In the Big Ten, as more teams move to the spread, and more defenses try to defend it, it gives me hope that Iowa can come in and just plow over them with a power running attack.
Google Trends #100
Mabinogi Wiki
Mabinogi is some crazy massive multiplayer online role-playing game like World of Warcraft, or all those other nerdy games. It looks like it's got a kind of anime spin on the whole thing. So I guess it is picking up in popularity. It's probably better than that Evony game that I constantly see ads for on this blog.
Iowa Related
ESPN - Consistency the next step for Stanzi
This is a nice little article about Stanzi. I think we all already knew that consistency from Stanzi is the key to Iowa's success this year.
Big Future for Bulaga
Did you know Bryan Bulaga's favorite ice cream is mint chocolate chip? Mine is moose tracks with those little peanut butter cups. Anyway, there are more interesting facts about Bulaga and some talk about him turning pro after this year. Shonn Greene thinks it's a good idea and that Bulaga would do great in the NFL. I'm still hoping he sticks around as the offensive line is already losing enough after this season.
Getz finds a familiar college roomie
Incoming freshman Dakota Getz is currently living with John Wienke. The two know each other from high school, playing in the same conference in Illinois. (Side note: check out the helmets for Getz's high school…look familiar?)
At least it's college football related
Stewart Mandel > COLLEGE FOOTBALL MAILBAG
Mandel talks a little about how defensive are adapting to be smaller and quicker to defend the spread. In doing so, they are becoming more susceptible to the power-run, pro-style offenses. That's exactly what I like to hear. In the Big Ten, as more teams move to the spread, and more defenses try to defend it, it gives me hope that Iowa can come in and just plow over them with a power running attack.
Google Trends #100
Mabinogi Wiki
Mabinogi is some crazy massive multiplayer online role-playing game like World of Warcraft, or all those other nerdy games. It looks like it's got a kind of anime spin on the whole thing. So I guess it is picking up in popularity. It's probably better than that Evony game that I constantly see ads for on this blog.
A couple of smart Hawkeyes
Two Hawkeye football players have earned the Distinguished Scholar Award for maintaining a 3.7 GPA or better during the previous year. Center Josh Koeppel and placekicker Daniel Murray were the 2 Iowa football players awarded. In all, The University of Iowa had 37 student-athletes receive the award. Below is a full list of football nerds, I mean scholars, from each school in the Big Ten. I was expecting Northwestern to top the list, but actually Penn State comes out the winner with 7 Distinguished Scholars.
| School | Scholars |
|---|---|
| Illinois | 1 |
| Indiana | 1 |
| Iowa | 2 |
| Michigan | 3 |
| Michigan State | 3 |
| Minnesota | 4 |
| Northwestern | 4 |
| Ohio State | 6 |
| Penn State | 7 |
| Purdue | 1 |
| Wisconsin | 4 |