‘23 Tailgate Tour
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As usual...the tour completely ignores southern Iowa. They used to go to the casino in Osceola and now...nothing.
I vote Red Barn in Melrose/Green Acres, that should bring the southern Iowa out of everyone on the tour.
i think it is sort of hard to get too much variation, it needs to be big enough to hold at least a couple of hundred people even for the lunch ones and from looking at the pictures maybe a few hundred to a thousand(?) for the evenings. I know at the lunch ones food is available for purchase but not sure how much the place is guaranteed for the stop or if it is mainly Cyclone sponsors that provide the venue, I'm pretty sure that is the case in some of the noon ones just because of where they are held.
Looking forward to bringing my kids to this for the first time, in Cedar Rapids!
Midcrest Cyclone Club was host for the “Outings” in Creston’s Elks Club & then moved to Osceola’s Casino. 200 attended in Creston for a steak dinner & then 300 @ the Casino’s buffet. Johnny Orr & Jim Walden rotated as featured speakers in Creston and McDermott & McCarney in Osceola. We presented the AD with $5,000+ donation after the event. At the time, they held 15 or so of these events and the Head Coaches and Staffs hated doing them. When Jamie came in, he looked at the time devoted and monetary return and changed the format. Money talks and the format had seen its day. Side note: A coach made some embarrassing comments and I personally drove to Ames and handed the check to Gene Smith with an apology stating that our Club did not reflect that mindset. He thanked me and that was the end of it.
meters run until six as well.
Hoping to make it but son has baseball practice in Marion at 6 so it won't be for long after dropping him off.
I remember those events quite well and I and some friends attended those in Osceola. The coaches were very amiable and seemed to enjoy the interactions with the fans. It would be interesting to see what drives the events now...if it's money then it's not about the fans at all which these things should be.
Pollard has been pretty up front that the new (that aren't really that new) are events to help bring in new fans and get kids invested. The old events were pretty insulated and it was the same, mostly old people every year. While I am sure that it was fun for the people that attended those events, it is probably more important that young people and young families feel connected to the athletic program. I doubt the Tailgate Tour is making Iowa State any real money.
The other thing that is different is TJ and Matt are quite different than Johnny and Jim. First, neither one seems especially super interested in attending a bunch of separate country club type events. They have young families. Johnny and Jim enjoyed the events. Do you think Matt and TJ would? So this way, they commit to 6 days in the spring where they have to show up and pose for pictures, play a dumb game that we'll all watch on Twitter, and probably be pretty miserable, but it is only 6 days.
Did anyone in the metro make it out to the RecPlex last night?
I was surprised that the crowd was a little lighter than I expected. Thought for sure it would be packed.
We did get a nice picture with TJ.
The line to Campbell wasn't bad but I had kids with me that didn't want to wait in line anymore.
I was surprised that the crowd was a little lighter than I expected. Thought for sure it would be packed.
We did get a nice picture with TJ.
The line to Campbell wasn't bad but I had kids with me that didn't want to wait in line anymore.
