thoughts and pics from the game, etc. pics came out much worse then i was hoping for. only half look decent...
1) atmosphere in ames was horrible before game. like lincoln but much, much worse. a lot of places around hilton weren't open and the place we went to (some bar below the pizza pit) was less then stellar.
2) hilton and their fans were pretty bad. about 70% capacity. the only
magic was the halftime show of these folks...
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/200324/quick_change_artists/ . i had to lol very much at this as an isu fan who went to the game w/ us was all "ooooooh, i think this is "quick change" i really like them!"
really? quick change? you "like them?" hahahahahaha. anyway...crowd was very, very, very quiet.
3) whatever happened to DK (blood etc) caused the isu fans to boo him as he left the court. kinda odd. dunno if i've seen an injured player get booed before but 'grats to isu fans. i've heard rumors...but they really do boo better than we do

4) concession thoughts...they have the weirdest single concession option i've ever seen (pics below of random isu fan muching away). it's called a "walking taco" and it is a medium sized "snack size" bag of doritos with the top half of the bag cut off. they then crunch the doritos up and pour taco meat, cheese, etc and sell it for five bucks. you eat it w/ a fork. franking weird.
also of note. the popcorn sucked ballz. also, depending on which concession place you bought the popcorn from...it was either three bucks or four bucks. same size, same everything, one dollar different. also pop was served in both the fountain and...get this....can variety (pic below). who still sells cans?
also, iowa loves hyvee almost as much as they love cheese curds and looking ugly. they had a couple of hyvee stands in hilton where you could get a hyvee sandwich, etc. weird.
5) pics...most of the ones i took sucked. here is a sampling...
governors mansion. apparently the guy is a dick fwiw.

walking into hilton. lots of cement ugly buildings on their campus.

pic from my seat. you can see the retired jerseys on the right. lots of white people but no marcus fizer. dunno why.

aforementioned unknown isu person sitting next to us eating a "walking taco"

popcan machine. lol...cans.
