*****Bucknell vs Iowa Game Thread*****
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IMHO, he will end up being a solid big. He moves pretty well for someone that big and he just needs time. He's a true freshman so I don't expect him to be great out of the gate, but we certainly need help inside.
I'm sure Izzo was as concerned showing Oakland a lesson that he deemed necessary to welcome Ben to the league.
He is, but he's a good passer. They can run the offense through him at the high post.
All it takes is $$$! Lots of $$$. Maybe 9k folks attended yesterday and tix were $30-90 a pop…(beers were only $14/ beer. )
To get a more major opponent in will take more “bait” to get them to DSM....Bucknell has a player who played ball at Valley/WDM a couple of years ago.
I think the playing a game in DSM annually is a good idea but it ain’t cheap!
Thanks for the report. It just blows my mind what attending these games costs now. With revenue sharing coming that will make the revenue side even more challenging. I trust Beth to figure out how to make the annual Des Moines game more appealing.
The arena charges what they charge. U of I sports is not some damn non-profit charity. It’s a nice facility. DSM is lucky to have it and needs to support it. The folks in charge are pretty aggressive in persuing events and bringing a variety of talent to the arena. It all costs money. There are some things you just cannot cut costs and persevere.
The fact is this stuff costs money! A lot more than it used too.
Golf balls cost $55-60/ dozen. Putters cost $450! Drivers over $600! Cars cost $30k for little more than basic transportation. Bob Dylan told me 60 years ago, “ the times they are a Changin’!” He was right.
I live as a senior on a small fixed income and see older people all around me who struggle financially. I saved as much as I could in my working years while I watched people I worked with spend every dime they made. I manage ok now but it didn't come easy. Feel really fortunate seeing what people deal with now with everything getting so expensive.
Anybody who thinks spending $450 on a putter is going to make them a better golfer deserves to be struggling.
The same for a $600 driver but I don’t set the prices… and obviousky, someone is paying them.
IMO, the offense was a bit of a mess back then when they were forcing virtually every possession through Stirtz and MSU was the 3rd straight sub-par offensive performance. Credit BM for making the necessary adjustments.