My take, Missouri

Tremendous energy and intensity for 40 minutes. That’s the blueprint. Frank Martin said his Wildcats played as hard against Oklahoma, but shots just didn’t fall.

Not much to gripe about.

This post was intended to be brief, anyway. But I’ve stumbled into a pair of tickets and a parking pass for the remaining games at Bramlage – except for KU, of course – and I want to give them away to whoever is interested.

Free tickets, people. In this economy, that’s a heck of a deal.

But there’s a catch – I want to be entertained. Tell me why you deserve these tickets, or why I should give them to you, or what you’ll do with them once you have them, or anything that might make me chuckle. Use the section field below to respond, and also list which game you’re most interested in, followed by your second choice, etc.

Be creative.

26 Comments

  1. montywildcat
    Posted January 29, 2009 at 4:28 pm | Permalink

    You should give me tickets to a game because I’ve posted in the past, and have been an avid reader of your blog since its inception. If you give me the tickets to the Colorado or Nebraska game, I will author a post-game report for your blog featuring the SLTH nature of the head coach.

  2. Posted January 29, 2009 at 5:21 pm | Permalink

    Jeff my good man, ‘member when I always e-mail you about stuff and you’re always, “(old man voice) relax” and I’m always, “PFFFTTT YOU RELAX!” and then it’s always “(both of us) LOLs”. That’s what I’m like at ACTUAL games. Everyone around me loves it (trust me). Also, I will bring mrs. dave and she shares her popcorn ($3 bag) with pretty much anyone who doesn’t have their own popcorn. These are just a couple reasons why I am the perfect recipient of the KU tickets as well as the CU tickets.

    Your BFF,
    steve dave
    XOXOXO

  3. ttuttle
    Posted January 29, 2009 at 5:22 pm | Permalink

    I would like tickets to the Nebraska game on Feb. 28 (Colorado is second choice).

    I was in high school during the 86-87 and 87-88 teams. So, when I was shooting around on the basketball court, it was in emulation of Richmond’s play.

    “Richmond drives left, stops, jumper, score!”

    He really was my sports idol growing up, and I would love to see his jersey retired at the half-time ceremonies. Plus, I would like to take my daughter to the game so she understands how important Mitch Richmond was to K-State basketball. And later, when I tell her to watch how Mitch could do a jump stop (in old highlights), she understands why it’s important to me and she can have a very high caliber player to emulate.

  4. Kst8Dan
    Posted January 29, 2009 at 5:40 pm | Permalink

    Jmart
    I would like tickets to either the Nebraska or Colorado games if they are not spoken for yet. I would like to use them as a send off gift for my brother-in-law who is stationed at Fort Riley and will soon be deployed to Iraq. He and I are HUGE KSU fans and it would be great to do something like this for him before he leaves to serve our country.

  5. pghzac
    Posted January 29, 2009 at 6:32 pm | Permalink

    I will take tickets to the Nub game,because not only I am great company for a game, you also get to fly me out on your dime. I believe the word you all are looking for is, shoe-in.

  6. gunnar1073
    Posted January 29, 2009 at 7:19 pm | Permalink

    3 words: Buffalo Wild Wings

    Also you can take a load off, cuz next weeks K-Stated is on me….

    Nebraska Baby

  7. ChrisWatkins91
    Posted January 29, 2009 at 8:26 pm | Permalink

    Hey J-mart! Good to hear from you again! I would love to be in attendence to the Kansas State vs. Nebraska game to witness two great players have their jerseys retired! I think I “deserve” these tickets because I have been an avid reader of this blog and my buddy and I love Kansas State athletics. Also, if you give me the tickets, Ill take you out to dinner in Aggieville and we can talk about whatever you want, then we can go to Varney’s and we’ll get matching t-shirts. How does that sound? Thank you J-Mart! Go Cats!

  8. ChrisWatkins91
    Posted January 29, 2009 at 8:28 pm | Permalink

    Oh geez, this is going to look bad but i ALMOST forgot. Me friend and I live in Lawrence and are on a Wildcat crusade. Its tough to make it to games and it’d be a great opportunity to take you out to dinner and discuss what its like to be a wildcat in Jayhawk land! Go Cats!

  9. Turnksu
    Posted January 29, 2009 at 8:43 pm | Permalink

    J-Mart,

    I would like tickets to the Colorado game because I know Scott Paske. Not the real reason, but worth the try. How about because I will get teary eyed for DK on Senior Day. Not really, but what the heck.

  10. mwn
    Posted January 29, 2009 at 9:16 pm | Permalink

    Jeff,
    You want to be entertained, huh? You know that guy on Letterman who wears an earpiece and says whatever Dave tells him to say to people? Imagine the possibilities at Bramlage. You want me to walk up to Wefald and introduce myself as a rep for the biodefense people and be like “Sorry, man, but Obama decided to cut the project. We’re not coming after all.”? I’m on it. You want me to alert Frank everytime the defense changes? FRANK! IT’S A ZONE, FRANK! ZONE! 3-2! 3-2, FRANK! You got it. You want me to drag Austin Meek to center court (in the middle of the game) and place him in a figure-four leglock? Done and done. You give me the tickets, and I will give you comedy gold.

  11. mama_sayz
    Posted January 29, 2009 at 9:52 pm | Permalink

    Well J
    I’d like to have the tics to ANY of the games that you might have available. I think I deserve it them because I have not complained about you not posting my “BAG”… I am very hospitable…and I never once asked you if you still wear the same baseball cap (unlike some NBA players i happen to know)! lol! If i won them I would donate them to to the Manhattan Boy N Girls club to give the opportunity to someone who might not ever get the chance to attend a game at all. Besides there annual fund-raiser is coming up and that would a great way for them to raise some $$$!

  12. doom
    Posted January 29, 2009 at 11:55 pm | Permalink

    Here are my qualifications:
    1) I’m the doom sign guy (pretty much all you need)
    2) I creeped out Winter’s grandpa
    3) I once made king square in 4-square

    I won’t rub your feet or sponge bathe you like the rest of these guys so I know I’m pretty much at the rear of the pack here in getting the tickets. But I’m the doom sign guy. I make you feel better about yourself just by simply letting you realize that hey, “at least I’m not that guy!” EMAW, Jeffery Martin. EMAW!!!!1!!!!

    I’d like NU or CU. I’ll be less hungover for the CU game so those can be #1 choice.

  13. sys
    Posted January 30, 2009 at 3:35 am | Permalink

    you should give them to fff. he deserves them more than anyone.

  14. NedSanders
    Posted January 30, 2009 at 7:38 am | Permalink

    J-Mart,

    Obviously I deserve them. And here is why:

    So I jump on a bus in the ICT and make my way up to Manhattan, and I get on as a looper at a course over in the Flint Hills, you know, Colbert Hills. A looper, you know, a caddy, a looper, a jock. So, I tell them I’m a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? Old Ballz, himself. Twelfth uncle of the Weefer’s barber. The flowing robes, the spectacles, the grace, bald… striking. So, I’m on the first tee with him. I give him the driver, after first wiping it down with a Power Towel. He hauls off and whacks one — big hitter, Old Ballz — long, into a ten-thousand foot crevice, right at the base of this enormous paw print sandtrap. And do you know what Old Ballz says? Gunga galunga…gunga — gunga galunga, EMAW! So we finish the eighteenth and he’s gonna stiff me. And I say, “Hey, Old Ballz, hey, how about a little something, you know, perhaps a free hot dog from the AD, for the effort, you know?” And he says, “Oh, uh, there won’t be any money or perishables, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consiousness and a premium membership to GoPowercat.com.” So I got that goin’ for me, which is nice.

    Not only that, but I am quite knowledgeable about Scott Paske’s athletic endeavors and feats of strength. I remember when his father (the head football coach) opted to start Scott as the Varsity QB as a mere 9th grader for the Fightin’ Eureka Tornadoes. Quite a scandal in Greenwood County at the time.

    Finally, I’m a 5th Generation K-Stater and even own a pair of game used trunks worn by Mitch Richmond. I’ll even let you wear them at the downtown YMCA during one of your midday regimines. Obviously, my first pick of games to attend would be the Nebraska game, so Mitch could see me in his shorts. Second choice would be CU.

    Signed,
    Your pal.

  15. BigErn
    Posted January 30, 2009 at 8:21 am | Permalink

    J-Mart,

    I’d love to have either of the tickets, but I think you should give them to ‘KSt8Dan’ so his bother-in-law could go to the gave before being sent off to the desert, and ‘mama sayz’ so she could donate them to a less fortunate at the Boys N Girls club. That would be a lot cooler.

    I…..can’t…….take…..the….pressure………ahhhhhhhhhh!

  16. jhenry
    Posted January 30, 2009 at 9:57 am | Permalink

    I’ll take my daughters to the game with the tickets . . . and they’ve been asking ot go since before the season began :-(

  17. Mcat
    Posted January 30, 2009 at 10:33 am | Permalink

    No laugh in this plea. I want to give them to a co-worker who has given up his passion of the game to focus on his 15 year old daughter who was diagnosed with Leukemia last year. Weekly trips to Omaha has left little time and money for his passion, basketball. No chance at the KU tickets????
    Go Cats.

  18. tk
    Posted January 30, 2009 at 10:44 am | Permalink

    Hey J-Mart. I saw you and walked by you at the Las Vegas Invitational both nights, but didn’t hassle you, bother you or take your picture to paste on my facebook or blog. I did make a deal about seeing you, though, which sort of confused my brother-in-law.

    Anyway, I appreciate your generosity re: the tickets. If you happen to pick me, I would love a pair to the 1. Texas Tech 2. North Carolina Central game. I’m don’t live in the area, but my in-laws do. They’re big Cat fans. You could help me score some brownie points with them by hooking me up.

    You could be the Miss Haversham to my Pip, in a way I guess.

    Love(d) the vlog.

  19. slumpbuster99
    Posted January 30, 2009 at 11:51 am | Permalink

    Jeff – I think you should give me some tickets for a few reasons:

    1. I will raise my glass to the air.
    2. Once I have the tickets, I will proceed to call your brother separated at birth – Mike Tomlin, where he will accompany me to Manhattan.
    3. I won’t need the parking pass because they let me park my moped underneath Bramlage in Krause’s old spot.
    4. I would like the Nebraska tickets because I was once told by a Nub fan that Lil’ Red was actually a midget named Jody inside the costume. I would also like these tickets because I’d like to personally witness Doc Sadler’s head explode.

    P.S. – I’d also take the Colorado game so I could heckle all their players with hyphenated last names.

  20. Pete
    Posted January 30, 2009 at 12:50 pm | Permalink

    My top two choices in games: KU (I am involved in a blood feud with Conner Teahen) and NU (Saturday night game, good for pakr’s)

    Reasons why I am deserving :

    First, I smell terrific. No worries about me offending your “ticket neighbors” with my personal hygiene. I have several very exotic colognes, and I use Gold Bond liberally.

    Second, I will not, under any circumstances, bring my old lady, a child, or any member of some sort of disenfranchised population. I will attend the game with one of several similarly qualified candidates (e.g. Limestone, ‘Clams, Rick D., Sys, Ching, F3, KK, etc.). Anyone requesting tix for the purpose of doing otherwise should be disqualified, IMO. This is the Octagon of freaking Doom, not an Applebee’s.

    Third, and not many people know this about me, but I am currently working on a manuscript for a one-man show for the Purple Masque Theatre about the life and times of Matt Figger. I believe this format will bring an immediacy and reverence to Figger ‘s tale that movies and elaborate stage productions lack. Getting these tickets would allow me to be a first-hand witness to another chapter in this man’s amazing legacy.

  21. Purple_Freak
    Posted January 30, 2009 at 1:38 pm | Permalink

    Why would I like some tickets? I wish I could think of a clever response but I really don’t have one except for the fact that I idolize you man. I have spent many hundreds of dollars for FatHead to custom make me a cut-out of you so that I can hang it above my bed. I told my wife that she would just have to get use to it. I have told all three of my children that I will no longer pay for college unless they major in journalism. I was rather upset when LHCBS scolded you at his return press conference and wrote a rather lengthy letter to him afterwards to let him know that his behavior was completely unacceptable!

    I would be more than honored to accept your tickets for the Nebraska game my second choice would be the Colorado game.

  22. Grover
    Posted January 30, 2009 at 8:39 pm | Permalink

    I would like to go to the CU game. I’ve got a 4 year old and a 7 year old and momma and I need a day trip to restore our sanity. I love my kids but the weather trapping them inside all winter makes them crazy.

    You say you want to be entertained? Hows this entertain you? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aLFmVwbxro Beyonce and Shakira, 2 great tastes that go great TOGETHER!

  23. WildcatLegend
    Posted February 1, 2009 at 4:13 pm | Permalink

    i bring your soul entertainment with a frenetic flow
    my goal is to obtain the tix with a poetic show
    pick me and I will guarantee the bullets below:

    -triple-threat merrieweather will shine at the free throw
    -lines of Chi-O.’s will cry “viva la puerto rico”
    -denny will follow-up his UT masterpiece
    with a no-look oop to left-footed colon, luis
    -bill will put down his blackberry and pay attention
    -frank will shout to the crowded house, “is attendance that hard, bitches?!?”
    -bramlage will morph from an octagon to a nonagon
    -kstate’s torked D will be the envy of the pentagon
    -dozens of clone fans will pine for Julius michalik
    -bryce will whisper to you before an austin meek leak
    -eustachy’s natty light will be served at the concessions
    -wefald will announce his rhoades scholars have ended the recession
    -we’ll witness the first annual “harley night at the bram”
    -sudoku will be featured in the gameday program
    -scott greenawalt will make prince run a bank of stairs
    -mcdermott will wince under the glare of frank’s blank stares
    -fred brown will release a three from below his knees
    -jamsam will leap to become big 12 player of the week
    -in honor of warner, big ben, tomlin and boldin
    kstate will unveil it’s own terrible towel marked with walker’s golden
    -showers of flowers will be pitched to mitch rich
    mond-ay, jmart will crown me because of this contest I clinched

    when I win the tickets of another kstated competition
    i will hand them over to kst8dan prior to the Iraqi mission
    his brother-in-law deservers them more than you or me
    besides, he might want to apply to be the next purple AD.

  24. doom
    Posted February 1, 2009 at 10:26 pm | Permalink

    To WL,

    You’ve got no rythm,
    You’ve got no flow
    You’ve got no tickets
    Or loaded chos’

    If you’re lucky
    you just might
    Got some tickets
    To see Pat Knight.

    The gon might feel a little Hostile
    When baby knights ejected for protectin Voskuil.
    But dont you boo
    And don’t you roar
    Cause Clemente is good for 44.

  25. cbayne05
    Posted February 2, 2009 at 11:17 am | Permalink

    I have a tattoo of a Powercat eating a jayhawk on my shoulder. My 5 year old son and I painted our bellies with VS (Vanessa Stewart) for the osu game last year. I wear a big purple pimp hat at the games. If I win, I will take my son. Last year, at a timeout, my son yelled “Go back to Oklahoma” at the osu players in the huddle. We were in the 3rd row (miracle seat) right behind their bench. You should have seen the players’ faces. If we win, we will represent well. We prefer the cu game. Go State!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  26. WildcatLegend
    Posted February 2, 2009 at 11:32 am | Permalink

    doom, my dude, is that your best poetry?
    why would you come at me and entry number 23?
    oh, I forgot, imitation is the highest form of flattery
    try to keep up, try to copy, have a peek at my recipe
    i’ll do this all day, I’m like, a rechargeable battery
    you can’t rewind time and hatch a new strategy
    you had your chance, so don’t lash out at me
    your special sign may be a hit with your message board dweebs
    but your first plea for the freebies fell short, it was weak
    go recruit your cyber friends and come back for round three
    this is way more fun than espn’s rivalry week
    work on your spelling, grammar, and bring some intensity
    rehearse your verse before you post it for all to see