Side note: the word “house” has a different meaning for various members of the Kansas State media. You see, when asked about Abdul Herrera, Frank Martin would always, at some point, say, “He’s as big as a house.”
Anyway, I need to resolve a couple of things. The winner of the Michael Beasley bobblehead doll is… sys. Sorry, tk, but sys had the winner and the correct margin of victory. In the end, to quote Jon Wefald, it was a judgment call.
So, sys wins, and I know how to get it to you. I’ll give it to Trim.
Also, I came into another pair of tickets to the Colorado and Nebraska games. I asked cbayne05 for proof after reading his comment:
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is what he sent me:
That’s impressive, and his devotion doesn’t end there. To show his support of Clent Stewart when the former K-State guard’s mother died last year after a bout with cancer, this is what he did, dragging his son along as an accomplice:
Well played, sir. You are an inspiration. The Colorado tickets are understandably yours.
Anyone want the Nebraska tickets? Prove how deserving you are.
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Awwww, man!
Congrats to sys. Well played, sir.
Interested to hear your thoughts on the Bryce Brown situation, J-Mart.
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The doom sign behind Ben and Stan’s head was made by me. I’m right up there with ref guy and Construction helmet guy in terms of the upper echelon of ksu fandom. I’m in like the top 5 of all time ksu fan great and the top three of ksu fan great who have never painted their chest hair while wearing a pimp hat. I’m not quite at the pinnacle Robert has achieved tho… (sidenote: I’m annoyed that fandom is not a recognized word on my spellchecker. Also annoyed that sidenote is not considered a compound word, but that spellchecker is fine… But I digress.) (Sidenote to the last sidenote: bonus points should be given for using a Jmart catch phrase.)
Ahhh, what the hell, I’ll take the NU tickets. Give mine to Trim as well. To prove my loyalty I will say that, when we took down Cole Aldrich’s phone number off the site, I PM’d it to everyone, EVERYONE.
those two are just living the life. nothing more needs to be said.
This Trim character is one well-connected dude.
And “Kietz” says cbayne05’s act is kind of tacky.
J-Mart,
I would absoutley love to have the Nebraska tix. I am a true K-Statriot in every sense of the term. Some of my credentials include:
* I am a 5th Genereration K-Stater: My great-great grandfather was a Professor of Botany; My great-grandfather was a Professor of Engineering; My grandfather was a 1913 graduate; My father was a 1964 graduate; My mother was a 1966 graduate; My sister graduated in 1992; I graduated in 1995.
* My first game in Ahearn Fieldhouse was on January 9, 1982 against Western Illinois — Ed Nealy broke the career KSU rebounding record.
* I still have a 1982 KSU football scrapbook I made by pasting photos from the Wichita Eagle-Beacon onto construction paper.
* I played on a squad against the KU Seniors from their Barnstorming tour in 1992. I intentionally took out the legs of Malcolm Nash on a breakaway dunk attempt — he missed. I also got into a shoving match with Alonzo Jamison.
* I ran through the Nebraska marching band in formation outside of Memorial Stadium in Lincoln in 1993 screaming “Wildcat Victory” — the incident had an unfortunate ending with a tuba player.
* I have game worn KSU basketball uniforms from the following years prominently displayed in my home: 1969 (shorts); 1970-72 (jersey, shorts and warm-ups); 1974-75 (jersey, shorts and warm-ups); 1976-80 (jersey, shorts and warm-ups); 1981 (shorts); 1985-86 (jersey, shorts and warm-ups); 1987-88 (jersey, shorts and warm-ups); 1989-90 (shorts and shooting shirt).
* I wore my complete 1976 uniform set to a KSU-OSU game in Stillwater in 1998. I saw Coach Asbury in one of the bathrooms before the game. He saw me, shook his head and said, “Nice outfit.”
* I sing the K-State Alma Mater as a lullaby to my 2 year-old every night.
* I can provide you with fascinating Scott Paske stories.
* Many, many others.
If you award me the tix, I will be happy to wear any combination of the aforementioned uniforms to the Nebraska game. Your choice, of course. I will be happy to provide you with photos of the event as well.
EMAW!
I was going to try but Nedsanders should win even if half the stuff he wrote is fabrication. The other vets in my office all got a good laugh from his stories. I am pretty sure he could write a book that would sell to the “faithful” KSU alums.
Good grief…spare us the wait J-Mart and just give the tickets to NedSanders…however, I want to see pics of all this stuff.
Hey JMart, give the tickets to NedSanders. I know him and work with him and everything he says is true. He really does have these uniforms and wears them to games. I am a Tiger Fan and have to deal with his intense “fandom” on a daily basis. We went to the ku v. K-State games (in Manhattan) for 4-5 years and he would always wear his old retro uniforms.
I have never met a bigger fan of any school. I don’t say this lightly (because as I said I am a Mizzou fan), but NedSanders really does bleed purple.
Because of his fanatic influence, I even find myself cheering for the ‘Cats whenever they anyone play other than Mizzou!
To paraphrase my good friend Morgan Freeman… “Deserving?” Well, now let me see. You know, I don’t have any idea what that means. I know what *you* think it means, sonny. To me it’s just a made up word. A politician’s word, so young fellas like yourself can wear a suit and a tie, and have a job. What do you really want to know? Am I sorry for what I did? There’s not a day goes by I don’t feel regret. Not because I’m in here, or because you think I should. I look back on the way I was then: a young, stupid kid who tried to tell his friends that Ron Prince just needed another year to turn things around. I want to talk to him. I want to try and talk some sense to him, tell him the way things are. But I can’t. That kid’s long gone and this old man is all that’s left. I got to live with that. “Deserving?” It’s just a (meaningless) word. So you go on and give Ned the tickets, sonny, and stop wasting my time. Because to tell you the truth, I don’t give a (hoot).
This is going to be tough. jkshea, did “Kietz” really say that? Tremendous – as if cbayne05 needed more affirmation. NedSanders, we need pictures. The tickets are in an unaddressed envelope prepared to head your way, provided you can a) produce visual evidence of said exploits, and b) prove you know Scott Paske. Do both, and all you have to do then is send me your mailing address. Your move, sport.
you’re rewarding the chest painter dude? wtf?
“jkshea, did “Kietz” really say that?”
No, at least not about cbayne05.
Many props on the tattoo, the pimp hat, and the indoctrination of youth into purple passion!
I would love Nebraska tickets, but how can I prove that I’m deserving? Perhaps I should have video taped my ranting and crying the last four times we played Nebraska.
Anyway, I’m excited to read JMarts theory on the Bryce Brown saga.
I would love the Nebraska tickets. I had so much confidence in the Cats that I made a bet with a Jayhawk regarding this seasons series between the two teams. It was total point differential. We had to win by 16+ in Manhattan for me win the bet. Because we didn’t, I now have to grow a mustache for 3 weeks (never grown one) and she gets to shave 2 lines in one of my eyebrows. These tickets would make me feel much better about that upcoming situation. EMAW!
Hey, J-Mart? Remember when you had a theory on the Brown situation? That was awesome!