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Are you willing to trade $3 per ticket for a BCS win? Yes, probably, but there's no point in asking because you don't get to choose: The biggest news of the day, from an Iowa perspective, is the completely unsurprising news that in the wake of Iowa' 24-14 dismantling of Georgia Tech in the 2010 Orange Bowl, ticket prices are climbing once again:

The cost of a season ticket for the general public will increase $3 per game to $360. The cost of a season ticket for a member of the UI faculty or staff will increase just over $2 per game to $290. The cost of a season ticket for current UI students will increase $2 per game to $168.

If anything, a less-than-10% surcharge in the wake of a season like 2009 is reasonable; we still expect Iowa to sell out every game in 2010. Considering the fact that Iowa basketball can barely get a majority of its sold ticket owners to actually show up, this hike is a triviality when it comes to maintaining football ticketholder loyalty--and that's before the minimum donation amounts for certain tickets. This will be money not missed by Iowa fans.

Trill is when you're hustlin', trill is when you're grindin'; Trill is when you punch in that clock overtimin': Ohio State closed out their home slate with a thorough dismantling of Illinois, 73-57. The students recognized that while it was bad that they wouldn't be seeing Evan Turner anymore, the real tragedy is that there would be no more Mark Titus, no Club Trillion, to entertain the fans, ever again at Value City Arena. Thus, to mark (sorry) the occasion, the student section rolled thick, son in the greatest Trillion Man March to date:

 

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They also had inflatable sharks, courtesy of Mr. Titus. Of course they did.

Now, this display is impressive in and of itself, but let's direct your attention to someone who didn't wear the shirt, and no, not that asshole who draped himself in yellow for no reason. Check out about three quarters of the way to the right, little more than halfway down. Two guys in dress clothes. The guy on the right is whoever, but the one on the left? Is that... is that a "Sabotage" costume? Here, judge for yourself:

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Either that's a brilliantly non sequitur Vic Colfari as Bobby 'The Rookie' disguise, or it's the MILF of all coincidences. Hats off to you, sir.

Oh, and as for Titus? The box scores don't reflect it, but multiple people watching live reported that he did make it into the game. If he did, it registered his trademark One Trillion. The basketball gods would have it no other way.

Star-divide

TIP DRILLZ

Yeah, I'd say not: Hawkmania gives us this passage, to be read with a sigh and rolled eyes:

Bohannon and the 15th-ranked Badgers host the Hawkeyes at 7:30 p.m. today, the last game that the former Linn-Mar prep from Marion, Iowa, and teammate Trevon Hughes will play on the Kohl Center court.

The pair have been a part of teams that have combined for 63-6 record at home during their careers and Bohannon doesn’t regret his choice at all.

Also things people don't regret: deleting that email from the wealthy oil heir from Nigeria, passing on that pregame shot of Everclear, and not marrying the first woman to give them oral.

So apparently [COACH REDACTED] lacks composure: We'd be pretty surprised that a coach who isn't [REDACTED] would pull a stunt like this after a win. C'est le fou, I guess.. Oh, also, his team's +/- suggests their high rank and potential seeds are aberrations. Also, he is who he is. Take this information with you into your legal, money-free pools in a couple weeks.

We were going to set up some dominoes to spell this post out, but typing it is waaay easier: We know OK Go videos sorta "peaked" a few years ago--blame their label--but this new one might be one of the most brilliant we've ever seen

OH HEY WAIT WE'RE NOT DONE WITH THAT BOHANNON ARTICLE: God damn it:

"I knew that coach (Bo) Ryan would be here for my entire college career. I didn’t have that same feeling about coach (Steve) Alford. When I was being recruited, there were rumors about him possibly leaving and how much he really wanted to be at Iowa."

Alford did bolt for New Mexico after Bohannon’s freshman season with the Badgers, and the 6-foot-2 guard found an opportunity to grow his game at Wisconsin.

That's right: Jason Bohannon was too perceptive to play for Iowa. Clearly, the way to get kids like him to stay in state more often is to fire Todd Lickliter.

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Marchifornication, 2011:

Vic Colfari as Bobby ‘The Rookie’ Costume Guy

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Rec Spec Superman

by mattbednar on Mar 3, 2010 8:37 AM CST reply actions  

Fixed
Ohio State closed out their home slate with a thorough Hightowering of Illinois, 73-57.

ARRRRGH

"It’s just that, reading through this thread, it appears you’re getting your ass kicked." -jtothep

by ReadingRambler on Mar 3, 2010 8:38 AM CST reply actions  

This gets a +1

Clearly, the way to get kids like him to stay in state more often is to fire Todd Lickliter.

But I would add “and any other coach that doesn’t meet or exceed our lofty expectations within 3 years”

by benvious on Mar 3, 2010 8:43 AM CST reply actions  

BUT IF YOU WERE A COMPANY YOU WOULD HAVE FIRED HIS ASS, AND EVERYBODY ELSE WHO DIDN’T BRING IOWA A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, AFTER THE FIRST YEAR OF NON-CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!

by imadirtyoldman on Mar 3, 2010 8:47 AM CST up reply actions  

After the first year? Is that the rule?

Dammit, why the hell is Tom Brands still here? That asshole didn’t get us our title until year 2, surely he must go.

/devil’s advocate

by The Mexican't on Mar 3, 2010 9:34 AM CST up reply actions  

Yes

I can’t speak for anyone else, but I’ve never worked at a company that kept people with, let us say, sub par track records on the payroll or a couple of years or decades.

/sarcasm

It never gets to be easy

by chitownhawkeye on Mar 3, 2010 5:21 PM CST up reply actions  

Who is Bo Ryan?

Are you talking about that guy who is always doing dances he clearly shouldn’t be doing in Big 10 TV shows?

by mikjones24 on Mar 3, 2010 10:18 AM CST reply actions  

That's on of the best videos ever...

although Kanye West disagrees with me.

"You're going to go out there with a dick full of confidence. Then, you're going to go out there and shoot that confidence all over the stadium." -Blue Mountain State

by Hawkaloogie on Mar 3, 2010 12:47 PM CST reply actions  

Bohannon:

When I was being recruited, there were rumors about him possibly leaving and how much he really wanted to be at Iowa

Internets:

Clearly, the way to get kids like him to stay in state more often is to fire Todd Lickliter.

Future prospect:

When I was being recruited, there were rumors about him possibly being fired and how much longer he really was going to be at Iowa

Brunettes not fighter jets

by rockyh on Mar 3, 2010 1:43 PM CST reply actions  

Sarcasm fail, sir.

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Mar 3, 2010 2:59 PM CST up reply actions  

Logic fail, sir.

Lets say, hypothetically, there was a high profile recruit in the state of Iowa this year. Would you, hypothetically, be alright with that player leaving the state and not even having Iowa in his top 5?

I’ll hang up and listen.

USA #1

by Anonymous Hero on Mar 4, 2010 12:07 AM CST up reply actions  

No what?

The original sentiment was that firing Todd Lickliter will further hinder Iowa’s abilities to recruit top in-state recruits. rockyh appeared to have misunderstood, which Adam pointed out. You also appear to be missing the point, thus the “dual sarcasm fail.”

by The Mexican't on Mar 4, 2010 9:49 AM CST up reply actions  

obviously oops was being sarcastic. he was implying that keeping lickliter would help recruiting in state. my belief is that Todd Lickliter’s lack of recruiting ability is the biggest hinderance(sp) to getting top in state recruits.

USA #1

by Anonymous Hero on Mar 4, 2010 2:01 PM CST up reply actions  

As evidenced by whom?

He got May. He got Cougill. He got McCabe. He got Larson.

If you’re referring to Harrison Barnes, Barnes is a purely national recruit with zero emotional ties to the UI. The fact that he went to HS in Ames matters about as much to Iowa’s chances as what color underwear Lickliter wore last Tuesday (mauve, if you must know). That’s the nature of the highest flight of recruits. Sure, ISU was in the top 5, but Barnes was never seriously considering ISU either. He just kept them around as a token gesture.

You need to come a lot stronger than that if you want to question Lickliter’s in-state recruiting bona fides, ESPECIALLY when we’re talking about guys who provide program stability by sticking around all four years. That’s not Harrison Barnes, that’s Jason Bohannon, and Lickliter needs to sew up the future Bohannons more than the Barneses.

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Mar 4, 2010 2:31 PM CST up reply actions  

a swing and a miss

darn you, text with no nonverbal cues

Brunettes not fighter jets

by rockyh on Mar 4, 2010 7:43 AM CST up reply actions  

Rec Spec Superman...

…is Stuart Scott’s fat younger brother. And the teammate he’s molesting is none other than Redman.

by Eyeheartfreedumb on Mar 3, 2010 2:33 PM CST reply actions  

While that OK Go video may never be topped...

This version of “This Too Shall Pass” deserves a gold star for awesomeness as well.

by SallyMason on Mar 3, 2010 4:50 PM CST reply actions  

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