TD Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 From the Butler message board: http://p214.ezboard.com/fbuhoopsfrm1.sh ... 8536.topic I am proud to present my 2005-06 Arena Tour. If any Butler fans are in the area of my tour this season, drop by the game. I would love to see some Bulldog fans out on the road. ARENA TOUR 2005-06 This leg of the Arena Tour covers 49 arenas in 18 different conferences. November Nov 15 Alabama Nov 18 Georgia Tech Nov 19 Belmont Nov 21 Colorado State Nov 22 Wyoming Nov 23 Air Force Nov 25 Iowa State Nov 26 Creighton Nov 28 Minnesota Nov 29 Oral Roberts Nov 30 Wichita State December Dec 1 N. Colorado Dec 3 Denver Dec 3 Colorado Dec 5 Utah State Dec 6 Cal-Berkeley Dec 13 Oregon Dec 14 Oregon State Dec 16 Washington Dec 17 Washington State Dec 17 Gonzaga Dec 19 Stanford Dec 20 Sacramento State Dec 21 Nevada Dec 22 Santa Clara Dec 23 Fresno State Dec 27 Texas El Paso Dec 28 New Mexico Dec 29 New Mexico State Dec 31 Texas A & M January Jan 1 Texas Tech Jan 3 Texas Christian Jan 4 Southern Methodist Jan 5 Texas-Arlington Jan 7 North Texas Jan 10 Oklahoma Jan 18 UNLV Jan 19 Arizona Jan 21 Arizona State February Feb 1 Baylor Feb 2 Texas San Antonio Feb 14 Florida International Feb 16 Miami (FL) Feb 18 Florida Atlantic Feb 20 Liberty Feb 25 Rhode Island Feb 26 Connecticut Cigar Boy is a guy from Ohio that does a tour of schools every year and then rates the atmosphere and entertainment value of each location and posts them to his website and on many Horizon League websites. He will be visiting ORU on Nov.29 Tues after Thanksgiving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUTerry Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 He picked a very poor game to attend.... the worst home game of the season - against St Gregory's. Hopefully we will be coming off a triumphant tour of Alaska. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmh8286 Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Forgive my ignorance, but who in the world is Cigar Boy??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUBlue Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Ok i will take a shot at it tmh8286. He is the boy in the crowd with a cigar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUTerry Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Must.... resist..... Clinton.... joke..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EagleBackr Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Must.... resist..... Clinton.... joke..... LOL, Terry - I didn't think you had it in you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD Posted November 19, 2005 Author Share Posted November 19, 2005 Cigar Boy is a guy who posts a lot on Horizon League websites and as you can tell spends a lot of time enjoying college basketball games by going on almost 2 month road trips to different college venues. I think he can give an objective evaluation of your entertainment value as a basketball venue. At Valpo he loved the atmosphere and hated the food. That's what I seemed to remember about his visit 3 or 4 years ago. I believe he has his own website where he posts his observations of the different venues. I think he is originally a Wright State or Dayton fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD Posted November 19, 2005 Author Share Posted November 19, 2005 Here are some samples of Cigarboys interviews on Collegehoopsnet.com http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/horizonl ... 083104.htm http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/horizonl ... 083104.htm http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/Intervie ... eCrone.htm http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/Intervie ... unardi.htm I'm not sure where they post the stories on his Arena Tours but they are somewhere on the website. His real name is Bill ?CigarBoy? Kintner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD Posted November 29, 2005 Author Share Posted November 29, 2005 I did a political consulting job last August that paid pretty good money. I just saved it up and lived on the other money I made. I am pretty good at keeping expenses down. For instance, when I went to the Miami/Alabama Preseason NIT game in Tuscaloosa, I did a game write up for the Cincy Enquirer and that covered the cost of that trip. news.cincinnati.com/apps/...5/1063/SPT I will do that a bunch more times this year too. The last three Saturdays, I umpired 3 games of indoor baseball. Those games pay $35 each and take 80 minutes. All that money ($315) goes into the travel fund. In Colorado and Nebraska I have friends to stay with. I am not sure about Thanksgiving, maybe I can sponge a Thanksgiving dinner off of Barry Collier. Although he may not appreciate me smoking cigars in his easy chair. Well maybe my GF's family in Omaha will take me in if Barry balks. If nobody tips Barry off as to how much I eat, I think I might be able to swing it. If I get that to happen, I promise to take pics of that one. I saved up my FF miles and Hilton Honor Points to help cover the costs. I stay at Hamptin Inns. I get up at 8 am, go down stairs to the lobby and eat a huge free breakfast. Then I go back to bed. Get up at noon, work out, then do a late check out around two pm. I drive to the next arena, which might be two hours away. I get there, then I scarf down a free meal in the media room. I usually offer to do an half-time interview on the hometeam's radio network, so I feel like I earn my keep. And that covers my food for the day. Two meals and maybe a protein bar or shake in between. Total cost....a dollar for the shake/bar. I do that almost every day. I am the master of squeezing my money to make it stretch. Heck cigars will probably my biggest expense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmh8286 Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 . . . and I thought I was a basketball addict! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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