You are hereShort on cash? Want to go to the Cotton Bowl anyway? This is the deal for you
Short on cash? Want to go to the Cotton Bowl anyway? This is the deal for you
You know those old, sappy TV commercials where a disembodied voice asks a question like "are you down on your luck?" You know how in those old, sappy TV commercials some slob is always at his couch eager to say "YES!" And you know how in those old, sappy TV commercials the slob fixes all his problems by purchasing the advertised product?
Well, if the only thing keeping you from the Cotton Bowl next month is a lack of money, you might as well be in one of those old, sappy TV commercials as you read this blog.
Because the K-State Federal Credit Union has the answer to all your problems. It is currently offering a low-rate loan to anyone who needs some extra cash to get to the Cotton Bowl.
Angie Reed, a marketing manager at K-State Federal Credit Union, told me today her company is handing out loans up to $5,000 with 2.99 percent interest rates. To qualify for the loan, you need to be a member of the credit union (to be a member Reed says you need to live, work, study or worship in the counties of Riley, Geary and Pottawatomie) and have good enough credit to qualify for the loan.
No loan amount is too small. If all you need is $250 for some gas and a ticket, you can get $250.
"We're such a tightly knitted group," Reed said. "We love the university and the Cats. We're so excited they're going to the Cotton Bowl, and we want to make sure everyone who wants to go to see them in the bowl game can do so."
Reed said the K-State Federal Credit Union got the idea to offer this loan in a brainstorming meeting that involved several employees.
"We try to be different and do things that are going to be noticed," Reed said. "It's not everyday you see a deal like this."
No, it isn't. This is the first time I've ever heard of a bank or credit union handing out loans for the sole purpose of going to a football game.
With the game being sold out and tickets going for high prices on secondary markets, you've got to figure some folks out there could take advantage of this offer.
So far, though, there haven't been many takers.
"It's not going as well as it could," Reed said. "I mean, 2.99 percent, that's so low. But we have had some bites."
The loan has only been lightly advertised, though. When I called Reed to talk about it, the first thing she said was, "Can I ask how you heard about our loan?" (Jesse Piper, a student intern in K-State's sports information office tipped me off about it last week. Thanks to him, by the way.)
Reed said the K-State credit union has put a commercial on three local radio stations, and purchased an ad spot in the Manhattan and Junction City newspapers. Today, a link went up to the loan special on the credit union's website.
Hopefully, that will bring more attention to the deal.
It should. Like those old, sappy TV commercials used to claim, this could be the answer to all your problems.
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There are tons of players out there with that nickname right now. The LSU kid isn't original either. The narrator with the lisp is the only person with any originality in regard to the honey badger.
I have a nickname for bigroy.... idiot
Nice of you to chime in. I don't have any thought at all about you. Totally irrelevant.
He was the first college football player to be nicknamed that. It is stupid, I was just pulling their chain and somehow you guys turned this into a serious debate. How incredibly stupid.
Does it bother K-Staters at all when they copy nicknames from other players currently playing on other rosters? Isn't that just blatantly unoriginal??? Can you not think of anything that is unique to your own players? There's only one Honey Badger and he plays for the LSU Tigers. The real Tigers.
Roy - What's the deal with you? I see you post on a lot of stories. Sometimes your posts are full of insight or just generally interesting information or references to past events.
But sometimes (often, really) you just seem to be going into a conversation looking for a fight. What gives? If someone posts something you disagree with, you go in, insults blazing like a 9 year old (I imagine that might happen here) or you just patronize everyone you're talking to. It's just odd, since sometimes you seem like an interesting person, but sometimes, you seem like a sad, cantankerous old man. Maybe you're both.
I usually don't reply to you unless we seemingly agree, but here, I have to say that I first heard of "Honey Badger" in reference to Klein (before I heard it on GameDay early in the year). Obviously, that doesn't mean some KSU fan didn't get the idea from an LSU player, and I have never used the nickname for Klein myself - I think it's kinda dumb, and I'm more partial to "Optimus Klein" or "Kleinsdale" - but settle down, man. It's a nickname.
I'm just kidding you K-Staters a little bit. You guys are long on paranoia and short on sense of humor. I am a big admirer of what they have done this year and what Kline has accomplished. You guys need to take a deep breath and not take yourself so seriously. It's college football, not life and death.
In this case, your reputation doesn't allow you to "kid" the way you'd like. You pick a lot of fights on these boards. You sometimes belittle and insult those who innocently disagree with with you (often in ways that aren't just "kidding around"). My first two paragraphs above spoke to your posts in general. The third (the only one dealing with "Honey Badger") was only explaining that the name may be more original to most K-Staters than you realize, but that many of us don't really care about it regardless. I wrote what I did because I read an interesting story about my team, and the first comment I saw at the bottom of the page was a negative one from BigRoy... shocking...
You'll keep saying what you want, and that's obviously fine, but someone needs to call you out every now and then.
Wow I have a reputation and you won't "allow me to kid". What a pompous jerk. I don't care what you think or what you don't like. Get a life.
Those words have been used by you over and over again. Too many of your posts (although not this one) follow the same pattern:
1. comment from Roy
2. Responder disagrees politely
3. Roy takes condescending tone and throws an insult (often thinly veiled behind a "compliment")
4. Responder gets defensive
5. in a desperate attempt to convince everyone that he's the smartest one in the room, Roy throws out a lot of historical info and/or uses words like "idiot" or "moron" and likely insults Responder's mother (Roy is known for getting pretty harsh with the insults in a hurry - see above).
6. Roy moves on to other threads in hopes of showing others that he knows more than they do.
Often times there IS one big "pompous jerk" on these boards, buddy.
And I have no control over whether you can "kid" or not. I'M not the one "allowing" you anything. I have nothing to do with it. You do. And your reputation is what makes it unlikely for words you might intend as light-hearted to be taken as anything other than antagonizing.
Sometimes, he has interesting things to contribute to a discussion, but often, BigRoy just throws insults and mocks the opinions of others. So when he takes a shot at a fan base - even what he feels is a good natured shot - people are going to assume he's doing what he so often does.
I didn't intend for this to be an argument, I just get tired of reading your loud posts that seemingly allow no one room to disagree (I know... I know... then don't read them).
Wow you really have an obsession don't you?? You took a lot of time and worked real hard on that long, boring, irrelevant post. You got to know that nobody, least of all me, is going to waste that much time reading what you think. It just isn't worth the time.
I am still laughing at the thought that you think I have a "reputation". You can rest assured that while you may take yourself so seriously I don't. One thing for sure, you have no reputation at all. I don't have a clue who you are.
Speaking of blatantly unoriginal.....why did you copy the name of the largest tractor ever made? "BigRoy" originated in the 70s. Cant you think of anything that is unique to your personality? There is only one "BigRoy" and it had class, honor, and a degree of intelligence.
Grew up on a farm and ran Minneapolis-Moline tractors. I have never heard of a tractor called a "BigRoy" but if there is one, then I tip my hat to your tractor knowledge. I stand by my original question though. From the tone of your answer I guess that means you have no idea huh.
(ha just googled it. You are right, that is a big tractor. It doesn't look all that "intelligent" though. Wasn't aware that implements had intellect but you live and learn.)
We just called it a Versatile and while we saw many of them, we didn't have the money to have anything like that. I wasn't aware that the model was called the Big Roy. I find that interesting, thanks.
Isn't that like the Wildcat formation invented by Bill Synder has taken on a life of it's own...
Enjoy the Cotton Bowl.
You think that is where the wildcat formation came from huh? Thats pretty funny. The formation was first used by a high school in Washington. Their mascot was the wildcat. It is a variation of the wing T and to Snyder's credit, he played for one of the last schools in the United States to run the Wing T offense (William Jewell). He and Charlie Richards, the late great Baker coach, were roomates there and they ran the Wing T at that time. So, while Snyder understands it from it's roots, he did not name the formation and it is not named after K-State. Charlie ran it too and it was not named after those Wildcats either (he ran it before Snyder, and was the equal to any coach in the nation for offensive scheme).