ISU Billboard in Tampa

[flander1649]

My roommate who works for Cerner and travels to Tampa every week for work. He was driving to lunch today on a very busy road down there and said he saw a huge billboard that said IOWA STATE FOOTBALL and then had our helmets on it too. It was advertising the ISU alumni club in Tampa. He said he was going to go back by and get a picture of it after he gets off work.

 

[Aclone]

I take it the one in Clearwater (thread last week) is nowhere near this?

 

[ISUFan22]

For real? Damn...that rocks. Not once have I seen a billboard for any team other than the locals 'round here.

 

[DaddyMac]

When I was in high school, we did a tour of Cape Canaveral.

While on the tour bus heading away from the visitor center towards the launch sites, I saw a sign for Iowa State University - Everglades research site. Found that kinda neat.

Football? That's interesting.

 

[Swanson10]

Trying to get our name down there for all the football talent they have and I must say I love it!

 

[MontyBurns]

Nice but you know the saying: no picture, doesn't exist.

 

[mwitt]

For real? Damn...that rocks. Not once have I seen a billboard for any team other than the locals 'round here.

I don't think many teams around the country view Iowa as a pipeline for talent.

 

[dinger]

Nice but you know the saying: no picture, doesn't exist.

i think the saying goes "seeing is believing"

 

[ianoconnor]

"Pics or shenanigans" is the phrase they always use on pbnation.com (paintball forum) :smile:

 

[83Clone]

My roommate who works for Cerner and travels to Tampa every week for work. He was driving to lunch today on a very busy road down there and said he saw a huge billboard that said IOWA STATE FOOTBALL and then had our helmets on it too. It was advertising the ISU alumni club in Tampa. He said he was going to go back by and get a picture of it after he gets off work.

Could have something to do with it being the home of Ed Droste (Hooters founder/ISU alum)

 

[ajk4st8]

Didn't Rutgers do this a few years back?

 

[Lenny25]

Could have something to do with it being the home of Ed Droste (Hooters founder/ISU alum)

And Frater in the Bond

 

[Jeffreyisu]

The billboard is from Ed Droste, via Provident Management Corp. Ed is the Co-Founder of Hooters Restaurants and an ISU Alum. The billboard is right across the street from the very first Hooters and his other restaurant, Pete & Shorty's. Pete & Shorty's is where we have the Tampa Bay Official Game Watches.

If anyone lives or knows anyone that lives in the Tampa area please e-mail me for details on Game Watches.

Thanks,

Jeffrey Abbott
Club President
ISUAA of Tampa
[email protected]

 

[Prone2Clone]

The billboard is right across the street from the very first Hooters and his other restaurant, Pete & Shorty's.

SWEET!

 

[ISUclones33]

Thats cool, I got a chance to talk with Ed Droste about a year ago, and in our conversation I brought up his involvement with ISU. He does a lot more than comes to eye for us, I wish he would fund the south endzone double decking totally, but thats a lot to ask. He had some things to do with the hiring of Coach Chizik actually and spoke with him a few times, so Ed is a really cool guy. He said he only makes it up for games every year or 2 with his folks.

 

[ISUFan22]

The billboard is from Ed Droste, via Provident Management Corp. Ed is the Co-Founder of Hooters Restaurants and an ISU Alum. The billboard is right across the street from the very first Hooters and his other restaurant, Pete & Shorty's. Pete & Shorty's is where we have the Tampa Bay Official Game Watches.

If anyone lives or knows anyone that lives in the Tampa area please e-mail me for details on Game Watches.

Thanks,

Jeffrey Abbott
Club President
ISUAA of Tampa
[email protected]

Awesome - thanks for the info. Great you guys organize stuff like that all the way down there in Tampa.

 

[kingcy]

The billboard is from Ed Droste, via Provident Management Corp. Ed is the Co-Founder of Hooters Restaurants and an ISU Alum. The billboard is right across the street from the very first Hooters and his other restaurant, Pete & Shorty's. Pete & Shorty's is where we have the Tampa Bay Official Game Watches.

If anyone lives or knows anyone that lives in the Tampa area please e-mail me for details on Game Watches.

Thanks,

Jeffrey Abbott
Club President
ISUAA of Tampa
[email protected]

Do you get a lot of comments about the boards?

 

[yCy]

How long has the billboard been up? I ask because this is the second thread about it in the last week. Mrs. yCy

 

[Jeffreyisu]

It went up last Thursday, the same day as our first football game.

 

[Arkansas Cyclone]

That's an awesome idea to get our name out there in the Florida area - kudos to you guys!