🌾Steve French 🌾🌾🌾

@alison_renner Same. Football travel budget blown before the season even starts.

Last year I could fly SW round trip to KC for as low as $160 Now that same flight is $400.

@TheFortressInc Do you ever sleep? Cool seeing your different business ventures.

The ladies are getting excited! Our vet is coming to the ranch tomorrow morning to help us work calves and treat any of the cows that need it. We’ll turn them out to pasture that same morning and they’ll be able to roam free on the Flint Hills prairie through October!

GO SHOW SOME LOVE K STATE FAMILY!!! IM HOME💜💜💜💪🏾. NO place is like manhattan instagram.com/dawaynejonesss…

@Cameron_Kruse09 @CoachKruse @DustyBennett @mgcsports @KStateFB @CK_KleinCollin @Coach_Ellsworth @pagefootball @wcsPHScr

Go Cats! Excited for the next chapter #EMAW @CoachKruse @DustyBennett @mgcsports @KStateFB @CK_KleinCollin @Coach_Ellsworth @pagefootball @wcsPHScr

@JLinvilleFert hailprotector.com/products/hailp… see these all over in DFW.

When they are calling for softball sized hail amd your truck doesn't fit in the garage, you get creative. Bags of dirt for the win!!

@shoot4eagletim @JoeKinseyexp @CBS Same, was on the grounds for 10 hours Monday and didn’t hear a single bird.

@JoeKinseyexp @CBS Its not a microphone its a recorded sound track. Ive been to The Masters twice & didnt see or hear a single bird either time

Hey @cbs you have to turn down the bird microphone on Amen Corner. My dogs are going nuts.

@MarkChezem @jlalk Not too bad. Chicken salad was pretty good too.

@pssxntex @jlalk But how was the pimento sandwich ?

I spent 5 hours on my feet at Augusta before I even saw a golf shot. Went to the Masters practice round this week...best Tuesday of my life. We got there at 6 AM. Already a long line at the first gate. By 7:15 we were through. By 9:00 we still hadn't touched the course. Here's where all that time went: 1) The merch shop is controlled chaos. No phones allowed inside. So you're just standing in line making friends with strangers for 30 minutes. Once you're in, most of the good stuff is behind the counter on display with a number. You walk up and say "I'll take three of number 73 and two of 57." No price tags visible on most of it. It almost feels like a shopping spree, which is only made worse by the fact that this might be a once-in-a-lifetime trip. I've never spent more money before 9AM. 2) The course is nothing like TV. The elevation changes are insane. The first tee drops about 50 feet before climbing back uphill. I had no idea. The green on 7 is more tilted than you'd ever guess. The approach on 8 is way steeper than it looks on screen. The fairway bunkers are so deep that I wouldn't wish them on my worst enemy. 3) People make big sacrifices to get to Augusta At Amen corner, I met two Australian guys who flew in from Sydney. Their plane had to turn around over Fiji because a passenger went into anaphylactic shock from trail mix. One had a five-week-old baby at home. The other had a 20-month-old and a pregnant wife. They still made the trip. 4) The bathroom situation deserves its own post. They have attendants in the men's room directing traffic. "Number two? Against the wall. Number one? This line." There's a dedicated attendant to wiping down the toilets after each person uses it. No other event moves people around as efficiently as the Masters 5) 16 is electric. Practice round Tuesday is when they skip balls across the water. The crowd loses it every time someone tries. Goes absolutely nuts when one makes it across. Watched Rory skip one that rolled all the way through the green into the crowd and trickled back out. He tried to play it from there. Almost came back to his feet. 6) The end of the day was the best part. By late afternoon, most players were off the course. Almost everyone had cleared out from Amen Corner. We walked back to 12 and it was just... quiet. Peaceful. Then watched the grounds crew replace divots on the 12 tee box. They carve out oval-shaped pieces, lay in fresh sod, and hammer it down with a mallet. On every single tee box. Every single day. That's Augusta. I also brought my camera for the first time in a while. I used to shoot golf content on the side, and it felt really good to pick it back up again.

@KentG77580536 @MyGolfSpy Practice round is $125

@MyGolfSpy What does it cost to get in the door ?

I still can’t wrap my head around the fact you can walk Augusta all day… and eat better for $13 than you can at most normal courses.

@Putt_Pirate @EffTruck @Romeos_burner Your low on the $50.

@EffTruck @Romeos_burner It always blows my mind how many people at the masters lug around $3,000 of merch but wont spend the $50 it have it shipped home.

When Karen and Melissa from HR somehow get their hands on the corporate masters tickets (practice rounds)….

@MyGolfSpy We attended today, tickets(won ticket lottery)/flights/rental car/hotel/merch for 2 was right at $2k. Worth every last penny!

💰 THE REAL COST OF THE MASTERS (Everyone thinks it’s cheap…until it’s not) 🎟️ TICKETS IF YOU WIN THE LOTTERY (LOL): • Practice rounds: $100 • Tournament days: $140 👉 Best deal in sports REALITY (SECONDARY MARKET): • Mon/Tues: $1,700 – $2,500 • Wednesday: $3,000+ • Tournament days: $4,000 – $10,000+ • Fees can add $2K+ 💀 Example: $4,797 ticket → $7,133 after fees 🏨 STAY Stay close (Augusta): • Motel 6: $449/night (normally ~$50 😅) • 4 nights: ~$2,000 • Houses: $1,200 – $3,000/night Stay far (1–2 hrs away): • Hotels: $185 – $300/night 👉 Trade money for time ⏳ 🚗 TRANSPORT • Rental car: $70–$100/day • Atlanta = cheaper flights, longer drive • Expect ~$100+ total 🍺 FOOD (SHOCKINGLY CHEAP) • Sandwiches: $1.50 • Beer: ~$6 • Full menu: under $70 👉 The only thing priced like it’s 1995 🧢 MERCH (WHERE IT GETS YOU) • Easy to drop $500 – $2,000+ • People go… deep 😅 💸 TOTAL COST 🟢 “LUCKY” VERSION: • Ticket: $140 • Stay: $1,000–$2,000 • Travel + food: $300–$500 👉 ~$1,500 – $2,500 🔴 “REAL WORLD” VERSION: • Ticket: $2,500 – $7,000+ • Stay: $1,500 – $5,000 • Travel + food + merch: $500 – $2,000 👉 $5,000 – $12,000+ 🧠 THE TRUTH The Masters is: • The best-value ticket in sports AND • One of the most expensive trips in golf

@WillyFoosball @LOBig12 This will be the 3rd year in a row that Houston has played on a Friday night. Hell, Houston had 3 Friday games last year and you didn’t hear them bitching about it.

@LOBig12 Every Texas based Big 12 school has played on Friday except Tech. It’s not about High School Football. It’s about Campbell thinking he can do whatever he wants. Don’t be a cornball

anyone who's lived in texas knows cody campbell is right: do not mess with the religion of texas high school football. and you especially do not put a top-15 game on a friday night. texas tech fans have a right to be mad. brett yormark makes some very out-of-touch statements.

@TedMFRay @SnobbyScheffler Based on what I paid last year the polos and hats would be $1500 by themselves.

@SnobbyScheffler That’s an easy $1.5k right there

This is the reason the Masters merch line is 30 minutes long to get in. Got to start capping the # of purchases per person

@RaiderTy92 I feel your pain. I fly into KC for all the KSU home games and the prices I’m seeing for this fall are not looking good.

Looking at flight prices and times in and out of Lubbock for a home game this fall.

@KSUWindbreaker Small town? Gunter is a lot like what you’re describing. Schools are growing fast. Gunter would be a good one. They’ve won 5 3A titles since 2016 including 3 in a row 22-24. Equivalent of a 4A in Kansas.

Alright fine, Texas people where is the closest “true” Friday Night Lights experience to DFW for this Fall? I want the whole experience: state titles painted on the water tower, local Mechanic that swears they would’ve won state in ‘94 if he didn’t blow out his knee etc.

@JulianElzey @KSUWindbreaker @KStateFB @Coach_J_Johnson @CK_KleinCollin @spedbraet @Rivals @247recruiting @ChadSimmons_ @najehwilk @NEGARecruits @galloway__drew @CoachRaw_ @NighbertChad @GDPsports @RecruitGeorgia @SWiltfong_ @Bronco_Recruits

I rock with who rock with me!!! 💯GO CATS!! 100% committed!!! LETS GO!! @KStateFB @Coach_J_Johnson @CK_KleinCollin @spedbraet @Rivals @247recruiting @ChadSimmons_ @najehwilk @NEGARecruits @galloway__drew @CoachRaw_ @NighbertChad @GDPsports @RecruitGeorgia @SWiltfong_

@TheFortressInc Fescue or Bluegrass?

We laid 2 semi trucks worth of new sod in the past 5 days at 2 new townhome buildings and 1 new single family home. We sod 90% of the projects we finish. If we seed, we install straw matting to protect from erosion. Sod is definitely more expensive but worth every penny to us! 👊🏽

“Hello friends” ready to experience a tradition unlike any other. #Masters

@AgIntel_us @ThisIsDoodyDude @CoachJaySimon 4 , you forgot Frisco Liberty.

@ThisIsDoodyDude @CoachJaySimon There are 3 other high schools less than 5 miles away from Frisco Heritage. There are 12 High Schools in FISD serving a population under 200K people.

Until Houston stops building all these High Schools in small radiuses you are going to continue to see sweeps and blowouts at state when it comes to playing these Dallas schools. Talent is too watered down in Houston, bc it’s a HS on every corner. SMH

@TheFortressInc Best time of year to pick one up. Definitely will have one when we relocate back to the area.

Picked up a slightly used snowblower for next winter for $300. New model with the same horsepower is $1,200. Will be perfect for putting our boys to work on our rental portfolio 👊🏽😂