50 bucks, Bismarck. Same as downtown. And part of what makes Vitale so, well, vital is that mancrush-style fanaticism. That's not a weird offshoot of his talent, it is his talent. It's gotta be hard some years to get excited about another crop of self-entitled brats who are slowly becoming aware of how easy the rest of their lives are gonig to be, and how little they actually need to give a shit about the world around them, especially when the best of them rarely finish out their four years of Music Appreciation and Flower Arranging electives. Vitale's ability to get freakishly hepped up about these kids is a large part of why people keep watching the broadcasts, baby. Otherwise college hoops would be just another niche sport, of interest to alumni and height fetishists and not many others.
I don't think I'll ever shake the horrible visual image I had of Jon Miller "spreading his man-love around". It is at least nice to see someone else confirm the worst-kept secret in sports journalism, though -- Chris Berman is not funny.
