Things are changing down at Oklahoma State:
Ten years ago, before an OSU home football game, an average of 3,000 to 5,000 fans were involved in various tailgate events on campus....For some home games, the university estimates, as many as 30,000 fans are involved in tailgate activities - all within four blocks of the stadium.
Police may put the brakes on a party bus that was apparently operating as a Sunday strip club for reveling Lions fans at a popular tailgating spot in Detroit.
Investigators believe fans tailgating before a recent Lions home game were allowed onboard the "Booty Lounge," a large red and black bus replete with two stages, steel dancing poles, tinted windows and even a smoke machine, after forking over a $10 donation to its operators, Detroit Police spokeswoman Eren Stephens said Thursday.
Read More: http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/09/29/business-us-mobile-strip-club-detroit_8707297.html
Wow, take it easy there, almost-naked man! This is NOT the way to tailgate!
Take it easy with the booze if you can't handle it!
Wild and wonderful.
There isn't a state in the union that has more of an appropriate state motto as West Virginia or a town that encompasses said motto as well as Morgantown.
From the moment my friend and I arrived on campus, we knew we were in for a brand-new experience.
We parked at a church a little more than a mile from the stadium. Armed with nothing but a fifth of Seagrams 7 and a large Sierra Mist from a gas station, we soon began our trek to meet up with friends.
We reached their tailgate in the parking lot of an AT&T store with the campus perched atop a mountain on the horizon. The tailgating scene was pretty simplistic, mostly just beer and finger foods with some lawn chairs all held together by a truck bed or two.
Read More: http://www.lsureveille.com/sports/body-shots-west-virginia-s-not-far-from-heaven-1.2638879
They know how to do it down at The U. Here's a kid taking hits off a beer bong filled with kool-aid:
Go 'Canes!
HONOLULU -- Is it a case of no aloha at Aloha Stadium? Or much ado about nothing?
Warnings were issued to tailgaters at Saturdays game between the University of Hawaii and the University of California, Davis at Aloha Stadium. After the first game of the season on Sept. 3, some disgruntled fans lodged complaints about tailgaters taking up too many stalls in the parking lot.
Tailgaters are supposed to take up only one stall per vehicle, but some are not following the rules.
"The complaints were about people taking more than one stall, the vehicle not occupying the stall. Some people put up a tent in the stall next to their car and it's just a big party going on in there," said Aloha Stadium official Lois Manin.
News by Charley | Tagged Aloha Stadium Honolulu Tailgating News University of California University of Hawaii Grant Butler with The Oregonian wrote a nice piece on tailgating do's and don'ts.
DO pack warm dishes in insulated carriers to keep casseroles hot. And make sure coolers have plenty of ice or freezer packs.
DON'T skimp on the food. Make sure there's plenty for your party, and enough to share a little with your tailgate party neighbors -- that way you can try some of their food, too.
DO have plenty of nibbles and snacks for people to eat while they're waiting for grilled dishes to be ready.
DON'T do dumb things with your grill, like causing lighter-fluid flame-ups or dumping warm coals in a trash dumpster. Duh!
DO have non-alcoholic drinks available for people who don't imbibe, teenagers, and for anyone who's had one too many.
DON'T drink too much, and don't drink and drive. Ever.
DO wear your team's colors and show your school spirit.
DON'T angrily taunt fans of the other team. Tailgate parties are for fun, not fighting.
DO use environmentally friendly plates, such as bamboo, in place of paper plates. And if you have food in take-out boxes from the deli, they probably can be taken home for composting.
DON'T leave trash in the parking lot. Make sure you have enough garbage bags, and take your trash home with you.
DO dress appropriately. A long, chilly morning in the parking lot followed by shivering in the stands is no fun. If it's cold, pack a scarf, mittens and a hat.
DON'T take your shirt off if it's hot, even if you've got a gym-honed body. No one wants to look at your six-pack abs while they're eating. That goes double if you've got a beer gut.
Source: http://www.oregonlive.com/foodday/index.ssf/2011/09/tailgate_party_dos_and_donts.html
Anybody can tailgate in nice weather. But the true test of a tailgater’s mettle is what sort of spread he or she can whip up in nasty weather, and, make no mistake, the weather Saturday at Fred G. Hughes Stadium on the Missouri Southern State University campus was nasty. It was cold, it was wet and bolts of lightning danced around the sky. Because of that, the number of tailgaters was down Saturday afternoon but their spirits were not.
“Eighteen years, rain or shine,” was how Jon Tupper responded with a smile from under a large canopy sheltering he and his guests from the elements when asked how many years he has been serving up food for family and friends prior to MSSU football games.
Tupper, a former MSSU football standout and current member of the team’s radio broadcast crew, talked about tailgating from a perch near his massive smoker grill. While he talked he scooped a spicy grilled fajita mixture and placed it into a soft flour tortilla and handed it to Krystal Coy. He then handed another tortilla filled with the grilled steak, peppers and onions mixture to Austin Gilbert.
Coy and Gilbert, members of the MSSU cheerleading squad were sampling the tailgate fare as part of their duties as judges in a school-sponsored tailgate contest.
“Winner,” Gilbert said after taking a big bite of his fajita.
From underneath another canopy, Bruce Anderson took the lid off of a stockpot sitting on a gas-fueled flame and stirred a mixture of corn on the cob, potatoes, onions, lemons and sausage. In a few minutes, Anderson would add six pounds of shrimp to the stockpot to make a warm and savory shrimp boil.
Anderson said his tailgating group is made up almost entirely of Lionbackers, the MSSU athletics booster club. While Anderson oversaw the shrimp boil, other members of the group munched on chips and salsa and grilled chicken wings. Anderson said he and the other folks who put their pre-football game menus together always try to have a main dish to go with the more traditional tailgate fare like wings and brats.
“Sometimes we do chili or a fish fry,” he said.
Steve Allgood, who was helping Anderson, said there are usually four or five people who handle the cooking at the tailgates and that, in addition to the main dishes, snack items like beef sticks, cheddar cheese and peanuts were available for tailgaters to dive into.
And, while the food took center stage at a tailgate, both groups said that getting together with friends before MSSU football games is what real tailgating is all about.
Tupper, in fact, said he usually doesn’t eat much when he’s dishing out his tailgate favorites. His fajitas, for example, don’t really appeal to him.
“I don’t like the peppers,” he said.
What he does like is watching other people enjoy his food.
“That’s what it’s all about,” he said.
http://www.joplinglobe.com/food/x94880064/True-test-of-tailgating-cooking-Bad-weather
Apparently, Lot 37 gets it cranked up by tearing the sleeves off of everyone's shirts...
About.com has a list of their top 10 tailgating recipes. They have the standby items such as wings and burgers, as well as a few surprises.
Check it out: http://bbq.about.com/od/seasonal/tp/10_tailgating_recipes.htm