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This time of year with football season so close you can taste it, the sun is still blazing hot and bright. So when it comes to your choice of the type and style of sunglasses to wear while tailgating, your favorite pair would do. We held that same opinion until we came across Brewsees. They are sunglasses that open beer bottles.
As you can see from the images, these tailgating sunglasses have a bottle opener on the end of each earpiece. The metal reinforced earpieces have “teeth” that can grab a hold of a bottle cap and take it off in no time. I was sent a sample pair of sunglasses to try out for myself and these babies worked like a dream. We even have a demo video of us testing out Brewsees.
Here are the specs on these tailgating sunglasses that open beer bottles:
Polarized Lenses
100% UV Protection
Polycarbonate frame
6061 Airplane grade Anodized Aluminum
Comes packaged with a free bottle koozie.
When testing out these tailgating sunglasses, I was at first a bit tentative to use it like a bottle opener at the bar. I first opened a bottle but placed my index finger on the top of the earpiece so as to not snap off the back end of these glasses. There was no bend using this technique and the bottle cap popped right off. The next beer I opened I was a bit more ambitious and held the glasses in the middle and let the teeth worry about if they were strong enough. Again, same result. Cap popped right off and the Brewsees were looking still brand new. Bottom line is that the earpieces on the Brewsees will handle all kinds of stubborn bottle caps without fear of breaking the glasses.
Brewsees definitely get not only a passing grade from us to make it “Tailgate Approved” but it these tailgating sunglasses are highly recommended. They are comfortable to wear, protected my eyes and when you whip off your glasses to open a beer bottle you will definitely be the hit of the tailgate.
Brewsees retail for $39.95 plus $5 flat rate priority mail shipping. If you want to get a pair of Brewsees for yourself, click HERE.
Welcome to the new league Aggies and know that things are about to change on the tailgating landscape. Let’s take a look at some of the key differences that will occur when Texas A&M joins the South Eastern Conference.
Tailgating Presence Will Increase Outside of the Stadium
The Aggies are preseason #8 for football this year. With the new SEC excitement the tailgating intensity will only go up. There will be more tailgating done outside the stadium once the Aggies join the SEC.
At Texas A&M there are those that tailgate outside the stadium during the game, but many times tailgaters are lucky enough to grab an extra seat for the SMU game, the Idaho game–even a conference game against Baylor game.
That scenario will change considerably when LSU, Alabama, and Ole Miss come to town. In fact for the first couple of years even Vanderbilt and Kentucky will create enough intrigue that tickets will become even more precious. As a result the tailgating outside of Kyle Field will grow and Texas A&M will start to show up more often on Top 10 Tailgating Lists.
More Opposing School Colors
School colors will be even more prevalent and prominent. I predict that there will be LSU tailgaters at Kyle Field during the entire season once the SEC deal is inked.
This year, even though LSU and Mississippi State weren’t among the eight teams represented by those playing for the College World Series, their fans were there in full effect with full on tailgates running outside of the new TD Ameritrade stadium in Omaha.
As such, I fully expect some enterprising Tiger fans to have their gold and purple tents up and active for the entire season at Kyle Field. The LSU fans just don’t care what anyone else thinks of them. With their Cajun bloodlines and strong Houston presence they’ll rationalize that it’s just them getting ready for when the Aggies and Tigers play again.
Thank God for Starkville though. At least at Mississippi State games the school colors will be the same and the in your face antics will be less likely.
Texas A&M tailgaters are a welcoming group. SEC schools? Not so much.
More Trash-Talking @ Tailgates Than Ever Before
Despite A&M’s good nature, I suspect there will be more conflict in the tailgating parking lots than ever before though. In large part it will be due to A&M being the new kids on the SEC block and the fact that many of the current SEC schools aren’t afraid to get in each other’s face. It almost seems to be a sign of caring in these parts. SEC schools support each other when they are playing out of conference, but when it’s head-to-head—it’s game on!
At an LSU Florida game I attended, Tiger fans were in the face of anyone wearing Florida blue—yelling “Gator Bait”, walking around with a Florida player hanging in effigy. The whole tradition of hanging the other teams mascot in effigy is a new play for the Aggies. It’s something that we’ll have to get used to when we travel and something that we’ll have to bring to the table for future Texas A&M Tailgates.
A New Level of Intensity
In fact one of the biggest tailgating differences is that in many SEC towns like Oxford and Tuscaloosa, there aren’t any professional teams nearby.
The net effect? Aggie passion and attendance are compromised considerably by tailgaters that spend their money and tailgating time about 90 miles south in Houston with the Texans.
When There is Less to Do, Football Matters More
Head Coach Dennis Franchione is a great example. After a successful run at TCU, Coach Fran landed at Alabama for two years. He left quickly. Or was he run out of town? He landed at Texas A&M where he headed up the program for a very long four years.
Just like the scenario with Coach Fran, the Aggies are a patient bunch. With Alabama and the SEC it’s more direct. Roll Tide or Roll on out of here.
Longhorn Changes
The one down side to Texas A&M’s move to the SEC is the ending of an historic relationship with the Texas Longhorns. When the Aggies join the SEC, a huge tradition with the Texas Longhorns will likely be over.
Truly, this will be the last year of the Longhorn-Aggie football game thanks to the first year of the Longhorn Network.
It’s going to take some getting used to. In between every quarter of EVERY game, the Aggies sing the school’s fight song about the Longhorns. It’s already interesting enough that this happens when Texas A&M plays other teams, but I can’t quite imagine what it will be like when the Aggies don’t play the Longhorns . . . at all.
This is video from a game last year where the Aggies beat Oklahoma, yet we still managed to saw varsity’s horns off.
From a tailgating perspective the absence of the Longhorns will take a little edge out of the Thanksgiving Tailgate experience and the rumors are already flying about possible replacements on both sides. Some believe that Texas is working behind the scenes to schedule a Notre Dame night game on Thanksgiving day.
Who should the Aggies play? Well Alabama has Auburn. LSU plays Arkansas. It would be great if the Aggies . . . the 13th SEC team played the 14th SEC team. If that’s Florida State, then that would be great; however, games against Virginia Tech or North Carolina seem less appealing. Either way that change will be a big one for many families across the state of Texas and the game day tailgating experience.
The series will surely end though. If you’re Texas A&M, after playing an SEC schedule you certainly don’t need another tough game against Texas. The reverse is also true for Texas in their scheduling efforts. Moreover with upcoming non-conference, home and away games scheduled by the Aggies with USC and Oregon it’s unlikely that the Aggies would put the Longhorns on the schedule for at least a decade.
Although regular season games are unlikely, I can see a scenario where an SEC Aggie team play a Big XII Longhorn team in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas at some point down the line.
Even though the campuses are just over 100 miles apart, an Aggie move to the SEC will make the distance between Austin and College Station insurmountable. Ultimately, this will lead to the biggest tailgating change of all in 2011 when both schools will say goodbye for the foreseeable future via one last Texas-sized tailgate on Thanksgiving Day.
For other tailgating blog posts written by Foster “Jim” Flint click here.
To be completely honest, when Dave approached me with the opportunity to review a custom football goalpost, I was skeptical. I just wasn’t sure what value a miniature goalpost would bring to a tailgate. But as my wife can surely vouch for, my initial thoughts were wrong. Good for me, and good for you folks reading this post.
To begin this review, I of course, have to let you know that the custom goalpost was provided free of charge to me from myfootballgoalpost.com. For frequent visitors of this tailgating site you of course had to know that I had the goalpost customized for the Eagles!
I received the goalposts a few months back, however I thought it would look silly to bring them to a Phillies tailgate. So instead, I waited until the NFL preseason rolled around to unpack the box and put the product together (which was VERY simple to assemble). My first impression was how real the posts looked, detailed all the way down to the wind flags at the top of each post. The post pad was high quality vinyl and the base was sturdy enough to withstand my cat running into it as I repeatedly threw his ball through the uprights!
The goalposts made their tailgating debut this past Thursday night at the Eagles preseason game. The product was a hit for my tailgate and for the tailgaters around us. I guess you could say it was a different type of eye candy to the passing fans (Though I must admit my wife was looking really hot that day so maybe there was a split of the looks!).
So you are now probably asking yourself, do the goalposts have any value outside of a cool visual stimulant? With this guy’s imagination, of course they do.
When we needed to pass a burger bun we passed it through the goalposts.
When we needed to pass a condiment we passed it through the goalposts.
Beer caps became the new version of a paper football. Try and flick them through the goalposts. If you missed you were chugging.
Overall the main benefit of the custom goalposts was the extra “spice” or fun that they brought to the tailgate. They made our tailgate stick out in a good way.
Even better is the fact that they aren’t strictly a tailgating product. After Thursday’s game I brought the goalposts into my office. The goalposts complimented my collection of bobble heads very nicely (yes, I am the office sports guy). As they did in the parking lot, the goalposts made for interesting conversation in the office. I even brought them to a project meeting, along with a miniature football, and magically our brainstorming session became a lot more fun. If your office is a bit more strict than mine the goalposts will also make a nice addition to your mancave at home.
I would definitely recommend the custom goalposts if you are looking for something unique and different for the football fan in your life. Click on over to their website for additional product details and ordering information.
Less than a year ago we introduced you to the RACC: Retractable Awning Canopy Company. In a nutshell it is an instant tailgating shade product that extends off the back of your roof rack and essentially “floats” off the back of your vehicle with no legs touching the ground. We enjoyed this product so much that we thought it a great idea to offer it to you tailgaters in our tailgating gear store.
Now that football season is about one week out from starting, the folks at RACC wanted to offer up a special coupon to the readers of TailgatingIdeas.com. They are offering a special $79.95 coupon off the purchase of any new RACC. That coupon is good for either collegiate licensed RACCs or solid colors. (College RACCs are priced at $299.95 and solid colors cost $259.95.) As you can see a $79.95 coupon is a huge savings.
To get the coupon code, simply “like” the Tailgating Ideas Facebook fan page. Once inside, click on wall posts and you will see the post alerting you to the coupon code. (We’re not revealing it here. You need to be a fan on Facebook.) Copy and paste the coupon code into the coupon code box during checkout and you are saving big time. It’s that easy.
To see the selection of RACCs in college and solid colors, visit the RACC section at Shop.TailgatingIdeas.com.
Texas A&M SEC Tailgating Guide
August 28, 2011 in Commentary, Featured, Tailgating Ideas
Welcome to the new league Aggies and know that things are about to change on the tailgating landscape. Let’s take a look at some of the key differences that will occur when Texas A&M joins the South Eastern Conference.
Tailgating Presence Will Increase Outside of the Stadium
The Aggies are preseason #8 for football this year. With the new SEC excitement the tailgating intensity will only go up. There will be more tailgating done outside the stadium once the Aggies join the SEC.
At Texas A&M there are those that tailgate outside the stadium during the game, but many times tailgaters are lucky enough to grab an extra seat for the SMU game, the Idaho game–even a conference game against Baylor game.
That scenario will change considerably when LSU, Alabama, and Ole Miss come to town. In fact for the first couple of years even Vanderbilt and Kentucky will create enough intrigue that tickets will become even more precious. As a result the tailgating outside of Kyle Field will grow and Texas A&M will start to show up more often on Top 10 Tailgating Lists.
More Opposing School Colors
School colors will be even more prevalent and prominent. I predict that there will be LSU tailgaters at Kyle Field during the entire season once the SEC deal is inked.
This year, even though LSU and Mississippi State weren’t among the eight teams represented by those playing for the College World Series, their fans were there in full effect with full on tailgates running outside of the new TD Ameritrade stadium in Omaha.
As such, I fully expect some enterprising Tiger fans to have their gold and purple tents up and active for the entire season at Kyle Field. The LSU fans just don’t care what anyone else thinks of them. With their Cajun bloodlines and strong Houston presence they’ll rationalize that it’s just them getting ready for when the Aggies and Tigers play again.
Thank God for Starkville though. At least at Mississippi State games the school colors will be the same and the in your face antics will be less likely.
Texas A&M tailgaters are a welcoming group. SEC schools? Not so much.
More Trash-Talking @ Tailgates Than Ever Before
Despite A&M’s good nature, I suspect there will be more conflict in the tailgating parking lots than ever before though. In large part it will be due to A&M being the new kids on the SEC block and the fact that many of the current SEC schools aren’t afraid to get in each other’s face. It almost seems to be a sign of caring in these parts. SEC schools support each other when they are playing out of conference, but when it’s head-to-head—it’s game on!
At an LSU
Florida game I attended, Tiger fans were in the face of anyone wearing Florida blue—yelling “Gator Bait”, walking around with a Florida player hanging in effigy. The whole tradition of hanging the other teams mascot in effigy is a new play for the Aggies. It’s something that we’ll have to get used to when we travel and something that we’ll have to bring to the table for future Texas A&M Tailgates.
A New Level of Intensity
In fact one of the biggest tailgating differences is that in many SEC towns like Oxford and Tuscaloosa, there aren’t any professional teams nearby.
The net effect? Aggie passion and attendance are compromised considerably by tailgaters that spend their money and tailgating time about 90 miles south in Houston with the Texans.
When There is Less to Do, Football Matters More
Head Coach Dennis Franchione is a great example. After a successful run at TCU, Coach Fran landed at Alabama for two years. He left quickly. Or was he run out of town? He landed at Texas A&M where he headed up the program for a very long four years.
Just like the scenario with Coach Fran, the Aggies are a patient bunch. With Alabama and the SEC it’s more direct. Roll Tide or Roll on out of here.
Longhorn Changes
The one down side to Texas A&M’s move to the SEC is the ending of an historic relationship with the Texas Longhorns. When the Aggies join the SEC, a huge tradition with the Texas Longhorns will likely be over.
Truly, this will be the last year of the Longhorn-Aggie football game thanks to the first year of the Longhorn Network.
This is video from a game last year where the Aggies beat Oklahoma, yet we still managed to saw varsity’s horns off.
From a tailgating perspective the absence of the Longhorns will take a little edge out of the Thanksgiving Tailgate experience and the rumors are already flying about possible replacements on both sides. Some believe that Texas is working behind the scenes to schedule a Notre Dame night game on Thanksgiving day.
Who should the Aggies play? Well Alabama has Auburn. LSU plays Arkansas. It would be great if the Aggies . . . the 13th SEC team played the 14th SEC team. If that’s Florida State, then that would be great; however, games against Virginia Tech or North Carolina seem less appealing. Either way that change will be a big one for many families across the state of Texas and the game day tailgating experience.
The series will surely end though. If you’re Texas A&M, after playing an SEC schedule you certainly don’t need another tough game against Texas. The reverse is also true for Texas in their scheduling efforts. Moreover with upcoming non-conference, home and away games scheduled by the Aggies with USC and Oregon it’s unlikely that the Aggies would put the Longhorns on the schedule for at least a decade.
Although regular season games are unlikely, I can see a scenario where an SEC Aggie team play a Big XII Longhorn team in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas at some point down the line.
Even though the campuses are just over 100 miles apart, an Aggie move to the SEC will make the distance between Austin and College Station insurmountable. Ultimately, this will lead to the biggest tailgating change of all in 2011 when both schools will say goodbye for the foreseeable future via one last Texas-sized tailgate on Thanksgiving Day.
For other tailgating blog posts written by Foster “Jim” Flint click here.
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