Tailgating Ideas – Don't Just Tailgate, Tailgate Better

Happy New Year! I know the first week of January isn’t really “ice cream weather” but we couldn’t resist posting this photo of Greek model Georgia Salpa. (Georgia Salpa is a 27 year-old model who finished at No. 5 on FHM’s 100 Sexiest Women poll.) With the college football season in the books and only a handful of you NFL tailgaters are able to tailgate any playoff games, we are already looking forward to opening day and baseball tailgating. And nothing goes better with baseball than some soft serve…. and Georgia Salpa eating it with you. Links following the eye candy.

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• Is responsible tailgating an oxymoron?
• Academics vs. Football: The Battle Between Studying and Tailgating
• Hands down, a Rose Bowl tailgate party is hard to beat
• From Indy to Detroit, ‘fowling’ winning fans as tailgate pastime
• E3 Axess brings the luxury box to tailgating
• Great Philly Tailgating Traditions: Tips and Suggestions for Gameday
• Tailgating is a way of life for those outside of the Dome
• SEC tailgating a fine art
• Bison Tailgating
• SEC tailgate fan’s must-haves
• New Orleans Saints-style tailgating goes on, win or lose
• NFL Tailgating Is An Art In Itself
• College Football’s 50 Best Tailgating Sites of 2012
• Myrtle Beach family drives ultimate Clemson tailgate party machine
• Food Safety Tips For a Worry-Free Tailgating Party
• Grey Cup Tailgaters’ optimism turns to dejection loss
• USC vs. UCLA – fans support their teams while tailgating in the rain
• Florida State fans share love for tailgating
• Game day grub: Meet the big grillers from Michigan football tailgates
• Taking tailgating to the next level
• Southern University couple still tailgating 35 years later
• A full day of tailgating at The Ralph

Even if you are a casual follower of the NFL, you have probably heard that Colts Head Coach Chuck Pagano is currently battling leukemia. Many of the Colts players have shaved their head to show support and solidarity for Pagano in his fight against leukemia. The support is spreading and even one of the Colts cheerleaders, pictured below, accepted the challenge.

The Colts mascot, Blue, issued a challenge that if he could raise $10,000 by the Nov. 25th game, he wanted to shave the head of a Colts cheerleader. The cheerleader that accepted was Megan M and if enough money is raised by the deadline to fund cancer research, Megan will get her head shaved at halftime of the Colts vs. Bills game.

Hats off to Megan for accepting the challenge and here is a good look at her with hair because with the support for Chuck Pagano coming in waves, it looks as though her hair is almost a certainty to be shaved off. Links following the eye candy.

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• Yes, tailgates [at Yale] are still fun
• Scenes from the parking lot and beyond before the Steelers-Giants game
• It’s tailgate time. ’Cue the veggies
• Tailgating Wars: Penn State could learn from LSU
• With hours to go till kickoff, fans tailgate and trade barbs
• Tailgating This Weekend? Pack These Tips With Your Cooler
• Football game brings some relief from storm damage
• Da Suit Crew offers tailgating tips
• Meet the man behind ESPN’s GameDay top tailgates
• Los Angeles to Louisiana: A newbie to tailgating experiences it all at LSU
• Jackson State tailgating a food fest
• Boise State alcohol policy is not clear for tailgates
• Tailgating fans enjoy the Linc lifestyle
• 11 things you might find at an LSU-Alabama tailgate
• ‘Tailgate to Heaven’ looks at the glory of football
• The elements of a successful tailgate party
• Couple Ties Knot at Bears Tailgate

Even though NFL and college football are in the middle of their seasons and everyone seems to associate tailgating with football, there are a lot of other sports out there that people like to tailgate. Although those “indoor sports” like hockey and basketball do not tend to get as much attention as being popular amongst tailgaters, those sports do get their fair share of pre-game partiers in the parking lot. Another arena sport that people tend to tailgate is MMA. Outside of the athleticism displayed by the athletes in the octagon but the ring girls are becoming well known as well. Recently, Complex.com put together a compilation of the 25 Hottest MMA Ring Girls complete with a photo gallery. Last year we made UFC ring girl Brittney Palmer the subject of one of our Mid-Week Eye Candy wrappers and it is high time we feature another MMA ring girl. This time around we are featuring Chandella Powell who ranked No. 8 according to Complex.com. At any rate, be sure to check out their list plus our tailgating links following the eye candy.

Image of Chandella Powell courtesy of Complex.com

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• Football fans should care more about the game than tailgating
• Kentucky lifts alcohol ban for tailgating
• Some Oregon Duck Fans Bring More Than Just the Typical Tailgate Gear
• Carolina Panthers Tailgaters kicked out, demand answers from parking service
• You’re Doing It Wrong: Tailgating
• New York Jets Tailgating Takes a Trashy Step Backward
• Recipe: Filet Mignon Sliders
• High school tailgating tradition grows, raising team spirit for Bluffton, Beaufort teams
• Obama, Romney, Ryan, Biden: Who would you study (or tailgate) with?
• Tailgating isn’t just a party, research shows
• Tulsa area football fans take tailgating to the next level
• The art of tailgating, an American experience
• Toughest venues: KC Tailgating capital
• Fall break fails to hinder tailgating efforts for Purdue fans
• Eight Western Michigan tailgating do’s and don’ts to remember
• Wisconsin student-athletes tailgate with non-traditional audience
• Outside stadium, UNLV Rebels fans bond over barbecue
• Winning the pre-game
• Tailgating with West Virginia and Texas fans
• Tailgating attire
• Texans, Packers fans form tailgating bond
• Tailgating attire
• Crackdown on Indiana campus drinking changes tailgates
• Tales of Tailgating: An Etiquette Guide to Gameday
• Time lapse view of Miami-FSU tailgating
• Former Bengals coach Sam Wyche tailgates in support of Mitt Romney

The big news in the past couple of weeks was the call at the end of the Packers/Seahawks game was so bad that the NFL replacement officials were given the boot and the regular officials were back on the field within days. The interception that wasn’t an interception that was ruled a touchdown was so bad that even a casino boss offered to give refunds to those bettors who bet on the game and lost. Because there has been so much apologizing to the Packers and their fans I thought it might be a nice gesture to cheer up the Packers with this little bit of eye candy. Links follow.

Image courtesy of Tim Clark / Athlon Sports

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• Chiefs vs Chargers Tailgating Photos: Sept. 30
• University of West Georgia updates tailgating policies
• Turn your tailgate party into a feast
• Bulldog fans trashy when they tailgate
• Tailgaters Make Sustainability Effort
• Kentucky issues alcohol ban for student tailgating
• The Top 10 Tailgating Foods
• Top 10 Best Tailgating Songs
• Debate Tailgate Party Anyone?
• Tasteful tailgating celebrates the season
• Rain Didn’t Keep Tailgaters Away on Game Day in College Station
• Tailgating food dangers
• Tailgating at Bronco Stadium: Cheering on the Boys in Blue, both Drunken and Sober
• Titans of Tailgating
• Wine suggestions for tailgating
• Family makes tailgating an art
• PHOTO GALLERY: Fans tailgate before Missouri-Central Florida game
• Tailgating becomes staple at Indian River
• Tailgating doesn’t have to ruin your diet
• Tailgaters appear to heed Kentucky’s warning
• One UT tailgate goes green
• The Different Ways To Tailgate On A Sunday
• ‘Tis The Season For Tailgating
• Trouble ahead for tailgate drinkers
• Tuscaloosa tailgating a league of its own
• Tailgates boost fan spirits, economy
• Game Day Parking Changes Made to Improve Tailgating Experience for Arkansas State Fans
• The Culture of Tailgating
• 11 Essential Tailgating Tools From Your Kitchen
• Battle Of The Sexes Over Tailgating
• Tailgating soars beyond dogs and burgers
• 12 simple rules for college football tailgate parties
• Tailgates boost spirit, revenue at high schools

Wait, stop me if you have heard this one before. To celebrate the first full week of the NFL returning and being able to tailgate games that actually matter, we are bringing back Playboy Playmate of the Year Jaime Edmondson in San Francisco 49ers gear. Why 49ers gear? Well, we could have gone with any one of the 32 team Jaime Edmondson was modeling over at Playboy.com and we now realize the number of you reading this has dropped off dramatically seeing how you are all probably gone and looking at the gallery in the link we just provided. But for those of you still reading, we chose the 49ers because they looked awfully good this past Sunday beating the Packers on the road at Lambeau Field. Not an easy task even in September. So because of that strong showing, we thought it would be an appropriate homage to the niners and their impressive win. So now that we have gotten that out of the way, after the eye candy, you’ll find some fun and interesting links about tailgating, the tailgate party lifestyle and other things you tailgaters might find humorous and thought provoking.

Photo Courtesy of Playboy Magazine

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• Tailgating Attire – 3 Different Ways
• Which Beer Gets You The Drunkest, The Cheapest
• Will there be a tailgating crackdown in Cleveland?
• Tailgate Drinks: Beer Cocktails
• Electrical outlets available for tailgating at UAM
• Tailgating rules are more strict at TCU this football season
• Nothing beat copious amounts of alcohol, tailgating games, and taxidermy
• New tailgating rules frustrate BYU football fans
• Eastern enhances game day experience
• Top Tailgating Tips for Your Football Related Events
• Ultimate College Football Tailgate: All the Best Elements from Across the Sport
• Tailgating in Green Bay
• A lesson from tailgating 101: How to rage responsibly
• ‘Tailgating For Billionaires’: The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance And Monterey Car Week
• Happy Hour Happens: Easy Tailgating Drinks
• Tailgating: An Intro To The Fine Art Of Fandom
• NDSU Takes Tailgating To The Next Level
• FSU fans celebrate tailgating tradition
• At LSU, tailgating is revered as much as a religion
• The Best Tailgate Traditions in the NFL
• Tailgating Embodies the Spirit of America
• Browns fans kick off tailgate season at Cleveland’s Muni Lot
• Tailgating is better with an R2-D2 kegerator