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Being Young Isn’t Always A Good Thing

May 15, 2011 in Uncategorized

Readers of this blog don’t need another reason on why NFL tailgating is better than MLB tailgating, but knowledge is power so here is yet another reason for you.  The reason…NFL tickets are more expensive than MLB tickets.

Have I lost my mind?  More expensive tickets means better tailgating?  Dishing out the remaining cash that Big Oil hasn’t yet taken from us is a good thing?  Maybe, Yes, and Yes.  Just please hear me out…

I think it is because I am getting older that I am finally seeing the obvious.  MLB tailgating brings out a younger crowd.  A younger crowd translates to more crowded parking lots.  A younger crowd means a lot of empty, cheap-ass beer cans throughout the parking lot.  A younger crowd means more folks concerned only about getting wasted.  A tailgate of good food, good drinks and the anticipation of a good game is secondary or in most cases non-existent.

I have gone to a handful of Phillies games this season.  Before each game I am, of course, tailgating.  Unfortunately the tailgating experience is being ruined by obnoxious young adults who are drunk, blasting crap music from their car stereos , yelling they are the beer pong champ, and / or fighting with their significant others!  And why are these young folks tailgating? Because, why not?  MLB tickets can be had for as little as 10-15 bucks.  It’s a cheap evening out.  You can binge drink without any repercussions.  And if my eyes aren’t deceiving me, you can even drink if you aren’t 21.

NFL games require extra cash for a tailgater.  Inexpensive tickets will still run you at least 60-70 bucks.  The more expensive tickets keep the young tailgaters away.  Without the young crowds the tailgates are true tailgates.  Folks are enjoying good beer, good food, tunes that can be heard by only their tailgating group, and a drama free afternoon or evening.

So I guess in the end this post is just another reason why we need the NFL lockout to end, and end soon.  We need a return to the true tailgate.  Where the most important thing isn’t about how fast you down a case of Natural Ice!

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Weekend Wrap-Up #121: Sara Jean Underwood Edition

January 9, 2011 in Babes, Mailbag

I know that yesterday and today just wrapped up an amazing weekend of Wild Card Playoff games in the NFL but in all honesty it is never too early to start preparing for baseball tailgating. There is only one game left in the college football season and the ticket prices are so high and in such demand real tailgaters like you and I will never get within 50 miles of that stadium. The NFL playoffs are still in full swing with only eight teams still alive. That means if you are a fan of the other 24 teams in the NFL your tailgating gear has been packed away for weeks. Which reminds me that pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training in about a month. So to get you thinking about baseball tailgating, here is Playboy Playmate Sara Jean Underwood with a baseball bat. When I saw this photo it immediately inspired me to try to come up with some tailgating ideas specifically for baseball tailgaters. Yup, that’s exactly what Sara Jean inspired me to do. Yessir, that’s the truth… Links follow the designated hottie…

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• Join us on our Tailgating Ideas Facebook Fan Page
• While we’re being all social media, feel free to follow Tailgating Ideas on Twitter too
• All I Wanted For Christmas Was A Beer Bike (I didn’t get it)
• Major tailgating area now available at Texas Motor Speedway
• Juicy Lucy Recipe
• A&M and LSU Throw Big Tailgate Prior To Cotton Bowl
• Surprise tailgate lifts patient’s spirits
• Why Houston out-tailgates all others
• Top 5 Tailgating Foods for NFL Games
• Cleveland Muni Lot’s last tailgate party is a blast
• Fans bring big league tailgating to the NHL at the Winter Classic
• Old Michigan Theater offers dramatic place for Lions tailgaters to party
• Washington Huskies Fans tailgate outside Qualcomm Stadium before the Holiday Bowl
• Tailgating, Rose Bowl-Style
• Houston Texans Tailgating: Fans Sue After Getting In Fight
• “Quackshack” tailgaters trying to get to Glendale

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Weekend Wrap-Up #112: Melanie Collins Edition

August 22, 2010 in Babes, Mailbag

This week’s lesson in “How to Properly Use Twitter” is brought to you by none other than Melanie Collins. Who is Melanie Collins you ask… Well, she’s a former bikini model that has turned her propensity for looking scorchingly hot in a bikini into a gig as a reporter for the Big 10 Network. She’s also on Twitter, @melanie_collins, with over 5,000 stalkers, er, followers. As you can imagine, a hot girl talking about sports in a football crazy league like the Big 10 would tend to garner a few followers on Twitter. So when Melanie Collins tweeted that her sources were telling her that Michigan quarterback Tate Forcier was going to transfer, she immediately recognized the error of her ways. Despite deleting the tweet minutes later, the damage was done. The news took off like wildfire within the sports blogosphere and the UM message boards and Google searches for Melanie Collins just made a jump.

So here is the moral of the story – be a responsible tweeter and think before you press send. Much like drunk dialing your ex-girlfriend after 3 am, what you tweet may come back to haunt you. A wise man once said, “You never regret the things you DON’T say.” Keep that in mind when using Twitter. Links follow the pic:

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• Follow Tailgating Ideas on Twitter
• College Lifestyle’s College Football Tailgating Etiquette 101
• 8 sports that even 3-D television won’t be able to save
• Tailgating Recipes: Grilled Pork Tenderloin
• World’s biggest BBQ can cook 1,000 sausages
• How to Grill Asparagus
• Will new Kinnick Stadium post game tailgating rule apply to high-dollar fans?
• You know it’s Saints season when you see this: tailgaters parking lot partying along Rampart
• Tailgating Heaven
• Tailgating Dos and Don’ts: Version 2.0
• The salsa recipe perfect for tailgating parties
• Johnson County Sheriff Worries About New Univ. of Iowa Tailgating Rules
• Tailgating in Extreme Weather
• Colts fans kick off tailgating season
• 5 Green Tips for Your Baseball Tailgate
• Why not take a deep fryer tailgating?
• Nail the Tailgate Party
• Tailgating Season: It’s not just for football anymore
• Meadowlands Security Did a Job Keeping Tailgating to One Parking Spot
• Iowa’s new tailgating rules set to ‘focus on the knuckleheads’
• Rawlings Signs Exclusive NFL Tailgate License
• It’s tailgating season!

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