This weekend marked the official opening of tailgating season. Although you can tailgate year round depending on your part of the country and the weather, we all know that football season is the official start of tailgating season. College football officially started yesterday and the NFL season kicks off next weekend. For me, the football season (college or pro) could not have come sooner. So to get you fired up for the official start of tailgating season, here a few links from the world of tailgating that you may have missed.

• The Drunken Tailgate examines the tailgating babes from ECU vs. Va Tech. (To me it is a dead heat)
• The World of Isaac suggests the LPGA needs to sex it up to get more viewers (he even has photo samples of what he is thinking.)
• Felonious Ramblings digs deep and comes up with the most outrageous and die-hard Alabama tailgaters and fans.
• NFLJuice examines the tailgating traditions that go into a Badger Tailgate at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
• Dallas Cowboys cracking down on free-for-all tailgating in blue lots.
• The Tailgating Times knows that Labor Day is the official kick off to the tailgating season.
• Rules for tailgating at UTEP this season announced.
• Grill Up Some Game at the Game.
• The Hazean wants you to vote on the best fantasy football team name.
• KU football fans to pay more for pregame fun.
• Getting serious about tailgating.
• Tailgate parties turn out best when extracted from playbook.
• Green Bay Packers Tailgate Party
• The SEC tailgating experience.
• Ralph Friedgen almost went Mike Gundy on the media.
• Busted Coverage reveals the world’s largest beer bong. Can you say 144?
• WAAF’s Greg Hill warns you of some of the types of tailgaters that you may encounter this football season. Gee, I wonder where he could have gotten the idea to do this kind of list?
• High gas, food prices don’t deter tailgating regulars.
• Cost of parking increases, fans still tailgating en masse.
• University of Georgia officials have deep-sixed deep-fried turkey at UGA football tailgating parties this year.
• The 10 Commandments for Women During Football Season. (My favorite: In no way shape or form are you to ask a question during game time. You must wait for a commercial to speak.
• Hurricane Gustav and early game time kills tailgating at LSU.
• Tailgating Tips for Missouri Tiger Fans (If You’re a Illionois fan, I Guess You Can Use Them Too)
• Top 20 Tailgating Cities.
• Cuzoogle has a gallery of Babes of Entourage.
• Southern Saturday has a Tailgating Recipe of the Week.
• The Oswald Adventures is sporting a new tailgating accessory this year.
• Construction of baseball stadium puts squeeze on football tailgating at Oregon.
• UCF found middle ground on tailgating.
• Tailgating in style.
• The Texas Facilities Commission could decide to let University of Texas tailgaters
  reserve their place in advance.
• Next Round chronicles the hotness that is Lori Loughlin.
• Elon administration striking down on tailgating with stricter enforcement on current rules.
• Top 10 Reasons Why College Football Is Better Than the NFL.
• Steelers tailgaters fear for their survival amid North Shore development.
• UCA fans generate both smoke and excitement.
• Tailgating at Perkins
• Spurrier Chooses Smelley Cock (Yes, that is really the headline and no it is not what you think.)
• Simple recipes make tailgating meals easy
• Tech tailgaters kick off season in reopened Hastings lot.
• Tailgating Traditions at UVA.
• Hawkeye Fans Miss Tailgating Hot Spot.
• New football season brings loads of tailgaters at University of Texas.
• The scene was surreal at Tiger Stadium before LSU’s football game.
• City-approved tailgating in Eugene Oregon.