3 weeks…

Just a little over 3 weeks remain until College Football Tailgating Season begins! Let’s continue the countdown…To recap, number 5 was stadiums and number 4 was color. This week my number 3 favorite thing about college football tailgating is (drum roll)……

The Vehicles!

The creativity and ingenuity that tailgaters have is amazing! “Every tailgate starts with getting to the tailgate site, so why not create the ultimate vehicle to do so?” That seems to be the mindset of the amazing tailgaters that I saw last season. The most common way to arrive to the game is by car. With only 6 or 7 home game days a year, you can’t just show up in any car……

It has to show off you school spirit! Like this Hokie themed car complete with a horn that gobbles. Or…

Tiger striped suburban renamed the “tigerbourbon”? Or a purple repurposed bread van? Speaking of vans how about this one…

Need more room than a van? Many tailgaters just get a bus and, well, its easier to show than explain….

Then there were the group of tailgaters who brought RVs, but needed a way to get from the RV lot and visit their other tailgating friends…

That is where the golf cart came in handy. They were found in all sizes and colors…

Some tailgaters wanted a little bit of a smaller ride that could bring their drinks with them….

Scooter Cooler race anyone?

Its one thing to ride your cooler, but why not have a tap installed directly on your vehicle like this Washington tailgating ambulance?

Or, how about an automatic beer dispenser like this one in Wisconsin ?

There are some tailgaters that take the green approach and use two wheels to get to their tailgate…

These are all great ways to get to the game. But the best is…..

BY BOAT! The Huskies in Washington….

and the Vol Navy in Knoxville, do tailagting on water (sailgating or boatgating) THE BEST!

Next week, I will continue the countdown with my 2nd favorite part of College Football Tailgating……

Here is the 2011 Season Schedule

Tailgate 2011 Schedule

Sept  3         Boise St @ UGA                                                        Atlanta, GA

Sept  10th    Oregon St @ Wisconsin                                            Madison, WI

Sept  17th     Auburn @ Clemson                                                   Clemson, SC

Sept  24th     LSU @ West Virginia                                               Morgantown, WV

Oct    1st       Alabama @ Florida                                                    Gainesville, FL

Oct     8th  Central Mich @ NC State                                             Raleigh, NC

Oct    15th Hampden Sydney@ Emory Henry                             Emory, VA

Oct     22    Samford @ Appalachian State                                    Boone, NC

Oct     29   Miss St @ Kentucky                                                       Lexington, KY (Horse race tailgating also)

Nov 12th   Miami @ FSU                                                                 Tallahasse, FL

Nov 19th   Nebraska @Michigan                                                   Ann Arbor, MI

Nov 26th   Clemson @ USC                                                            Columbia, SC

If you will be at any of these games, I would love to meet you!

Also, I know I have mentioned it in the past, but some VERY exciting and big changes to announce very very soon!