Best Tailgating!!

[DG Cowboy]

Since this is all we at McNeese have remaining following our UNH loss, who in the FCS has the best tailgating experience? (Food, fans, location, all around good time.):D

[89Hen]

From what I've heard, it's Southern U leading the way.

[jlcharles]

NOT Villanova.

[LegalGaSouthernEagle]

Go watch some of the tailgate videos on the statesboro herald's website, and then get back to me.

Georgia Southern Football Saturday. We tailgate harder than you play.

[89Hen]

Georgia Southern Football Saturday. We tailgate harder than you play.
Apparently harder than you play too. xeyebrowx






Sorry, you asked for that one. :p

[GAD]

From what I've heard, it's Southern U leading the way.
yup, Southern University we are the "Undisputed Kings of the Parking lot"

[Ivytalk]

Go watch some of the tailgate videos on the statesboro herald's website, and then get back to me.

Georgia Southern Football Saturday. We tailgate harder than you play.

Outstanding experience! We'll be back.xthumbsupxxbowx

[Silenoz]

SWAC teams

It is their livelihood

[LegalGaSouthernEagle]

Apparently harder than you play too. Our players were drunk for the past 3 years.

[mrklean]

I have to say Southern U. They take tailgating to another level!!!!

[McNeese72]

I can only comment on the ones I've personally seen. Not in any order, Montana, Georgia Southern, Southern, and YSU were all good.

Doc

[blueballs]

I can only comment on the ones I've personally seen. Not in any order, Montana, Georgia Southern, Southern, and YSU were all good.

Doc

You are too modest... McNeese has a GREAT atmosphere, great fans, great grub, and having the ability to walk to the Frosty Factory gives them an unfair advantage!!!!

[AppAlum2003]

I wouldn't say that ASU has the best tailgating experience, but things have definitely changed over the last 7 - 8 years. They opened up the rules and the Administration actually encouraged tailgating.

[Redbird Ray]

Illinois State's tailgating scene has grown over the last 10 years or so, but I still don't know if we are in the top tier of tailgating in FCS. Like us, SIU has pretty awesome tailgating, with not a lot of people entering the stadium.

I've heard North Dakota State and Youngstown (out of the Valley) have stellar tailgating scenes.

[CrackerRiley]

I wouldn't say that ASU has the best tailgating experience, but things have definitely changed over the last 7 - 8 years. They opened up the rules and the Administration actually encouraged tailgating.

The change to a lottery for students to get tailgating spots in Raley and Greenwood parking lots has made tailgating much milder, IMO. I didn't see Greenwood full once this year and Raley seems a little more "calmer." The days before the lottery were nuts! The true fans came out at 7am to get their spots and partied hard.

[GrizGrowler]

Anyone who has been to Montana knows who the winner is. xthumbsupx

[HighRyder08]

ASU is definately struggling in the tailgate area... limited amount of parking space and the abundance of alumni parking gives our campus only 1 or 2 lots to tailgate as a whole... I believe if we had more room then we could create an even better atmosphere.

[WileECoyote06]

Among schools I've witnessed, definitely Southern, A & T, and SC State.

[bluehenbillk]

If it doesn't have scrapple, it ain't tailgating.

[SU Jag]

Southern University "kings of the parking lot"!

[Bam]

I wouldn't say that ASU has the best tailgating experience, but things have definitely changed over the last 7 - 8 years. They opened up the rules and the Administration actually encouraged tailgating.

Same thing appears to have occured in Richmond, KY. In my days at EKU, we tailgated in the shadows of the local PD, now they are much more flexable. If our rowdy parking lot students ever went into the game, WATCH OUT! xwhistlex

[McNeese72]

You are too modest... McNeese has a GREAT atmosphere, great fans, great grub, and having the ability to walk to the Frosty Factory gives them an unfair advantage!!!!

Well, I was only listing tailgating at other schools. I know ours is pretty good and the Frosty Factory across the street is a big plus.

Doc

[AppSt.09]

The change to a lottery for students to get tailgating spots in Raley and Greenwood parking lots has made tailgating much milder, IMO. I didn't see Greenwood full once this year and Raley seems a little more "calmer." The days before the lottery were nuts! The true fans came out at 7am to get their spots and partied hard.

That's how me and my crew roll! And the one time we were in Greenwood this season, it was horrible. No one was there

[JMUNJ08]

The change to a lottery for students to get tailgating spots in Raley and Greenwood parking lots has made tailgating much milder, IMO. I didn't see Greenwood full once this year and Raley seems a little more "calmer." The days before the lottery were nuts! The true fans came out at 7am to get their spots and partied hard.

JMU was the same way. Parked the night before or got in line at 8am to get in the main lot. Went to season ticket holders and now is 1/2 empty when the game STARTS. With 1/2 the space and an increasing student population, our tailgate space is minimal to what it needs to be. Our tailgate is probably a B- now after picking up the last few years.

[JMU DUUUKES LAW]

JMU was the same way. Parked the night before or got in line at 8am to get in the main lot. Went to season ticket holders and now is 1/2 empty when the game STARTS. With 1/2 the space and an increasing student population, our tailgate space is minimal to what it needs to be. Our tailgate is probably a B- now after picking up the last few years.

i duno though .... in terms of sheer VOLUME of tailgaters we are in the top 5, but thats mostly a product of having more students than a lot of these schools, rather than fan intensity. But tailgating consumes the entire campus now on gamedays

[JMUNJ08]

i duno though .... in terms of sheer VOLUME of tailgaters we are in the top 5, but thats mostly a product of having more students than a lot of these schools, rather than fan intensity. But tailgating consumes the entire campus now on gamedays

Agree, we just don't have many "over the top tailgates" really. Just standard with the whole campus involved. App St. game comes to mind as a crazy tailgate but thats based on volume and length.

[Seven Would Be Nice]

You can't BEAT GSU (at tailgating).

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs046.snc3/13341_677242633501_33003381_38390507_8167991_n.jpg
beer pong

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs076.snc3/14331_675714156581_33003381_38343896_2067305_n.jpg
good looking ladies
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs046.snc3/13341_677242663441_33003381_38390513_4845096_n.jpg
80s rock bands (yes, at our tailgate)


Just a few quick pictures from this year...

[biggie]

You can't BEAT GSU (at tailgating).


http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs076.snc3/14331_675714156581_33003381_38343896_2067305_n.jpg
good looking ladies


Looking forward to responses...

[ASU_Fanatic]

I'm not trying to be a homer, but App does have a good tailgate scene.

[mcveyrl]

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs076.snc3/14331_675714156581_33003381_38343896_2067305_n.jpg
good looking ladies

Just a few quick pictures from this year...


Looking forward to responses...

I was just thinking "Damn It! Those chicks are standing in front of some good looking ladies!"

[McNeese72]

You can't BEAT GSU (at tailgating).

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs046.snc3/13341_677242633501_33003381_38390507_8167991_n.jpg
beer pong

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs076.snc3/14331_675714156581_33003381_38343896_2067305_n.jpg
good looking ladies
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs046.snc3/13341_677242663441_33003381_38390513_4845096_n.jpg
80s rock bands (yes, at our tailgate)


Just a few quick pictures from this year...

Seven Would Be Nice,

I raise!

http://www.geauxcowboys-eastside.org/images/psu07tgff.jpg

http://www.geauxcowboys-eastside.org/images/sam07tgff2.jpg

http://www.geauxcowboys-eastside.org/images/nsu09tgpig.jpg

http://www.geauxcowboys-eastside.org/images/unh09tgcheer1.jpg

Oh, one more from the second floor balconey of the Frosty Factory so you can see where it is located in relation to the Westside Reserved Tailgating Area.

http://www.geauxcowboys-eastside.org/images/dsu08tgws1.jpg

Damn, I forgot the bands

http://www.geauxcowboys-eastside.org/images/nsu09tgbyc2.jpg

http://www.geauxcowboys-eastside.org/images/nsu09tgband1.jpg



Doc

[Go...gate]

Army. The whole experience is tremendous.

[jstate83]

yup, Southern University we are the "Undisputed Kings of the Parking lot"


I'll stack JSU's Mississippi ribs, sausage, and deep fried catfish up against SU's creole creations
at Memorial anyday. :D
Tha music, live radio broadcast, the ladies showing their best walking around mingling.
Never walked through a parking lot that smelled and looked so good from all directions. xlolx
Especially down in the grove where you can lay out on the grass.

[LetsGoNova]

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs076.snc3/14331_675714156581_33003381_38343896_2067305_n.jpg

Natty Light tall boys? Who knew such glory existed?!?

[GAD]

Seven Would Be Nice,

I raise!

http://www.geauxcowboys-eastside.org/images/psu07tgff.jpg

http://www.geauxcowboys-eastside.org/images/sam07tgff2.jpg

http://www.geauxcowboys-eastside.org/images/nsu09tgpig.jpg

http://www.geauxcowboys-eastside.org/images/unh09tgcheer1.jpg

Oh, one more from the second floor balconey of the Frosty Factory so you can see where it is located in relation to the Westside Reserved Tailgating Area.

http://www.geauxcowboys-eastside.org/images/dsu08tgws1.jpg

Damn, I forgot the bands

http://www.geauxcowboys-eastside.org/images/nsu09tgbyc2.jpg

http://www.geauxcowboys-eastside.org/images/nsu09tgband1.jpg



Doc
Dude with the mic in his hand is wearing a LSU hat

[KiddBrewer]

Seven Would Be Nice,

I raise!

http://www.geauxcowboys-eastside.org/images/psu07tgff.jpg

http://www.geauxcowboys-eastside.org/images/sam07tgff2.jpg

http://www.geauxcowboys-eastside.org/images/nsu09tgpig.jpg

http://www.geauxcowboys-eastside.org/images/unh09tgcheer1.jpg

Oh, one more from the second floor balconey of the Frosty Factory so you can see where it is located in relation to the Westside Reserved Tailgating Area.

http://www.geauxcowboys-eastside.org/images/dsu08tgws1.jpg

Damn, I forgot the bands

http://www.geauxcowboys-eastside.org/images/nsu09tgbyc2.jpg

http://www.geauxcowboys-eastside.org/images/nsu09tgband1.jpg



Doc


i see your raise, and reraise you.....

http://www.southernfriedfootball.com/Caitlin/

[ngineer]

While we certainly can't compete with the numbers; but, in terms of menu I'd put up our spread against anyone's...xnodx

[elcid83]

Well, Boiling Springs, NC ain't the most exciting place in the world I can assure you of that. But, I wouldn't trade our tailgating experience at Gardner-Webb University for anything I have experienced this past season and we went to every game. The only one that came close was at VMI - but, it was their homecoming and those games mean more at the military schools than they do elsewhere for the most part.

Go Runnin' Bulldogs!

http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs001.snc3/10832_1195602124206_1053041569_30517282_6488984_n. jpg

[Bam]

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs076.snc3/14331_675714156581_33003381_38343896_2067305_n.jpg

Natty Light tall boys? Who knew such glory existed?!?

At EKU I see alot of PBR tall ones. Wooooo!

[GSUhooligan]

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs076.snc3/14331_675714156581_33003381_38343896_2067305_n.jpg

Natty Light tall boys? Who knew such glory existed?!?

At the gas station across from the stadium you can get a flat(4 6-packs) of tall boys for $12.

[Redbird Ray]

A lot of RV's in the McNeese lot. Northwestern doesn't even get that many RV's. Must be a southern/country thing. Those r sum purty cheeeerleeedrs yall got there 2.

In all seriousness, looks awesome though. I don't have any ISU pics, and we don't have a lot of hardcore tailgate set-ups, but we do have a ton of hot drunken coeds. xthumbsupx

[Kabooom]

I've been to less than a half dozen ...so sheltered I am..

My Top three are:

1. Chatty's under the Pavilion roof....McNeese's gumbo took the Cake!
2.Montana's
3.MSU's

Pretty homogenized for all my travels....

I'm sure if the Griz scheduled the Mexico St. Banditos , and I went to the game ...I'm sure I'd like their Tacos, and their local flare as well..Sie...

Note: Would also attend a masked Mexican wrestling match as well.

[Kabooom]

Hey Doc,

Had some of the best...ok it WAS the BEST seafood gumbo I've ever had at...
2004 JMU/ GRIZ game under the big roof (pavillon?)in Chatty...

Was that your gang?
Need to make it ta McNeese sometime when on the way to Mardi..xnodx[/QUOTE]

BTW..best tailgate experience.....The Chatt..xbowx

[McNeese72]

A lot of RV's in the McNeese lot. Northwestern doesn't even get that many RV's. Must be a southern/country thing. Those r sum purty cheeeerleeedrs yall got there 2.

In all seriousness, looks awesome though. I don't have any ISU pics, and we don't have a lot of hardcore tailgate set-ups, but we do have a ton of hot drunken coeds. xthumbsupx

FWIW, that is just the Westside Reserved Tailgating Area, there is also an Eastside Reserved Tailgating Area with even more RV's.

Doc

[Mountaineer#96]

This thread is worthless without pics!!!!!

[seantaylor]

GSU in a landslide. The only other school I've been to that even comes close is McNeese.

[SUjagTILLiDIE]

A lot of RV's in the McNeese lot. Northwestern doesn't even get that many RV's. Must be a southern/country thing.

Before this season xsmhx , SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY had over 200 RV's @ every home game.

SU RUNS THE PARKING LOT. :D

[SUjagTILLiDIE]

GSU in a landslide. The only other school I've been to that even comes close is McNeese.

You need to ask somebody. Ask ULL xlolx.

[Grizaholic17]

this is really only half of the tailgating at Griz games. If the camera pointed 180 degrees the other way, it stretches around the stadium that way on "tailgate road" as well.

http://www.egriz.com/grizpics/albums/userpics/16424/normal_100_0088.JPG

http://www.egriz.com/grizpics/albums/userpics/14222/normal_100_0039.JPG

http://www.egriz.com/grizpics/albums/userpics/10551/IMG_8475.jpg

http://www.egriz.com/grizpics/albums/userpics/10551/IMG_8465.jpg

http://www.egriz.com/grizpics/albums/userpics/10551/IMG_8466.jpg

[GrizNzonecrazy]

great pics but that does us no justice.....i think you are missing way more than half....

[Grizaholic17]

great pics but that does us no justice.....i think you are missing way more than half....

agreed. really, your avatar shows sort of the setup!