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FOS Top 4 College Football Tailgate Party Towns in Each Conference:

American Athletic Conference Top Tailgates:

    1.  SMU- Pony fans don’t tailgate, they Boulevard. Bishop Boulevard on the SMU
campus in Dallas is the pregame hub at SMU games. If you want to experience what it’s like to attend an SMU Mustangs game, then you need to stop by The Boulevard.

       
2.  Houston  With the opening of TDECU Stadium in 2014 football and tailgating have returned to the University of Houston Campus. The university is pulling out all the stops to develop a strong tailgating culture here at Houston. You’ll find that not only does Houston offer you a wealth of tailgating options, but the fans here like most Texans take football and tailgating very seriously creating an excellent tailgating environment.

3.  Cincinnati
Tailgating is alive and well at Cincinnati where you’ll find a bevy of tailgate options that will satisfy any die-hard tailgater. Here at Cincinnati, you’ll find not only an on-campus tailgate area known as The GRID, but you’ll also find that multiple block parties are going on around the campus on gameday that you can join in on.

4.  Central Florida
UCF is one of the largest universities in the country, and as a result, it has one of the biggest and best tailgates in the country. The fans here are pretty diehard when it comes to cheering on their Knights and they love to tailgate and let loose before watching the Knights take the field.

5.  Tulsa

NOTE:  Tulsa University tailgating can be whole lot of fun and at times is more exciting than attending the actual football game!  Thanks to Hasty-Bake and the Lambda Chi Alph house on TU tailgating grounds, I have trouble remembering numerous games!!

Big 12 Conference Top Tailgates:

1. West Virginia University

Let’s put it this way: the fact that “Go Mountaineers” and “Let’s Drink Some Beers” rhyme with each other is a fact that isn’t lost among the West Virginia faithful. But these fans are as passionate as you’ll find at any University on the eastern seaboard, with or without the benefit of suds.

2.  University of Oklahoma

With all due respect to their Big 12 counterparts one state to the south, people will tell you that Oklahoma knows how to bring the southwestern flare to a tailgate. There’s a little something for everyone in Norman on game day, and the center of activity is near the intersection of Jenkins Avenue and Lindsey Street, just south of the stadium.

3.  University of Texas

Even students and alumni who went to college in some of the most aesthetically pleasing Universities in this nation has to offer will tell you that there are few more beautiful locales than the campus and surroundings of the University of Texas.

4.  Texas Christian University

TCU has recently partnered with the industry leader, Tailgate Guys, to offer premium tailgate packages in front of Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena for the 2020 Pandemic Tailgate year!!

FOS Big 10 Conference Top Tailgates::

1. Iowa

The best part about tailgating at Iowa games is that the tailgating doesn’t stop with kickoff.  School officials allow tailgating to last for hours after the game ends, which is a good thing, especially when the Hawkeyes win.  The other signature piece of Iowa tailgates is the Big (Bleeping) Turkey Leg, began by the recently retired Chuck Ford and continued by a plethora of others.

2.  Ohio State

No tailgate list would be complete without the university that brags about being The Ohio State University.  Ohio State is steeped in tradition, including everything from Skull Sessions (pep rallies) at St. John Arena, The Best Damn Band in the Land, the wearing of scarlet and gray, the seriousness about competing for a national championship, and the spelling out of O-H-I-O.

3.  Penn State

Happy Valley is hours away from a major metropolitan area, so a city emerges on game days.  Beaver Stadium becomes a virtual snowfall when fans wear white during White Out games (usually against rivals like Ohio State or Michigan).  The student section becomes “Zombie Nation” when the techno song “Kernkraft 400” is blasted on the loud system.  The vibration from the students jumping became such a concern at one point that stadium officials tried cutting back the number of times the song was played throughout the game, replacing it with The White Stripes’ “Seven Nation Army” and Blur’s “Song 2.”  After student complaints (and engineering studies deemed the stadium safe), the song was brought back.  

4.  Nebraska

Memorial Stadium, nestled near downtown Lincoln, Neb., gives fans a chance to bar hop before games, a nice convenience considering the alcohol restrictions on campus.  The downtown experience is electric. The town becomes the third-largest city in the state on game days.T  The Unity Walk by the players is also memorable.  But over the past few years, tailgate backyard parties have become an epic adventure for students.  

Southeastern Conference Top Taigates::


1.  Texas A&M

There’s a reason Texas A&M fans are called The 12th Man. Enter Kyle Field, and see 102,733 fans sway in unison to the chants by Aggie Yell Leaders.  As far as tailgating, the food and hospitality are top notch.  Cooking is an art form in College Station with outrageously delicious selections like smoked brisket, stuffed jalapenos, bacon mixed with cream cheese, ribeye wrapped with bacon and covered with bleu cheese, and all types of prime cuts — including gator bites when Florida comes to visit.

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2.  Ole Miss

If you follow college football, you’ve heard of the Grove. And if you’ve never been, you need to put it on your bucket list.  A leafy, 10-acre wonderland of tents is college football’s version of fine dining and etiquette.  Approximately 25,000 fans fill the area for Rebels contests, and it’s the reason why Ole Miss has a saying, “We may not win every game, but we never lose a party."  You can’t do any cooking with an open flame, but there are plenty of things to do.  Other traditions include the Walk of Champions, started in 1985 by coach Billy Brewer, who began leading the players through the packed crowd on the route through the Grove to Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.

3.  LSU

When it comes to food, LSU might just provide the best in college football.

Walk the Parade Grounds, and it’s like a smorgasbord of Cajun food, including boudin, jambalaya, sausage, sauce piquante, crawfish, etouffee, and gumbo.  Food is so central to the LSU experience that a cheer can be heard throughout the weekend: “Hot boudin, cold couche-couche, come on Tigers, push, push, push!”


4.  Georgia vs. Florida (Huge Cocktail Party!)

The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party lives up to its name.  Fans decked out in blue and orange or red and black pitch tents and set up grills on parking lots, underpasses, grassy lots, nooks, crannies and every imaginable spot within walking distance of Everbank Field in Jacksonville.  For this tailgate occasion (usually in late October or early November), an average of 150,000 fans arrive for game day and many never make it into the stadium, choosing to party throughout the game along St. John’s River.

Small College Top Tailgates:

1. Harvard-Yale

The Harvard-Yale rivalry dates back to 1875, so there must be some knowledge of how to tailgate at the contest known as "The Game."  Yale leads the series 67-59-8 (what happened with the ties?).  Tailgating is a refined traditional event, but The Game is more known for its pranks.  The most famous practical joke was in 2004, when Yale students got the Harvard student section to raise placards that read "We Suck." The prank went viral and was featured on several news shows as well as "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"

2.  North Dakota State

Bison home games are like homecoming — for every home game.  As the saying goes, "the strength of the bison is the herd," and fans exhibit the pride in tremendous ways, so much so that ESPN's "College GameDay" makes the trip to Fargo on a regular basis.  Food selections include deer, buffalo or moose, delicacies hard to find anywhere else on this list.

3.  McDaniel College

McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland, may be small in size but it’s one that shouldn’t be missed. Parking spots fill up fast at this drive-in tailgate where Green Terror fans can drive up to the ridge that overlooks the field. This means that you can tailgate while you are watching the game, and it doesn’t get much better than that.

Things to know before Tailgating Pandemic Style!

How old is the average Tailgater?	4% are between 12-20 60% are between the ages of 25-44 9% are over 55 years old.  Do not sneeze or fart on old folks!  Wear football helmet masks!
Who Tailgates more, men or women?	79% are men ladies spike his liquor with some crazy stuff, take the car keys and the Mastercard and shop while game is on!!  He will never know!! 18% are female    15% Are Karens
What is the last level of education completed?	23% have a high school diploma 59% have a college degree 14% have graduate degrees.  5% will vote for Biden
How many times a year do they Tailgate?	46% Tailgate 6-10 times a season 21 Tailgate 11-15 times 8% Tailgate at more than 16 games in a season.  Cut that by 50% during Coronavirus!!
Who does the shopping?	44% of Tailgate food is bought by both the husband and wife 27% by just the husband 21% leave the shopping to someone else.  The food must be prepared by someone who will wear a Coronavirus mask!
How much do they spend?	42% of our Tailgaters spend over $500 a season on food and supplies 31% spend between $200-$500.  Add 200 for liquor expense!  Bryan in Tulsa spends 500+ on liquor and brownie mixes!
How long does it take to get to the game?	49% travel less than one hour to the stadium 15% travel between 2-4 hours 8% travel more than 4 hours Tulsa games take 5 minutes to get to and 5 days to recover!
How early do they get there?	9% set-up 1-2 house prior 51% set-up 3-4 hours before the game 39% set-up more than 5 hours before kick-off.  Depends on if Mrs. B in T goes or not!
Are they really cooking in the Parking Lot?	95% of our Tailgaters prepare their food at the stadium 5% bring fast food or prepared food to the stadium Brownies are prepared 3 days ahead of the next game!
What are they cooking on?	39% use a grill to cook 1% use a smoker 1% use a stove 59% Use a combination of grills, stoves, and smokers to cook!
Based on their responses here is the make-up of a "typical tailgater"... • College educated male • Between the ages of 35 and 44 • Spends over $500 a year on tailgating food • Attends and/or hosts 6-10 Tailgate Parties each season. • Uses separate coolers for food and beverages. • Travels less than one hour to get to the game • Tailgate party begins 3-4 hours before kickoff

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