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BY MELISSA PANTANO
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son Seymour drags himself out of bed early Saturday morning fight-
ng to keep his eyes open as he stumbles around his bedroom. Vi-
ions of beer, bones and barbecue dance in his head as he realizes
tat today, he tailgates.
eAs long as there have been college sporting events, there has been
[Eating. The idea of slapping meat onto an open flame and sharing
of the team sends chills down the typical fan’s spine.
Seymour, a senior agricultural development major, said he enjoys the
cjol aspect of tailgating.
■It’s a place to meet the people who you are sitting with before the
e,” he said.
Tailgating at out-of-town games offers diehard fans an opportunity to
tingle with fans from the opposing team. Seymour said he had a good
me with the University of Nebraska locals before and after the game.
■At the Nebraska game, we had a great tailgate,” Seymour said. “We
jjlpnd talked with the Nebraska fans — they were really nice. After the
re, they came back and they didn’t gloat or anything. They just lied
;d told us what a good game the Aggies played.”
jlklong with the typical tailgating social pleasantries comes some
j ()1 supposrrORiE W lorous stu P*dity. Seymour said one such event involved the Ne-
‘ raska mascot.
"■‘That Nebraska blow-up guy came and hit my friend in the head,”
^ U & RRf£y mour sa id- “He got mad and punched him in the crotch. [The doll]
' v ** un vas inflated, so it didn’t hurt him, but everyone was kind of giggling.”
JWhile some enjoy tailgates on the road, others enjoy the comforts of
■tying on home ground.
gban Belisle, a junior economics major, said the best part of tailgating
le lack of artifice or formality.
■There is no stress of food selection,” Belisle said. “That’s what
good. Usually we make some kind of Sloppy Joe meat or sand-
Bh cuisine.”
IBsavin Daniels, a senior architecture major, said a tailgate party is fun
is long as the cooking duties are passed on to someone else.
■“Cooking for tailgating is overrated,” Daniels said. “It’s too much
vork. I mean, why spend all your time cooking when you could be
Irihking?”
Trailgating is an event that can be enjoyed by both sexes. Belisle
said a tailgate party allows men and women to socialize in a re
aped atmosphere.,
■“Usually we go to the parking lot and hang out while the women
folk congregate around the Coleman grill,” Belisle said. “It’s fun because
it’s a good way for family and friends to bond.”
■While the reason for throwing a tailgate party is almost always an
athletic event, sometimes the allure of the grill overpowers the desire to
“One time we had so much fun that we stayed out there the
whole game,” Belisle said. “Everyone was having such a good
time drinking their frosty beverages that we kind of forgot about
the game altogether.”
Instead, the party-goers improvised.
“We turned on the TV in one of the vans and all crowded
around and ate and drank all afternoon,” Belisle said.
Organizations throughout campus use sporting events as an ex
cuse to get together and have a good time.
Calvin Waida, a senior agricultural business major, said he and
other members of Alpha Gamma Rho, and agricultural fraternity,
throw a tailgate party before every home football game.
“We get together and throw some meat on the grill at 7 in the
morning,” Waida said. “It’s a good time to get together and play
42 and kick back before the game.”
Waida said tailgating before home games is a time-honored
part of being a sports fan.
“Being all together at the same time and place, talking and just
being an Aggie is the best,” he said. “When old Ags come down
and hang out with us, it’s really fun. [It’s] like we are all the same,
except they are rich.”
Some use tailgates as an instrument to bring families together.
Daniels said tailgating allows his friends at school to mingle with his
family and make connections with an older generations of Aggies.
“My parents come down for every football game to tailgate with
us,” Daniels said. “They really enjoy meeting my friends. My par
ents see their friends here all the time — people who they haven’t
seen in years.
“My dad’s 25th anniversary was a few years ago, and they all
got together with their friends and got crazy. Now they have a
group that comes up from Houston for every game.”
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a contingency.
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