10 people you meet at the first college football game of the season
By John Buhler
Here for the Tailgate Guy
Does this person even like football? Debatable, but he’s here and he’s going to win the tailgate no matter what. If he’s in his 20s, it’s all about the social gathering and the partying. Should he be a decade or two older than that, it’s all about the RV, the Honda generator and the latest flat-screen TV.
Here for the Tailgate Guy knows what he likes and doesn’t let anybody get in the way of him having a good time. The final score of the contest doesn’t matter, as long as he won the tailgate. His life dream is to locate prime real estate in Oxford, Mississippi at The Grove. He may not be an Ole Miss Rebels fan, but he realizes this is Tailgate Mecca.
It doesn’t matter that he spent a fifth of his annual salary on tailgating paraphernalia or this semester’s dues on party accessories, it was totally worth it because Saturdays are for the boys. While he doesn’t understand what a spread offense is, he enjoys the tailgate atmosphere and people just kind of gravitate to his set-up on the quad.
No, he doesn’t actually make it into the stadium. He has never bought a ticket to a football game in his life. Though he claims to know that the field markings run width-wise, for all he knows, the end zone runs length-wise down the field like a swim meet. At least this guy knows how to set up a TV through a generator and cooks a mean pot of chili.