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Sunday, August 20, 2017

2017 Pre Season Primer



That big whooshing sound you hear is not “Lil Kim” sending Nukes my way, instead it is me breathing a sigh of relief that the off season is over and the college football season is upon us! Welcome back DFT Nation to the 2017 college football and tailgating season. We have set forth another ambitious schedule of venues to invade once again with several epic weekends on the agenda. With my youngest starting high school and cheering under the lights on Friday Night, it was requested that I cut back on away games this season. With that, I have made the concerted effort to reduce my original schedule of 20 games to 19. I was told this was akin to when the government says they are cutting significant waste. I don’t get it, as this is a major sacrifice on my part. 


An exciting development in the off season took place as I have embarked on starting a side business along with Joe Rogers called Tailgate Connect. Much like Uber and Airbnb, Tailgate connect will utilize the personal space sharing philosophy of “collaborative consumption” and connect tailgaters across the country. Please take a look at our website as we are looking for Tailgate Hosts and Guests this fall. www.tailgateconnect.com. I have also been asked to write a few articles for Tailgater Magazine. My first article will be published in the November issue. I encourage you all to sign up for the on line and print versions. Here is the web link https://tailgatermagazine.com/.


Once again, the coaching carousel has produced many changes with faces likes Stoops and Freeze gone and names like Fleck and Strong waving new flags. Will the Big Ten be perceived as the strongest conference this year or will the SEC recapture that moniker? Who will be the Cinderella story like Western Michigan was last year? How many Bieber awardees will also be called Felons? Will I have to take a mid-season break from exhaustion only to be called out by fellow DFTers? 


Here is my season schedule but as always this will change slightly. I will also now have a tab on the left with the schedule. Be sure to come join us if we are in your neck of the woods:


Date
Away
Home
Conf
Crew
26-Aug
USF
SJSU
MWC
Dons of Danville & friends
31-Aug
Ohio State
Indiana
BIG TEN
Tubby and the RV
1-Sep
Boston College
Northern Illinois
MAC
Tubby and the Eagle Tailgaters
2-Sep
Wyoming
Iowa
BIG TEN
Tubby
9-Sep

Home


16-Sep
Kansas
Ohio University
MAC
Brian Donnelly
16-Sep
Kent State
Marshall
CON USA
Brian Donnelly
23-Sep
Army
Tulane
AAC
Q, Campbell & Rabago
23-Sep
Syracuse
LSU
SEC
Q, Campbell & Rabago
30-Sep

Home


7-Oct
Fresno
SJSU
MWC
Billy & Joey Donnelly & Friends
14-Oct
Texas
Oklahoma
BIG 12
Relatives and friends
21-Oct
Michigan
Penn State
BIG TEN
Joe Rogers/Bostic/Koreivo
28-Oct
PAC 12
UCLA v UW
PAC 12
Dons of Danville/ House rental
4-Nov

Home


11-Nov
Florida
South Carolina
SEC
High School Buddies/house rental
18-Nov
FIU
FAU
CON USA
Rip & Pomeroy
18-Nov
UVA
MIAMI
ACC
TBD
25-Nov
New Mexico
San Diego State
PAC 12
Solo need a wingman here!
1-Dec
PAC 12 Ship

PAC 12
Local crew
9-Dec
Army
Navy

Frostburg crew and family
27-Dec


Foster Farm Bowl
Local crew
1-Jan


Rose Bowl
TBD






Off Season Bieber – As always, no shortage of Bieberites to choose from. However, as much as I love Ole Miss it is hard to ignore Hugh Freeze and his transgressions. It is not the fact that he called Destiny at Mons Venus in Tampa, it’s that he did it from his own phone. In the words of Napoleon Dynamite “YOU IDIOT!”. This is what assistant coaches are for. You use their phones and get them in trouble. It was a dead giveaway when Destiny had you plugged into her phone under the name “Tastee Freeze”. Equally egregious was the little detritus of life from Mississippi State that ratted you out. I am sure this guy lives a squeaky-clean life and would pass any James Comey investigation thrown his way. Son you are now the second most hated man in Mississippi after Ulysses S Grant.


As always, I request your tailgating pictures and your guest correspondence from notable games/tailgates. Be sure to check out all the links on my site including Amazon. 

2016 Season recap with music this time!



Happy Tailgating!