Sunday, November 2, 2014

Week 10 - From The Halls of Montezuma


 
 



When plans fell apart for the annual Men of Laurelglen San Jose State Tailgate this weekend, the Tailgate Travel Department scoured the schedule seeking a convenient venue for DFT to enjoy the weekend action. It was determined that fellow CFB addict and USC diehard Major Mark  Rodrick was heading to Pullman, WA for the USC – Wazoo game. The Major having been a 20 year Marine Helo pilot and Gulf War 1 Veteran was seeking a wingman to accomplish this mission. I was an easy target so off we went to conquer the area of Eastern Washington known as The Palouse. It’s not easy for an Army guy who is a Notre Dame fan to tolerate a Marine /USC fan, but somehow our mutual addiction for college football makes it work for us.



A tribute to my Co Pilot for the weekend

We swooped into Spokane semi International airport and began to deploy south. But first we made a pit stop at the spectacle that is known as the “Red Inferno”, the football field at FCS power Eastern Washington University in Cheney, WA. After a few Selfies, Instagrams , facebook posts, Tweets and snap chats from the burning turf, we continued on our primary mission; Pullman, WA.

DFT hits the red inferno
 









Once on campus we reconned the recently renovated Martin Stadium, the brand new football building, and the RV lots that were active already pre gaming for Saturday.

For billeting, a DFT first occurred as we took up quarters through an organization called Bed Finders where you rent rooms out of a local resident’s house. Not knowing who our host would be, we were not sure if we would be axe murdered during the night or become a re-creation of the Stephen King movie Misery when Kathy Bates held James Caan hostage and tortured him with brutality. Given that it was Halloween night, anything was possible. So the good Major and I devised a tactical plan to take shifts pulling guard duty throughout the night with a mop as our weapon of choice if we felt it was needed. However, that was not the case as Bonnie, a grandmother of 4 and a local iconic school teacher took us in and made us feel like it was our home.
This was not what happened but it was imagined
We proceeded to sample the finest food and spirits that Pullman has to offer on a Halloween Friday night. We first dropped anchor in the legendary Campus bar called the Coug near Fraternity row.  After dining on some killer Coug burgers for chow and tasting several pints, we found ourselves in a townie pub called My Office until we called no quarter. When will I ever learn? The bivouac that evening at Camp Bonnie was uneventful.
On game day, after an All American breakfast prepared by Bonnie, we low crawled over to Campus for pre-game festivities including a return to the Coug for Bacon infused Bloody Marys.

Breakfast of Champions
We then wandered over to the Field House next to Martin Stadium for an indoor tailgate due to the inclement weather for these soft California boys. The Cougar Marching Band and Cheerleaders graced us with their presence as did Assistant AD John Johnson.

Just a harmless old dude with the Coug Cheerleaders

The Major and Lt Dan representing the DFT at the Wazoo Tailgate


The Band gets the sparse wet crowd fired up
True CFBaholics
 Martin Stadium, named after a former Governor of Washington is one of those awesome mid-size venues nestled right in the middle of campus. There is nothing better to me than a setting like this with the campus surrounding the magical castle on football Saturdays. Martin just underwent a renovation that added new luxury suites and a beautiful football complex in the South End Zone. This was a quintessential cool, wet, foggy, gray Saturday in the Northwest providing us a great backdrop for some real college football weather. Okay, you’re right I am a soft Californian and would prefer the sunshine and warmth of the south, but not every weekend can be like that.

Wazoo is coached by former TTU head man Mike Leach and are in the process of turning around a program that had struggled mightily since the departure of Coach Mike “Roll Tide” Price in the early 2000’s.  Washington State has produced a slew of NFL QB’s including Drew Bledsoe, Mark Rypien, Jeff Tuel and Ryan “Bieber” Leaf. They have had periods of success throughout time and have been much more competitive under Leach, the Ole Pirate the past two years. The Coug faithful had been packing the 40,000 seat Martin all year, but on this nasty day, it was only about half full at game time. Wazoo Starting QB Connor Halliday leads the nation in passing yards and has posed problems for most defenses he has faced all year. However, on this cold wet day, the Trojans behind All American receiver Nelson Agholar were too much for Wazoo to handle. Along with Agohlar’s spectacular day, the Cougs lost Halladay to a leg injury early in the match. USC won going away 44 -17. We stayed with the other 100 brave souls or morons to the bitter end.
Not many fans left by the 4th Quarter
We were hoping to pull a double header as the University of Idaho, a mere 8 miles away in Moscow had a home game as well. But as fate would have it, the games were only 30 minutes apart. Not enough time to do it effectively so we aborted that mission.
Around the Country – Is Jameis Winston the new Captain Comeback? Say or think what you will about the kid, but in the second half of so many games this year, he has been unbelievable. Clearly FSU is not as talented as they were last year and they are squeaking by instead of demolishing teams. Still they find a way to win. I predicted them to lose on Thursday night but they found a way to come from 21 down to defeat the gray clad Louisville Cardinals at Papa John Stadium. Cardinal Coach Bobby Petrino was spotted riding off on his Harley with his Assistant after the presser. Add insult to injury for Ole Miss as they not only lost to Auburn on an apparent touchdown that was fumbled into the end zone, they lost their All American receiver Laquan Treadwell to a gruesome leg injury on that same play. In Morgantown, WV, the fans got their money’s worth in a great battle that had TCU pull out the victory with a game winning kick as time expired. I suppose it’s okay as there was nothing left to burn in Morganhole after last week anyway. Notre Dame was able to outlast a pesky Navy squad at Fedex Field and ASU secured the W over the Utes in OT to set up an epic matchup with the Irish in Tempe next week. We will be there. Oregon continues their impressive play by getting the Stanford Tree Monkey off their back. The Bruins corralled the Wildcats in the Rose bowl for a badly needed win. In the game I originally intended to be at, SJSU was knocked off by CSU at Spartan stadium 38 -31. Will Muschamp survives to coach another day as the Gators upset the Dawgs at the World’s largest outdoor cocktail party in Jacksonville. #1Mississpi State played down to the level of their opponent and barely held on to beat a bad Arkansas team 17-10. I will make the controversial proclamation now that the top half of the Big 12 (TCU, Baylor, KSU, OU and WVU) and the Pac 12 South plus Oregon are as good a conference right now as the more heralded SEC West. Yeah that’s right, I can say this as I am conference agnostic and enjoy teams from everywhere. I also believe Michigan State right now is as good as any team in the country. So I encourage you all to take your conference blinders off and see the entire field in front of you. It is pretty liberating to do so I must say.

Bieber Award - The Trill is gone in Bryan College Station as self - proclaimed Kenny “Trill” Hill was benched in favor of a guy who did not give himself a nickname at Texas A&M. Kenny has been on the Bieber watch list all season ever since he nicknamed himself and filed for a trademark on his nickname. In most courts of public opinion, that in itself is offensive enough to earn the Biebs honors. How self-aggrandizing is that?  To top it off, it turns out Kenny Trill has done Zil lately. Moreover, Mr. Trill did something even more egregious to find himself suspended for two games by coach Sumlin. Details have not been released yet as to what the infraction was, but we do know that Kenny Trill Hill is this week’s Bieber award winner.

Next Week - The Tailgate will meet up in Tempe with the Sunned Devil hizzelf, Kevin “OC” O’Connor and his band of Satan worshippers while I will be representing for the Catholics. There is an outside chance we will make the drive to Tucson for the UoA night game against Colorado. That will be a game time decision.
PS. If you are heading to College Game day and want to get pics with the DFT banner let me know and I will mail it to you. I now have two flags courtesy of BLR Signs.

Happy Tailgating!
The Mendez clan in the Grove for the Ole Miss - Auburn game


Navy Al and Son and CFB's hottest item Brother Brian and Laurie
 
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Monday, October 27, 2014

Week 9 - Good Ole Rocky Top


My new favorite song
In the summer of 1984 as a young ROTC Cadet at Fort Knox, KY, I was introduced to the song “Rocky Top” by two fellow Cadets in my barracks, both students at Tennessee. In fact, I think they even made up marching cadences to Rocky Top a la Bill Murray in Stripes. Some thirty years later, that song still haunts my medulla oblongata as I will start humming it for no apparent reason at very inopportune times. On this picture perfect autumn weekend in Eastern Tennessee, I felt privileged and honored to be amongst the 100,000 + Orange revelers to hum Rocky Top and welcome back one of the Tailgate’s all time favorites to the checkered end zone: Mr. Lane Kiffin, former head coach here. For those of you that don’t remember, Young Lane was hired to be the Head Coach back in 2009. After one year, he left the Volunteer Nation hung out to dry so he could chase the glamour and glitter of Hollywood and return to USC as their head ball coach. Needless to say, the name Kiffin was less popular than the name Bin Laden in the Smoky Mountain State. Things did not work out so well in LA for the disciple of Pete the Cheat, and Lil Lane was spotted in line at a soup kitchen. Saban Clause, AKA St. Nick did a charitable thing and hired the unemployed boy genius as his OC prior to this season. And of course he would be greeted with a very warm welcome inside the imposing Neyland Stadium when the Tide rolled onto the field.
This weekend would be a reunion with my high school crew, SVHS class of 1981. Lodgings were provided by Classmate Tennessee Tony Pifer in his five star cabin in the woods. However to get to the cabin, one must travel through places that could be rift with moonshiners, cloggers, snake healers, and toothless banjo strummers. The hair on my neck stood up on alert as we made our way through the Holler. We were also joined by Maryland Mike McCabe and the good Doctor himself, Alabama Al and his family. After spending Friday night recalling just how great and cool we were 35 years prior and who could beat who up, we were ready for game day in Knoxville on Saturday. We headed to the Palace on the river known as Neyland Stadium for a 1:30 PM Tailgate party hosted by Doctor Eddie Hockaday and his wife Connie. Neyland Stadium is named after legendary Tennessee coach General Robert Neyland. Neyland was the Vols coach from 1926 -1952 with a hiatus to go serve his country in the CBI Theater during WWII. This has added meaning to me as my Father served as an Army Air Corps Officer in Burma and India during the big one. General Neyland also coached the Vols to four National Championships. With UT being a city school, tailgating space is at a premium with the orange clad fanatics setting up wherever possible. The Hockaday party was located on the top deck of the parking garage just next to the stadium with a view of the river down below. In the river there is a phenomena dating back almost 50 years called “Boatgating”. This is an event where boat owners from around Tennessee lash up together for an all day Tailgate on the water. Some of the larger boats even had live music, dancing girls and congressional hearings for entertainment. This is one of the top bucket list events to witness in all of college football. Our Tailgate consisted of a mixture of Vol and Tide families and friends. In our walkabout we found a camera man filming a sign attached to a microphone that said “What would you tell Lane Kiffin?” Many a warm hearted Vol fan stepped up to the Mic and let little Lane know they were just so ecstatic to see him again. We found the Tailgate crowd at UT to be spirited but mostly respectful.
Tennessee Tailgating!
The good Doctor seeking Legal advice
Orange Crush!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
General Neyland's commanding view
Say hello to my little Lane


Tailgating with the Alabama Al family. Note the Harbaugh Mom pants on the good Doctor.

Boatgating on the Banks of the river.
As a cruel Joke, Alabama Al stuck us non partisan so called friends in the Alabama section of the stadium in the upper tier of this massive structure. Let’s just say if there was a tornado touching down in Tennessee it would have torched our seats for several reasons. This was not the same polite clientele we tailgated with during the afternoon. The Vol Nation filled the stadium for the 7:30 kickoff cloaked in their bright Orange attire accompanied with their all day tailgate glo. The Pride of The Southland UT Marching band took the field and formed a giant letter T. Smokey the Blue Tick Hound mascot led the Team out onto the field through the giant T to the approval of the Orange people. The Pride belted out Rocky Top for the first of several hundred times of the night. The sellout crowd of 102,455 fans was singing in unison at the top of their lungs. With all the pageantry and nighttime magic that Knoxville has presented so many times, the fans expected a great effort out of their underdog Vols.  Coach “Sergeant Carter” from Gomer Pyle (AKA Butch Jones) was fired up as well. 


Separated at Birth - Sgt Carter and Butchy


 
Nonetheless, Alabama sucked the rarified air out of the behemoth bowl before the first quarter ended. Apparently, Lane and Nick drafted up their own script for how Lane’s return to Neyland would be. Bama ended the first set with a 20 - 0 lead spearheaded by spectacular play from All American Amari Cooper and QB Blake Sims and a stout D. LK was seen running up and down the sideline in his visor encouraging his boyz to show em who the boss is. Bama scored again to start the second quarter before Tennessee had decided to give us our money’s worth. From that point on, UT outplayed Alabama by outscoring the Tide 20 - 7. But as higher math will learn ya, 27+7 is still more than 20. I will say that even though Tennessee has seen better days, the atmosphere, passion and traditions that the Vol Nation brings to game day is amongst the best in the country. This is a program that claims six national titles throughout time. They will rise again much to the chagrin of the rest of the SEC.
The Grandiose Neyland  Stadium with the unmistakable checkered End Zones

 
As an added bonus, I was also able to catch the Thursday night ESPN game in Blacksburg, VA between The VA Tech Hokies and the Hurricanes from the U. I met up with my College buddy and Rugby Teammate Terry Kernan who drove in from D.C. to join me because he heard I would score us some free turkey legs. After illegally parking at the Holiday Inn across from Campus we snuck on their shuttle bus that took us to campus. We learned the first stop was the Tailgate party sponsored by the Holiday Inn. So what are two grown men to do when presented with an opportunity to crash a party, eat someone else’s food, drink their beer and insult the guests? You answered correctly if you said “tailgate crash”. We also met up with Terry’s friend John Malone at his Beergate in Lot 1 along with his Fraternity crew that graduated from VT in 1983. They have been doing a Thursday night game reunion annually in Blacksburg with guys coming in from different parts of the country for 30 years. The Hokie faithful have grown restless since their week two upset of Ohio State who at the time was ranked #4 in the country. Since that time VT has been on a downward spiral. Some even have spoken the unspeakable and are calling for legendary Coach Frank Beamer’s resignation.
John Malone and Terry with me at the Beergate.


I'm not a Tailgater but I did crash a Holiday Inn Tailgate last night.
Thursday night games at VA Tech are legendary. The Hokie fans are as passionate as any and pack the 65,000 seat Lane Stadium for home games and provide as hostile an atmosphere for opposing teams to play in as I have seen. They have a ritual when the team takes the field before the game where the whole stadium bounces up and down to Metallica’s “Enter Sandman”. The crowd erupts and the players stream out on to the field and fireworks go off beyond the south end zone.  

Enter Sandman
VA Tech is also one of only two non-military colleges that have a Corps of Cadets. They packed the south end zone while the students and the Marching Band occupy the North. Another unique feature at Lane is hearing a Turkey gobble over the PA system to get the fans fired up throughout the game. However all of the pageantry and non game activity was the most action the Hokies would produce on this night. Miami’s Duke Johnson ran roughshod over VT for 250 yards and 2 TDs on the night as Miami feasted on the Hokies 30 - 6. Regardless, this venue still provided an awesome week night game atmosphere.

Lane Stadium on a Thursday Night
My former basketball player Erika Perez
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Around the Country – Despite what ESPN would have you believe, there is more to CFB than the SEC West. That is why you come to DFT for your information. That being said, LSU proved once again that Death Valley is the place where not only opposing team’s dreams come to die, but national championship aspirations also meet the same fate. Ole Miss found this out the hard way Saturday night as they came into Baton Rouge undefeated and walked out with a blemish on their record. The Hat (Coach Miles) asked the Rebs “how’s that grass taste boys?”  The TCU Horned Frogs Basketball squad beat up on the Texas Tech Red Raiders Football squad 82 - 27. And it pains me to say that our beloved Trojans from USC dropped another one to Utah 24 - 21. Mark Dantoni put one more stake in Big Brady Hoke’s inevitable fate as Sparty won Big against Big Brother Michigan in the Big House 35 - 11.
Bieber Award – After consulting with my Bieber committee we decided it was a light week in bad Biebhavior. However if we go back to last Saturday after WVU upset Baylor, I think we found our winner. You see, it is normal behavior in Morgantown, WV to burn couches after a big Mountaineer victory. I am not sure why, other than maybe them boyz drop their fatties on their moonshine soaked couches and voila, you have your instant heat source all by accident. Nothing new, right? Well, after the Baylor win there must have been extra moonshine and bulletproof liquid courage as the hillbillies burned everything in their path including the traditional couches, pulled down lamp poles and rioted like anarchists. The MOTO PO PO had to be brought in to get the town under control to calm the LA Laker fans down. Reports indicated that the town looked no different the next day then it normally does. The ironic part is past Bieber Winner the bow tied smug dork Gordon Gee, former Chancellor at Ohio State now the Cheese at WVU had to lecture the students on their unsportsmanlike behavior. So to the fans of WVU, not only do you get College Gameday next week, you are this week’s winner of the vaunted Bieber Award!
Next Week - The Tailgate will make its way to the Palouse for the first time to watch Wazoo host USC, I will be joined by USC die hard Major Mark Rodrick, USMC (R) and he is making me sit with the USC section. I think I will wear my Notre Dame Schwag.
Happy Tailgating!

Our classless reunion - McCabe, Dan, Al & Tony
 
The BC Eagle crew celebrating a victory at Wake with the Mother of All Foxes, my sister Pats!
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Sunday, October 19, 2014

Week 8 - I've never been to Heaven, but I've been to Oklahoma



Mrs. Tailgate's theme song


The last time I attended an Oklahoma Sooner home football game Ronald Reagan was President, I had no daughters, was engaged to be married and donned a full schlock of follicles on the now ever present dome. Barry Switzer wore mink and graced the sidelines of what was then simply called Owen Field. I attended that game in 1988 with my bride to be and now wife of 26 years and my more senior sister Patricia. We were treated to an Oklahoma thrashing of a then hapless Kansas State team. Oklahoma’s Star QB was a young man named Charles Thompson whose escapades would eventually land him in jail and help lead to the demise of Barry Switzer as Head Coach at OU. We were also treated to a heavy dose of plumber butt a mere five rows to our front.


Fast forward to present day...I attended the Oklahoma - Kansas State Homecoming game this past Saturday. Also in attendance was my bride of 26 years, affectionately known as Mrs. Tailgate, my # 1 daughter and recent Boise State grad, daughter #2, a Freshman at OU and my college fraternity brother Buck Hampton. The stadium is now named Gaylord Family Memorial Stadium. Barry Switzer has a museum named after him, Charles Thompson’s son just transferred out of OU, and Kansas State is pretty darn good these days under Coach Bill Snyder.  And did I mention, everyone covered their plumber butts this game….at least from where I could see.


Oklahoma football is rich with tradition, history and a quench for victories and championships above all else. Since the end of World War II, Oklahoma has won more games (598) than any other College Football Team. Among the wins are seven National Championships (second only to Alabama during that time), thirty five 10 win seasons, a 47 game win streak (Longest in Division 1 CFB history), five Heisman Trophy winners, and too many bowl victories and All Americans to mention. The Sooners have been coached by Legends Bennie Owen (stadium formerly named after him), Bud Wilkinson, Barry Switzer and now Bob Stoops for the last fifteen years. The key is obviously to get a coach whose first name starts with the letter B. Duh! Country superstar Toby Keith regularly paces the sidelines on game day. The campus is historic with old buildings and new buildings that mesh perfectly. An assortment of greenery, flowers and statues adorn this beautiful incredibly massive campus. The Greek Row is one of the most amazing you will ever see. The passion the school and the community have for its Sooners is unmatched in most parts of the Country. Oklahoma football is a deity in these here parts!
 
The Mundings start the indoctrination young!


With an 11 AM start time we missed the annual homecoming parade in which # 2 was a participant with her Delta Gamma Sorority and their float: “The Giving Tree”- very fitting for those of us paying for their tuition! Instead, we opted to head to our Tailgate that was hosted by Mike and Lauren Mullica, and was attended by many of my extended family members and friends, mostly OU diehards. Mike is the proud owner of one of the sweetest Tailgate rigs known to mankind: The half ton, 20 foot rig contains two grills, a deep fryer, warming drawer, Tailgater satellite dish and two flat screen TV’s.  Great grub was served including something called “Man Candy” (see recipe of the week on the sidebar), cross cut ribs, breakfast burritos, sausages and many more items I can’t remember. We mixed up several batches of modified “Bawstun Pops” Bloody Mary’s that elicited instant grins on those who partook in one, two or more.
Master of Ceremonies Mike Mullica and his magical Tailgate rig

 
The In Laws and their Outlaw
The Men of DFT going all out for Sooner Nation
 
The Ladies of the DFT OU Chapter
Boomer Sooner!


Good lawwwd Mrs Tailgate, it's only 9 AM and there are children watching!

OU Matt and Sooner Mav Chris having the first beverage of the day with me

Outstanding Chow was prepared and served.


4/5ths of the Tailgate family.
A true family gathering
 
Can you pick out the real Sooners and the OSU imposters?
What are these called again asks the Colonel?
The fellas enjoying the short ribs.

Three Kicks, two picks and a DC who can’t coach a lick!

At 10:40 AM we headed into the majestic Cathedral amongst a sea of crimson and cream for the 11 AM kickoff. Although the fan base was confident in their Sooners, they were also respectful of their opponent coached by the great Bill Snyder. I mean come on man; he is the only active coach who has a stadium named after him! Another spectacular day in Norman, OK weather wise as blue skies provided us a perfect overhead fresco along with temps in the low 70s. Seats provided by our Tailgate’s Hosts were on the 20 yard line, 21 rows up. When I attended games at OU in the 80s, the crowds were docile and entitled as they expected to win every game by 40 or more. Not the case anymore. The student section was engaged in chants and shenanigans throughout the game. The Band belted out catchy tunes and the rest of the stadium was very vocal and animated during the contest. 

A classic Cathedral in all its glory.


Oklahoma jumped out to a 7-0 lead and then KSU took the lead with a few scores against a talented but under coached OU defense. Time and time again, the Wildcat offense ran the same set of plays with success in the first half. OU QB Trevor Knight also made one crucial mistake on the day with a pick six from his own one yard line early in the game. Other than that mistake, T Knight played brilliantly throughout the day. With seconds remaining before half, the usually reliable OU Kicker Michael Hunnicutt missed a chip shot that would have cut the Wildcat lead to 1 point going into the locker room. In the second half with OU still chasing, the Defense finally tightened up and only allowed 10 more points. However, it was not meant to be for the Sooners with a blocked PAT, an untimely pick on a trick play and a complete shank on a 19 yard game winning attempt by Mister Hunnichoke. Apparently, the FBI has been sent game film to further investigate the normally Mr. Automatic. Along with T Knight, OU’s stud receiver Sterling Sheppard had an outstanding game with 15 catches for 197 yards and a touchdown. Final outcome: KSU 31 – OU 30. So back to the Tailgate we headed to drown our sorrows.



Around the country (in games that matter) – In a game that lived up to its billing as game of the week, The Criminoles bested the Irish in Tallahassee after a controversial call negated the apparent game winning TD for ND. Jameis and the fellas went out and celebrated with free crab legs and jumped up on tables and shouted out with glee.  These Irish eyes are still crying. A scorned Nick is a dangerous Nick as coach Saban and the boys from T Town turned Kenny Trill into Kenny Nil with a devastating 59 - 0 beat-down at Bryant Denny Stadium. In Morganhole, WV, Mountaineer Stadium proved to be inhospitable once again as the Eers knocked off #4 Baylor by two TDs. Free Moonshine and possum stew for all as the hillbillies trashed the town afterward!  A merry band of DFT tailgaters “garage gated” for the BC - Clemson game wearing their stylish DFT polos only to watch Clemson narrowly win. The Cowpokes of OSU seemed to be more worried about going into the “Hot Zone” of the DFW Metroplex than they were about playing the football game at TCU as the Horned Frogs plastered the pokes 42-9.  In the late, late game – the Sun Devils delivered an impeccable performance against a sluggish Stanford Cardinal scoring a 26-10 victory. A brief shout out to the Marshall Thundering Herd as they are now 7-0.
Bieber Award – Again, many candidates to sift through but one stands out a little more this week. Always fun to pick on USC so I enjoyed this one: Apparently former Trojan Great Lendale White ripped the Trojan DC Justin Wilcox after a recent game via Twitter. His words were not one you would expect from a person who matriculated through such a prestigious institution like USC. Mr. White decided to attend USC’s home game this Saturday against Colorado. As is customary in LA LA land, former athletes and celebrities get passes and watch the action from the sideline. Upon entering the field, Mr. White was greeted by USC AD Pat Haden who shook his hand. Minutes later Lendale was escorted out by the stadium Po Po.  He immediately took to Twitter blaming Pat Haden for his personal tour of the stadium tunnel to the parking lot. He called him a Coward, called for his firing and used other words and names that don’t appear in Webster’s dictionary. Well Lendale, you may now have to start paying for your own Trojan tickets, but you my friend have earned this week’s Bieber Award. #fightonwashedupoverweighthasbeen !


Next week – Thursday night the Tailgate will be in Blacksburg, VA and then we move on to the smoky mountains for the Bama – Tennessee game on Saturday.


Happy Tailgating!



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The BC Garage Gaters donning their DFT wear.

Sun Devil Kevin O'Connor has pre-purchased his next retirement home















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