- August 4th, 2007, 11:52 pm
#100323
This was mentioned in a thread by LUconn earlier, but I didn't pay much attention to it until I drove by it and later walked by it. They have completely taken away where we tailgated last year. It's now pretty much a sidewalk completely. It also took a large chunk out of where we tailgated the spring game. As many of you know, Stevie Ray's dad has asked us to move down by him to tailgate.
We're at a point where this could be a dilemma. We love our tailgating, and we're the biggest group that tailgates. As we could tell from the spring game, our tailgates are growing, big time. We had around 35 people or so for the spring game, not counting people just stopping by and saying hey. Add to that HBurgFlame and his family that are sometimes there, and others from out of state that come for fall games, along with the people we add once the season starts, and we need quite a bit of room. This year we're also likely to get visitors from Coastal and maybe even Presby so we need room for them as well.
That brings me to my point: where do we tailgate this year? Here are the four options that I know of, and a few things about each one:
1) Last year's spot: Everyone knows where it is at. We're comfortable there. The sidewalk took away 75% of the grass. We also have to reserve spots in advance to tailgate there.
2) Spring game spot: It was bigger. We had a lot of room, but Jeff Barber's family wasn't there which would take up part of the room. We don't have to reserve a spot to tailgate there, and most people who drive on campus will see us.
3) Stevie Ray's dad: It puts the two biggest tailgating groups right next to each other. Most people on campus will see us. It's easy to get to, and doesn't require reserving a spot, but cars have to have a Flame Level pass to park up there. There are two separate pieces of grass that we could use.
4) LaHaye Ice Center: This is the one we've never talked about. W&M tailgated there for homecoming and it seemed like a great spot. There's a ton of grass, and everyone that comes in will drive past us. The only problem is it's a longer walk to the stadium and everyone that isn't a student has to walk across the stadium. That could be a drawback for some people (it may be a shorter walk for students, I'm not sure).
We're four weeks out, so we have time to discuss this and decide on it before we start planning the actual tailgate for the first game.
We're at a point where this could be a dilemma. We love our tailgating, and we're the biggest group that tailgates. As we could tell from the spring game, our tailgates are growing, big time. We had around 35 people or so for the spring game, not counting people just stopping by and saying hey. Add to that HBurgFlame and his family that are sometimes there, and others from out of state that come for fall games, along with the people we add once the season starts, and we need quite a bit of room. This year we're also likely to get visitors from Coastal and maybe even Presby so we need room for them as well.
That brings me to my point: where do we tailgate this year? Here are the four options that I know of, and a few things about each one:
1) Last year's spot: Everyone knows where it is at. We're comfortable there. The sidewalk took away 75% of the grass. We also have to reserve spots in advance to tailgate there.
2) Spring game spot: It was bigger. We had a lot of room, but Jeff Barber's family wasn't there which would take up part of the room. We don't have to reserve a spot to tailgate there, and most people who drive on campus will see us.
3) Stevie Ray's dad: It puts the two biggest tailgating groups right next to each other. Most people on campus will see us. It's easy to get to, and doesn't require reserving a spot, but cars have to have a Flame Level pass to park up there. There are two separate pieces of grass that we could use.
4) LaHaye Ice Center: This is the one we've never talked about. W&M tailgated there for homecoming and it seemed like a great spot. There's a ton of grass, and everyone that comes in will drive past us. The only problem is it's a longer walk to the stadium and everyone that isn't a student has to walk across the stadium. That could be a drawback for some people (it may be a shorter walk for students, I'm not sure).
We're four weeks out, so we have time to discuss this and decide on it before we start planning the actual tailgate for the first game.
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