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Re: What College Football Is All About
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:50 pm
by TheJON
MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:I used to have relatively early Friday morning classes and would partake in Thirsty Thursday's, so I don't see what the problem here is.
You think you're going to have that college rockstar ability all your life, huh?
I can't honestly say I get shitfaced to the point a full day of recovery is needed. It's just nice to lounge around, watch the games, and slam some beer knowing that alarm clock won't be going off at 6 A.M the next day.
'Tis why I don't work for "The Man". Worst case scenario is a client will call while I'm out cold and I'll call them back when I wake my ass up. That's why I hired a secretary!
I actually don't even drink on Sunday's. Maybe I'll have a beer or 2 at most. I can't drink much in the morning anyways, but I still tailgate. Sometimes at Iowa games, I'll get out there at 7:00 am if I'm up. Hardly ever drink before a game. Rarely did while I was in college even. After the game, I will. But I try and get out there to tailgate before the game but only eat whatever it is we brought for breakfast and drink caffeine. No booze. I'm just not a morning drinker. My last 2 years of college I lived about a 10 minute walk to Kinnick. I was always out drinking the night before and our games are almost always at 11:00, so I wouldn't even partake in pre-game tailgating most of the time. I would wake up at 10:00, hop in the shower, get dressed and walk to the stadium. I'd be there by 10:45 at the latest.
Now that I don't live in Iowa City, I can't do that. If we don't go up the night before, there is no pre-game tailgating for us. It's almost a 2 hour drive from Des Moines and with an 11:00 kickoff...........not gonna happen! I miss the old 1:00 kickoffs we would have back in the 1990's before all the games were on TV. Those were great. Could leave DSM at 8:00 and have plenty of time to tailgate before the game. Didn't even have to wake up too early for that even if we didn't go up to Eastern Iowa the night before. 2:30 games aren't too bad either, but we rarely have those. I absolutely love the new night games we occasionally have. I can sleep in, eat lunch, and then drive to Iowa City and have plenty of time to tailgate before the game. Plus, the atmosphere is fucking awesome at Kinnick at night.
Re: What College Football Is All About
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 5:12 pm
by Killian
TheJON wrote:Now that I don't live in Iowa City, I can't do that. If we don't go up the night before, there is no pre-game tailgating for us. It's almost a 2 hour drive from Des Moines and with an 11:00 kickoff...........not gonna happen!
Wait a minute, back up sparky. A 2 hour drive is too much for you to get there and tailgate? If the rest of the Iowa fanbase is anything like you, you guys are a bunch of pussies when it comes to the tailgate. I'm not talking about the drinking, I don't give a fuck about that. But you can't get up at 5 or 6 to hit the road to get there by 8 and tailgate for a few hours? Wow.
Re: What College Football Is All About
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 7:20 pm
by TheJON
Killian wrote:TheJON wrote:Now that I don't live in Iowa City, I can't do that. If we don't go up the night before, there is no pre-game tailgating for us. It's almost a 2 hour drive from Des Moines and with an 11:00 kickoff...........not gonna happen!
Wait a minute, back up sparky. A 2 hour drive is too much for you to get there and tailgate? If the rest of the Iowa fanbase is anything like you, you guys are a bunch of pussies when it comes to the tailgate. I'm not talking about the drinking, I don't give a fuck about that. But you can't get up at 5 or 6 to hit the road to get there by 8 and tailgate for a few hours? Wow.
Haha, no not hardly man. Most Iowa fans are out there at 5 in the morning. Not me. I'm on the road by 8, but no earlier. I prefer post-game tailgating.
Re: What College Football Is All About
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 7:26 pm
by Killian
Different stokes, I guess. Both the ND and MSU tailgates I go to are strictly pregame. Postgame is get the fuck outta there and hit the bars.
Re: What College Football Is All About
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 7:55 pm
by TheJON
Killian wrote:Different stokes, I guess. Both the ND and MSU tailgates I go to are strictly pregame. Postgame is get the fuck outta there and hit the bars.
Yeah, it's the same at Iowa. Just not me. Like I said, I'll pre-game tailgate if it's not an 11:00 kickoff. Hell, I didn't even do that when I was in college living 10 minutes from Kinnick. If they'd get rid of the 11:00 kickoff's I would start tailgating before games more.
Re: What College Football Is All About
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:18 pm
by Mr T
TheJON wrote:MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:4. Being able to get shit faced and not have to worry about work on monday
This one is highly underrated.
I used to have relatively early Friday morning classes and would partake in Thirsty Thursday's, so I don't see what the problem here is.
Are we in college still?
God damn I would get drunk the night before a test.
There is a time and place for everything and it's called college.
Re: What College Football Is All About
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 3:33 am
by War Wagon
Mr T wrote:
1. Cracking a beer at 6 am to shake the cobwebs and start setting up the tailgate.
At 6:00 am i want coffee and donuts. Alcoholics think you're full of shit with that take.
2. Old feelings you get from when you went there and the time you put in
The time you put in?
Your time in college was a fart in a whirlwind. You don't even know what happened. Now those glory days are all gone and you're desperately trying to recapture them.
Re: What College Football Is All About
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 6:07 am
by Mr T
War Wagon wrote:Mr T wrote:
1. Cracking a beer at 6 am to shake the cobwebs and start setting up the tailgate.
At 6:00 am i want coffee and donuts. Alcoholics think you're full of shit with that take.
If you dont get their by 6:00 AM, you might be tailgating 2 miles down the road. Alcohol also tastes pretty good when that morning fall wind is rolling in.
The time you put in?
Your time in college was a fart in a whirlwind. You don't even know what happened. Now those glory days are all gone and you're desperately trying to recapture them.
Just like you are trying to recapture your glory days of high school by hanging out in that big wal-mart parking lot without tickets to where all the popular/corporate people are going.
Re: What College Football Is All About
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 7:05 pm
by TheJON
One of my best friend's from high school (whom I still hang out with) lives by the motto of "you can't drink all day if you don't start in the morning". He goes job to job, gets fired, gets hired somewhere else, never has any money, mooches off of everyone. He's going absolutely nowhere in life unless he gets his shit together- and believe me, I hope he does. Just sayin'.........
Re: What College Football Is All About
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 7:34 pm
by M Club
TheJON wrote:One of my best friend's from high school....
one of your best friend's __?__ from high school?
you missed a word.
Re: What College Football Is All About
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 7:54 pm
by TheJON
one of your best friend's __?__ from high school?
you missed a word.
Oh, I know the answer........
hooker???
Re: What College Football Is All About
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:10 pm
by Mr T
TheJON wrote:one of your best friend's __?__ from high school?
you missed a word.
