More than 50 million Americans participate in tailgating at college campuses during football season. Between the students and the alumni, and the visitors, a crush of fans are looking for places to park, to eat, to take part in traditional activities for each campus, and learn more about the school and team history. For the first time ever, fans can find the details at every campus in their favorite conference. Want to eat barbecue while you're visiting USC? Want to know more details about massive Michigan Stadium? Need a place to stay for that game in Clemson? Choose your conference, which encompasses all teams in all divisions, pack the ULTIMATE TAILGATER' S HANDBOOK in the car, and you're ready. Recipes, local venues and rules, sidebars about unique activities in each place, side tours, insider tips, photos and helpful maps will help make your game day the best ever. Includes Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Miami, North Carolina, N.C. State, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest. Stephen Linn is a reporter who markets Ultimate Tailgater television and news features around the country. He lives in Nashville.

Complete with recipes, etiquette, proper tailgating gear, appropriate attire, and the all important "do's and don'ts," this will quickly become the one-stop resource and go-to gift for everyone who entertains from the back of their vehicle.

To see America¿s passion for sports, you need look no further than the parking lot. Tailgating is an American pastime all its own: campers & grills, tents & furniture, food & drink, paraphernalia & memorabilia, satellite TV & music, & miniature cities that pop up a half-day before kickoff. This handbook is the ultimate how-to for the tailgater who wants to do it all, have it all, & host the best party. Contents: Ultimate Tailgating; History of Tailgating; Tailgating Gear; Dressing the Part; Tailgating Setups; Themes for Your Tailgate; Racing; Pools & Games; The Commissioner of Tailgating; Good Sports -- Tailgating Etiquette; Planning Your Tailgate; Tailgating Cookbook: Food & Drinks; Tailgater¿s Food Safety; & Resources & Venue Guide. Illustrations.

Millions of Americans participate in tailgating at college campuses during football season. Between the students and the alumni, and the visitors, a crush of fans are looking for places to park, to eat, to take part in traditional activities for each campus, and learn more about the school and team history.Inside you will find recipes, local venues and rules, sidebars about unique activities in each place, side tours, insider tips, and photos to help make your game day the best ever.Includes east and west divisions: Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, LSU, Mississippi and Mississippi State.

Provides tips for hosting a tailgate party, discusses appropriate food and drink, and rates the 30 best "tailgate colleges"

Tailgating is defined, by the American Tailgater Website thusly: "To participate in a picnic that is served from the tailgate of a vehicle, as before a sports event." The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Tailgating will be the ultimate and ONLY book you'll need to planning and executing and attending a tailgate party. The author will offer excellent advice on the best kinds of barbeque equipment, such as gas grills versus charcoal grills, coolers, and where to go to purchase the best tailgating accessories. He also offers up cooking tips, deciding what best to cook, and discusses the special equipment for battling the elements (shades, tarps, space heaters). More importantly, the book will also feature invaluable tips on perhaps the most important element of tailgating: drinking. We'll show you how to mooch beer from other peoples' kegs (and keeping fellow moochers away from yours), how best to tap a keg, how to keep a keg from going flat, and how to hoist a keg without ruining your back. Additionally, the book will feature a crucial section on hangover prevention and cures, with science backed by a prominent expert on the study of hangovers, Dr. Jeffrey Weise, of Tulane University. All of this, plus much, much more, will be cram-packed into 192 fun-filled and informative book pages.

Every year since 1961, football and basketball players at Middlebury College in Vermont pick up their wheelchair-bound fan, Butch, and bring him to the stadium sidelines to watch their games. At John Brown University, the volleyball team distributes candy to fans before each match. For years, fans attending a University of Maryland football game rubbed the bronze statue of their terrapin mascot, Testudo. Traditions like these are visible statements of school loyalty, and they are part of why college sports are unforgettable. College Sports Traditions: Picking Up Butch, Silent Night, and Hundreds of Others details not only the well-known traditions of major universities, but also the obscure customs of smaller schools. Approximately 1,200 traditions are captured, covering almost every college sport. It depicts such traditions as The Ohio State University’s “Script Ohio,” University of Kansas’s “Waving the Wheat,” Linfield College’s “End Zone Couches,” and even a list of traditions that involve streaking. The wide variety of traditions covered in this book are grouped thematically, including: Before the game During the game After a score After the game Mascot traditions Preseason traditions Traditions probably not university sanctioned Rivalries Yells, cheers, and chants From the crazy and eccentric to the touching and meaningful, these traditions connect fans and athletes across generations. The first of its kind, this comprehensive volume encompasses hundreds of universities and colleges throughout the U.S. Featuring 75 photos that bring many of these events to life, College Sports Traditions will be an entertaining read for every sports fan.