I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO WRITE ABOUT MY QUEST OF ATTENDING A GAME AT EVERY FOOTBALL BOWL SUBDIVISION (FBS) STADIUM ALONG WITH SOME KEY LOWER DIVISION SCHOOLS FOR TAILGATER MAGAZINE IN THE JANUARY 2018 ISSUE. SINCE THAT TIME, I HAVE CONTINUED MARCHING FORWARD TOWARD MY END GOAL.
IN TOTAL, I have been to over 90 of the 130 FBS stadiums and many lower division and neutral sites, totaling several hundred games. But for me, the game is only part of the experience. Hence my moniker: Dan from the Tailgate.
My travels since 2017 have taken me to the banks of Lake while enjoying the best muffuletta outside of Nawlins. I have stood atop a famed Cockaboose in Columbia, South Carolina, while hoisting a cocktail in salute of their Gamecocks.
Yelling “Hotty Toddy” is one thing at Ole Miss, but have you also paced the Junction at Hail State—ground zero for Bulldog football tailgating in Starkville? Try Boilering up in West Lafayette, Indiana, for a Purdue opening game while sipping Bloody Marys with their 90-year-old super fan at the parking-lot pregame ritual.
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