Where I Come From: Tailgating Traditions

I had a roomie who woke up at dawn every Saturday, went to the Mr. Shortstop or whatever and bought a chocolate milk and the little pack of hostess donuts. Hangover or no hangover, regardless of when everyone crashed the night before. He was already done with it and watching Gameday by the time the rest of us woke up. I think the only time he skipped the routine, the Pokes beat us in Norman.

Like CC I have 2 tickets to share with 3 people, sometimes I buy an extra, sometimes 1 child stays home. Usually I just buy a spare & “pass” the baby amongst the peeps in my section. He likes the guys behind us, my parents are in front of us (They do pay for 4 seasts but “like having the space” so I dont feel to bad about the baby getting held). My dad grills at home & has some insulated bomb that keeps the food nice an warm for the 2 hr drive. Eat & drink literally right there. Walk around a bit. Always Always watch the band march in! My kids usually entertain the crap out of some unsuspecting fan. Its either because they are pretty freakin awesome (haha) & find a way to be on a random camera, are down hooking something or they are the storm troopers with OU patches etc. After seeing the band I let them run around like banshees & get tired. Go in, see the schooner, take a bunch of pics, let them pee, & then go sit down. It is handy that the schooner is at our tunnel. One kid wears an autographed Peterson jersey (getting kinda small tho), the little one has progressed from the Tommie Harris signed jersey to Dom Franks, with a matching hat. They are crimson. They are far enough apart etc, that what one wears for a couple of years, gets a little rest, & then the baby wears. FOR the record the clothes from the TCU ’05 game for the oldest were thrown away! The OSU game in 01 was the only game he wore regualr baby clothes to (overalls, not windsuit or jersey). We put a stop to that real quick!

Away games, living in texas we can go to many, pretty much same routine. The tv games, cook first lots of food. Same CC rules, dont talk about anything else. Dont call me, dont text me. This past year I would jump on here to commiserate the woes. NEVER wear grey during a tv game…. A&M 02, Oregon 06 enough said.

eggs, toast, and a ice cold beer. Must be before 8 a.m as well. Other than that I have this thing where I wear the white jersey to home games, and red to any away games I attend. Living in Wichita Falls, TX makes it an easy drive. Whoever drives I always instruct to park behind the softball fields. Free parking and a nice walk up to the greatest place ever. From there it is to university corner(forgive me if I got that wrong) for one last beer. At this point I always give a little nod to the stadium before walking in. If I stay at home breakfast still the same I just keep drinking not having to drive. Always grill, always have 640 am playing right up to kick off. After the BYU game last year I will never watch a game at home with non sooner fans.

Great stories CC. Everyday I check the site and watch the videos at work and just get pumped. Feeling good about this season.

A) 11 or 11:30am, my friends and I just get up and go to the game with maybe 1 or 2 beers on the way to the stadium.

B) 2:30pm, my friends and I get up and eat a small bite then start drinking beers until we get to the stadium.

C) 6 or 7pm, my friends and I drink all day while having some BBQ, then we drink some more on the way to the stadium.

We do this after every home game:

We go and play beer pong, flip cup, and just drink and drink and drink, then go to Crossroads around midnight to eat and watch College Football Gameday Final

Sometimes I don’t drink as much if its a big game until after the game.

But one I can easily share is related to the wife. First off, let me disclose that she’s a Mizzou alum so she has no rooting interest with my Sooners. But she’s definitely a trooper and I’ve dragged her to many a game (including all of our beatdowns of Mizzou in recent years) so she gets nothing but props from me. That said, when we’re watching the game on TV it’s all or nothing. If she wants to watch with me, she either watches the entire game or it’s bye bye time. None of this "I’m done at the half" stuff. Like several others here, I’m also a big fan of the no talking rule and trust me when I say the wife learned that the hard way during the ridiculousness that took place in Eugene.

So needless to say, I wind up watching a lot of games by myself. Or It’s me and the dog, who gets scared a lot because I yell really loud so I make sure the announces/refs can hear me when I berate them repeatedly.

I’m sure I’m not alone on here for being lucky enough to have a significant other who is willing to support a rabid OU fan despite all my game day rituals and craziness. I am very lucky and I’d bet the rest of you all feel pretty similar.

never really had a routine or a set habit. Never parked in the same spot or even area. Never really “tailgated” or cooked out of a trunk or off a tailgate.

Mostly just park, and walk to the stadium.

Since being in Denver, it’s go downtown, set up for the OU Club of Colorado watch party. Hang out after our game watching some other college football game, and continue drinking.