tailgating questions
Most of you have not noticed this, I'm sure, but I have been having a little 'discussion' with Brady over at drinknfromafirehose.com about tailgates. Without getting in depth in this post, I would like to discuss the "closeness" of the two spots.
First let's look at Brady's (google link):
That comes up as a .1 mile walk. Not bad. Now let's look at ours (google link):
That also comes up as .1 miles. Here's the catch though. I never ever walk over to the light and across the street, I cut across the lot straight to the gates. So my walk is now cut down to, let's say... .08 miles. Chalk one point up for the good guys.
Now onto the actual tailgating area. Take a look:
I know the pictures make it pretty obvious where you'd want to be, but I will elaborate quickly.
In Iowa City (1st picture), you can tailgate in someone's flower garden. Or if you are lucky you can pack your cars in and sit on the hood/bumper. If you get up early, as everybody should, you can reserve a little space and slide a big long flip-cup table in between a couple black beretta's. The only positive is that you never see fat chicks around because they can't fit between the cars. So they just hang out at the ped mall waiting for the real drunks to show up knowing they won't notice the size of their cankles.
In Ames you are tailgating in a massive green sea of buses, vans, beanbags, beer pong, flip cup, and other forms of revelry. It feels open and full of energy. People are throwing footballs... grilling all sorts of food... kids get tackled by cops on bikes. It's great!!! The space allotted alone brings our tailgating to the forefront of not only this match up against Iowa, but I would bet most match ups across the NCAA.
Bring on the next competitor. Nebraska? Please you have none. Oklahoma? Been there, we were alone. Kansas? Your tailgates are dry.
Nobody can match the power that a cyclone can bring. At least in the lots.
billin ain't eazy!!!
Labels: ISU/IOWA Smack
posted by TG8N4CY @ 10:47 AM
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3 Comments:
like i said if you enjoy being treated like cattle then you're right ames is bomb.
Maybe I'm being a little scientific here so let's simplifiy things a bit here (Occum's Razor if you may). Using the two pics you posted use your index finger and thumb to denote the distance from your tailgate to the stadium. then scroll up and do the same for Kinnick. About the same if not favoring IOWA?? Also notice that the ISU photo appears to be zoomed out further than the Kinnick photo?? So if this was zoomed in to proportionate ratios Kinnick would be closer!!
I for one can fly on game days and so my path is as the crow flies which would roughly translate to 0.654321 miles.
2 points real good guys, not the wanna be good guys!
And just fyi there was hardly any room to do anything at your tailgate except stand around and watch 4 dudes play beer pong.
I mean come on we had to throw bags around peoples heads for cornhole! The best part was the early morning tippy cup which we clearly dominated!
Face it mang, ISU is a little bit Country, and IOWA is a little bit Rockin Roll!
I understand your theory on flying to the game, but it doesn't hold up. Point for the cyclones.
You are right, during the Iowa game, it was a packer, and the damned people were in the way of the bean bags, but I chose to blame that on all of the hawk fans that were in the way. And if there were cyclone fans in the way, it's because hawk fans were blocking their only other path.
I can concede the whole "room to play bags" thing as a tie, especially yin the last three to four years or son, it has gotten worse.
I tell you what. Next time we are tailgating at our respective spots. Let's get on the phone and have a walk off. We need to be honest and start from our cooler by our vehicle and make it all the way to the gate. Left, Left, Left Right Left.
Deal!
But seriously I can Fly!
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