1 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:12,000 Welcome back to Crimson cast Galen klaviyo here, along with 2 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:15,500 Scott Caulfield the like to start this podcast up by wishing 3 00:00:15,500 --> 00:00:17,400 my mom. A happy birthday. 4 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:22,600 Yeah. Mom Mom, I guess I shouldn't say 5 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:26,500 how old mom's going to be this year but happy Birthday to mom 6 00:00:26,700 --> 00:00:28,900 I6. Just yeah here is goes out every 7 00:00:28,900 --> 00:00:29,900 year. That's my wife's. 8 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:33,200 For that's that's right. And it's if you know mom's 9 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:35,100 birthday was means. My birthday is literally right 10 00:00:35,100 --> 00:00:36,900 around the corner because we're five days apart. 11 00:00:36,900 --> 00:00:41,700 So festive season here in clavius oval but Scott good to 12 00:00:41,700 --> 00:00:44,800 see you again. You've been a busy guy here on 13 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:48,400 the podcast front lately, just a lot of different podcast. 14 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:52,600 I've heard many of them, not all of them yet but yeah. 15 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:54,600 Wait a way to keep the airwaves flowing. 16 00:00:55,300 --> 00:00:57,400 Thank you, try it. First of when is I'm having your 17 00:00:57,400 --> 00:00:59,000 birthday on my calendar? That's Friday. 18 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:02,300 That's on purpose. Is it Friday? 19 00:01:02,300 --> 00:01:03,300 It's Friday. Yeah. 20 00:01:03,300 --> 00:01:05,000 So, okay. I gotta I gotta add you to my 21 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:07,300 birthday list. Thanks lad that to my, you get a 22 00:01:07,300 --> 00:01:09,300 special pod for that know. It's been fun doing. 23 00:01:10,300 --> 00:01:12,800 I've had some fun reaching out to people, I enjoyed, we had 24 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:14,300 Josh Perry from the Big Ten Network. 25 00:01:14,300 --> 00:01:15,600 We haven't listened to that. Check it out. 26 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:17,600 That's a good one, we have. Yeah, thank you. 27 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:21,200 We have Adam Rittenberg from ESPN dropping on Monday starting 28 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:23,300 Crimson cash again. Talk to Connor. 29 00:01:23,300 --> 00:01:24,500 I enjoyed talking to Connor from home. 30 00:01:24,500 --> 00:01:28,300 Feel about like what it was like from a business aspect of n IL, 31 00:01:28,300 --> 00:01:30,200 they have a great T1 Mullen shirt. 32 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:33,300 Kind of, you know what, it's like from a business point of 33 00:01:33,300 --> 00:01:36,300 view, getting the ilc has been, it's been a fun discussion and 34 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:39,900 it's been fun. Getting excited for IU football. 35 00:01:39,900 --> 00:01:43,600 I mean, this is the time, like, it's we have a great, we have a 36 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:46,400 great team, should have a good season coming up. 37 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:49,400 So, it's fun. I mean, there's a lot to talk 38 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:50,700 about it. We haven't really even gotten 39 00:01:50,700 --> 00:01:52,900 into the meat of things yet, which is what I think is 40 00:01:52,900 --> 00:01:57,100 exciting like now, here we are less than two weeks out from the 41 00:01:57,107 --> 00:02:00,600 start of the Season, we can start talking about specifics 42 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:01,600 with the team. Team. 43 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:04,700 We've gotten a lot of reports from training camp or you know 44 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,000 summer practice fall practice if you want to call it. 45 00:02:08,300 --> 00:02:09,900 Things are starting to take shape a little bit. 46 00:02:09,900 --> 00:02:11,600 We're getting some notes out of practice. 47 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:13,300 We're seeing what other teams are doing. 48 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:17,200 This is fun. Like right now it may be as fun 49 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:18,500 as it gets. You never know. 50 00:02:18,500 --> 00:02:22,700 Like the we the regular season may not be as fun as we think 51 00:02:22,700 --> 00:02:24,600 it's going to be but right now, none of that matters. 52 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:27,600 And so I'm excited about being able to talk about these things 53 00:02:28,100 --> 00:02:31,000 and we're going to be doing it in. 54 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:33,900 Several different forms and I guess we can go in announce now 55 00:02:33,900 --> 00:02:35,600 and we'll put it up on social media later. 56 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:39,800 But for those of you who are in the Bloomington area or even if 57 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:43,300 you're not and you just want to road trip, come on down the plan 58 00:02:43,300 --> 00:02:47,200 right now is live. Crimson cast at switchyard 59 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:53,300 Brewing Company on North Walnut Street on Monday August 30th 60 00:02:53,300 --> 00:02:56,800 from 6 to 7 p.m. little early. But you know good time to go 61 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:59,600 out. Get maybe grab a drink, grab 62 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:02,000 some pizza, grab some bread. Sticks, whatever. 63 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:04,900 Listen to some talk about IU football, we're going to try to 64 00:03:04,900 --> 00:03:07,100 have some guests. But even if we don't, we like to 65 00:03:07,100 --> 00:03:10,000 have you folks joining us and get a chance to answer 66 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:12,800 questions, live and just share in the excitement of the 67 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:15,100 upcoming season. So again, Monday August 30th. 68 00:03:15,100 --> 00:03:18,100 So depending on when you listen to this either seven or eight 69 00:03:18,100 --> 00:03:22,800 days from today at switchyard Brewing Company in Bloomington 70 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:26,700 from 6 to 7 p.m. come, check out the live Crimson cast. 71 00:03:26,700 --> 00:03:29,100 We're going to try to do more of these this year, not just in 72 00:03:29,100 --> 00:03:33,700 Bloomington, but also around the Serie and Scott making a rare 73 00:03:33,700 --> 00:03:35,100 appearance down in Bloomington for this. 74 00:03:35,100 --> 00:03:38,200 So it's really a celebration all the way around and Bluetooth a 75 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:40,500 lot. But yes, it's for a live one and 76 00:03:40,500 --> 00:03:43,500 I think that's I think we should say now that that'll be the 77 00:03:43,500 --> 00:03:45,600 event were you and I do our season preview. 78 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:48,600 So if you want to hear all of the the bad takes that we make 79 00:03:48,700 --> 00:03:51,500 alive, you could do that. But know to your point we have 80 00:03:51,500 --> 00:03:54,200 another live event scheduled. So we're just, we're slamming it 81 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:57,300 out there up here in Indianapolis for those of you in 82 00:03:57,300 --> 00:04:00,500 the 317. Shout-out October 30th. 83 00:04:00,500 --> 00:04:02,700 I you've Versus Maryland, a new game. 84 00:04:02,700 --> 00:04:05,200 We're going to be meeting at Grand Junction, so I'll be up 85 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:06,500 here in Westfield Grand Junction. 86 00:04:06,500 --> 00:04:09,900 It's a great little Brew Pub. They have kids dogs, everyone's 87 00:04:09,900 --> 00:04:12,700 invited. But it's going to be 11:30 start 88 00:04:12,700 --> 00:04:15,500 for a noon game against Maryland and it's a little bit far off, 89 00:04:15,500 --> 00:04:18,700 but a lot of the road games are either night games or their 90 00:04:18,700 --> 00:04:20,800 Michigan. And I want to have a fun 91 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:22,400 experience. Hopefully the Maryland one is 92 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:24,000 good. So yeah, October 30th. 93 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:27,000 Mark, your calendars Grand Junction up here in Westfield. 94 00:04:27,100 --> 00:04:30,100 So yeah, we're, you know, we figure IU football kind of 95 00:04:30,108 --> 00:04:32,000 stepped it up. We just Up last year as a 96 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:33,200 separate of this year as well too. 97 00:04:33,300 --> 00:04:34,200 Yeah, you know. Absolutely. 98 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:38,400 It's this could be one of those rare Seasons that you just don't 99 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:39,900 see very much. Although, it's funny because 100 00:04:39,900 --> 00:04:43,200 we've kind of had two of those in a row, I know with IU. 101 00:04:43,500 --> 00:04:45,000 And so, does it equate to a third? 102 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:46,000 Now, we're going to get into that. 103 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:47,400 Over the course of the next two weeks. 104 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:50,900 We'll talk about our fears or our aspirations for the team, 105 00:04:50,900 --> 00:04:53,000 whatever. But that's not what this episode 106 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,400 today is about, instead. What we're going to be talking 107 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:58,600 about today is tailgating, you know, I've gotten a lot of 108 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:03,700 requests, a lot of notes from people People saying hey I need 109 00:05:03,700 --> 00:05:07,500 some tailgating help I'm excited to tailgate for IU football many 110 00:05:07,500 --> 00:05:10,600 of you for the first time you say and you don't know where to 111 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:12,900 begin. You're not sure what the process 112 00:05:12,900 --> 00:05:15,700 looks like, or you've been doing it and you'd like to do it 113 00:05:15,700 --> 00:05:19,200 better you know I hear that from a lot of people as well and 114 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:22,100 that's what we're going to talk about on this show is talk about 115 00:05:22,100 --> 00:05:24,300 tailgating talk about some of the options, talk about the 116 00:05:24,300 --> 00:05:26,700 setup. You know, we had a question that 117 00:05:26,700 --> 00:05:31,000 came in from Maroon Hoosier. It was less of a question. 118 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:33,200 You know, more of a statement but the statement was seems like 119 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:37,400 there's a need for IU tailgating 101 where to park, what the 120 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:41,600 Traditions are what music best, local food, and drink Etc. 121 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:45,600 Bring the bandwagon into the family long term by slowing 122 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:47,300 them, showing them how to do it, right? 123 00:05:47,300 --> 00:05:50,700 So I think for the bandwagon and actually for people who have 124 00:05:50,700 --> 00:05:52,700 been around for a while, I would actually argue Scott. 125 00:05:52,700 --> 00:05:56,300 That some people in the eye. You fanbase have invested 126 00:05:56,300 --> 00:06:00,500 themselves in the tailgating. You know, firmament others. 127 00:06:00,500 --> 00:06:03,700 Have not And I'd say, even for the non bandwagon, folks, the 128 00:06:03,707 --> 00:06:06,700 folks that have been IU fans. But you know, a lot of times 129 00:06:06,700 --> 00:06:11,900 people have tried to make IU football kind of like momentary 130 00:06:12,100 --> 00:06:13,900 viewing as opposed to being the full day. 131 00:06:13,900 --> 00:06:17,000 You get a lot of folks who like they come in 20 minutes before 132 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,800 the game starts. They take their seats, they make 133 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:22,900 sure to leave before traffic gets bad because you know you're 134 00:06:22,900 --> 00:06:26,400 from Indiana and that's what you do and that's it. 135 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:31,000 Well well I'm here to talk about is expanding that experience. 136 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:34,000 Little bit and making it more of a full day. 137 00:06:34,100 --> 00:06:37,500 And this is a difficult thing, I think and kind of going back to 138 00:06:37,500 --> 00:06:40,700 what maroon Hoosiers said, for a lot of people. 139 00:06:40,700 --> 00:06:43,100 I think the idea that you would take the whole day in 140 00:06:43,100 --> 00:06:47,000 Bloomington at a football tailgate and a football game and 141 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:51,600 just kind of expand into the broad expanses of what you can 142 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:54,800 do, that's still a mental hurdle that a lot of people have to 143 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:56,800 cross. And so hopefully, we can help 144 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:58,800 you across that bridge as much as we can. 145 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:00,900 Now Scott, you're in a different spot. 146 00:07:01,100 --> 00:07:02,900 Than me. And I think we need to preface 147 00:07:02,900 --> 00:07:08,500 this whole discussion by saying, you know, Scott lives in the 148 00:07:08,500 --> 00:07:11,400 same situation that many of you who listen to the podcast live 149 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:15,200 in, he lives about an hour and 20 away without traffic. 150 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:18,400 And he's got two young kids and a wife. 151 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:22,700 And it's not just as simple as it is for me because I live 10 152 00:07:22,700 --> 00:07:25,000 minutes from the stadium. Like I can roll out of bed and 153 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:28,200 be at Memorial Stadium like 15 minutes afterwards. 154 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:31,300 So we're going to try to filter this through both of Those 155 00:07:31,300 --> 00:07:34,500 prisons people that live close and people that live far away 156 00:07:34,500 --> 00:07:37,500 and try to give you something that can be worthwhile As you 157 00:07:37,500 --> 00:07:39,200 move through tailgating for this year. 158 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:43,400 So, first off, I guess maybe let's start with the where to 159 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:48,400 park question and this I think actually go back in time be a 160 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:51,200 fan, five years ago, buy season tickets in a parking pass in 161 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:53,900 2014 when no one cared. Well, and you'll be in a great 162 00:07:53,900 --> 00:07:56,100 spot. Well, okay, so there's two 163 00:07:56,100 --> 00:07:58,100 elements here that you have to keep in mind. 164 00:07:58,100 --> 00:08:00,500 If your planned, this is where to some degree, the tailgate. 165 00:08:01,100 --> 00:08:03,200 Ation has to start. Are you going to host? 166 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:07,100 Are you going to help somebody else in a significant way? 167 00:08:07,300 --> 00:08:11,200 Or are you going to just show up because those are or significant 168 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:14,700 way it's a great qualifier? Well because you know I think we 169 00:08:14,700 --> 00:08:18,300 have a couple questions that popped up a little later on some 170 00:08:18,300 --> 00:08:23,300 people think that, you know okay if I'm just going to show up to 171 00:08:23,300 --> 00:08:26,000 a tailgate because it's a party and that's perfectly fine, but 172 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:30,600 then if you are making a substantial contribution, if 173 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:33,299 you're bringing A lot of food or if you're bringing a canopy or 174 00:08:33,299 --> 00:08:36,400 if you're bringing a grill, you really don't want to haul that 175 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:39,700 stuff from somewhere else into the tailgating area. 176 00:08:39,700 --> 00:08:43,299 Like, that is a real pain. So this is where you don't have 177 00:08:43,299 --> 00:08:45,900 to go back in time, 5 years. But you do have to go back in 178 00:08:45,900 --> 00:08:50,700 time, like five months and buy tickets or passes Me by parking 179 00:08:50,700 --> 00:08:54,000 passes with your tickets in the area where you know the tailgate 180 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:56,400 is going to be taking place. And so that's really where we're 181 00:08:56,400 --> 00:09:00,500 going to start with things on the one exception is if you're 182 00:09:00,500 --> 00:09:03,100 going to do this, Grass lot. But even that even though it's a 183 00:09:03,100 --> 00:09:05,900 day of game thing, it's not always a foregone conclusion 184 00:09:05,900 --> 00:09:08,800 that you're going to show up and get parking in the grass lat. 185 00:09:09,100 --> 00:09:13,200 So, here's what I'll tell you, first of all, if you are a 186 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:17,300 donor, you've already got some pretty good parking passes. 187 00:09:17,300 --> 00:09:18,500 You're probably in the orange lot. 188 00:09:18,500 --> 00:09:20,500 And that's really where everybody wants to be the orange 189 00:09:20,500 --> 00:09:21,500 lot. For those of you that don't 190 00:09:21,500 --> 00:09:24,500 know, is the lot between Memorial Stadium and Assembly 191 00:09:24,500 --> 00:09:27,400 Hall. It's that that the one that runs 192 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:30,800 the expanse there. I've only gotten to park. 193 00:09:31,100 --> 00:09:33,300 A couple of times and that's just because other people have 194 00:09:33,300 --> 00:09:37,600 given me their parking passes. But I think finding other spots 195 00:09:37,900 --> 00:09:41,000 to park has been an interesting experience, over the course of 196 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:44,300 time for me. I've actually had parking and I 197 00:09:44,308 --> 00:09:47,600 think four different Lots. Now my favorite by far is the 198 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:50,000 one that we've landed in long-term and that is the green 199 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,500 lot that is locked 12. That is where our tailgate is 200 00:09:52,500 --> 00:09:55,700 located in the green. Lot is north of Assembly Hall, 201 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:59,500 South of the tennis center and east of the orange lat. 202 00:09:59,500 --> 00:10:04,000 So it's basically, um, Enter off of fee Lane and I love it 203 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:07,600 because, you know, you're not like if you park in the purple 204 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:10,400 lot which is the one off of the bypass over by the baseball 205 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:12,900 stadium. It's actually it's nicer. 206 00:10:12,900 --> 00:10:15,600 It's a bit bigger, but you also feel like you're in another zip 207 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:19,400 code from the stadium, whereas parking in the green lot. 208 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:21,800 You can see the stadium. You can see assembly whole, 209 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:23,500 there's plentiful. Pretty much everything that you 210 00:10:23,500 --> 00:10:26,200 need over there, and it's also an easy and an easy out. 211 00:10:26,300 --> 00:10:29,400 Whereas purple lot tends to be a little bit of a nightmare. 212 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:33,400 Sometimes trying to get out. Going either direction, it can 213 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:36,400 be problematic, there are some other options, there's the blue 214 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:39,000 lot which has been significantly cut down from what it used to 215 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:41,000 be. That's the lot that's on the 216 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:43,400 south side of Assembly, Hall between assembly, whole and 217 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:45,300 Briscoe. And then, of course, you've got 218 00:10:45,300 --> 00:10:47,900 the grass, Lots themselves, the grass. 219 00:10:47,900 --> 00:10:50,400 Lots. That's where most students are 220 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:53,000 tailgating. And certainly, it's where a lot 221 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:56,300 of young alums will tailgate. I've never particularly liked 222 00:10:56,300 --> 00:10:59,900 the grass. Lots Scott primarily because 223 00:10:59,900 --> 00:11:02,100 much like the purple A lot but I think even more. 224 00:11:02,100 --> 00:11:04,700 So it kind of feels like you're not at a football tailgate, it 225 00:11:04,700 --> 00:11:07,900 just kind of feels like you're at a big like outdoor party on 226 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:13,300 somebody's lawn and it can get muddy, it can get messy, I 227 00:11:13,300 --> 00:11:15,600 think, in a lot of ways. And, and they're gradually 228 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:19,200 cutting down on those spots like the corporate tensive, taking up 229 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:22,400 a lot of space. You've seen some of those things 230 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:24,900 kind of Disappearing. There's like a nature, like 231 00:11:24,900 --> 00:11:27,700 regrowth thing happening in one spot right now. 232 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:33,000 So that's my suggestion is An almost always by Football 233 00:11:33,100 --> 00:11:38,200 parking passes for tailgating purposes up until they sell out. 234 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:41,100 And that yes, we're talking about like March April, May buy 235 00:11:41,100 --> 00:11:44,000 them with your tickets, by you can buy additional ones like you 236 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:48,700 don't have to necessarily, you know, do it all at once. 237 00:11:49,700 --> 00:11:53,200 But the problem is, if you wait, you used to be able to buy 238 00:11:53,500 --> 00:11:56,500 passes during the week. Now, you really can't like it 239 00:11:56,500 --> 00:11:58,800 looks for what I'm looking at right now on. 240 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:02,700 I you cite all of those. Paved lots are probably sold out 241 00:12:02,700 --> 00:12:04,400 at this stage. So at this point, this is a good 242 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:05,800 thing. It means more popularity. 243 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:08,100 It means more people are going, but you do have to buy a little 244 00:12:08,100 --> 00:12:11,400 bit earlier. Yeah, I think you did a great 245 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:13,900 job of laying that out, you know, where we normally park. 246 00:12:13,900 --> 00:12:16,800 We've moved around a little bit but we are a donor. 247 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,900 You know, we park, right? North of the white lot. 248 00:12:19,900 --> 00:12:22,300 We are there's a little spot between the white lot and the 249 00:12:22,300 --> 00:12:25,800 purple lot where it's like all of the TV trucks kind of are 250 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:28,300 parked right there and we are literally right behind that. 251 00:12:28,300 --> 00:12:33,500 So like the very south end of lot 9, I like parking over there 252 00:12:33,500 --> 00:12:35,700 because again, we're an hour and we're in, Westfield, I have two 253 00:12:35,700 --> 00:12:38,900 young boys, 8 and 5. And so for me, one of the key 254 00:12:38,900 --> 00:12:41,200 things is getting out and I found that that's a great spot. 255 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:43,700 I can just hop onto done normally get to the bypass and 256 00:12:43,700 --> 00:12:46,800 get out pretty easily or cut over 19 Street to get to Walnut. 257 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:51,200 Like it's easier out there. I but I will say, you know, we 258 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:54,100 are I'm going to do this conversation, we are the ones 259 00:12:54,100 --> 00:12:57,300 who like to bring help kind of not of the significant level, 260 00:12:57,300 --> 00:12:59,700 but we like to bring some stuff and I'll throw some ideas out 261 00:12:59,700 --> 00:13:03,500 there. But you know, I love parking in 262 00:13:03,500 --> 00:13:07,300 that area because we will walk kind of around the north side of 263 00:13:07,300 --> 00:13:10,500 Memorial Stadium over to where your tailgates at and there's 264 00:13:10,500 --> 00:13:12,200 some fun stuff happening around there. 265 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:14,700 You can see the football practice field, you know, white 266 00:13:14,700 --> 00:13:19,200 lot is all donors but there are some very cool tailgates there. 267 00:13:19,500 --> 00:13:22,000 If you're following us on Instagram I did I'm doing this 268 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:25,600 in my house or there's a guy in the white lat who has been for 269 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:28,900 years, flying the IU flag and then whoever Purdue is flying 270 00:13:28,900 --> 00:13:30,700 their flag. Whoever they're playing flying 271 00:13:30,700 --> 00:13:32,100 there. I'm do that in my house this 272 00:13:32,100 --> 00:13:33,600 season. It's fun, it was like 80 bucks 273 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:35,500 on eBay, buying a bunch of use flags. 274 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:39,400 There's an old IU bus that's part of a tailgate in the white 275 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:41,700 lot. There's a like, a wagon train 276 00:13:41,700 --> 00:13:44,000 and it's like, there's some cool stuff there, but I like walking 277 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,200 to yours. I go through the orange, lot of 278 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:49,200 my friends, Carol and Jeff have a tailgate in the blue lock that 279 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:53,100 we normally go to and you're right the purple W. 280 00:13:53,100 --> 00:13:55,000 Very cool. A lot of semis and you know 281 00:13:55,008 --> 00:13:58,300 tractor or Trio, big RVs out there, but it does feel a little 282 00:13:58,300 --> 00:14:00,100 bit out there. Definitely blue green, and 283 00:14:00,100 --> 00:14:01,700 orange. You feel Like, you're in kind of 284 00:14:01,700 --> 00:14:04,900 the energy of the stadium. There's also some really cool 285 00:14:04,900 --> 00:14:08,400 tailgates, right around the edge of moral Stadium of those grass. 286 00:14:08,500 --> 00:14:11,000 The grass area up to the stage. You're not going to be able to 287 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:14,100 get those without a significant amount of money, but there's 288 00:14:14,100 --> 00:14:16,300 some cool old-school tailgates going on there too. 289 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:19,400 Now if you don't want to pay for parking, I mean there are some 290 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:23,300 spots where you can get parking and it's not that expensive. 291 00:14:23,300 --> 00:14:27,100 So there's the church, Lots across the bypass and then also 292 00:14:27,100 --> 00:14:30,800 across done Street. There's that church. 293 00:14:31,100 --> 00:14:33,400 Over there where they pay to take like, church trips to 294 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:35,500 Central America, or something like that with the money that 295 00:14:35,500 --> 00:14:37,100 they make. So there's those spots you start 296 00:14:37,100 --> 00:14:38,900 to pay but those are relatively close. 297 00:14:39,300 --> 00:14:41,800 Now, outside of that, what I would recommend if you don't 298 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:43,800 mind doing some walking and you don't have a whole bunch of 299 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:46,500 stuff to carry, keep in mind that, and you want to read the 300 00:14:46,500 --> 00:14:48,700 street signs to be sure. But if you get down into the 301 00:14:48,700 --> 00:14:52,400 like, The Cottage Grove area, 12th Street 11th, Street, 10th 302 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:56,900 Street, maybe not 10th Street. But 11th Street, that area just 303 00:14:56,900 --> 00:14:59,800 north of Campus. A lot of times on the weekends, 304 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:03,200 you can park there. Are without having to pay 305 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:08,100 anything because those are tagged as local neighborhood 306 00:15:08,100 --> 00:15:10,000 parking. But only 8 to 5 Monday through 307 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:12,000 Friday. Make sure to read you. 308 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:13,900 Don't want to put yourself in a position where you get ticketed 309 00:15:13,900 --> 00:15:17,400 and towed, but that is relatively close enough that you 310 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:19,700 could park there walk, and it wouldn't be that big of a deal. 311 00:15:19,700 --> 00:15:21,500 Unless you were trying to go from there all the way to the 312 00:15:21,500 --> 00:15:24,800 purple lat. I would recommend. 313 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:29,200 Sorry, I would highly, you know, courage against going west of 314 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:31,700 the stadium kind of anything west of Done because it's 315 00:15:31,700 --> 00:15:34,200 residential but they start shutting down a lot of streets 316 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:36,300 there. Yes, parking is already normally 317 00:15:36,300 --> 00:15:38,100 full. So you could see that on a map 318 00:15:38,100 --> 00:15:39,900 if you're coming from out of town like oh there's a bunch of 319 00:15:39,900 --> 00:15:43,000 residential stuff, west of the stadium, they start closing 320 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,400 streets at weird times and weird hours. 321 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:48,300 I used to drive in that way. I don't anymore just because 322 00:15:48,300 --> 00:15:50,300 it's kind of Hit or Miss what's going to be open or not. 323 00:15:50,300 --> 00:15:53,400 So I would just like north of 17th west of done. 324 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:55,800 I would just less you really know what you're doing. 325 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:57,900 If you're out of town, I would stay away from that because 326 00:15:58,100 --> 00:15:59,600 you're probably have a tough time getting out to. 327 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:03,100 We had a question in from, let me find it here real quick, 328 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:08,200 someone asked, what was the best time to leave? 329 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:12,800 Indy to come to a tailgate? Like when to get there and I 330 00:16:12,808 --> 00:16:16,000 wanted, this is a very early site at sort of question and I 331 00:16:16,008 --> 00:16:18,200 wanted to make sure that we answered it because I do get 332 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:20,300 this question a lot. Like one should people show up. 333 00:16:20,300 --> 00:16:24,000 I really, I'm a big fan of getting here at least three 334 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:28,200 hours before kickoff because you're going to beat almost all 335 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:30,200 of the traffic by doing it that way. 336 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:33,300 And I think that's going to be Big deal this year with 37 and I 337 00:16:33,308 --> 00:16:36,400 wouldn't even take 37, frankly, unless you absolutely have to 338 00:16:36,500 --> 00:16:39,600 like, come down 65. If you're coming from India and 339 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:43,500 go across on 46, it's going to be probably overall and easier 340 00:16:43,500 --> 00:16:46,000 and although if you leave and get to Bloomington three hours 341 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:49,300 before the game, it's probably not going to hurt that much now. 342 00:16:49,900 --> 00:16:55,700 Almost always tailgate lot times are going to be open for hours 343 00:16:55,700 --> 00:16:59,700 before kick, that was generous. And now there's some sometimes 344 00:16:59,700 --> 00:17:01,300 that's not 100%. Sent the case. 345 00:17:01,300 --> 00:17:02,900 We're going to try to let you all know. 346 00:17:02,900 --> 00:17:05,200 And I think I use doing a better job. 347 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:08,099 Now, of letting people know when the tailgate lots are open, but 348 00:17:08,099 --> 00:17:11,500 most of the time for a noon kick, the lots are going to open 349 00:17:11,500 --> 00:17:16,400 at 8:00 a.m. so that is not a bad time to show up, sometimes 350 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:19,500 they'll be additional parking in a lot that you can take 351 00:17:19,500 --> 00:17:21,400 advantage of. Certainly the grass. 352 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:25,500 Lots will still have openings at that point and even if you're 353 00:17:25,500 --> 00:17:29,000 early, there are places to go eat in Bloomington around that 354 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:30,800 time. If you don't want to bring your 355 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:33,600 own, Food, like there's restaurants in town that you can 356 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:35,700 go to. There's normally some things you 357 00:17:35,700 --> 00:17:38,300 can take advantage of and no, I'm not talking about kok 358 00:17:38,300 --> 00:17:42,100 although you could certainly do that if you wanted to but you 359 00:17:42,100 --> 00:17:45,500 can go other places as well. And so I would recommend getting 360 00:17:45,500 --> 00:17:48,500 down at least three hours before kick because that way you don't 361 00:17:48,500 --> 00:17:52,900 have to worry about getting where you need to get to and we 362 00:17:52,900 --> 00:17:55,700 know traffic flow can be a real problem anyway, but especially 363 00:17:55,700 --> 00:17:58,700 this year with all the construction in Martinsville, 364 00:17:58,700 --> 00:18:00,800 it's going to be a real problem if you're coming from elsewhere. 365 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:05,100 Elsewhere similar sort of deal. I would get here a bit early and 366 00:18:05,100 --> 00:18:08,200 you know if you can get here by 8:30 or 9:00 get parked and then 367 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:10,300 go do stuff. That's a pretty good setup. 368 00:18:10,300 --> 00:18:12,800 As far as I'm concerned, you can be rather relatively leisurely 369 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:16,600 and how you do it. Don't wait until like, don't be 370 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:18,700 like, hey, I'm going to show up in Bloomington 30 minutes before 371 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:21,200 you're probably not going to get to your seats until like Midway 372 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:23,300 through the first quarter. And that's assuming that you 373 00:18:23,300 --> 00:18:25,500 find parking, which I think this year is going to be even more 374 00:18:25,500 --> 00:18:28,500 problematic. So that somebody who comes from 375 00:18:28,500 --> 00:18:31,200 Indy for every one last thing I was going Mention. 376 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:33,400 Yeah, for those who haven't been down in a couple of years, the 377 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:36,600 McNutt and Briscoe parking. Lots don't exist anymore, 378 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:40,900 they're gone, okay? There are dorms there now and so 379 00:18:40,900 --> 00:18:43,600 if you are used because a lot of people would park in those dorm 380 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:46,400 spots that get here, early those don't need that they're not. 381 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:49,600 There there are new buildings, there people are living in them 382 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:52,000 so just be careful on that front. 383 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:54,100 Don't expect that to be there. Sorry, Scott, go ahead. 384 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:56,200 I know you're good. So if somebody has come from 385 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:59,400 Indy from, you know, from nine ten years for games, I will say 386 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:02,500 this that normally on Just an average, you know, Wednesday 387 00:19:02,500 --> 00:19:05,000 afternoon. If I leave, I'm in Westfield. 388 00:19:05,100 --> 00:19:07,900 If I leave my house, I can get to campus in an hour, twenty 389 00:19:07,900 --> 00:19:09,900 five, an hour 30. It depends on where, you know, 390 00:19:09,900 --> 00:19:11,000 what? Martinsville looks like, but 391 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:12,900 normally our 20, I can get to Bloomington. 392 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:18,200 I normally give myself two hours, travel time. 393 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:21,500 From my house, to the stadium on a game day, if I'm leaving a 394 00:19:21,500 --> 00:19:23,700 little bit early now, you know, to me, it's like there's a new 395 00:19:23,700 --> 00:19:26,400 in-game as A330 game is a seven game or kind of your standard 396 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:28,300 times. I'm going to go backwards in 397 00:19:28,300 --> 00:19:32,300 time a seven o'clock game. Normally I try and leave here 398 00:19:32,300 --> 00:19:34,800 around, like, it depends on what we're doing from a tailgate 399 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:36,500 perspective, but I'll try it. Try it. 400 00:19:36,500 --> 00:19:40,400 Leave here or I'm like 1:00 or 2:00 is kind of my my go-to 401 00:19:41,900 --> 00:19:43,800 because then I'm getting there around, you know. 402 00:19:43,900 --> 00:19:46,100 It gets me there around 4 and that gives me a good couple 403 00:19:46,100 --> 00:19:48,600 hours to have some fun. And and you know, I know this is 404 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:50,600 a question from that blast, we're going to get to but it's 405 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:53,500 like you almost have to agree on The Late games. 406 00:19:53,500 --> 00:19:56,700 Like I'm either going to be. If I'm bringing my kids it's 407 00:19:56,700 --> 00:19:59,400 like we're going to have more fun tailgating and I have to be 408 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:02,100 cool being the guy who leaves Early life and I know as a 409 00:20:02,100 --> 00:20:04,900 college kid, when I was in my 20s, like I hate everyone who 410 00:20:04,900 --> 00:20:06,600 leaves games are like, why did you pay for the ticket? 411 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:08,500 Like, why'd you do that? It's like your perspective 412 00:20:08,500 --> 00:20:11,000 changes, when you pop out some kids and things just Jade's, 413 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:15,300 it's like it's hard to be get there early guy and fun tailgate 414 00:20:15,300 --> 00:20:18,500 guy and I'm bringing my kids guy and I'm staying the whole game 415 00:20:18,500 --> 00:20:21,000 guy like with a five-year-old. Like good luck. 416 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:24,100 You can do it more power to you. That's a different podcast. 417 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:27,200 I will say for the 330 games. It's also very easy. 418 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:31,600 I normally leave here around like 11 or 11:30 You're leaving, 419 00:20:31,700 --> 00:20:35,100 honestly, that extra that extra hour. 420 00:20:35,100 --> 00:20:38,900 If you can get yourself out of that window, everything evens 421 00:20:38,900 --> 00:20:41,200 up. And honestly, I don't, I have, 422 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:43,300 I'll tell you some other routes to get down to Bloomington. 423 00:20:43,300 --> 00:20:47,700 But normally, I just take 67 down and then I just check ways 424 00:20:47,700 --> 00:20:50,800 and like if that little, if you know the road going across what 425 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:56,100 is it 39 that connects 67 to 37 or what is now 69 if that's 426 00:20:56,100 --> 00:20:59,800 completely jammed and yeah I just take 67 down to Spencer cut 427 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:01,500 over. There's a A way you could get, 428 00:21:01,500 --> 00:21:03,000 therefore, he stopped and Paragon. 429 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:06,000 You can take some back roads and hit 69, although I'm not sure if 430 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:08,800 that's still open that was my sneaky way when they were doing 431 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:12,300 work on 60-69. But normally, if you're leaving 432 00:21:12,300 --> 00:21:15,600 it like 11:00 or 12:00 from Indy, you're going to hit 433 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:19,500 Martinsville about like 14, A330 game that normally is not too 434 00:21:19,500 --> 00:21:22,000 bad. Although I will say, Michigan is 435 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,700 the one game, which we don't have at home this year, they 436 00:21:24,700 --> 00:21:26,900 travel the most on that thoroughfare. 437 00:21:26,900 --> 00:21:29,300 They also bring the most fans. They're going to hit you the 438 00:21:29,300 --> 00:21:31,400 most on that traffic. Michigan. 439 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:34,000 Michigan State seems to bring the most anyway, the be 440 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:37,100 situationally aware, is what Scott's saying here, as far as 441 00:21:37,100 --> 00:21:40,400 like, where the people of the other people are coming from 442 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:42,800 with this vulnerable, you know, my Ohio state, they're going to 443 00:21:42,808 --> 00:21:45,700 come from, obviously, from Ohio, but they're going to take 70 444 00:21:45,700 --> 00:21:48,100 over in Autumn go down to, you know, Columbus and cut over that 445 00:21:48,100 --> 00:21:50,400 way. But anyway, give yourself just 446 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:52,500 that extra half hour to leave early and then you could 447 00:21:52,500 --> 00:21:55,100 honestly just take the normal route, most games for 3:30. 448 00:21:55,100 --> 00:21:58,200 I just take 67 cut across Martinsville because the traffic 449 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:02,100 hasn't backed up yet, right? I will say for Or a noon game. 450 00:22:02,500 --> 00:22:05,200 It's tough for us like that. This is where I normally am. 451 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:07,500 Like I'm not going to help out much at a tailgate like I can 452 00:22:07,500 --> 00:22:10,600 bring a bag of chips, you know, for us to get there to do, any 453 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:12,400 kind of tailgating. We have to leave here around 454 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:15,000 like 6:00 or 7:00 in the morning, which is a tough putt. 455 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,900 So normally I'm like, I'm just trying to hustle my ass out of 456 00:22:17,900 --> 00:22:21,300 the door by 8:00 or 8:30. And then I'm like trying to beat 457 00:22:21,300 --> 00:22:24,900 traffic and just trying to get there by 10:00 to 10:30. 458 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:27,400 But you know, It's just tough with kids to get there early. 459 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:30,200 So normally the noon games like I'm bummed the Cincinnati game, 460 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:31,900 I'm just not. To be much, you just have to 461 00:22:31,900 --> 00:22:34,900 realize I'm just those are games are I'm not tailgating. 462 00:22:34,900 --> 00:22:37,200 I'm just doing my best to get there and not miss kickoff. 463 00:22:39,300 --> 00:22:42,500 Be honest with yourself, try it a couple of times, I'm sorry. 464 00:22:42,500 --> 00:22:44,600 I mean, this is the thing, I think a lot of people will 465 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,900 they'll put themselves in for more than they can deliver when 466 00:22:47,900 --> 00:22:50,300 it comes to doing this. And so, you just if you've never 467 00:22:50,300 --> 00:22:52,500 done this before, give yourself extra time. 468 00:22:52,500 --> 00:22:54,200 And the worst thing is, you spend an extra hour in 469 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:56,900 Bloomington that's, that's really, not a bad thing at all. 470 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:00,000 So something to keep in mind, as you move forward with is that, 471 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:02,600 by the way, that criminal question was from Ryan cost 472 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,800 about when to arrive and he asks, specific about the grass. 473 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:08,900 Lots and again, I would say get there, three hours ahead. 474 00:23:09,100 --> 00:23:10,700 Get yourself set up. If you're going to do some 475 00:23:10,700 --> 00:23:13,300 tailgating I take three hours minimum at that point with the 476 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:16,400 the grass, Lots because you have to park and then find the people 477 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:18,500 that you're trying to connect with and that becomes the other 478 00:23:18,500 --> 00:23:19,300 issue. Okay. 479 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:22,600 Moving forward. Let's talk about the actual 480 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:25,300 hosting of the tailgate so we mentioned we got those three 481 00:23:25,300 --> 00:23:28,900 different categories. Now I am as surprised as anybody 482 00:23:28,900 --> 00:23:31,900 that I've turned into a tailgate host because I didn't tailgate 483 00:23:31,900 --> 00:23:36,400 at all when I was in college, like I fact think I went to one 484 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:41,900 tailgate, it was the glue. The Kegs and Eggs, Ohio State 485 00:23:42,100 --> 00:23:46,900 pregame tailgate when I you played Ohio State in 1998. 486 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:49,600 Several people that we know were there. 487 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:51,700 Mike Petrie, was there? Remember several other people? 488 00:23:53,500 --> 00:23:55,200 But I didn't you, and I, you and I went to that. 489 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:56,700 And then we went to the gate. We were at the stadium, like, 490 00:23:56,700 --> 00:23:57,700 super ehrlich's. Marry you? 491 00:23:57,700 --> 00:23:59,600 And I were this front row for that game. 492 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:03,200 We were yes, we did that on purpose and then we lost it was 493 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:07,000 a pretty, it was at that one. As the as the, The Hangover set 494 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:10,100 in and the third quarter, it was like we made Bad life decisions. 495 00:24:10,100 --> 00:24:13,600 Today with all of this, I caught a Snickers from Lynn Swann in 496 00:24:13,608 --> 00:24:15,100 that game. That was a highlight for me. 497 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:19,000 Well, you you had a better game than I did but but I'm a 498 00:24:19,008 --> 00:24:21,600 surprise to anybody that I host tailgates now, because that's 499 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:24,700 just not something that I did. And then I tell you what 500 00:24:24,700 --> 00:24:27,700 actually opened my eyes to, it was when I taught at University 501 00:24:27,700 --> 00:24:31,800 of Miami and the people that I was with my little Professor 502 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:35,500 group, they had a great tailgate setup and you know the eye that 503 00:24:35,500 --> 00:24:37,900 was I was I looked at that and I was like, wow, this is pretty 504 00:24:37,900 --> 00:24:40,200 cool. This is Something I'd like to do 505 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:43,600 if I'm ever anywhere else and I'm hosting and so I come back 506 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:46,600 to IU in 2009 and that was really how it all started. 507 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:49,600 The first thing I think to keep in mind, if you're going to be 508 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:52,200 hosting a tailgate, is that it's probably going to start 509 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:54,400 relatively small and that's a good thing. 510 00:24:54,500 --> 00:24:57,900 And you know, we're talking about you and your family or 511 00:24:57,900 --> 00:25:01,600 your close friends and then you can invite a few people but you 512 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:05,400 want to try to keep, you know, keep it to a relatively 513 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:07,400 straightforward limit and try to think about what kind of 514 00:25:07,408 --> 00:25:10,700 tailgate you're looking to do. The very, you know, the to me, 515 00:25:10,700 --> 00:25:14,200 the most basic and the most straightforward thing to do is 516 00:25:14,300 --> 00:25:19,700 to, you know, get yourself a setup that allows you to do the 517 00:25:19,700 --> 00:25:21,800 things that you want to do in the tailgate like not 518 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:23,600 everybody's tailgates. Are going to be the same. 519 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:25,400 And sometimes, you can walk through these tailgate setups 520 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:27,500 and you'll see these. You know, people have got like 521 00:25:27,500 --> 00:25:31,300 eight tables and to canopies and you know, they've got a 522 00:25:31,300 --> 00:25:33,700 generator and all that and it's like do you need all of that 523 00:25:33,700 --> 00:25:35,800 know you don't what you really need? 524 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:39,500 Is your first time? I guess that's a I mean, you 525 00:25:39,500 --> 00:25:42,300 turians tailgate, you can try for it your first time but you 526 00:25:42,300 --> 00:25:45,200 really, it takes a while to actually get yourself oriented 527 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:47,500 in the proper way to figure out. Okay, where is everything 528 00:25:47,500 --> 00:25:49,400 supposed to be? How am I supposed to set all 529 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:51,100 this up? How much room do I have? 530 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:55,600 And that is another thing, frankly, that can be affected by 531 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:57,700 where you're parking. You know, if you're in the 532 00:25:57,700 --> 00:26:01,200 grass, lat, you've got the area where your car is at, and that's 533 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:04,200 where the grass, lots are a benefit because they allow you 534 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:06,300 to set up a canopy and do a bunch of things. 535 00:26:06,500 --> 00:26:09,900 We have a little more room when you're in some of the the paved 536 00:26:09,900 --> 00:26:12,300 Lots like the blue lot. You're a little more cramped in 537 00:26:12,300 --> 00:26:16,100 terms of the space that you've got and that can create some 538 00:26:16,100 --> 00:26:21,400 issues just in terms of being, you know, having too much stuff 539 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:23,900 and not enough place to put it or not getting there in enough 540 00:26:23,900 --> 00:26:26,200 time to set up in a place that you want to. 541 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:28,200 So it's one of the reasons why I show up. 542 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:31,200 So we really to tailgates is because I know to do the setup I 543 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:32,800 want, I got to get a parking spot. 544 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:35,200 Next to the grass. I got to get everything set up 545 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:38,000 before people get there. I got to get the grill fired up 546 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:41,900 and I got to get the canopy set up and I got a chair set up and 547 00:26:41,900 --> 00:26:44,500 everything like that. And so to some degree you have 548 00:26:44,500 --> 00:26:46,900 to make a decision early on like how much of this do I want to 549 00:26:46,900 --> 00:26:49,400 provide to everybody else? Because it can get a bit pricey 550 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:53,400 and it can get you suddenly realize after a while. 551 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:55,700 It's like, wow, I'm doing a lot of work for other people's 552 00:26:55,700 --> 00:26:57,400 benefit. You know, here I am. 553 00:26:57,600 --> 00:26:59,900 I'm getting up at 6:30 in the morning to make sure the truck 554 00:26:59,900 --> 00:27:03,200 is loaded, so I can get over there 7:55, so that I can get in 555 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:05,800 hop out and like, quickly undo everything. 556 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:09,200 Great, you know, if it's like, hey tailgate starts at 11:00 in 557 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:11,600 the morning and we got a 7:00 game and I got all this time to 558 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:17,700 relax, it gets a bit trying, if you are, you know, getting ready 559 00:27:17,700 --> 00:27:20,900 for a Rutgers home game, and it's the middle of November, and 560 00:27:20,900 --> 00:27:23,400 it's, you know, 18 degrees outside while you're setting 561 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:25,600 everything up and you're like, what am I doing this for again? 562 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:28,400 Why? So, you really, as I often tell 563 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,000 my students who want to get into broadcasting as like you really 564 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:33,500 Gotta Love broadcasting if you want to get into it, because 565 00:27:33,500 --> 00:27:36,000 there's going to be times where you're just like, why am I doing 566 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:37,400 this? If you're going to feel the same 567 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:40,900 about hosting a tailgate. So ask yourself if you want to 568 00:27:40,908 --> 00:27:44,000 go through all of that. And if so who can you bring in 569 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:46,500 to assist with various elements of things? 570 00:27:46,500 --> 00:27:48,200 Or do you just you just one of those? 571 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:51,200 Is it our do you and your spouse want to do it or do you have a 572 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:52,800 friend who's going to be there with you? 573 00:27:52,900 --> 00:27:56,200 It's tough to do it all by yourself that said, if you've 574 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:57,900 made that go ahead, please. Yes. 575 00:27:57,900 --> 00:28:01,200 As and again, I'm gonna bring more of the perspective of 576 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:04,100 somebody who comes to a tailgate from India, cause that's me, but 577 00:28:04,100 --> 00:28:06,900 I will say, this is where I think like I go to Friends, Jeff 578 00:28:06,900 --> 00:28:09,400 and carols tailgate. I think they have a nice kind of 579 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:13,200 low-key tailgate, but one thing they've done that I do on like 580 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:15,100 we take a lake house, trip every year. 581 00:28:15,900 --> 00:28:17,500 You know, we have it, we have kind of packing list that we 582 00:28:17,508 --> 00:28:19,800 keep on Google Sheets for the last five or six years. 583 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:21,600 What I do is the minute we leave. 584 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:25,000 I automatically copy that and make a packing list for next 585 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:26,200 year. And then, when we're on the 586 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:27,700 trip, it's like, who I really wish I had. 587 00:28:27,700 --> 00:28:30,200 Like, you know, I wish I had like this fishing gear. 588 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:32,900 It's like, I just put it on the list like by this for next year 589 00:28:32,900 --> 00:28:35,900 and like literally when I come home from our trip I buy five or 590 00:28:35,900 --> 00:28:38,000 six things Things on Amazon like, we need to get a raft. 591 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,000 We need to get this stuff for my fishing gear like this year. 592 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:42,500 It was like getting a bunch of fishing gear stuff for like put 593 00:28:42,500 --> 00:28:43,900 the lines on correctly stuff like that. 594 00:28:43,900 --> 00:28:45,200 It's like I just buy it the next year. 595 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:47,600 It's like I know it's good. You can do the same thing with a 596 00:28:47,608 --> 00:28:50,300 tailgate like the first time you go and you can do it throughout 597 00:28:50,300 --> 00:28:52,600 the year but just keep a list of like, all right, here are the 598 00:28:52,608 --> 00:28:54,800 five things that I need that. We need a table at Jeff and 599 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:56,900 Carol, then have a table, they got a table, they got the tent, 600 00:28:56,900 --> 00:28:59,800 like just start building it up. But at the end of each tailgate 601 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:01,900 just be like, all right, here's the stuff that I need for next 602 00:29:01,900 --> 00:29:03,800 time or next year and just kind of build it that way. 603 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:05,800 Just keep a little list of things that you wish, like, I 604 00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:09,400 wish I had Like get it. Yeah I mean what I started out 605 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:12,900 with was pretty straightforward to set up, I bought a canopy and 606 00:29:13,700 --> 00:29:16,400 canopies aren't great. Like you're going to probably 607 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:19,100 replace your canopy every two years even if you take care of 608 00:29:19,100 --> 00:29:24,300 it and or unless you want to buy like a super-expensive canopy 609 00:29:24,300 --> 00:29:26,600 and then it's like, well, is that really worth it either? 610 00:29:27,100 --> 00:29:29,400 So generally, you can just buy the regular. 611 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:32,200 I would get, I will say this, get the squared canopy, get the 612 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:36,900 ten by ten, don't get the 8 by 10 because you never Experienced 613 00:29:36,900 --> 00:29:40,000 early morning, frustration quite like trying to figure out which 614 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:43,300 is the short side of the canvas and which is the long side of 615 00:29:43,308 --> 00:29:45,500 the canvas. When they look about the same, 616 00:29:45,500 --> 00:29:49,200 as you trying to set it up, but by a canopy, my suggestion would 617 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:52,300 be by something other than red, because everybody's, and I 618 00:29:52,308 --> 00:29:53,800 utility it's gonna have a red canopy. 619 00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:55,500 And if you're trying to tell people where to find you and 620 00:29:55,500 --> 00:29:56,700 you're like, Hey we're in the grass lot. 621 00:29:56,700 --> 00:29:59,700 We got a red canopy. It's like, hey guess what, so 622 00:29:59,700 --> 00:30:02,300 does everybody else. So you may want to consider, I 623 00:30:02,300 --> 00:30:04,900 think the first canopy that we had was purple because I figured 624 00:30:04,900 --> 00:30:08,600 there was Small amount of crossover with opposing team, 625 00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:11,400 certainly Northwestern. But Northwestern has no fans, so 626 00:30:11,900 --> 00:30:14,300 they're not going to travel and you're not going to be confusing 627 00:30:14,300 --> 00:30:17,400 people. So we start with a canopy, we 628 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:21,000 started with a small Grill. Now, I am at home. 629 00:30:21,100 --> 00:30:25,900 I am the biggest proponent of charcoal that you'll find. 630 00:30:25,900 --> 00:30:30,600 Like, I don't use propane, I don't have a gas grill, I have a 631 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:34,000 gas grill for tailgating, and I got one of those little Weber Q 632 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:39,200 1000 You know, which with the they take the little green 633 00:30:39,500 --> 00:30:43,000 propane, screw in canisters and the reason for that is 634 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:47,700 essentially ease of use when you're grilling. 635 00:30:49,100 --> 00:30:51,500 The last thing you want have to worry about in addition to all 636 00:30:51,500 --> 00:30:56,000 of the you know, the grease and the grime that you build up with 637 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:57,500 that. You don't also want to have to 638 00:30:57,500 --> 00:31:01,200 deal with a bunch of coals that are still potentially warm. 639 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:04,200 I mean there was a whole Allstate commercial about a you 640 00:31:04,208 --> 00:31:07,600 know somebody's car blowing up because of that sort of thing. 641 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:10,100 So certainly you can use charcoal. 642 00:31:10,100 --> 00:31:12,600 I would much prefer to use charcoal but I think in this 643 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:16,100 situation, gas does just as good of a job and you don't need a 644 00:31:16,100 --> 00:31:18,300 huge Grill. Like an even if you're cooking, 645 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:21,500 450 people. You don't have to have all the 646 00:31:21,500 --> 00:31:25,000 food ready at once because quite frankly, you're not going to 647 00:31:25,008 --> 00:31:27,200 have a lot of situations where everybody's eating 648 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:29,900 simultaneously. So getting a relatively small, 649 00:31:29,900 --> 00:31:33,300 surface gas grill, that's easy to clean easy, to transport. 650 00:31:33,700 --> 00:31:36,700 Preferably something with a stand so that you're not bending 651 00:31:36,700 --> 00:31:38,900 over having to deal with it on the ground. 652 00:31:38,900 --> 00:31:42,000 Those are some good tips but that was essentially all we 653 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,700 started with those two things and then a white table to put 654 00:31:44,700 --> 00:31:46,700 stuff on. And if you have those three 655 00:31:46,700 --> 00:31:49,500 things that canopy a grill And a table. 656 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:51,900 You know, that's probably going to set you back. 657 00:31:51,900 --> 00:31:56,600 I would say somewhere in the vicinity of maybe $300 $350 658 00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:59,300 that's not that bad. It's a great investment because 659 00:31:59,300 --> 00:32:02,900 that set up right there. I still have the grill that I 660 00:32:02,908 --> 00:32:04,400 got. When I first started doing the 661 00:32:04,408 --> 00:32:07,000 tailgating, I got it like 10 years ago, it's still going 662 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:09,000 strong. Like there's no problems with it 663 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:10,400 at this point. So if you make the right 664 00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:13,500 purchase is early, you're going to have a lot better success 665 00:32:13,500 --> 00:32:17,600 down the line. Yeah I will say my friends Jeff 666 00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:19,300 and Carol. They still go with the charcoal 667 00:32:19,300 --> 00:32:22,300 grill and it's it's a bit of a pain when we have little kids 668 00:32:22,300 --> 00:32:24,900 running around and so it's like always like just watch out, 669 00:32:24,900 --> 00:32:26,700 don't hit it like a couple times, they've knocked it and 670 00:32:26,700 --> 00:32:28,600 it's like, it gets jostled and then it's like they have to deal 671 00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:30,600 with knocking the coals out. Is it cold? 672 00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:32,800 Like I'm with you on the grill? But a great. 673 00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:35,800 Again, these small Grill works, like they have just the little, 674 00:32:36,100 --> 00:32:39,600 the smallest sized Weber that you can sell like whatever the 675 00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:41,100 10-inch. Like it's just a tiny little 676 00:32:41,100 --> 00:32:44,500 Grill but you can just again you're probably not cooking 677 00:32:44,500 --> 00:32:46,200 fillet. You're doing hot dogs, are 678 00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:47,700 Burgers. Like you could you can bang 679 00:32:47,700 --> 00:32:50,800 through those really quickly. And so I think that's a great 680 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:52,600 point. The smaller Grill will get you 681 00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:54,100 done. You don't need the big grill 682 00:32:54,100 --> 00:32:56,400 because they have a lot of people kind of coming through 683 00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:59,300 and it is, you know, it's just people kind of coming through 684 00:32:59,300 --> 00:33:02,500 for 10 minutes here, 20 minutes. They're normally, I would say 685 00:33:02,500 --> 00:33:05,100 it, most of the tailgates, there's very few kind of, like 686 00:33:05,100 --> 00:33:08,000 I'm also going to be at this tailgate for the full four hours 687 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:09,500 like right? You know better than I do. 688 00:33:09,500 --> 00:33:12,100 But most people are kind of transient and so it's like 689 00:33:12,100 --> 00:33:14,400 having 10 hotdogs ready as good at all times. 690 00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:16,600 And you can Bang that out and she I think the small girl is a 691 00:33:16,608 --> 00:33:20,200 great idea, but yes, going to tailgates that I've gone to with 692 00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:21,900 charcoal. It's like that seems to be more 693 00:33:21,900 --> 00:33:25,800 of a pain dealing with charcoal and Amber management than you 694 00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:28,400 want to deal with Timber Management in there. 695 00:33:28,700 --> 00:33:31,400 Although sometimes you get the wrong people to your Patel gate, 696 00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:35,400 you have to do some Amber management to anyway. 697 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:41,200 So as far as food, here's what I would suggest have a theme for 698 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:45,600 each tailgate that you do map it out and And you know, try to 699 00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:47,200 rotate things a little bit throughout the course of the 700 00:33:47,208 --> 00:33:48,800 Season. Try to shift with the seasons, a 701 00:33:48,808 --> 00:33:52,400 little bit. You everybody has Grand ideas 702 00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:55,600 but there's a reason why probably 70% of the tailgates 703 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:58,200 that you go to. It's hamburgers and hot dogs 704 00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:00,400 because those things they travel. 705 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:04,400 Well, they're easy to set up, they're easy to cook, you know, 706 00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:07,400 they're, they are easily plopped in a delivery vessel whether 707 00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:12,199 that's a bun or a, or a bun. I guess they're both plopped 708 00:34:12,199 --> 00:34:13,800 into buns. You could put a hot dog in a 709 00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:16,400 burrito. I Gasps maybe or a taco shell. 710 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:19,199 I've done that before a couple of times and I get weird looks 711 00:34:19,199 --> 00:34:20,800 just like you're giving me a weird look right now. 712 00:34:20,900 --> 00:34:22,900 But I've done the Dorito, I've done the hot dog, burrito at 713 00:34:22,900 --> 00:34:26,000 home when I'm bad, but a buns. There's, but there's, you know, 714 00:34:26,100 --> 00:34:30,300 you don't want to again, unless you really have gotten bedded 715 00:34:30,300 --> 00:34:33,699 in, in tailgating, you don't want to go overboard with what 716 00:34:33,699 --> 00:34:36,300 you bring, and you have to keep in mind that a lot of foods. 717 00:34:36,300 --> 00:34:39,699 Don't actually cook as well as you would hope that they would 718 00:34:39,699 --> 00:34:43,800 or don't transition particularly well in that environment, like 719 00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:47,199 yeah. For somebody like had steak at 720 00:34:47,199 --> 00:34:48,900 one point, you know, they brought to a tailgating State 721 00:34:48,900 --> 00:34:51,400 just doesn't work at a tailgate for a bunch of reasons. 722 00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:55,199 Not the least of which is it's hard to eat with your hands. 723 00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:59,400 It's, you know, like, you know, and and it also doesn't cook up 724 00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:03,200 in a way that I think works well in other forms. 725 00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:05,000 Like, you could do steak sandwiches and stuff like that, 726 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:07,700 but that's like a multi-step process to, actually make a good 727 00:35:07,700 --> 00:35:09,400 steak sandwich. You can't just put a slab of 728 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:12,500 steak down and and then put it on a bun because people will 729 00:35:12,500 --> 00:35:16,000 have trouble chewing it. So, you know, be conscious of 730 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:18,500 what you're cooking and what order you're doing things. 731 00:35:18,500 --> 00:35:21,000 And we're going to get into like the different times of day, a 732 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:24,000 little bit later on in this discussion, but try to have a 733 00:35:24,008 --> 00:35:27,800 plan and try to make sure that what you're you're cooking is 734 00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:31,200 complementary to the main course. 735 00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:33,600 Now, I always buy the main course myself. 736 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:36,200 Like so we're going to do hot dogs and hamburgers for instance 737 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:38,600 as the host. I will just go purchase all of 738 00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:42,100 that myself a because then I know it's there because there's 739 00:35:42,100 --> 00:35:43,500 nothing worse than somebody saying. 740 00:35:43,500 --> 00:35:46,100 Yeah, sure. I'll The hot dogs and then they 741 00:35:46,100 --> 00:35:49,300 show up and they have beer but they don't have hot dogs here. 742 00:35:49,300 --> 00:35:50,600 Like where are the hot dogs like? 743 00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:51,600 Oh, I forgot. You know. 744 00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:54,300 It was like well now the whole tailgates kind of screwed 745 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:57,000 because if you don't have that, what are you going to serve? 746 00:35:57,000 --> 00:36:01,200 So if you're the host, you just have to take that mantle on 747 00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:03,100 yourself of buying that main course. 748 00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:07,400 And then the other thing that I would suggest is give people 749 00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:09,700 specific assignments. If you know, you've got five or 750 00:36:09,700 --> 00:36:12,800 six other people coming to the tailgate assign them. 751 00:36:12,900 --> 00:36:15,100 Okay? You are going to bring Brand 752 00:36:15,100 --> 00:36:19,500 name chips, you are going to bring, you know, the buns or 753 00:36:19,500 --> 00:36:21,800 whatever stuff like that and then figure out when people are 754 00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:24,400 going to arrive because there's nothing worse than parceling out 755 00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:27,500 the duties to people, and then having somebody who's supposed 756 00:36:27,500 --> 00:36:30,100 to bring the Buns, not show up until like 40 minutes before the 757 00:36:30,100 --> 00:36:32,100 tailgates over. And then it's like, what are we 758 00:36:32,100 --> 00:36:35,200 eating on? Well, and I'll say to as 759 00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:39,700 somebody who's coming, so I do this, I'm with, like, Jeff and 760 00:36:39,700 --> 00:36:41,800 Carol. We go to their tailgate all the 761 00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:43,000 time. We do that. 762 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:44,700 Like, we have a text chain on like Wednesday, Thursday. 763 00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:47,800 The guy who's bringing, what as somebody who's coming from out 764 00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:50,700 of town. So, to speak, I never have asked 765 00:36:50,700 --> 00:36:53,800 and the never wanted to take anything as part of a main level 766 00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:55,400 course. So it's like if we're having hot 767 00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:57,900 dogs and burgers like I don't want the burgers and the Buns 768 00:36:57,900 --> 00:37:00,500 because the worst thing is that even if I leave earlier like 769 00:37:00,500 --> 00:37:02,200 let's say the kids are just dragging assets. 770 00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:05,000 Like we're running late and then we hit traffic in Martinsville. 771 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:07,700 Like nothing is worth knowing that I have all the hot dog buns 772 00:37:07,700 --> 00:37:10,000 and I'm not going to be at the tailgate and time. 773 00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:13,300 So as somebody who's coming from out of, you know, from Indy, 774 00:37:13,700 --> 00:37:15,000 always pick. Nothing. 775 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:18,500 Like we always take chips or dip or drinks or something that if 776 00:37:18,500 --> 00:37:21,500 it's like if it's an hour late the tailgate isn't going to be 777 00:37:21,500 --> 00:37:24,000 just stopped in its tracks me. It's going to suck a little bit 778 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:27,000 but it's like not having chips is not the end of the world and 779 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:29,700 we get there it's like hey or like desserts are great bring 780 00:37:29,700 --> 00:37:31,600 brownies and cookies. It's like all right like we can 781 00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:34,300 always Crush those at the end of the tailgate. 782 00:37:34,500 --> 00:37:37,800 I will say one thing here you mentioned brand, name chips and 783 00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:40,700 you mentioned this on your last the podcast you didn't like June 784 00:37:40,700 --> 00:37:44,300 talking about food. I have also a huge proponent of 785 00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:48,300 spend the Extra money and buy the brand name food, but I will 786 00:37:48,300 --> 00:37:51,000 throw this out there when it comes to chips. 787 00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:54,000 Maybe it's just Indy has a better Kroger Distribution 788 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:57,800 Center. The Kroger Brand barbecue chips. 789 00:37:57,800 --> 00:38:01,600 I find are at the same level as like, a Lay's barbecue chip and 790 00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:04,300 believe me, I come from the world of like don't there's no 791 00:38:04,300 --> 00:38:07,400 need to buy generic cereal like by the name brand, spend extra 792 00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:10,200 get the higher quality meat. I am with you, man. 793 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:13,300 We are simpatico, I just got to give a shout-out to the Kroger 794 00:38:13,300 --> 00:38:14,600 Brand barbecue chips. I see. 795 00:38:14,700 --> 00:38:17,800 Is really dig those. So this is my man. 796 00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:20,300 This is Scott trying to save money and our next tailgate. 797 00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:31,100 So at your tailgate I'm gonna bring, we're going to do a blind 798 00:38:31,100 --> 00:38:33,100 taste to the put it on Instagram. 799 00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:36,900 We're going to have a barbecue lays and barbecue Kroger chips. 800 00:38:36,900 --> 00:38:39,200 And I want to see if you can spot, which is a different, 801 00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:43,500 which one is better, to be fair. I don't like barbecue lays 802 00:38:43,500 --> 00:38:45,600 either. Actually Glazer Low quality. 803 00:38:46,100 --> 00:38:50,100 So but a high-quality chip of your choosing versus anyway 804 00:38:50,100 --> 00:38:51,200 we'll make. We'll make it happen. 805 00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:53,700 Will do this will do the Pepsi challenge that I was a joke. 806 00:38:53,700 --> 00:38:54,700 Okay. Calm down. 807 00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:58,000 Now maroon. I'm gonna go back to the maroon 808 00:38:58,000 --> 00:38:59,100 Hoosiers. Comment. 809 00:38:59,100 --> 00:39:01,900 We're so we got the, where to park down Traditions. 810 00:39:02,300 --> 00:39:04,300 Yeah, I mean, there aren't really a lot. 811 00:39:04,300 --> 00:39:06,600 It's one of the cool things about IU football, is that 812 00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:08,800 there's not your own. You can kind of make your own 813 00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:11,700 tailgating Traditions. I mean, look, my tailgate didn't 814 00:39:11,700 --> 00:39:15,300 exist 10 years ago and now like some people talk about About it. 815 00:39:15,300 --> 00:39:19,500 I guess it's kind of a tradition and that, you know, but that's 816 00:39:19,500 --> 00:39:23,100 that's you have a, it's a blank slate at this point to a large 817 00:39:23,100 --> 00:39:27,100 degree. I would recommend and this is 818 00:39:27,100 --> 00:39:30,200 one of the things where it's nice to have multiple people. 819 00:39:30,700 --> 00:39:33,500 I would recommend once you get everything set up. 820 00:39:33,500 --> 00:39:36,600 One of my traditions is I like to take a walk not around the 821 00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:39,500 entire perimeter of the football area, but at least enough like 822 00:39:39,500 --> 00:39:42,200 maybe a 10 15 minute walk. So I can see what's going on 823 00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:45,400 elsewhere and just get a feel for Festivities. 824 00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:49,300 Now there are some cool things that pop up in the Lots, you 825 00:39:49,300 --> 00:39:51,100 know. There's a what is that little 826 00:39:51,300 --> 00:39:58,300 miniature band that goes spot or Philharmonic or his phonics? 827 00:39:58,300 --> 00:40:00,300 Yeah, I forget the name of the band. 828 00:40:00,300 --> 00:40:02,000 I apologize will get corrected on Twitter. 829 00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:03,600 I know. But that's great when they come 830 00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:05,800 by your tailgate have some tip money. 831 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:10,300 They do an awesome job, right? There's always a phony, the Sim 832 00:40:10,300 --> 00:40:13,300 phony. There we go with phony Pho. 833 00:40:13,300 --> 00:40:16,300 NY, if you're afraid If you're close enough, if you're in that 834 00:40:16,300 --> 00:40:18,600 kind of the festive area that we talked about, you'll see the 835 00:40:18,600 --> 00:40:21,200 marching band go by and the kids always love that. 836 00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:24,300 Sometimes they're sometimes the walk is if you're on the right 837 00:40:24,300 --> 00:40:26,700 side of the stadium, that's a good thing to go, check out and 838 00:40:26,700 --> 00:40:28,700 that normally happens what about two hours? 839 00:40:28,700 --> 00:40:30,800 Three hours before the game somewhere in that range. 840 00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:32,500 Yeah, two hours 90 minutes. Yeah. 841 00:40:32,500 --> 00:40:36,100 And that's why the green orange blue lot is great because it's 842 00:40:36,100 --> 00:40:37,800 like, you can kind of see that you can see people start 843 00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:39,900 assembling, they kind of make that that hallway. 844 00:40:39,900 --> 00:40:42,500 And it's like, from Assembly Hall down to Memorial Stadium. 845 00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:44,600 So, you can kind of see that. And it's like if you're at your 846 00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:47,000 Tailgates like, oh, I'm gonna go take my boys if we're gonna go 847 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:48,900 do the walk and then come back. So like that's why that's a 848 00:40:48,900 --> 00:40:52,900 great area versus to your point. The purple lat you do miss a lot 849 00:40:52,900 --> 00:40:56,200 of that stuff. But then that side of that. 850 00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:58,500 I mean sometimes there's some strange stuff that pops up. 851 00:40:58,500 --> 00:41:01,300 Like I remember this is like 45 years ago. 852 00:41:01,500 --> 00:41:05,900 There was a calliope on the on the North End of Assembly Hall 853 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:10,100 and it just was playing like weird piped music. 854 00:41:10,100 --> 00:41:11,700 And it was like why is this here? 855 00:41:11,700 --> 00:41:15,400 And I mean if there was a historical Reason for it to be 856 00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:18,000 there, but it was just kind of, like, I don't understand why 857 00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:19,500 this has popped up, and then it was gone. 858 00:41:19,500 --> 00:41:22,000 And I don't think I've seen it again since then. 859 00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:25,200 But those are the main things. I mean, it's really not a lot as 860 00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:27,900 far as Traditions other than the ones that you're making yourself 861 00:41:27,900 --> 00:41:31,200 right now and that is I think actually a positive if you're of 862 00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:34,100 that mind and I think a lot of the tradition is just like to 863 00:41:34,100 --> 00:41:36,900 some of your getting to know your neighbors because you'll 864 00:41:36,900 --> 00:41:39,700 notice very quickly, it's the same people that have larger 865 00:41:39,700 --> 00:41:44,600 tailgate setups at IU and like, we're we always end up next to 866 00:41:45,300 --> 00:41:47,500 Like Carrie docherty and that group because they're always 867 00:41:47,500 --> 00:41:50,000 over in that grassy area, right? Where the green lot and the 868 00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:52,900 orange lock come together and we're normally in that as well. 869 00:41:52,900 --> 00:41:55,600 So that to me is one of the better tradition is just like 870 00:41:55,600 --> 00:41:57,400 getting to know the people that are around you and you end up 871 00:41:57,400 --> 00:41:59,400 seeing those same people. Every every time. 872 00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:02,800 I mean, if you're really cutting it close I will say the other 873 00:42:02,800 --> 00:42:05,900 tradition is. I think it's, you know, they set 874 00:42:05,900 --> 00:42:10,600 off are, you know, firework like the the blast, the ones that 875 00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:12,800 don't aren't fireworks. That makes sound of the cannon 876 00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:14,600 shots, but they do those like, what 10 minutes. 877 00:42:14,700 --> 00:42:17,300 Game starts, right? It's a right around there. 878 00:42:17,300 --> 00:42:19,100 But I mean, obviously, if you're close enough, you see, you know, 879 00:42:19,100 --> 00:42:21,700 when the flag is going up, that's national anthem. 880 00:42:21,700 --> 00:42:24,900 It's time to start heading in some of those things that are 881 00:42:24,900 --> 00:42:28,600 going on, and I will say, if you're into that the pregame 882 00:42:28,700 --> 00:42:30,200 tradition, this is more tailgating. 883 00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:33,300 But, you know, me and the boys. We like to get into the boys. 884 00:42:33,300 --> 00:42:35,300 Love the marching band. It's just, it's kind of fun and 885 00:42:35,300 --> 00:42:37,600 festive for them. We like to be in the stadium at 886 00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:39,700 least 20 minutes for Kit because that's about when the marching 887 00:42:39,700 --> 00:42:43,200 band comes out. They do, you know, the the IU 888 00:42:43,200 --> 00:42:46,600 fight song, they do the I Actual frangipane. 889 00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:49,900 They like the national lamp and they like kind of the, you know, 890 00:42:51,100 --> 00:42:54,300 how they always do like the, let's take a trip, they do like 891 00:42:54,300 --> 00:42:57,200 the same five songs every year before every game. 892 00:42:57,200 --> 00:43:00,200 So I mean, if you're into that, I'd say about 20 minutes before 893 00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:02,800 game time, you want to get in and watch some of the bay and do 894 00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:05,900 their stuff best local food, and drink. 895 00:43:05,900 --> 00:43:08,500 So this is an interesting one, you know, because one of the 896 00:43:08,500 --> 00:43:11,900 things that, you know, a lot of what we talk about with tailgate 897 00:43:11,900 --> 00:43:14,600 is bringing your own stuff to the table. 898 00:43:14,700 --> 00:43:18,700 Tailgate I will say like for certain things like breakfast 899 00:43:18,700 --> 00:43:20,300 tailgates. Especially you may not want to 900 00:43:20,300 --> 00:43:24,600 do a big cooking set up yourself a because there's less time and 901 00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:28,700 be because breakfast is hard to do by yourself unless you're 902 00:43:28,700 --> 00:43:31,500 really good at cooking and you've got just a small Grill, 903 00:43:31,900 --> 00:43:34,700 it's hard to do like a good breakfast set up overall, if you 904 00:43:34,700 --> 00:43:37,600 don't have a generator or whatever, one thing I would 905 00:43:37,600 --> 00:43:41,100 suggest is, you know, Square Donuts is always open early 906 00:43:41,100 --> 00:43:42,800 Crescent. Donuts is always open early. 907 00:43:43,500 --> 00:43:45,900 There are options. Where you could go pick some 908 00:43:45,900 --> 00:43:47,800 stuff up and bring it. If you get there early enough, 909 00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:50,500 both of those are really good options for different reasons. 910 00:43:50,500 --> 00:43:53,900 I mean Square Donuts because it's it's located really 911 00:43:53,900 --> 00:43:57,600 conveniently at 17th and college. 912 00:43:57,600 --> 00:44:00,200 There's also one over on the Eastside Crescent, everybody 913 00:44:00,200 --> 00:44:04,000 knows where that is, it's on Kirkwood, there's there's 914 00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:07,000 there's options available there. There's some local breakfast 915 00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:11,000 places. You know, crumble Bakery is a 916 00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:12,300 pretty good place to pick up some things. 917 00:44:12,300 --> 00:44:14,600 You may want to consider going that route because you can pick 918 00:44:14,700 --> 00:44:19,100 Cup coffee and donuts, or, you know, coffee and pastries of 919 00:44:19,100 --> 00:44:20,800 some sort and bring that to the tailgate. 920 00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:22,900 That's a good way to get the day started, you may not need 921 00:44:22,900 --> 00:44:25,700 anything else until you go into the stadium at that point and 922 00:44:25,700 --> 00:44:28,700 and that, so that's another reason to get there early. 923 00:44:29,100 --> 00:44:32,400 You know, as far as trying to find places to eat afterwards 924 00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:35,000 because a lot of people if it's a noon kick they'll be done by 925 00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:37,500 3:30 and if you're going to make a day of it, you're like, well 926 00:44:37,500 --> 00:44:39,400 we'll stick around Bloomington and we'll eat which I would 927 00:44:39,400 --> 00:44:42,100 recommend doing anyway because that lets the traffic filter out 928 00:44:42,100 --> 00:44:45,300 and so forth. I mentioned this a little On the 929 00:44:45,300 --> 00:44:50,700 last time, we talked about this podcast wise, go outside of the 930 00:44:50,700 --> 00:44:53,500 boundaries of where you would normally go in Bloomington, to 931 00:44:53,500 --> 00:44:56,800 try to find places to eat. Because, you know, one of the 932 00:44:56,800 --> 00:44:59,000 things to keep in mind is that Nick's is always going to be 933 00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:03,300 jammed on football Saturdays, Yogi's. 934 00:45:03,300 --> 00:45:05,500 It now is going to be jam because it's downtown on 935 00:45:05,500 --> 00:45:07,800 football Saturdays. Mother bears, at least to the 936 00:45:07,800 --> 00:45:10,700 downtown mother or the in them in the city. 937 00:45:10,700 --> 00:45:12,200 Mother Bear's is going to be jammed. 938 00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:14,500 So think about some of the options. 939 00:45:14,600 --> 00:45:16,400 Options outside of that. And if you're not familiar with 940 00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:20,000 those, there's plenty of good places that we can talk about 941 00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:24,400 throughout the course of Bloomington, you know, Upland 942 00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:26,800 has gotten really popular. So uh, Plum, is that used to be 943 00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:29,300 like the go-to place like it's close to downtown but it's not 944 00:45:29,300 --> 00:45:32,000 right. Downtown go there at this point. 945 00:45:32,100 --> 00:45:35,200 You know, probably try it certainly but I'm guessing that 946 00:45:35,200 --> 00:45:36,300 that's going to be pretty packed. 947 00:45:37,700 --> 00:45:39,100 You know. So you've got places like 948 00:45:39,100 --> 00:45:41,300 Juanita's where I ate dinner the other day. 949 00:45:41,300 --> 00:45:43,500 Nice, Mexican place. It's on Kirkwood just west of 950 00:45:43,500 --> 00:45:46,600 downtown. You know, and generally not like 951 00:45:46,700 --> 00:45:49,600 overly packed, might be a good place to try going. 952 00:45:49,600 --> 00:45:53,700 You've got c 3, which is a nice restaurant with a decent amount 953 00:45:53,700 --> 00:45:55,500 of outdoor seating. So, at least early on, in the 954 00:45:55,500 --> 00:45:57,900 season might be good that's down by Renwick Village, which is 955 00:45:57,900 --> 00:45:59,700 just south of the mall. Another place, that might be 956 00:45:59,700 --> 00:46:01,600 worth checking out. You've got Southern Stone. 957 00:46:02,700 --> 00:46:05,000 And one of these places are compensating us on this. 958 00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:08,600 I'm just kind of rattling them. All Southern Stone, which has a 959 00:46:08,607 --> 00:46:10,000 decent amount of seatings. Got nice. 960 00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:12,200 Big, indoor area, got some outdoor seating, might be a good 961 00:46:12,200 --> 00:46:14,900 place to try. Look around the periphery If you 962 00:46:14,900 --> 00:46:18,000 have questions about specific places, you can always ask us on 963 00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:21,000 Twitter or you can ask us on Facebook and we can give you a 964 00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:26,400 read on things but there's more places to eat than just the the 965 00:46:26,400 --> 00:46:30,400 main traditional places that everybody goes and you may just 966 00:46:30,400 --> 00:46:32,700 want to go to those traditional places, that's fine, but if you 967 00:46:32,700 --> 00:46:36,700 could hit up a fat Dan's or if you could hit up a DaVinci or an 968 00:46:36,700 --> 00:46:40,900 Austria or even go out, you know as you're driving back through 969 00:46:40,900 --> 00:46:43,500 Nashville, stopping at hard, truth Hills or some place like 970 00:46:43,500 --> 00:46:45,200 that. There's a lot of Options at your 971 00:46:45,200 --> 00:46:47,300 disposal. Try, broadening your horizons a 972 00:46:47,300 --> 00:46:49,500 little bit. I wouldi, I don't even have a 973 00:46:49,508 --> 00:46:51,700 list of, like, what I think the best places are because frankly, 974 00:46:51,700 --> 00:46:55,200 every place I just rattled off, I would choose to go eat at like 975 00:46:55,200 --> 00:46:59,100 right today, if I was going out to eat, so you're going to have 976 00:46:59,100 --> 00:47:01,800 a hard time going wrong with those sorts of things. 977 00:47:02,100 --> 00:47:05,600 I would recommend just building that in to what you're planning 978 00:47:05,700 --> 00:47:08,800 on doing and that way. Yes, you're going to get home a 979 00:47:08,800 --> 00:47:11,000 little bit later, but you're also not going. 980 00:47:11,400 --> 00:47:13,500 If you're going to spend two hours in traffic, you might as 981 00:47:13,500 --> 00:47:15,700 well spend. Two hours at a restaurant as 982 00:47:15,700 --> 00:47:18,000 opposed to you know just driving that whole time. 983 00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:19,200 I don't know. Scotty have any thoughts on 984 00:47:19,200 --> 00:47:21,400 that? No, I think you you live in 985 00:47:21,408 --> 00:47:23,600 Bloomington. You better know the Bloomington 986 00:47:24,500 --> 00:47:27,000 restaurant scene. I will say for those coming from 987 00:47:27,000 --> 00:47:29,800 Indy, I do like in Martinsville. I mean Martinsville is like a 988 00:47:29,800 --> 00:47:34,300 wasteland of fast food joints, I will say that Beefcake Burgers 989 00:47:34,300 --> 00:47:37,200 is Right? Were 39 and 37 kind of connect. 990 00:47:37,500 --> 00:47:39,400 It's a great little local burger place. 991 00:47:40,100 --> 00:47:41,800 Check that out. We've hit that a lot of times on 992 00:47:41,808 --> 00:47:46,000 the way home or the way up there, the waffle Is a good 993 00:47:46,000 --> 00:47:47,800 restaurant up in Martinsville as well. 994 00:47:47,800 --> 00:47:51,400 And there's a couple there's a good Wingstop place on 67 up 995 00:47:51,400 --> 00:47:55,300 toward like in that. And some of that new stuff 996 00:47:55,300 --> 00:47:58,200 they've built on the right side, we are going up 2nd but there 997 00:47:58,200 --> 00:48:00,300 are some spots in Martinsville. I would try those too, but 998 00:48:00,300 --> 00:48:02,100 Martinsville is kind of a fast-food stop. 999 00:48:02,100 --> 00:48:05,700 And I think, I think you all the places you hit are fantastic. 1000 00:48:05,700 --> 00:48:08,600 And yeah, I mean dude I love Mother Bear's. 1001 00:48:08,800 --> 00:48:11,100 Every time we go to Bloomington my boys, want to go to Mother 1002 00:48:11,100 --> 00:48:14,400 Bear's but everybody goes to Mother Bear's and so especially 1003 00:48:14,400 --> 00:48:16,900 on The game day, it's just it's going to get crushed. 1004 00:48:16,900 --> 00:48:20,700 And so that's almost a separate podcast about no matter which 1005 00:48:20,700 --> 00:48:22,500 one you go to. It's like, how do you get some 1006 00:48:22,500 --> 00:48:24,200 other Bears on Game Day? What's the best time to do that? 1007 00:48:24,207 --> 00:48:26,700 Like, that's almost like a separate tailgate and I love 1008 00:48:26,700 --> 00:48:28,300 with again. I love all the Bears and I love 1009 00:48:28,300 --> 00:48:32,100 to eat nothing more than Mother Bear's 24/7, but it's like I'm 1010 00:48:32,100 --> 00:48:34,000 with you. If you're going to be there for 1011 00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:36,400 a game day, try something else because you're going to have a 1012 00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:39,600 much better time and not be waiting two hours for food 1013 00:48:39,600 --> 00:48:41,500 because everybody goes to both both locate. 1014 00:48:41,500 --> 00:48:44,900 Yeah, it's a thing and even the new location gets slammed Gently 1015 00:48:44,900 --> 00:48:47,300 and you got other good options if it is D'Angelo's and there's 1016 00:48:47,300 --> 00:48:48,600 but Shadows. If you want pizza that are 1017 00:48:48,600 --> 00:48:50,500 relatively close to the old one you've got. 1018 00:48:51,800 --> 00:48:54,700 There's other other places. Swing in Pizza, on the, on 1019 00:48:55,100 --> 00:48:57,800 College Avenue. Striped ology asked why there 1020 00:48:57,800 --> 00:49:01,500 isn't more after game tailgating and, you know, to some degree. 1021 00:49:02,800 --> 00:49:05,200 It's a decent question. You were losing and Everyone by 1022 00:49:05,200 --> 00:49:07,100 goes home. That's how I that's honestly. 1023 00:49:07,100 --> 00:49:09,200 Historically been the issue. I think you might see people 1024 00:49:09,200 --> 00:49:12,800 sticking around a little bit more but there just isn't much 1025 00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:15,700 of a culture around that and And I do think it would be 1026 00:49:15,700 --> 00:49:19,600 interesting if that was actually what was going on. 1027 00:49:19,900 --> 00:49:24,100 Now I to some degree, I do think they in some spots, they'll 1028 00:49:24,100 --> 00:49:28,100 close the Lots or want to start clearing people out of the Lots 1029 00:49:28,100 --> 00:49:29,900 because they want to go through and clean everything. 1030 00:49:29,900 --> 00:49:33,800 I don't think there's a final clear out time although I will 1031 00:49:33,800 --> 00:49:37,300 look into that and let everybody know I'd I will also say though 1032 00:49:37,300 --> 00:49:40,500 that in the purple lot those RVs are generally there that you 1033 00:49:40,500 --> 00:49:43,100 know the rest of that night in many cases and so you do get 1034 00:49:43,100 --> 00:49:44,500 some after game tailgating going. 1035 00:49:44,600 --> 00:49:47,800 Up there, it's just that around the certainly in the grass lot. 1036 00:49:47,800 --> 00:49:51,100 And in the, the festive, Lots is we've taken to calling them. 1037 00:49:51,500 --> 00:49:54,600 You generally, those people are a lot more likely to leave early 1038 00:49:54,600 --> 00:49:58,200 but it's not the worst idea in the world hanging out after the 1039 00:49:58,200 --> 00:50:00,000 game. Typically, I mean a lot of it 1040 00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:03,200 like Scott said, if there's wins and people are excited, I think 1041 00:50:03,200 --> 00:50:05,600 that will actually get more people to do that and so I'm 1042 00:50:05,600 --> 00:50:08,200 hoping that this year will be that kind of the Year. 1043 00:50:08,700 --> 00:50:11,200 Let's dive into it. Sorry, it's a great question but 1044 00:50:11,200 --> 00:50:13,800 that's a great question and I'm not being trite but it's like it 1045 00:50:13,800 --> 00:50:16,900 is like Let's just try and get fans to stay through the game. 1046 00:50:16,900 --> 00:50:19,400 Then we'll worry like tailgating after the game. 1047 00:50:19,400 --> 00:50:21,800 Like, how about we just get students and fans to stay the 1048 00:50:21,800 --> 00:50:24,100 entire, you know, the entire fourth quarter? 1049 00:50:24,100 --> 00:50:26,100 And then we'll worry about tailgating afterwards but you 1050 00:50:26,100 --> 00:50:29,400 know, winds winds will solve. All right, let's get to some 1051 00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:31,700 specific questions. A lot of you ask specific 1052 00:50:31,700 --> 00:50:33,900 questions. I'm going to try to nail as many 1053 00:50:33,900 --> 00:50:37,500 of these as I can. Okay. 1054 00:50:38,200 --> 00:50:41,000 Griffin Gonzales from the Hoosier Network asks, what food 1055 00:50:41,000 --> 00:50:43,600 is not being touched on the tailgate table other than 1056 00:50:43,600 --> 00:50:49,300 carrots and or Celery. Well, you know, I'll say this. 1057 00:50:49,300 --> 00:50:54,900 I think that people always over purchase cookies, for tailgates. 1058 00:50:54,900 --> 00:50:57,500 Like, you know, the the number of people for whom their 1059 00:50:57,500 --> 00:51:03,700 contribution is a container of Kroger like ice sugar cookies. 1060 00:51:04,800 --> 00:51:06,300 And then those just kind of any of those. 1061 00:51:06,300 --> 00:51:08,300 They just sit there and it's just kind of like, okay, is 1062 00:51:08,300 --> 00:51:12,400 anybody going to eat these or, you know, chocolate chip cookies 1063 00:51:12,400 --> 00:51:15,600 or things like that especially ones that haven't been baked by 1064 00:51:15,600 --> 00:51:18,200 you? If you're buying store-bought 1065 00:51:18,200 --> 00:51:21,100 stuff, I found that, that is something believe it or not, 1066 00:51:21,100 --> 00:51:24,500 that that people don't really go for when it comes to tailgating. 1067 00:51:26,000 --> 00:51:28,800 And we always I think overestimate how much sweet 1068 00:51:28,800 --> 00:51:32,400 stuff people want, its tell gates are more of a Savory 1069 00:51:32,400 --> 00:51:33,900 Affair. Like, you know, and I certainly, 1070 00:51:33,900 --> 00:51:36,800 you'll have some sweet items that will pop up. 1071 00:51:36,800 --> 00:51:40,600 But yeah, cookies. And then honestly any any 1072 00:51:40,600 --> 00:51:44,900 dessert that has to be dished out with a spoon is is going to 1073 00:51:44,908 --> 00:51:47,300 largely sit there without Being touched at a tailgate. 1074 00:51:47,300 --> 00:51:49,200 These are the these have been the things that I've found over 1075 00:51:49,200 --> 00:51:53,900 the course of time. Also believe it or not, people 1076 00:51:53,900 --> 00:51:57,700 over by deer. Pretty significantly, people 1077 00:51:57,700 --> 00:52:02,300 will bring a 12-pack when a six-pack would probably do and 1078 00:52:02,500 --> 00:52:06,200 so you just want to make sure you're coordinating. 1079 00:52:06,200 --> 00:52:09,200 If You're just showing up somewhere, you know, I would 1080 00:52:09,200 --> 00:52:13,800 say, bring bring two things like bring, you can bring two 1081 00:52:13,800 --> 00:52:16,400 six-packs of a craft beer or you could bring a six-pack Pack of 1082 00:52:16,400 --> 00:52:20,300 craft beer and a bag of something or you could bring 1083 00:52:20,300 --> 00:52:23,400 like bag of chips or bag of whatever chips can get over down 1084 00:52:23,400 --> 00:52:25,100 to. So like don't don't go too much 1085 00:52:25,100 --> 00:52:29,200 on that front. Don't over bring bring enough 1086 00:52:29,200 --> 00:52:31,300 that. If all you did was consumed the 1087 00:52:31,300 --> 00:52:34,400 stuff that you brought as a guest at a tailgate, you'd be 1088 00:52:34,400 --> 00:52:38,500 satisfied because the idea here is we're going to share, like 1089 00:52:38,500 --> 00:52:40,700 I'm going to bring part of this, and I'll have a little bit of my 1090 00:52:40,700 --> 00:52:43,600 own thing, but then you'll also have some of it and then I'll 1091 00:52:43,600 --> 00:52:46,700 have some of what's already at the table, but To be the things 1092 00:52:46,700 --> 00:52:48,100 I would say. And it's funny Griffin. 1093 00:52:48,100 --> 00:52:51,400 I actually do eat the celery at tailgates. 1094 00:52:51,500 --> 00:52:53,300 That's actually an underrated tailgate food. 1095 00:52:53,300 --> 00:52:56,900 You get some, you get like a jar of peanut butter that people can 1096 00:52:56,900 --> 00:52:59,700 dip or a knife into and put on celery. 1097 00:52:59,700 --> 00:53:01,400 That's that's not a terrible tailgate food. 1098 00:53:01,400 --> 00:53:04,000 But those would be my answers anything, you've observed Scott 1099 00:53:04,500 --> 00:53:06,500 isn't as funny. I like the carrots like that's 1100 00:53:06,600 --> 00:53:08,300 their. You carrots instead of my kids? 1101 00:53:08,700 --> 00:53:10,800 No, I think you're dead on with the cookies as someone who's 1102 00:53:10,800 --> 00:53:13,100 brought stuff. This is again a spot. 1103 00:53:13,100 --> 00:53:16,400 Go a little bit of scale that the normal just bag of Kroger 1104 00:53:16,400 --> 00:53:18,300 cookies. And like everybody has those 1105 00:53:18,300 --> 00:53:20,600 sugar cookies with the icing on what you're okay. 1106 00:53:21,300 --> 00:53:23,300 But you can go different. They're like we like the little 1107 00:53:23,300 --> 00:53:25,700 mini chocolate chip cookies. Always seem to taste better than 1108 00:53:25,700 --> 00:53:27,600 the big fat ones. Those are kind of people will 1109 00:53:27,600 --> 00:53:29,700 dig on to those. I think, if you're bringing 1110 00:53:29,700 --> 00:53:32,200 desserts, you know, sometimes going a little bit off the 1111 00:53:32,207 --> 00:53:33,600 board. Like we've had a lot of success 1112 00:53:33,600 --> 00:53:35,800 with, like, chocolate donut holes as a dessert. 1113 00:53:35,800 --> 00:53:37,600 It's good and it's good, the breakfast room with even good 1114 00:53:37,600 --> 00:53:39,600 for a 7:30 game. It's I got something different 1115 00:53:39,600 --> 00:53:41,900 people, kind of hit those and I think you hit it. 1116 00:53:42,000 --> 00:53:46,300 I would also say like the big, you know, casserole tub of This 1117 00:53:46,300 --> 00:53:49,800 is a a chip dip. It seems like that never gets 1118 00:53:49,800 --> 00:53:52,400 like a bean dip is like people will kind of go at it but it's 1119 00:53:52,400 --> 00:53:55,000 like you got a spoon it now, I mean with covid who knows how 1120 00:53:55,000 --> 00:53:58,200 people are going to feel about like sharing a dip and it's I've 1121 00:53:58,200 --> 00:54:01,700 seen those always seem to be like 2/3, full and then it's 1122 00:54:01,700 --> 00:54:05,400 like those sour and don't take well, the elements. 1123 00:54:05,400 --> 00:54:07,600 And those seem to be like, if you're showing up late, you're 1124 00:54:07,600 --> 00:54:09,300 not just going to crush in 20 guacamole. 1125 00:54:09,300 --> 00:54:10,200 It's been sitting out three hours. 1126 00:54:10,200 --> 00:54:13,200 I can't wait to dig into this happy and thing and those always 1127 00:54:13,200 --> 00:54:15,700 seem to go kind of big out. So if you can somehow 1128 00:54:16,100 --> 00:54:18,600 Prepackaged those, I think that would be better but I think you 1129 00:54:18,607 --> 00:54:22,000 hit everything else. Carry your casks has Broadband 1130 00:54:22,000 --> 00:54:25,000 cell service Wi-Fi, improved enough in the orange lot for me 1131 00:54:25,000 --> 00:54:27,700 to bring a hot spot. A fire stick at a television 1132 00:54:28,800 --> 00:54:32,700 know. Yeah well we don't know because 1133 00:54:32,700 --> 00:54:34,800 frankly it's been two years since we were out there doing 1134 00:54:34,800 --> 00:54:39,100 things and I mean I can stream NBC Sports Network on my phone 1135 00:54:39,100 --> 00:54:42,000 and in the tailgate lot but not when there's other people there. 1136 00:54:42,200 --> 00:54:47,900 So I do think first of all, Rather than the fire stick. 1137 00:54:47,900 --> 00:54:50,300 If you can stream off your phone and then Port that to a 1138 00:54:50,308 --> 00:54:52,600 television, that's probably going to be a better choice 1139 00:54:52,600 --> 00:54:59,300 because it's less equipment. But look, I think especially 1140 00:54:59,300 --> 00:55:02,300 this year with this many people that are going to be in those 1141 00:55:02,300 --> 00:55:04,600 lots. I would not plan on being able 1142 00:55:04,600 --> 00:55:08,600 to use Wi-Fi or 5G to be able to connect. 1143 00:55:08,600 --> 00:55:11,600 I mean, I've tried for years and I have always had very, very 1144 00:55:11,600 --> 00:55:14,500 poor success. Now, where, you know that, I 1145 00:55:14,500 --> 00:55:16,700 don't know if they still sell these and they May not be worth 1146 00:55:16,700 --> 00:55:19,100 the investment unless you've got a really big setup, but I do 1147 00:55:19,100 --> 00:55:23,300 think that those portable DirecTV setups that can be a 1148 00:55:23,300 --> 00:55:25,500 good thing to do. But then you essentially you've 1149 00:55:25,500 --> 00:55:29,200 purchased an entire different television package just for 1150 00:55:29,200 --> 00:55:32,200 tailgating and it's like was this worth it for six weekends 1151 00:55:32,200 --> 00:55:35,900 out of the Year? Probably not so Carrie 1152 00:55:35,900 --> 00:55:38,600 unfortunately, I just I don't have a lot of faith right now, 1153 00:55:38,600 --> 00:55:41,400 and I'd love to be proven wrong. But as of right now, no I 1154 00:55:41,400 --> 00:55:44,400 wouldn't plan on being able to do that and I would say my love 1155 00:55:44,400 --> 00:55:46,300 the idea. But you see that a little Bit in 1156 00:55:46,300 --> 00:55:49,000 some of the purple lot where you have that the RVs that have the 1157 00:55:49,000 --> 00:55:52,300 Satellite Dish up top. But I will say for most people 1158 00:55:52,300 --> 00:55:55,400 at the tailgate. It's like rarely is there a game 1159 00:55:55,500 --> 00:55:58,600 outside of the IU game that I care enough about to not just 1160 00:55:58,600 --> 00:56:01,300 check it out like someone and by the way if something's happening 1161 00:56:01,300 --> 00:56:04,600 is crazy, it's like oh my God like you know Notre Dame is 1162 00:56:04,600 --> 00:56:06,800 losing by 50 points. Like your kind of some little 1163 00:56:06,800 --> 00:56:08,900 have it somewhere and you walk and check out normally is check 1164 00:56:08,900 --> 00:56:10,800 on your phone and see the highlights like we're all 1165 00:56:11,000 --> 00:56:13,700 connected enough like I've never been in a tailgate for an IU 1166 00:56:13,700 --> 00:56:15,900 game and felt like I'm missing something. 1167 00:56:16,000 --> 00:56:17,900 One else is happening in the Sports World. 1168 00:56:18,000 --> 00:56:21,600 Yeah, it's I will. I have toyed with the idea of 1169 00:56:21,600 --> 00:56:25,300 having a television there, that just plays old IU football 1170 00:56:25,300 --> 00:56:28,200 victories on a loop. But I haven't quite haven't 1171 00:56:28,200 --> 00:56:30,900 quite gotten to that point yet. I might step it up for this 1172 00:56:30,900 --> 00:56:31,500 year. We'll see. 1173 00:56:31,900 --> 00:56:33,700 Okay. Some other comments and 1174 00:56:33,700 --> 00:56:36,700 questions. I you artifacts asks, what is 1175 00:56:36,700 --> 00:56:39,300 your go-to breakfast option for a noon kickoff? 1176 00:56:40,100 --> 00:56:42,400 I'll say if I'm cooking it myself this is where the 1177 00:56:42,400 --> 00:56:45,300 breakfast sandwiches come in and to me, that is the most elegant. 1178 00:56:46,100 --> 00:56:48,800 That you can do. It's also the most customizable 1179 00:56:48,900 --> 00:56:50,100 generally. What I do with breakfast 1180 00:56:50,100 --> 00:56:52,400 sandwiches is as follows. I think I might have talked 1181 00:56:52,400 --> 00:56:54,800 about this on the last podcast but I'll go ahead and repeat it 1182 00:56:56,000 --> 00:57:03,300 by like G or you know some other form of biscuit and cook those 1183 00:57:03,300 --> 00:57:06,900 the night before and let them cool and then put them in a bag. 1184 00:57:06,900 --> 00:57:13,100 And then I would also recommend just thinking about okay, what 1185 00:57:13,100 --> 00:57:14,800 all am I going to be putting on this like what? 1186 00:57:14,800 --> 00:57:19,600 So what I will do is I will make Make a proprietary sandwich 1187 00:57:19,600 --> 00:57:24,200 spread which you know, generally has some combination of 1188 00:57:24,207 --> 00:57:27,100 mayonnaise and barbecue sauce and some spices and and just a 1189 00:57:27,107 --> 00:57:30,500 little bit of Tang going in there and I'll make that the 1190 00:57:30,500 --> 00:57:32,800 night before and I'll kind of premix that into a jar. 1191 00:57:32,800 --> 00:57:34,800 I'll put it back in the refrigerator that'll go in my 1192 00:57:34,800 --> 00:57:38,200 cooler. The next morning I'm by the way 1193 00:57:38,200 --> 00:57:40,800 I forgot to mention by a cooler in addition to the other things 1194 00:57:40,800 --> 00:57:43,100 we told you to buy, that's like the fourth item that you really 1195 00:57:43,100 --> 00:57:46,000 need and then I'll figure out what meets I'm going to be. 1196 00:57:46,200 --> 00:57:47,400 Do you remember, you're keeping in mind? 1197 00:57:47,400 --> 00:57:49,900 This is breakfast. There's generally, three 1198 00:57:49,900 --> 00:57:53,700 different meats that you might want to consider one is bacon. 1199 00:57:54,200 --> 00:57:58,600 One is sausage. And one is chicken, and then, so 1200 00:57:58,600 --> 00:58:02,800 have have some combination of those plus then select your 1201 00:58:02,800 --> 00:58:05,600 cheese. This is one of those situations 1202 00:58:05,600 --> 00:58:08,400 where I think having a couple of different types of cheese. 1203 00:58:08,400 --> 00:58:11,100 Certainly, you want to have your traditional American slices. 1204 00:58:11,100 --> 00:58:14,500 Because as much as people criticize American cheese, it 1205 00:58:14,500 --> 00:58:16,700 melts really well and everybody's used to the Flavour. 1206 00:58:16,700 --> 00:58:20,500 So don't worry too much about that and then I'd have something 1207 00:58:20,500 --> 00:58:21,700 else. Have a white cheddar. 1208 00:58:21,800 --> 00:58:25,700 Have a monterey jack something that's in Pre slices, that you 1209 00:58:25,700 --> 00:58:29,800 could very easily peel out and put on the sandwich as you go 1210 00:58:29,800 --> 00:58:31,600 through things. And then what you do, you got 1211 00:58:31,600 --> 00:58:36,700 your, get your table set up, get your biscuits out, get bring a 1212 00:58:36,700 --> 00:58:40,700 whole thing of aluminum foil, and then essentially tear off. 1213 00:58:40,700 --> 00:58:46,300 Small sections of aluminum foil. Put the biscuit Have it on that. 1214 00:58:46,300 --> 00:58:50,000 So one side, one side, spread your secret sauce. 1215 00:58:50,000 --> 00:58:52,600 On one side, put your meat. But your cheese. 1216 00:58:53,000 --> 00:58:54,300 You may want to put onion on there. 1217 00:58:54,300 --> 00:58:56,400 Some people don't like onion, I generally avoid the onion just 1218 00:58:56,400 --> 00:59:00,800 because nobody misses it, if it's not there, wrap it you're 1219 00:59:00,800 --> 00:59:03,500 going to probably have to cook the meat at the tailgate. 1220 00:59:03,500 --> 00:59:05,700 So that's the first thing that I'll do I'll cook the meat 1221 00:59:05,700 --> 00:59:07,700 before I put it on the sandwiches and I'll kind of do 1222 00:59:07,700 --> 00:59:09,400 it right before. I'm putting it on the sandwiches 1223 00:59:09,400 --> 00:59:12,500 that way it stays hot or crispy or what have you. 1224 00:59:12,900 --> 00:59:15,600 You could pre make It but I don't think you get as good of a 1225 00:59:15,900 --> 00:59:18,600 result that way. So, once you've got your cooked 1226 00:59:18,600 --> 00:59:22,500 meat, put that on the sandwich, along with the cheese wrap it, 1227 00:59:22,500 --> 00:59:25,400 put it back on the grill and then just don't let it burn. 1228 00:59:25,400 --> 00:59:27,500 You got to turn it over a few times your whole lobster. 1229 00:59:27,800 --> 00:59:30,000 Like your whole Focus here is getting that cheese to melt 1230 00:59:30,000 --> 00:59:32,600 properly and once you do that you pull it off. 1231 00:59:32,600 --> 00:59:34,900 You hand it to the person. You can customize this based 1232 00:59:34,900 --> 00:59:38,400 upon who the individual is. It's a huge hit because people 1233 00:59:38,400 --> 00:59:40,300 are like, wow! I just got a sandwich made just 1234 00:59:40,300 --> 00:59:42,200 for me. And no two sandwiches have to 1235 00:59:42,200 --> 00:59:45,400 necessarily be the same. That might come up and just want 1236 00:59:45,400 --> 00:59:48,300 cheese on there biscuit and you can do that, some people person 1237 00:59:48,300 --> 00:59:52,700 might want double meat or a mix of meat, you can do that and to 1238 00:59:52,700 --> 00:59:55,900 me with a minimal amount of action, you know, of 1239 00:59:55,900 --> 00:59:58,700 preparation, it's a meal that you're not going to get most 1240 00:59:58,700 --> 01:00:01,300 other places and it's one that frankly, you do better, I think 1241 01:00:01,300 --> 01:00:04,400 than even a lot of restaurants when they put breakfast 1242 01:00:04,400 --> 01:00:06,500 sandwiches together. So that would be my selection. 1243 01:00:06,700 --> 01:00:09,500 You have you have any that you would focus on Scott? 1244 01:00:10,300 --> 01:00:11,700 I think you nailed it that I'm hungry. 1245 01:00:11,700 --> 01:00:13,200 I'm ready to go. The only thing I would say is I 1246 01:00:13,200 --> 01:00:16,600 love if you can fit stuff to do in a breakfast sandwich, set up 1247 01:00:16,600 --> 01:00:19,200 for what you're talking about. But a this is probably just a 1248 01:00:19,207 --> 01:00:22,200 different pot and underrated meet for breakfast and eggs is 1249 01:00:22,200 --> 01:00:25,900 Teresa like oh yeah, I am in love with chorizo but it's I 1250 01:00:25,900 --> 01:00:28,000 it's tougher for what you're talking about doing. 1251 01:00:28,000 --> 01:00:31,000 They do sell like, sliced chorizo, but I've only seen it 1252 01:00:31,000 --> 01:00:33,700 like sold in. Like Puerto Rico is not 1253 01:00:33,700 --> 01:00:36,900 available much around here, but yeah, I mean not what you're 1254 01:00:36,900 --> 01:00:38,200 looking for. It's tough. 1255 01:00:38,500 --> 01:00:39,900 What? Then a butcher block here 1256 01:00:40,100 --> 01:00:43,600 Wilmington, does often sell a ground chorizo? 1257 01:00:43,600 --> 01:00:45,000 And I think fresh thyme might as well. 1258 01:00:45,000 --> 01:00:48,100 At this point, I would avoid the tubes of chorizo unless you 1259 01:00:48,100 --> 01:00:51,600 really know what you're doing. Because that stuff has daunted a 1260 01:00:51,607 --> 01:00:53,500 lot of people who are otherwise good Cooks. 1261 01:00:53,500 --> 01:00:55,000 They're just not sure what to do with. 1262 01:00:55,000 --> 01:00:57,600 I count myself in that category, never really quite gotten, my 1263 01:00:57,600 --> 01:01:00,200 head wrapped around that. The other one is the other thing 1264 01:01:00,200 --> 01:01:03,100 I will say on this is egg, an egg can be a little bit 1265 01:01:03,100 --> 01:01:05,000 trickier. If all you have is a grill. 1266 01:01:05,300 --> 01:01:09,000 But what I have done is I've I'll invest in a small cast iron 1267 01:01:09,000 --> 01:01:13,800 skillet which I'll put on the grill and if you crack an egg in 1268 01:01:13,800 --> 01:01:16,700 that break the yolk, and then just kind of let it sit there 1269 01:01:16,700 --> 01:01:18,100 for a little bit. You obviously want to grease it. 1270 01:01:18,100 --> 01:01:20,300 First, you can put egg on the breakfast sandwich as well. 1271 01:01:20,300 --> 01:01:21,900 And I find that that makes a big difference. 1272 01:01:22,000 --> 01:01:25,300 And so, don't forget the eggs, I guess would be my point. 1273 01:01:26,600 --> 01:01:28,700 I think, you know, if you're not, if you don't have the 1274 01:01:28,700 --> 01:01:31,300 capacity to do all of that, I'll go back to what I said earlier, 1275 01:01:31,500 --> 01:01:34,100 a couple of dozen donuts from Crescent, get some coffee, and 1276 01:01:34,100 --> 01:01:36,300 some coffee, you're good to go. Like, you don't have to go to 1277 01:01:36,300 --> 01:01:38,200 all of that trouble if you don't want to, and that's one of the 1278 01:01:38,200 --> 01:01:39,900 beautiful things about breakfast tailgate. 1279 01:01:40,100 --> 01:01:45,100 Think outside of that, you know, you can do what I just described 1280 01:01:45,100 --> 01:01:48,400 but instead of biscuits you could make waffles ahead of time 1281 01:01:48,400 --> 01:01:51,600 and then break them down into little individual things because 1282 01:01:51,600 --> 01:01:55,200 you can eat very easily, you know, a sandwich off of a 1283 01:01:55,200 --> 01:01:57,900 waffle, probably not Belgian waffle, you want to get the 1284 01:01:57,900 --> 01:02:00,500 thinner ones but that works just as well, it's essentially kind 1285 01:02:00,500 --> 01:02:03,900 of like going to Waffle House. So there's little things like 1286 01:02:03,900 --> 01:02:05,700 that. And what you want to do is just 1287 01:02:05,800 --> 01:02:07,600 take your favorite. Like some things just don't work 1288 01:02:07,600 --> 01:02:09,900 like doing pancakes at a tailgate. 1289 01:02:10,000 --> 01:02:12,800 Eight bad idea because you need a fork and you need a plate and 1290 01:02:12,800 --> 01:02:15,300 that can be very complicated. You want to focus on things that 1291 01:02:15,300 --> 01:02:19,100 are easily picked up and eaten without needing a plate. 1292 01:02:19,100 --> 01:02:21,200 If you can avoid it, there are some exceptions. 1293 01:02:21,700 --> 01:02:24,300 Like if you want to do a pulled pork thing, you probably going 1294 01:02:24,300 --> 01:02:26,600 to not worry about the plates. Everybody will be fine with 1295 01:02:26,600 --> 01:02:30,200 that, but if you can ask, it's and gravies to as a tough, yes, 1296 01:02:30,200 --> 01:02:31,700 biscuits and gravy is a tough one. 1297 01:02:31,800 --> 01:02:36,000 But if you can, if you can move towards an environment where 1298 01:02:36,000 --> 01:02:38,700 something can be picked up and eaten and tasty, you're doing 1299 01:02:38,700 --> 01:02:39,900 pretty good. Particularly if it's got 1300 01:02:40,000 --> 01:02:42,800 Built-in container like that aluminum foil that I was talking 1301 01:02:42,800 --> 01:02:46,300 about. So I guess I'll grow long to 1302 01:02:46,300 --> 01:02:50,000 Stew Jackson of the LA. Rams question, what are your top 1303 01:02:50,000 --> 01:02:55,300 five tailgate Foods e? That's a tough one, because it's 1304 01:02:55,300 --> 01:02:58,300 like my I will, I will say, certainly the breakfast sandwich 1305 01:02:58,300 --> 01:03:00,700 set up. If I can count that as one would 1306 01:03:00,700 --> 01:03:05,500 definitely qualify as one of my top 5 tailgate Foods, I think a 1307 01:03:05,900 --> 01:03:09,800 pulled pork sandwich with the right sauce and the right bread. 1308 01:03:10,000 --> 01:03:12,200 Red is certainly one of my top five. 1309 01:03:14,500 --> 01:03:17,500 I think a straightforward hamburger if it's cooked right? 1310 01:03:17,500 --> 01:03:20,400 If the meat is of good quality and if you've got the right 1311 01:03:20,400 --> 01:03:24,000 fixin's, there is certainly in that mix because it's right up 1312 01:03:24,000 --> 01:03:26,400 there. I think those are my favorite 1313 01:03:26,400 --> 01:03:28,900 Mains. And then, as far as sides, I'll 1314 01:03:28,900 --> 01:03:33,000 throw I think, I think baked mac and cheese that you bring to. 1315 01:03:33,000 --> 01:03:35,400 The tailgate is always a huge hit. 1316 01:03:35,500 --> 01:03:39,000 It's a it's a great flavor. Everybody loves it from kids all 1317 01:03:39,000 --> 01:03:42,200 the way up to adults. It's generally if you bake it 1318 01:03:42,200 --> 01:03:46,900 properly, it's generally pretty easy to like pop into a solo cup 1319 01:03:46,900 --> 01:03:51,000 and have people eat out of that and, you know, one of the cool 1320 01:03:51,000 --> 01:03:55,700 things that you can do is you can use Solo cups as a delivery 1321 01:03:55,700 --> 01:03:57,400 vessel for a variety of different things. 1322 01:03:57,400 --> 01:04:00,500 So like I just mentioned, the pulled pork, you don't have to 1323 01:04:00,500 --> 01:04:02,200 do sandwiches. You don't have to do plates, you 1324 01:04:02,200 --> 01:04:08,400 can do cups, you can plop some pork, some coleslaw and some mac 1325 01:04:08,400 --> 01:04:11,800 and cheese into the same cup. And essentially people can mix 1326 01:04:11,800 --> 01:04:14,000 and match as they so desire. Put some barbecue sauce on it. 1327 01:04:14,008 --> 01:04:16,700 It's really it's a tasty set of all the way around. 1328 01:04:16,700 --> 01:04:19,700 So I would definitely throw mac and cheese is like my top side 1329 01:04:20,000 --> 01:04:25,100 on that and then I think just a good old-fashioned bratwurst, 1330 01:04:25,100 --> 01:04:28,600 probably the other really top-line tailgate food. 1331 01:04:28,600 --> 01:04:31,200 It's easy to eat. It's easy to cook. 1332 01:04:31,800 --> 01:04:34,500 It's always a like it's got a lot of flavors to it and you can 1333 01:04:34,500 --> 01:04:36,100 customize it about 50 different ways. 1334 01:04:36,100 --> 01:04:39,900 So that would kind of be my the the core of what I like to do. 1335 01:04:40,000 --> 01:04:41,300 Eyes. Yeah. 1336 01:04:41,300 --> 01:04:44,000 Bratwurst over hot dogs all day long. 1337 01:04:44,300 --> 01:04:47,600 Cupcakes are also a nice hit normally for dessert. 1338 01:04:47,600 --> 01:04:49,400 They kind of mix-up with the the cookies. 1339 01:04:49,400 --> 01:04:52,000 I will say this. I'm with you a thousand percent 1340 01:04:52,000 --> 01:04:55,900 like over the last five years, I've found the Solo Cup to be so 1341 01:04:55,900 --> 01:04:59,300 useful 2000 different areas. We buy the chub pack. 1342 01:04:59,300 --> 01:05:02,800 At Costco, one thing we do at the lake house for breakfast. 1343 01:05:02,800 --> 01:05:05,400 I think could be an interesting tailgate Edition so Gail and 1344 01:05:05,400 --> 01:05:09,000 feel free to use this. We will just on vacation, do 1345 01:05:09,000 --> 01:05:11,200 Solo cups. For breakfast with cereals, you 1346 01:05:11,207 --> 01:05:13,000 just throw the cereal in the Solo Cup. 1347 01:05:13,000 --> 01:05:15,400 You put the milk in there, eat it out of the cup and then when 1348 01:05:15,400 --> 01:05:16,500 you're done, you just drink the milk. 1349 01:05:16,500 --> 01:05:19,000 It's a great with a Cocoa Puffs or cold and G that you get the 1350 01:05:19,008 --> 01:05:21,200 milk. That could be a fun, I've 1351 01:05:21,200 --> 01:05:23,200 actually not see this, but that could be a fun tailgate. 1352 01:05:23,200 --> 01:05:26,300 As long as you have some coolers to keep the milk cold. 1353 01:05:26,400 --> 01:05:28,400 That could be a fun breakfast set up where you just have five 1354 01:05:28,400 --> 01:05:31,500 or six cereals, a bunch of Solo cups and it's like, get your, 1355 01:05:31,700 --> 01:05:34,600 get your cereal, get your milk, good to go in a Solo Cup. 1356 01:05:34,600 --> 01:05:36,100 Eat it. Drink it out the door. 1357 01:05:36,600 --> 01:05:40,600 Yeah, it's again. So much of this is Wiring your 1358 01:05:40,600 --> 01:05:45,100 brain from what you normally do in the kitchen to a mobile 1359 01:05:45,100 --> 01:05:46,700 kitchen. Essentially, the kitchen that is 1360 01:05:46,700 --> 01:05:50,900 out there in the tailgate fields are in the tailgate, lots and is 1361 01:05:50,900 --> 01:05:52,500 rewiring your brain to. Okay? 1362 01:05:52,500 --> 01:05:54,600 Well, what would I do if I didn't have plates, or what 1363 01:05:54,600 --> 01:05:56,800 would I do, if I didn't have this, or that those are, those 1364 01:05:56,800 --> 01:05:59,400 are the things to keep in mind. Let's see. 1365 01:05:59,400 --> 01:06:01,400 Some other questions that we had. 1366 01:06:01,900 --> 01:06:07,100 So actually another breakfast related thing and Alex G brought 1367 01:06:07,100 --> 01:06:09,700 this up I swung by the doctor, geez. 1368 01:06:09,900 --> 01:06:12,700 See tailgate before the Ohio State match up and tried one of 1369 01:06:12,707 --> 01:06:15,100 these and he had a picture of it and it was a Pop-Tart on the 1370 01:06:15,100 --> 01:06:19,600 grill and that's another one where I would recommend giving 1371 01:06:19,600 --> 01:06:22,000 this a shot. I'm not a huge Pop, Tart guy but 1372 01:06:22,000 --> 01:06:26,500 I know many people are and you can just take your like instead 1373 01:06:26,500 --> 01:06:27,800 of putting a Pop-Tart in the toaster. 1374 01:06:27,800 --> 01:06:30,400 You can just take the Pop-Tart and put it in a like not the 1375 01:06:30,408 --> 01:06:33,700 hottest portion of the grill certainly but in a spot where it 1376 01:06:33,700 --> 01:06:37,100 can get warm and get a little bit toasty and it's easy to like 1377 01:06:37,100 --> 01:06:40,400 essentially kind of pick up with foil and Somebody. 1378 01:06:40,400 --> 01:06:43,700 And then they can eat that. Always for those who are 1379 01:06:43,700 --> 01:06:47,100 interested. Always a big winner and it's 1380 01:06:47,100 --> 01:06:49,300 always good to have like a box of Pop-Tarts with you just in 1381 01:06:49,300 --> 01:06:50,600 case someone's looking for something different. 1382 01:06:50,600 --> 01:06:53,800 Cause they also work very well as sandwiches, you know, it's a 1383 01:06:53,808 --> 01:06:58,900 bit on the sweet side, but if you can make a Pop-Tart sandwich 1384 01:06:58,900 --> 01:07:01,300 with like some bacon that's that's a different level of 1385 01:07:01,300 --> 01:07:03,200 flavor that you're not really thinking about is like a 1386 01:07:03,207 --> 01:07:04,900 combination. It's not, I don't do that. 1387 01:07:04,900 --> 01:07:07,400 I'm not I don't eat the Pop-Tarts myself anymore, but 1388 01:07:07,400 --> 01:07:12,200 when I was younger that that had a lot of appeal to It so in 1389 01:07:12,200 --> 01:07:14,400 Pop-Tarts and bacon. But again, a lot of it to go 1390 01:07:14,408 --> 01:07:16,600 back to the, you know, Alex asked, when did I get the idea 1391 01:07:16,600 --> 01:07:18,900 to try that? A lot of it is just what I just 1392 01:07:18,900 --> 01:07:20,000 said. It's rewiring your brain. 1393 01:07:20,000 --> 01:07:23,500 So it's like I don't have a toaster, but I've got this thing 1394 01:07:23,500 --> 01:07:26,100 that's essentially ready, and it just needs to be warmed a little 1395 01:07:26,100 --> 01:07:27,000 bit. Hey, boom. 1396 01:07:27,000 --> 01:07:29,100 I have a grill right here. Why don't I just take advantage 1397 01:07:29,100 --> 01:07:30,800 of that. That's essentially the thought 1398 01:07:30,800 --> 01:07:32,900 process that I go through on those sorts of things and I'm 1399 01:07:32,900 --> 01:07:34,200 always looking for other options. 1400 01:07:34,200 --> 01:07:37,700 So if you have a I don't, I mean there's things I don't think of. 1401 01:07:37,700 --> 01:07:39,700 So I'd be anxious to hear other people's thoughts. 1402 01:07:39,800 --> 01:07:43,500 If you have thoughts about what makes the most sense and what 1403 01:07:43,500 --> 01:07:47,300 might be good combinations, a couple of other items that I 1404 01:07:47,300 --> 01:07:51,500 wanted to get to Dan Corral asks, loaded baked potato or 1405 01:07:51,500 --> 01:07:55,900 loaded potato, skins at a tailgate unquestionably. 1406 01:07:55,900 --> 01:08:00,600 The answer is loaded, potato skins and those again, those are 1407 01:08:00,600 --> 01:08:03,500 things that you can prep ahead of time, you can bake them ahead 1408 01:08:03,500 --> 01:08:07,000 of time on the grill and then just stick them on the grill and 1409 01:08:07,000 --> 01:08:09,900 warm them. And those are, those are are 1410 01:08:09,908 --> 01:08:12,700 dynamite. And again, you can pick them up 1411 01:08:12,800 --> 01:08:15,000 and you can eat them. You don't have to have a fork or 1412 01:08:15,000 --> 01:08:16,500 something like that, that's where the loaded baked. 1413 01:08:16,500 --> 01:08:19,500 Potato can be a problem. You can certainly have a full 1414 01:08:19,500 --> 01:08:22,399 set up with plates and everything, but I always opt for 1415 01:08:22,899 --> 01:08:25,200 how do I get away from that as much as possible in this 1416 01:08:25,200 --> 01:08:29,300 environment? Let's see, some other questions 1417 01:08:29,300 --> 01:08:31,700 here. Jordan, Brock asks, what is the 1418 01:08:31,700 --> 01:08:35,700 best winter tailgate cocktail and why is it Crown Apple an 1419 01:08:35,700 --> 01:08:38,200 apple cider? Well, because I'm not a big 1420 01:08:38,200 --> 01:08:42,100 cider guy, I guess would be my response to that, my favorite 1421 01:08:42,100 --> 01:08:45,200 combo for winter tailgate cocktails. 1422 01:08:46,000 --> 01:08:48,600 And the one that probably gets me in the most trouble with 1423 01:08:48,600 --> 01:08:53,700 tailgates, is the hard truth Hills, cinnamon vodka combined, 1424 01:08:53,700 --> 01:08:57,500 with coffee that that Ah, but it's delightful that if you've 1425 01:08:57,500 --> 01:08:59,500 never had that hard truth, he'll cinnamon vodka. 1426 01:09:00,800 --> 01:09:03,399 Imagine Fireball. And then imagine the exact 1427 01:09:03,399 --> 01:09:08,600 opposite, like, it's that good. It's like it's in a high enough 1428 01:09:08,600 --> 01:09:10,700 level where you're like, you could just drink it straight. 1429 01:09:10,700 --> 01:09:13,100 If you wanted to, I wouldn't recommend that but that really 1430 01:09:13,100 --> 01:09:14,500 combos, well, with a bunch of different things. 1431 01:09:14,500 --> 01:09:17,100 I love it, just with coffee it. Spikes the coffee up a little 1432 01:09:17,100 --> 01:09:18,399 bit. Without changing the fundamental 1433 01:09:18,399 --> 01:09:21,500 flavor it mixes well with milk or cream or whatever. 1434 01:09:22,100 --> 01:09:23,500 And it keeps you warm the coffee. 1435 01:09:23,500 --> 01:09:26,000 Keeps you warm. Certainly apple cider if you're 1436 01:09:26,000 --> 01:09:27,600 a Her purse and I think that Crown Apple. 1437 01:09:27,600 --> 01:09:33,100 An apple cider combo is a good one, but I've done some ciders 1438 01:09:33,100 --> 01:09:36,700 before there and it's like unless you get the cider heat it 1439 01:09:36,700 --> 01:09:39,200 up to some degree, I don't think you get quite the same reaction 1440 01:09:39,200 --> 01:09:41,700 Insider can be difficult to heat up in that environment. 1441 01:09:41,700 --> 01:09:42,800 If you don't know what you're doing. 1442 01:09:43,800 --> 01:09:45,300 Yeah, I'm not a huge cider guy either. 1443 01:09:45,300 --> 01:09:47,100 I'm with you. Like honestly, you can start 1444 01:09:47,100 --> 01:09:49,600 having fun throwing anything and coffee like to me, it's like on 1445 01:09:49,600 --> 01:09:52,200 a winter day. I want coffee and Spike coffee, 1446 01:09:52,200 --> 01:09:55,600 you know, throw some Bailey's in there, like a great creamer, you 1447 01:09:55,600 --> 01:09:57,700 know, and we've I've mentioned before, I think on the spot that 1448 01:09:57,700 --> 01:10:00,200 there's so many good coffee options in Bloomington whether 1449 01:10:00,200 --> 01:10:04,000 it's Hopscotch, I mean there's tons of great coffee places and 1450 01:10:04,000 --> 01:10:06,600 bloomington's who get a local coffee, bring it and then 1451 01:10:06,600 --> 01:10:09,700 honestly just play around liquor like just throw it in like some 1452 01:10:09,700 --> 01:10:12,200 cinnamon Schnapps or just you know, some Bailey's that you 1453 01:10:12,208 --> 01:10:14,400 guys have fun, trying all kinds of liquor and all kinds of 1454 01:10:14,407 --> 01:10:19,000 coffee and most of it works. And for me, spiked coffee with 1455 01:10:19,000 --> 01:10:22,200 whatever liquor is going to be my go-to, winter drink. 1456 01:10:22,300 --> 01:10:24,100 Yeah. Let's see. 1457 01:10:24,100 --> 01:10:27,100 James Turner. The co-host of Terms in cash. 1458 01:10:27,300 --> 01:10:29,600 You haven't listened to the the over-under episode, you 1459 01:10:29,608 --> 01:10:32,200 definitely. Should he says, we need some 1460 01:10:32,200 --> 01:10:35,000 more gamble on galen's 5 Caitlin's tailgate? 1461 01:10:35,000 --> 01:10:37,200 Yeah, guys, I mean, you know, nobody knows the menu ahead of 1462 01:10:37,208 --> 01:10:38,600 time. Well, a couple people do so 1463 01:10:38,600 --> 01:10:42,000 that's why we don't do the gambling, but but James says, we 1464 01:10:42,000 --> 01:10:44,600 need more booze. Talk cocktails of choice. 1465 01:10:45,200 --> 01:10:49,800 Beer, pairings is wine. Okay, so this is actually, you 1466 01:10:49,800 --> 01:10:54,100 know, this is gets asked a lot and first of all, yes, wine is. 1467 01:10:54,100 --> 01:10:59,400 Okay, here's the thing I am Am I have become the opposite of who 1468 01:10:59,400 --> 01:11:03,200 I used to be, in terms of like I used to be kind of militant 1469 01:11:03,200 --> 01:11:04,900 like, well, you know, we're tailgating and so, you know, you 1470 01:11:04,900 --> 01:11:07,600 need to drink this, or eat this, or whatever and I have really 1471 01:11:07,600 --> 01:11:10,900 gotten to the point where I try to be as inclusive as possible 1472 01:11:10,900 --> 01:11:12,700 in terms of our offerings for food. 1473 01:11:12,700 --> 01:11:15,200 Like I was trying to have a vegetarian option available for 1474 01:11:15,200 --> 01:11:18,200 people. You know I do your culture and I 1475 01:11:18,200 --> 01:11:20,600 like you know well it's just I feel like if I'm going to be a 1476 01:11:20,600 --> 01:11:23,600 good host I want to make sure that even if I don't know who's 1477 01:11:23,600 --> 01:11:26,000 coming in, I want to make sure that they are taken care of and 1478 01:11:26,100 --> 01:11:28,600 So, you know, I try to have the other side of the aisle. 1479 01:11:28,700 --> 01:11:32,000 I try to have like a 12-pack of La Croix or something in the 1480 01:11:32,000 --> 01:11:34,300 cooler to go along with the beer in case you're not drinking 1481 01:11:34,300 --> 01:11:36,000 beer. Try to have a lot of water 1482 01:11:36,000 --> 01:11:38,700 available like stuff like that. Now as far as the actual 1483 01:11:38,700 --> 01:11:41,300 alcohol. Yes whines. 1484 01:11:41,300 --> 01:11:45,500 Okay, because I think for a lot of people wine just represents a 1485 01:11:45,508 --> 01:11:48,200 nice happy medium between. They don't like to be. 1486 01:11:48,400 --> 01:11:50,500 They don't like the bloated feeling of beer and they don't 1487 01:11:50,500 --> 01:11:54,000 like you know the or they or can't handle taking shots of 1488 01:11:54,000 --> 01:11:56,000 things or doing mixed drinks which are kind of complicated. 1489 01:11:56,100 --> 01:11:57,900 Skated. There are some great canned 1490 01:11:57,900 --> 01:12:00,500 wines out there. They're actually really good and 1491 01:12:01,800 --> 01:12:04,200 it rather than trying to bring bottles of wine which are 1492 01:12:04,200 --> 01:12:07,400 cumbersome. Certainly check out some of the 1493 01:12:07,400 --> 01:12:09,800 canned wine offerings. We might have a canned wine. 1494 01:12:09,800 --> 01:12:13,900 Specialist join us at some point to give you some tips on things 1495 01:12:13,900 --> 01:12:17,700 to purchase their butt. And if you're going to do that, 1496 01:12:17,700 --> 01:12:21,700 I mean Rose a or like a dry white, I think are probably the 1497 01:12:21,700 --> 01:12:25,200 best options, you know, get a, get a, get some Moscato, or get 1498 01:12:25,200 --> 01:12:29,000 some Summer Jose or whatever. Get some, maybe some some saw 1499 01:12:29,000 --> 01:12:31,600 Blanc in a can stay away from the Chardonnay. 1500 01:12:31,600 --> 01:12:34,100 I think that's not really a great tailgating wine for a 1501 01:12:34,108 --> 01:12:37,900 couple of reasons. Now, beer pairings, here's the 1502 01:12:37,900 --> 01:12:41,900 thing. I feel like as a society, we've 1503 01:12:41,900 --> 01:12:44,800 gone through this we're dark where, you know, back in the 1504 01:12:44,800 --> 01:12:47,000 90s, no one thought about the beer, they were drinking. 1505 01:12:47,000 --> 01:12:49,400 They just went and bought a 24-pack of whatever domestic was 1506 01:12:49,400 --> 01:12:51,200 available and then light, let's go. 1507 01:12:51,200 --> 01:12:54,800 Right then. And then in the 2010s, really, 1508 01:12:55,000 --> 01:12:58,400 we kind of had this Hey let's all drink ipas and let's have 1509 01:12:58,400 --> 01:13:00,500 hoppy beer and things like that and I kind of feel like that 1510 01:13:00,500 --> 01:13:02,600 pendulum swinging back a little bit. 1511 01:13:03,600 --> 01:13:06,000 We have so many good beer options locally here in the 1512 01:13:06,000 --> 01:13:07,500 state of Indiana and particularly here. 1513 01:13:07,500 --> 01:13:13,000 In Bloomington that I think you would be remiss in not including 1514 01:13:13,000 --> 01:13:17,600 those in your tailgate approach. And so, you know, if you wanted 1515 01:13:17,600 --> 01:13:20,000 to be with the same Brewery like if you're going to do Upland, 1516 01:13:20,900 --> 01:13:25,100 you know, a 12-pack of or, or more of champagne velvet and a 1517 01:13:25,100 --> 01:13:28,200 12-pack of Of dragonfly. It's a good combo like you've 1518 01:13:28,200 --> 01:13:29,900 got pretty much everything covered there. 1519 01:13:29,900 --> 01:13:31,500 You've got the people that don't like hoppy beer. 1520 01:13:31,500 --> 01:13:34,500 You got the people that like hoppy beer and I'll I really 1521 01:13:34,500 --> 01:13:36,800 like that Duality. Now I'm more of a I'm a darker 1522 01:13:36,800 --> 01:13:40,800 beer person or I'm a kind of traditional pilsner or lager 1523 01:13:40,800 --> 01:13:42,800 type of person. I've kind of drifted away from 1524 01:13:42,800 --> 01:13:46,300 the ipas but I like to have a couple of different choices 1525 01:13:46,300 --> 01:13:50,700 available and so either bring those myself or I will make sure 1526 01:13:50,700 --> 01:13:54,800 that certain types of beer being brought you, you would think 1527 01:13:54,800 --> 01:13:57,200 that people drink all the time, Time at tailgates. 1528 01:13:57,600 --> 01:13:59,400 They don't drink as much as you would think. 1529 01:14:00,000 --> 01:14:04,900 And and so overdoing it on beer. We have this tradition in this 1530 01:14:04,900 --> 01:14:07,600 house where people will bring beer and they'll put it in the 1531 01:14:07,600 --> 01:14:11,400 big marine cooler and then what to bring that home and stick it 1532 01:14:11,407 --> 01:14:13,300 in the mini fridge and then I'll put it all back in the mini 1533 01:14:13,300 --> 01:14:15,800 fridge will go to the next one. More beer will appear less of it 1534 01:14:15,800 --> 01:14:18,100 will disappear by the end of the year. 1535 01:14:18,200 --> 01:14:22,300 We've got all of this extra beer and a lot of it is like stuff 1536 01:14:22,300 --> 01:14:24,600 that people brought because they thought it was a good idea. 1537 01:14:24,600 --> 01:14:28,500 A lot of a lot of hard. Fall into this category, a lot 1538 01:14:28,500 --> 01:14:32,100 of like flavored stuff like Bud, Light Lime or something like 1539 01:14:32,100 --> 01:14:33,800 that. That stuff generally doesn't get 1540 01:14:33,800 --> 01:14:37,900 drank that often at tailgates and so I would avoid bringing 1541 01:14:37,900 --> 01:14:41,200 those. I would bring either straight up 1542 01:14:41,200 --> 01:14:43,100 to me like Bud Lights. Always getting drank and Miller 1543 01:14:43,100 --> 01:14:45,200 Lites. I was getting drunk, you know? 1544 01:14:45,200 --> 01:14:48,400 Or I would bring you know, reasonably priced craft beer. 1545 01:14:48,600 --> 01:14:52,200 One of my favorites to bring is Shiner Bock because that is a 1546 01:14:52,208 --> 01:14:54,800 nice kind of in the middle beer. That pretty much everybody will 1547 01:14:54,800 --> 01:14:57,200 drink. It's It tastes a couple of 1548 01:14:57,200 --> 01:15:01,500 degrees better than what you would expect a domestic would 1549 01:15:01,500 --> 01:15:04,400 taste like but it also is an overpriced try to think along 1550 01:15:04,400 --> 01:15:07,700 those lines. Also, if you can under any 1551 01:15:07,700 --> 01:15:11,500 circumstances, bring cans, don't bring bottles bottles, just 1552 01:15:11,500 --> 01:15:14,600 needlessly, add to the weight of things and I much, I'm a bottle 1553 01:15:14,600 --> 01:15:17,700 guy like I much prefer to drink a beer out of a bottle than I do 1554 01:15:17,700 --> 01:15:21,300 out of the can, but I think in this case, just just go with the 1555 01:15:21,300 --> 01:15:23,900 cans if you can find them, it's a much better setup. 1556 01:15:25,600 --> 01:15:29,000 And then on the Cocktails front. There's this really good. 1557 01:15:29,000 --> 01:15:32,800 Canned cocktails now and again, I really certainly you can have 1558 01:15:32,800 --> 01:15:36,100 the whole. Let's do our Mixology thing and 1559 01:15:36,100 --> 01:15:38,600 and poor people shots and, you know, but I would, I would 1560 01:15:38,600 --> 01:15:42,200 separate that from the cocktails Cardinal Spirits in town here. 1561 01:15:42,200 --> 01:15:46,600 Has some really good canned cocktails, they've got like, 1562 01:15:46,600 --> 01:15:48,600 four or five different ones and they're all really good. 1563 01:15:48,600 --> 01:15:52,500 You can buy them at big red. So, give those a shot. 1564 01:15:52,500 --> 01:15:55,200 And again, try to focus on portability, try to focus on 1565 01:15:55,200 --> 01:15:58,400 convenience It's you can certainly step things up as you 1566 01:15:58,400 --> 01:16:02,800 go forward, but I've also found that it's sometimes more trouble 1567 01:16:02,800 --> 01:16:05,700 than it's worth, trying to pour out of a large bottle into a 1568 01:16:05,708 --> 01:16:07,400 Solo Cup. It's much better to just have 1569 01:16:07,400 --> 01:16:09,300 something prepackaged that way, you know what you're getting. 1570 01:16:10,700 --> 01:16:14,700 So I think the one thing I will disagree with you on I think in 1571 01:16:14,700 --> 01:16:18,000 the last two years since your last tailgate, we are in the 1572 01:16:18,000 --> 01:16:20,500 midst of a Seltzer Revolution. So I think you're going to see 1573 01:16:20,500 --> 01:16:24,500 more of those brought. I'm I've been a fan of white 1574 01:16:24,500 --> 01:16:28,800 claws for a while. But I will say my thought on the 1575 01:16:28,800 --> 01:16:32,400 Seltzer stuff that I will talk about is if you're white claws 1576 01:16:32,400 --> 01:16:36,000 are good, they're a little bit sweet, I would venture toward 1577 01:16:36,000 --> 01:16:37,900 checking out High Noon. They're a little bit more 1578 01:16:37,900 --> 01:16:40,200 expensive but they're a vodka-based Seltzer. 1579 01:16:40,300 --> 01:16:43,400 They are just fantastic. They have a tropical 8-pack out 1580 01:16:43,400 --> 01:16:46,500 that has watermelon mango, passion, fruit, and pineapple, 1581 01:16:46,600 --> 01:16:50,100 they are delightful again a little bit more expensive, but 1582 01:16:50,100 --> 01:16:52,000 High Noon is definitely something to check out. 1583 01:16:52,000 --> 01:16:54,500 I think you, you Galen are going to see more white cause more 1584 01:16:54,500 --> 01:16:56,700 High Nunes, they're going to be Drank more. 1585 01:16:56,700 --> 01:17:00,200 A lot of those are going on. There's also I think it's backed 1586 01:17:00,200 --> 01:17:02,200 by Budweiser. So it's not like it's craft but 1587 01:17:02,200 --> 01:17:07,500 there are some pretty good like canned Margaritas that came and 1588 01:17:07,500 --> 01:17:10,100 Jack is out that I've had, those are good. 1589 01:17:10,100 --> 01:17:12,900 I can do like one of those. I can't like Creek a crush five 1590 01:17:12,900 --> 01:17:15,400 or six. Those I can normally do a couple 1591 01:17:15,400 --> 01:17:18,500 of high Nunes pretty quickly and getting a spot where I probably 1592 01:17:18,500 --> 01:17:20,600 shouldn't be driving home, which is good to go to the game in. 1593 01:17:21,000 --> 01:17:24,600 But I think those are I think High Noon over white claw, but 1594 01:17:24,600 --> 01:17:26,800 white claws are good. I think To see more of those. 1595 01:17:26,800 --> 01:17:28,800 The last thing I'll say to is you're talking about all this 1596 01:17:28,800 --> 01:17:32,500 definitely cans, you know. One other thing that you can 1597 01:17:32,500 --> 01:17:35,400 bring is somebody coming to a tailgate that's kind of a low 1598 01:17:35,400 --> 01:17:37,900 cost, but one of those things that, you know, might be like, 1599 01:17:37,900 --> 01:17:41,300 oh my God, I'm so happy. You brought this, bring five or 1600 01:17:41,300 --> 01:17:44,100 ten Koozies like they're super cheap you can just buy a pack of 1601 01:17:44,108 --> 01:17:46,500 kuzey somewhere and that's normally something especially 1602 01:17:46,500 --> 01:17:50,400 for like the the early season games and like september/october 1603 01:17:50,400 --> 01:17:53,000 if it's a hot day and people are having a couple of drinks. 1604 01:17:53,700 --> 01:17:55,800 You know you're the Koozie guy is like hey I got Koozies for 1605 01:17:55,900 --> 01:17:57,200 Everybody. It's like, oh my God, that's 1606 01:17:57,200 --> 01:17:58,200 great. People are going to throw the 1607 01:17:58,200 --> 01:18:00,200 Koozies on and like, you're out like, I don't know, 15 bucks. 1608 01:18:00,200 --> 01:18:02,600 Like, literally bringing Koozies might be more important than 1609 01:18:02,600 --> 01:18:04,500 bringing doughnuts for some of these things. 1610 01:18:04,500 --> 01:18:06,800 So, just keep that in mind to like something. 1611 01:18:06,800 --> 01:18:08,600 A lot of times people don't have, and that's a nice thing to 1612 01:18:08,600 --> 01:18:10,200 have. I will say, I've nothing against 1613 01:18:10,200 --> 01:18:13,300 cider or Seltzer's, I just noticed that people don't drink 1614 01:18:13,300 --> 01:18:15,200 them. They, well, I got because I'm 1615 01:18:15,200 --> 01:18:17,900 the one that ends up bringing everything got more popular in 1616 01:18:17,900 --> 01:18:20,600 the last two years. Well, we'll see, I just know 1617 01:18:20,600 --> 01:18:23,100 when I bring them home when I bring the, when I have to bring 1618 01:18:23,100 --> 01:18:27,400 everything home and I unpack it, there's more seltzer Sitting in 1619 01:18:27,400 --> 01:18:30,100 the cooler than there was when I started. 1620 01:18:30,100 --> 01:18:33,900 And it's you know I just think it's I think your your 1621 01:18:33,900 --> 01:18:36,200 attraction to the Seltzer is understandable. 1622 01:18:36,800 --> 01:18:40,700 But I would also say that you may be alone on this, I guess 1623 01:18:40,700 --> 01:18:43,200 would be my message to you so let's see. 1624 01:18:43,200 --> 01:18:46,500 Anyway moose a good friend Jeff asked. 1625 01:18:46,500 --> 01:18:49,700 Would it be a festive decision or a faux pas to make Cincinnati 1626 01:18:49,700 --> 01:18:51,900 style chili for our game against the Bearcats? 1627 01:18:51,900 --> 01:18:56,100 Well I would avoid making it because it's kind of gross. 1628 01:18:56,200 --> 01:19:02,200 First of all, it's because if you're doing it out of the, can 1629 01:19:02,800 --> 01:19:04,200 I just don't think that's very tasty? 1630 01:19:04,200 --> 01:19:07,100 And my wife eats Skyline Chili sometimes out of the cannot 1631 01:19:07,100 --> 01:19:10,100 often, like Janet me, she'll use the canned stuff and I'm just 1632 01:19:10,100 --> 01:19:13,500 like this is really, not very good, but the other thing is 1633 01:19:13,500 --> 01:19:15,800 like, what are you putting it on if you're putting it on hot 1634 01:19:15,800 --> 01:19:19,200 dogs. Okay, I hope that's it. 1635 01:19:19,200 --> 01:19:21,400 Don't bring spaghetti, don't ever bring spaghetti to a 1636 01:19:21,407 --> 01:19:24,700 tailgate. I also think if you're doing it 1637 01:19:24,700 --> 01:19:28,600 as a joke, It's probably not worth the joke if you're doing 1638 01:19:28,600 --> 01:19:30,300 it. Like, if you're doing it to 1639 01:19:30,300 --> 01:19:33,800 like, I don't know, represent us sacrificing the Bearcats or 1640 01:19:33,800 --> 01:19:35,800 whatever. I, it's, there's probably better 1641 01:19:35,800 --> 01:19:38,100 ways we could do that. Quite frankly, I like, I love 1642 01:19:38,100 --> 01:19:41,800 the idea, I think it's a better social media idea that it is 1643 01:19:41,800 --> 01:19:44,500 like an actual active idea. I think anything it was asked in 1644 01:19:44,500 --> 01:19:48,100 jest anyway. So Jim Hoff asks, what is an 1645 01:19:48,100 --> 01:19:51,400 underrated tailgate accessory? This is a tough one. 1646 01:19:51,400 --> 01:19:54,800 Because kuzey, I'll go back to my Koozie. 1647 01:19:54,800 --> 01:19:59,200 The I mean, I say And I think the Koozies are, I mean, they 1648 01:19:59,200 --> 01:20:01,400 matter the most when it's cold outside? 1649 01:20:01,400 --> 01:20:04,500 I think when it's hot it's not as big of a deal when it's cold. 1650 01:20:04,500 --> 01:20:06,300 It's a much bigger deal. You want to have a koozie? 1651 01:20:07,300 --> 01:20:12,400 I would say actually the most underrated tailgate accessory is 1652 01:20:12,700 --> 01:20:17,000 a chair that isn't going to break on you. 1653 01:20:17,500 --> 01:20:20,500 So like a lot of you'll go to Dick's Sporting Goods or 1654 01:20:20,500 --> 01:20:23,800 whatever and they'll have those tailgate style chairs but most 1655 01:20:23,800 --> 01:20:27,200 of them are really poor quality. They wear out Very quickly kind 1656 01:20:27,200 --> 01:20:30,000 of like the canopies we're talking about earlier, spending 1657 01:20:30,000 --> 01:20:32,100 a little bit more money and getting a chair that you can 1658 01:20:32,100 --> 01:20:36,900 carry with you and brand and bring along is helpful, just 1659 01:20:36,900 --> 01:20:39,800 because what I've noticed with a lot of those chairs is unless 1660 01:20:39,800 --> 01:20:41,200 it's of a relatively good quality. 1661 01:20:41,200 --> 01:20:44,200 They do Fray and break pretty easily because they're just not 1662 01:20:44,200 --> 01:20:46,600 built to handle people sitting on them and getting up and being 1663 01:20:46,600 --> 01:20:52,000 folded up and things like that. So, I guess that would be, you 1664 01:20:52,000 --> 01:20:55,700 know, a main answer, the other one that I'll say is and that 1665 01:20:55,700 --> 01:20:58,400 maybe this So much underrated. But things people forget about 1666 01:20:58,500 --> 01:21:01,600 is since you're cooking in an outdoor environment and serving 1667 01:21:01,600 --> 01:21:06,400 things, you know, make sure that you bring a trash bag with you, 1668 01:21:06,600 --> 01:21:11,900 make sure that you bring things to carry stuff in where you can 1669 01:21:11,900 --> 01:21:14,700 put stuff in and take it out. So like a tailgate bag or some 1670 01:21:14,700 --> 01:21:17,500 kind of accessory bag, where you can stick odds, and ends, and 1671 01:21:17,500 --> 01:21:21,100 spatulas and tongs and stuff like that. 1672 01:21:23,000 --> 01:21:26,600 That's, that's important to have that at your Disposal. 1673 01:21:26,600 --> 01:21:28,700 And that's something that we, it took us a while to figure out, 1674 01:21:28,700 --> 01:21:30,700 hey, we really need something to carry stuff along. 1675 01:21:30,800 --> 01:21:32,900 You don't need it need it because you can sometimes keep 1676 01:21:32,900 --> 01:21:35,100 that stuff in the car. But as you start, putting kids 1677 01:21:35,100 --> 01:21:38,300 in the equation and stuff gets lost and kind of scrambled all 1678 01:21:38,300 --> 01:21:40,900 over the place. Having a central spot where you 1679 01:21:40,900 --> 01:21:42,800 can put everything in is really, really helpful. 1680 01:21:43,800 --> 01:21:46,800 As somebody with kids, this again, depends know your crowd 1681 01:21:46,800 --> 01:21:49,100 if you're going to be in the grass, lot with a bunch of young 1682 01:21:49,100 --> 01:21:51,400 grads, doesn't matter. But I would say a very 1683 01:21:51,400 --> 01:21:54,200 underrated accessory is like something for kids to do or 1684 01:21:54,200 --> 01:21:56,100 screw around with during the tailgate. 1685 01:21:56,400 --> 01:22:00,300 So having a set of bags is always good, you know, honestly 1686 01:22:00,400 --> 01:22:02,800 what we've been doing is we bring, you know, just five or 1687 01:22:02,800 --> 01:22:04,900 ten Matchbox cars in a little ziplock bag. 1688 01:22:04,900 --> 01:22:07,400 If you if you're hosting a tailgate, you know, some people 1689 01:22:07,400 --> 01:22:10,200 are coming by with kids, like literally just go to Kroger 1690 01:22:10,200 --> 01:22:13,000 they're a buck apiece by 5 or 10 Matchbox cars and that'll keep 1691 01:22:13,200 --> 01:22:16,800 Entertained for a half hour, just something for kids to do 1692 01:22:17,700 --> 01:22:19,800 you know that isn't just them on a phone or something like that, 1693 01:22:19,800 --> 01:22:21,800 you know, get a football. They can toss around like just 1694 01:22:21,800 --> 01:22:24,300 something for you know, young kids to do and kind of mess 1695 01:22:24,300 --> 01:22:25,600 around. It doesn't have to be an 1696 01:22:25,600 --> 01:22:28,800 elaborate setup again bags Matchbox cars things like that 1697 01:22:28,800 --> 01:22:33,400 or just Super Nintendo switch. Something the app you want to go 1698 01:22:33,400 --> 01:22:35,600 there. Well I'm just say sub know but 1699 01:22:35,600 --> 01:22:38,300 something to keep them occupied is certainly important and 1700 01:22:38,300 --> 01:22:40,600 actually have a space where kids can go. 1701 01:22:40,600 --> 01:22:42,800 We bought one of those little canopy tents. 1702 01:22:43,300 --> 01:22:47,200 That's like kids sized as a little roof on it, a place where 1703 01:22:47,200 --> 01:22:49,200 they can go and do their own thing because they're largely 1704 01:22:49,200 --> 01:22:52,300 not going to be interested in what the grown-ups are doing, 1705 01:22:52,300 --> 01:22:55,100 and you're not going to want to have to mind them during that 1706 01:22:55,100 --> 01:22:56,500 time period. So I think it's a really good 1707 01:22:56,500 --> 01:22:59,400 chip in on that front. Let's see. 1708 01:23:00,300 --> 01:23:03,100 That actually feeds right into Matt blasquez question. 1709 01:23:03,100 --> 01:23:05,400 What's the best way to prepare bringing a one-year-old to the 1710 01:23:05,400 --> 01:23:06,800 tailgate? Look, here's the thing. 1711 01:23:06,800 --> 01:23:09,600 If you have a one-year-old you're golden because 1712 01:23:09,600 --> 01:23:12,600 everybody's going to want to hold the baby, Chris granite in 1713 01:23:12,600 --> 01:23:14,900 a pandemic. Maybe not the greatest of ideas 1714 01:23:14,900 --> 01:23:18,700 but everybody's going to at least pay attention to the baby. 1715 01:23:19,500 --> 01:23:22,900 The baby's going to be not mobile enough to go do things on 1716 01:23:22,900 --> 01:23:26,200 their own. Will they get bored probably 1717 01:23:26,200 --> 01:23:29,400 but, and they might get cranky, the probably want to take a nap, 1718 01:23:29,400 --> 01:23:35,200 all of that is fine, but I think again, giving kids feeding them 1719 01:23:35,200 --> 01:23:37,300 before you get there is important. 1720 01:23:37,300 --> 01:23:40,200 Having, you know, plentiful diapers available and having a 1721 01:23:40,200 --> 01:23:42,400 spot where you can change, what you've got the cars there that 1722 01:23:42,400 --> 01:23:43,300 should be fine. Fine. 1723 01:23:43,400 --> 01:23:47,000 And then look, I'm a firm believer in having a seating 1724 01:23:47,000 --> 01:23:49,200 area, having some chairs, having a canopy. 1725 01:23:49,900 --> 01:23:52,800 Let that be away from the cooking area and from the 1726 01:23:52,800 --> 01:23:55,700 internet, like the social mix area, where people can go and 1727 01:23:55,700 --> 01:24:00,400 rest and sit down and you know, hold the baby, let the baby nap 1728 01:24:00,400 --> 01:24:02,800 whatever. Like a lot of it is just 1729 01:24:03,400 --> 01:24:08,100 straight up zoning of your tailgate area. 1730 01:24:08,500 --> 01:24:10,800 So that you've got, like a quieter area, where people can 1731 01:24:10,800 --> 01:24:13,600 chill, you've got a more rugged, you know, rock, Area where 1732 01:24:13,600 --> 01:24:15,800 people are coming and going and where the food is being cooked. 1733 01:24:15,900 --> 01:24:19,200 And then frankly just letting the kid experience, everything 1734 01:24:19,200 --> 01:24:21,100 and see everything. Like it's great for small 1735 01:24:21,100 --> 01:24:25,200 children, both of my kids as youngsters were at tailgates. 1736 01:24:25,200 --> 01:24:29,400 I know yours have been as well. And, you know, we tend to think 1737 01:24:29,400 --> 01:24:32,800 that, you know, kids don't notice what's going on, but 1738 01:24:32,800 --> 01:24:34,800 especially at that age. They see everything they smell 1739 01:24:34,800 --> 01:24:37,100 everything. They they enjoy that 1740 01:24:37,100 --> 01:24:39,200 stimulation, even if they don't fully understand it. 1741 01:24:39,200 --> 01:24:42,700 And so, above all else, I think the best way to prepare bringing 1742 01:24:42,700 --> 01:24:45,900 a one roll to the to a tailgate, is to do it multiple times 1743 01:24:46,700 --> 01:24:48,900 because they'll start to get comfortable in that environment 1744 01:24:48,900 --> 01:24:50,700 and they'll start to figure out what they need to be doing. 1745 01:24:50,700 --> 01:24:53,800 And that's, that's a lot of, a lot of the battle I think is 1746 01:24:53,800 --> 01:24:57,700 just acclimating people acclimating babies to that 1747 01:24:57,700 --> 01:24:59,900 environment and making sure that the parents are acclimated as 1748 01:24:59,900 --> 01:25:01,500 well. So they're not nervous the whole 1749 01:25:01,500 --> 01:25:04,200 time. So I've been bringing my son 1750 01:25:04,200 --> 01:25:07,200 James, I brought him at eight months so he was born in January 1751 01:25:07,200 --> 01:25:11,400 in 2013. The August of 2013, he was going 1752 01:25:11,400 --> 01:25:13,800 to IU football games. He's been going significant oh 1753 01:25:13,900 --> 01:25:17,300 ever since and now we have a second son Grayson who B5. 1754 01:25:17,300 --> 01:25:20,200 He's been going since he was he was born in June, he went. 1755 01:25:20,200 --> 01:25:22,500 I think it like 4 months old, he went to one game. 1756 01:25:23,400 --> 01:25:25,900 Here's what I would say to Matt is again, you can't be 1757 01:25:25,900 --> 01:25:28,400 everything at all times. You can't be show up early 1758 01:25:28,600 --> 01:25:32,000 party, tailgate guy and stay for the whole game guy with kids, a 1759 01:25:32,008 --> 01:25:34,600 couple of things that We've lured, having done it for quite 1760 01:25:34,600 --> 01:25:37,400 a while. Is that a, as I mentioned 1761 01:25:37,400 --> 01:25:40,800 earlier, you know we get in 20 minutes before your viewing of 1762 01:25:40,800 --> 01:25:43,500 the game, kind of changes like for us when the band is on the 1763 01:25:43,500 --> 01:25:46,800 field is a big deal. So before the game and halftime 1764 01:25:46,800 --> 01:25:50,100 are times, that we are definitely in our seats because 1765 01:25:50,200 --> 01:25:53,600 our boys love the band, and I think it's our boys, like music, 1766 01:25:53,600 --> 01:25:56,100 but it's like the band is they play music. 1767 01:25:56,100 --> 01:25:59,000 As, you know, they March around their shiny, things like that. 1768 01:25:59,000 --> 01:26:01,700 Is sometimes more engaging for kids than a football game, but 1769 01:26:01,700 --> 01:26:04,200 there's a lot of going on. On when the band is there they 1770 01:26:04,200 --> 01:26:07,300 dig that. So you know don't skimp on 1771 01:26:07,300 --> 01:26:09,000 before the game don't be like oh half time. 1772 01:26:09,000 --> 01:26:10,000 We're going to go do something else. 1773 01:26:10,000 --> 01:26:12,800 Like you got to think of it you got to give the kids something 1774 01:26:12,800 --> 01:26:14,500 to that. They're enjoying looking at. 1775 01:26:15,600 --> 01:26:19,200 This might sound nutty but it's great for IU early on. 1776 01:26:19,200 --> 01:26:23,100 We would bring a booster seat from are car seat and we would 1777 01:26:23,100 --> 01:26:26,500 snap it. Snaps on to the the metal 1778 01:26:26,500 --> 01:26:30,200 bleachers perfectly. Keep my son from kind of moving 1779 01:26:30,200 --> 01:26:32,300 around because after about one or two years old, they start 1780 01:26:32,300 --> 01:26:33,300 wiggling. Everywhere. 1781 01:26:33,300 --> 01:26:35,100 And so we just put him. It's like a car seat. 1782 01:26:35,100 --> 01:26:37,300 We literally put him in the car seat on the stadium. 1783 01:26:37,800 --> 01:26:42,000 We now have, we pay for the seat backs as part of our ticket 1784 01:26:42,000 --> 01:26:45,700 package because for our younger with James, we used to do this, 1785 01:26:45,700 --> 01:26:48,100 we would bring in that, I had like a strap from a luggage 1786 01:26:48,100 --> 01:26:51,100 piece, I would just strap him to that because it would help him 1787 01:26:51,100 --> 01:26:53,200 kind of stay in his seat. Not move around too much. 1788 01:26:53,200 --> 01:26:56,000 We'd literally bring straps in. Make sure you have the clear 1789 01:26:56,000 --> 01:26:59,300 bag. I will say with a one-year-old, 1790 01:26:59,300 --> 01:27:02,000 you bring, you're gonna be able to get in with it whatever you 1791 01:27:02,000 --> 01:27:03,500 want in the stadium. Cause you feel like you have, 1792 01:27:03,500 --> 01:27:05,500 you know, feeding stuff and bottles and stuff, and they kind 1793 01:27:05,500 --> 01:27:07,300 of let you go with that, pretty good. 1794 01:27:07,600 --> 01:27:10,100 But yeah, the band and I would say to like we're trying our 1795 01:27:10,100 --> 01:27:13,300 first road game this year, with both of the boys were bringing 1796 01:27:13,300 --> 01:27:15,800 iPads. Like, I don't like it, but like, 1797 01:27:15,800 --> 01:27:18,700 when I took James, he was six years old to the Gator Bowl. 1798 01:27:19,100 --> 01:27:22,400 I had his phone or his little, like, my old phone just a, you 1799 01:27:22,400 --> 01:27:25,300 know, a little iPhone with no cell service was let him played 1800 01:27:25,300 --> 01:27:28,200 some games like, you know, lean on technology, but I would use 1801 01:27:28,200 --> 01:27:30,400 it in like, again, not at halftime. 1802 01:27:30,400 --> 01:27:32,700 He watches the Bandit like little points. 1803 01:27:32,900 --> 01:27:34,700 Maybe bring like a charging brick because they're going to 1804 01:27:34,700 --> 01:27:37,400 burn through technology and nothing is worse happened to me 1805 01:27:37,407 --> 01:27:39,100 at the gator boy. Forgot it. 1806 01:27:39,100 --> 01:27:40,900 It's like fourth quarter were down by two. 1807 01:27:40,900 --> 01:27:43,800 It's like a tight game and he's like, starting to get antsy want 1808 01:27:43,800 --> 01:27:45,900 to leave and it's like, no, I need you. 1809 01:27:45,900 --> 01:27:47,900 Focused on my daddy wants to watch the game. 1810 01:27:47,900 --> 01:27:50,800 So I would keep all those things in mind that think about, you 1811 01:27:50,808 --> 01:27:54,600 know and then again last thing I will say is just, you know, keep 1812 01:27:54,600 --> 01:27:58,600 in mind that the weather, you know, some of the games have 1813 01:27:58,600 --> 01:28:02,000 been cold and rainy and it's like, I want to do my best to 1814 01:28:02,000 --> 01:28:04,900 keep them dry. So bring some blankets you on 1815 01:28:04,900 --> 01:28:07,600 the hot sunny days. A blanket also helps just to 1816 01:28:07,600 --> 01:28:11,400 cover them from the Sun, but I would definitely look at ways to 1817 01:28:11,400 --> 01:28:14,700 kind of strapping them down isn't the right word, but 1818 01:28:14,700 --> 01:28:18,300 keeping them kind of locked in their seat, because them 1819 01:28:18,500 --> 01:28:19,900 wiggling and moving around is tough. 1820 01:28:19,900 --> 01:28:22,300 And so literally, again, a car seat or a booster seat. 1821 01:28:22,300 --> 01:28:25,500 You can put and strapped onto the, the seats at Memorial 1822 01:28:25,500 --> 01:28:27,300 Stadium. So keep that in mind. 1823 01:28:27,300 --> 01:28:29,200 But again, you can't do it. All you can't show up early, you 1824 01:28:29,200 --> 01:28:30,800 can't stay late with a one-year-old, you're just going 1825 01:28:30,800 --> 01:28:32,700 to have some you have to make some concessions. 1826 01:28:32,800 --> 01:28:35,500 To be okay with it but it's great for your kids, it's fun. 1827 01:28:35,600 --> 01:28:38,000 It's a great thing that you need to do it. 1828 01:28:38,000 --> 01:28:40,100 It should be a family thing. It really, it really is just 1829 01:28:40,100 --> 01:28:42,600 should not just be and this is the tough transition for people 1830 01:28:42,600 --> 01:28:48,600 in their 20s because I think to some degree, the the attitude 1831 01:28:48,600 --> 01:28:51,300 towards tailgating at IU has been, it's just a bunch of drunk 1832 01:28:51,300 --> 01:28:54,200 college kids, and it's not. And if you go to other places 1833 01:28:54,200 --> 01:28:56,900 across the country, that have a football culture, it's not a 1834 01:28:56,900 --> 01:28:59,000 bunch of yes. There are drunk college kids. 1835 01:28:59,800 --> 01:29:02,300 Trust me, I live in Bloomington. I live around drunk college kids 1836 01:29:02,400 --> 01:29:05,000 there. Fine, 95% of the time. 1837 01:29:05,000 --> 01:29:10,000 They're not a problem at all but don't let don't let your concern 1838 01:29:10,000 --> 01:29:12,100 about that if you are concerned about it. 1839 01:29:12,300 --> 01:29:14,400 Trent like keep you from bringing your family, the 1840 01:29:14,400 --> 01:29:16,600 tailgate, because it's a wonderful experience for 1841 01:29:16,600 --> 01:29:18,100 families to be at a that really is. 1842 01:29:18,100 --> 01:29:21,100 I mean, I it's one of the things we enjoy doing the most, a 1843 01:29:21,100 --> 01:29:23,100 couple of other really quick questions that I'm going to hit 1844 01:29:23,100 --> 01:29:26,700 before we finish up crit, our Chad boughs log, I think it is 1845 01:29:27,400 --> 01:29:30,600 asks, if going to a road game and ubering to a game, what is 1846 01:29:30,600 --> 01:29:32,700 the appropriate way to link up to a tailgate? 1847 01:29:33,100 --> 01:29:34,900 Pack a backpack of beer to share. 1848 01:29:35,200 --> 01:29:37,300 I want to have good tailgate manage with fellow Hoosiers but 1849 01:29:37,300 --> 01:29:38,700 won't have any food to bring to the table. 1850 01:29:38,700 --> 01:29:43,000 So I wouldn't bring a backpack because the the one and here's 1851 01:29:43,000 --> 01:29:44,400 the thing to keep in mind what are you going to do? 1852 01:29:44,400 --> 01:29:45,700 Are you going to go to the game afterwards? 1853 01:29:45,700 --> 01:29:48,600 If you are what's going to happen to the backpack? 1854 01:29:49,300 --> 01:29:52,900 A lot of people, one of my least favorite things and it's I'm not 1855 01:29:52,900 --> 01:29:55,500 mad at people for doing this and they just don't think it through 1856 01:29:55,600 --> 01:29:58,000 but they'll show up to the tailgate with their chairs. 1857 01:29:58,300 --> 01:30:01,200 And then they'll be like, hey can you hang on to my chairs? 1858 01:30:01,700 --> 01:30:05,400 And I'm like Sure because I can't take them in, they never 1859 01:30:05,400 --> 01:30:08,400 come get them after the game's over because they leave or they 1860 01:30:08,400 --> 01:30:09,900 ubered in or something like that. 1861 01:30:09,900 --> 01:30:12,500 And then it's like I have to do this dance with them during the 1862 01:30:12,500 --> 01:30:16,600 week following of giving them their stuff back or I don't give 1863 01:30:16,600 --> 01:30:18,600 them their stuff back because they never ask for it again. 1864 01:30:18,600 --> 01:30:21,900 Like I've probably my chair populations probably increased 1865 01:30:21,900 --> 01:30:25,600 by by half just because people never come and get their stuff 1866 01:30:25,600 --> 01:30:28,700 again. And so what I would suggest, 1867 01:30:28,700 --> 01:30:32,600 Chad is bring a 12-pack of you're going to bring beer. 1868 01:30:32,800 --> 01:30:36,100 Bring a 12 pack or a six pack in a cardboard container, like, 1869 01:30:36,100 --> 01:30:37,800 pick something specifically that travels. 1870 01:30:37,800 --> 01:30:41,000 Well, make sure it's cold and then bring it and put it in the 1871 01:30:41,000 --> 01:30:45,000 cooler. And look bringing bringing 1872 01:30:45,000 --> 01:30:48,200 something is going to be enough of a contribution. 1873 01:30:48,200 --> 01:30:51,000 Like I've never like, I say never I've rarely been to a 1874 01:30:51,000 --> 01:30:53,200 tailgate where the host came around and said, hey I need five 1875 01:30:53,200 --> 01:30:56,300 bucks for food, they probably should because I can tell you 1876 01:30:56,300 --> 01:31:00,100 like, I probably spend I don't know, seventy dollars sixty 1877 01:31:00,100 --> 01:31:02,600 seventy dollars just on the food on the main. 1878 01:31:02,700 --> 01:31:06,000 Course stuff for everybody but I just consider it like the cost 1879 01:31:06,000 --> 01:31:09,300 of doing business and being able to socialize with friends but 1880 01:31:09,600 --> 01:31:15,100 show some level of of gratitude towards that by providing 1881 01:31:15,100 --> 01:31:17,600 something. And so I think look beer is 1882 01:31:17,600 --> 01:31:20,400 always a good one, soft drink. Sometimes they're good one. 1883 01:31:20,400 --> 01:31:22,500 A lot of times I'm looking around like I don't really want 1884 01:31:22,500 --> 01:31:25,000 beer, I don't want, you know, a mixed drink. 1885 01:31:25,000 --> 01:31:26,900 I just want like a Coke or something to kind of clear my 1886 01:31:26,900 --> 01:31:28,100 head. A lot of times nobody brings 1887 01:31:28,100 --> 01:31:32,400 that but I would travel light and travel with something that 1888 01:31:32,400 --> 01:31:34,200 you can. At the tailgate and not need to 1889 01:31:34,200 --> 01:31:36,300 get back. And that's probably the best way 1890 01:31:36,300 --> 01:31:39,600 to go about things. Yeah, I agree. 1891 01:31:40,000 --> 01:31:42,100 Last thing that I'll Brooklyn cream. 1892 01:31:42,100 --> 01:31:44,100 And Crimson, actually, we already pretty much asked, or 1893 01:31:44,100 --> 01:31:46,900 answered this question, which was, what's the ideal dessert or 1894 01:31:46,900 --> 01:31:48,600 sweet item? For a tailgate. 1895 01:31:48,600 --> 01:31:52,700 We talked about some don'ts. So, like you can bake cookies. 1896 01:31:52,700 --> 01:31:55,000 Baked cookies, are always good. So you want to bake cookies. 1897 01:31:55,000 --> 01:31:59,400 That's a relatively low pressure thing to do avoid. 1898 01:31:59,400 --> 01:32:01,700 Like, always great brownies lights, are great. 1899 01:32:01,700 --> 01:32:03,100 Brownies are fantastic. Yes. 1900 01:32:04,600 --> 01:32:06,900 And even like doughnut holes, I think are generally a good 1901 01:32:06,900 --> 01:32:08,800 option because there again, easy. 1902 01:32:09,000 --> 01:32:10,300 To eat. They're not too much. 1903 01:32:10,300 --> 01:32:13,700 And so like I might look at a donut and be like I'm not not 1904 01:32:13,800 --> 01:32:16,500 eat a doughnut but I might grab five donut holes and then I've 1905 01:32:16,500 --> 01:32:17,900 eaten more than a doughnut, you know? 1906 01:32:17,907 --> 01:32:21,100 So like a lot of its just the psychology of the size of the 1907 01:32:21,100 --> 01:32:22,800 thing that you're bringing more than anything else. 1908 01:32:22,800 --> 01:32:24,400 And so that's what I would keep going to be treats. 1909 01:32:24,700 --> 01:32:26,700 Great, so Rice Krispie treats yes. 1910 01:32:26,700 --> 01:32:29,200 However the problem with rice krispie treats is most people 1911 01:32:29,200 --> 01:32:32,200 don't know how to make them. Well you can bring the 1912 01:32:32,200 --> 01:32:36,300 prepackaged ones certainly but my point is like Rice Krispie 1913 01:32:36,300 --> 01:32:38,600 treats. That's a hassle for you. 1914 01:32:38,900 --> 01:32:41,400 Because you're making them in a pan and then you have to cut 1915 01:32:41,400 --> 01:32:43,800 them up and take them out of the pan and put it in something else 1916 01:32:43,800 --> 01:32:46,600 and that that can be a bit much plus they don't travel well in 1917 01:32:46,600 --> 01:32:49,000 plastic bags. They tend to like bright like 1918 01:32:49,000 --> 01:32:51,800 breakup or meld together. It's a hot day, it's a problem. 1919 01:32:51,800 --> 01:32:56,700 So stick to the baked goods I think that are like that. 1920 01:32:56,700 --> 01:33:00,400 Are that have a like a shape that isn't going to get 1921 01:33:00,400 --> 01:33:03,500 completely distended. If something goes wrong with how 1922 01:33:03,500 --> 01:33:05,800 you brought it to the tailgate. That would be my thought process 1923 01:33:05,800 --> 01:33:08,000 there. But anyway, that was all the 1924 01:33:08,000 --> 01:33:10,400 questions you folks. If you've got other questions 1925 01:33:10,400 --> 01:33:14,000 throughout the course of the tailgate season, by all means 1926 01:33:14,000 --> 01:33:16,600 let us know. I will tell you all Idaho. 1927 01:33:16,600 --> 01:33:21,200 I've heard I think it's an 11 or 11:30 open to the lots and the 1928 01:33:21,200 --> 01:33:23,500 games at 7:30 that night. So that's going to be a long 1929 01:33:23,500 --> 01:33:27,600 tail gate. Maybe later on like next week or 1930 01:33:27,600 --> 01:33:29,700 the week after or maybe the week after the Iowa game. 1931 01:33:29,700 --> 01:33:34,500 We'll talk about some ideas for what do you do with a seven-hour 1932 01:33:34,500 --> 01:33:36,700 tailgate? How do you sustain that? 1933 01:33:37,300 --> 01:33:39,600 Because there are some tips and tricks I have up on that front 1934 01:33:39,600 --> 01:33:42,500 but we'll get to that next time. Anyway, that'll wrap it up for 1935 01:33:42,500 --> 01:33:43,900 us. Got any final thoughts before we 1936 01:33:43,900 --> 01:33:46,100 go now we've been an hour and 40. 1937 01:33:46,100 --> 01:33:47,400 We're good. We did we? 1938 01:33:47,500 --> 01:33:50,000 Okay, let's go. Let's do it live and then be 1939 01:33:50,000 --> 01:33:52,600 sure to stay tuned throughout the course of this week. 1940 01:33:53,100 --> 01:33:56,100 As we will have some more content. 1941 01:33:56,100 --> 01:33:59,800 We got Adam written Berg from ESPN coming on and joining Scott 1942 01:33:59,800 --> 01:34:01,400 on Monday. We're going to have some other 1943 01:34:01,400 --> 01:34:04,500 good football content and then we'll be live on the 30th on 1944 01:34:04,500 --> 01:34:08,100 Monday, August 30th at switchyard in Bloomington as we 1945 01:34:08,108 --> 01:34:10,700 talk about the Upcoming IU football season, plus a lot more 1946 01:34:10,700 --> 01:34:12,500 for Scott. I'm Gail, I'm here to that. 1947 01:34:12,500 --> 01:34:14,900 Don't bring a chair. I'm Galen. 1948 01:34:15,300 --> 01:34:17,600 This is Crimson, cast will catch you folks on the flipside. 1949 01:34:17,600 --> 01:34:20,900 Thanks for all the questions. See you in the green lot at some 1950 01:34:20,900 --> 01:34:22,100 point this year. So long, everybody.