http://vandybubble.com/2011/tailgategate/
Looks like the wizards of smart want the greeks to go to games instead or getting drunk!
If you have never been to a taligate at Vandy its pretty fun and very surprising at how much smart "talent" is represented.
The sad part is I can really relate to this part.
Hypothetical situation. It’s 75 degrees and gorgeous out. You are surrounded by beautiful girls (in sundresses, of course). Your eardrums reverberate with the vibrations of great music – sometimes country, sometimes rap, sometimes Miley. You are lost in an Eden of fist pumps, elevated-surface dancing, and an endlessly refreshing flow of the icy cold and perpetually delicious Natural Light. Your buddy approaches you, tie askew and shirt soaked with who knows what – sweat, beer, Honeybee McDougal’s sauce maybe? – and says, “Hey do you want to go sit in the hot sun, ease slowly but painfully into a hangover, and watch our school struggle to advance the ball into the opposing team’s territory?” Granted that’s glorified and overly negative, but, nonetheless, you can see where the apathy stems from.</p>
You can force feed school spirit to those who don’t attend games by shutting down the tailgates, but that’s only going to breed hostility. And for those of us lonely souls who do go to the games, we are slowly losing hope. Despite what these new regulations imply, it’s not really about a lack of spirit or the prominence oftailgates. It’s about not wanting to ruin the bliss of a September Saturday in Nashville with the discouragement of another deflating letdown at Dudley.
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Looks like the wizards of smart want the greeks to go to games instead or getting drunk!
If you have never been to a taligate at Vandy its pretty fun and very surprising at how much smart "talent" is represented.
The sad part is I can really relate to this part.
Hypothetical situation. It’s 75 degrees and gorgeous out. You are surrounded by beautiful girls (in sundresses, of course). Your eardrums reverberate with the vibrations of great music – sometimes country, sometimes rap, sometimes Miley. You are lost in an Eden of fist pumps, elevated-surface dancing, and an endlessly refreshing flow of the icy cold and perpetually delicious Natural Light. Your buddy approaches you, tie askew and shirt soaked with who knows what – sweat, beer, Honeybee McDougal’s sauce maybe? – and says, “Hey do you want to go sit in the hot sun, ease slowly but painfully into a hangover, and watch our school struggle to advance the ball into the opposing team’s territory?” Granted that’s glorified and overly negative, but, nonetheless, you can see where the apathy stems from.</p>
You can force feed school spirit to those who don’t attend games by shutting down the tailgates, but that’s only going to breed hostility. And for those of us lonely souls who do go to the games, we are slowly losing hope. Despite what these new regulations imply, it’s not really about a lack of spirit or the prominence oftailgates. It’s about not wanting to ruin the bliss of a September Saturday in Nashville with the discouragement of another deflating letdown at Dudley.
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