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Showing posts with label tailgating. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tailgating. Show all posts
Saturday, October 26, 2019
I Guess I Should Be Telling You How They Arrived at the Rankings
I have only been to a whole bunch of games at Northwestern's Dyche Stadium, now Ryan Field, and one U of Illinois and one Indiana University game, so that is the extent of my Big 10 football experiences.
The writers of the article in the Tribune last year said they weighed factors such as atmosphere, tailgating, tradition, food and even parking to rank fan experience at each school.
They think you should put some of these on your bucket list, but say you might want to skip the East Coast. I personally believe that those East Coast schools: Maryland and Rutgers, are a blemish on the Big Ten, 11,12,13,14.
--RoadDog
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
From Happy to Sad: Where to Go for Big Ten, 11,12,13,14 Fun-- Part 1: The Bottom Five
From the September 21, 2018, Chicago Tribune by Shannon Ryan and Teddy Greenstein.
Well, it's that time of the year again. Leaves are turning, beer is flowing, winter's on its way. Where to have a lot of fun at football games in the Big Ten, 11, 12, 13,14:
(Not exactly sure how come they still call it the Big Ten what with 14 teams, but I'll simply refer to it as the Big Ten after this.)
14. MARYLAND: Probably more into Hoops.
13. RUTGERS: Eating. but not much else.
I hate these two above teams being in the Big Ten. They are not Midwest in any sense.
12. ILLINOIS: Bad teams don't attract. Careful. Everyone, even us fifty year olds get carded on the party street. Well. that last second win against Wisconsin Saturday might help a little.
11. PURDUE: Low attendance at games.
10. NORTHWESTERN: Really not much around it. But I will be at the game this Saturday. Sre glad I wasn't there this past Friday against Ohio State.
--RoadTailGate
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CROSS PURPOSE: Who was the founder of the American Red Cross?
Clara Barton
Thursday, September 17, 2015
Bears Rockin' Tailgate Party-- Part 2: "Start Me Up"
RUNNING WITH THE DEVIL-- Van Halen
START ME UP-- Rolling Stones
SOMEBODY TO LOVE-- Queen
SPIRIT IN THE SKY-- Norman Greenbaum
CRAZY OVER YOU-- Heart
HEARTBREAKER-- Led Zeppelin (It must be some sort of law, but if you play this song, you have to play the next one.)
LIVING LOVING MAID-- Led Zeppelin
SOLSBURY HILL-- Peter Gabriel
BAD MOON RISING-- CCR (My ringtone)
LIMELIGHT-- Rush
KEEP ON ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD-- Neil Young
GIVE A LITTLE BIT-- Supertramp
READY FOR LOVE-- Bad Company
SWEET CHILD O' MINE-- Guns 'N Roses
ROCK AND ROLL BAND-- Boston
Name That Tune: "When I Die and They Lay Me to Rest, Gonna Go To the Place That's the Best." --RoadDog
"Spirit in the Sky"
START ME UP-- Rolling Stones
SOMEBODY TO LOVE-- Queen
SPIRIT IN THE SKY-- Norman Greenbaum
CRAZY OVER YOU-- Heart
HEARTBREAKER-- Led Zeppelin (It must be some sort of law, but if you play this song, you have to play the next one.)
LIVING LOVING MAID-- Led Zeppelin
SOLSBURY HILL-- Peter Gabriel
BAD MOON RISING-- CCR (My ringtone)
LIMELIGHT-- Rush
KEEP ON ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD-- Neil Young
GIVE A LITTLE BIT-- Supertramp
READY FOR LOVE-- Bad Company
SWEET CHILD O' MINE-- Guns 'N Roses
ROCK AND ROLL BAND-- Boston
Name That Tune: "When I Die and They Lay Me to Rest, Gonna Go To the Place That's the Best." --RoadDog
"Spirit in the Sky"
Bears Rockin' Tailgate Party-- Part 1: "Flirting With Disaster"
Last Sunday, Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM, "The Drive" had a two hour block of great tailgating music leading up to the noon game versus the rival Green bay Packers. We didn't win, but played well. At least we had some great music getting ready for it.
SWEET HOME CHICAGO-- Blues Brothers
SHARP DRESSED MAN-- ZZ Top
THE JOKER-- Steve Miller Band
INVISIBLE TOUCH-- Genesis
BORN TO BE WILD-- Steppenwolf
ERUPTION/LONG TIME-- Boston
EMINENCE FRONT-- Who
FLIRTING WITH DISASTER-- Molly Hatchett
MY BEST FRIEND'S GIRL-- Cars
THE CHAIN-- Fleetwood Mac
TWIST AND SHOUT-- Beatles
LONELY OLD NIGHT-- John Mellancamp
Name That Tune: "Get Your Motor Runnin', Head Out On the Highway." --RoadDog
THE 10 RULES OF LIFE: If he.she says that you are too good for him/her- believe them.
"Born to Be Wild"
SWEET HOME CHICAGO-- Blues Brothers
SHARP DRESSED MAN-- ZZ Top
THE JOKER-- Steve Miller Band
INVISIBLE TOUCH-- Genesis
BORN TO BE WILD-- Steppenwolf
ERUPTION/LONG TIME-- Boston
EMINENCE FRONT-- Who
FLIRTING WITH DISASTER-- Molly Hatchett
MY BEST FRIEND'S GIRL-- Cars
THE CHAIN-- Fleetwood Mac
TWIST AND SHOUT-- Beatles
LONELY OLD NIGHT-- John Mellancamp
Name That Tune: "Get Your Motor Runnin', Head Out On the Highway." --RoadDog
THE 10 RULES OF LIFE: If he.she says that you are too good for him/her- believe them.
"Born to Be Wild"
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
JSS: Dog Drive-- Corn High-- Jewel Tailgating-- Death of D-18
JSS-- Just Some Stuff
1. DOG DRIVE-- We have three pooches we like to keep tabs on whenever we drive to Spring grove for shopping along US-12. Nearest us is a husky dog named Zoe, who is one of the prettiest and laziest dogs ever. Of course, with us being bug NIU Huskies fans, we like huskies.
Then, farther down the hill, we have a pair of clowns. We don't know their names, but one is a JKack Russel and the other has the biggest ears we've ever seen on such a small dog. We call them Jack and Ears.
2. CORN HIGH-- If there is any meaning to corn being knee-high by the 4th of July, ours was already chest high with all the rain and cool temps. Looks like a bumper crop.
3. JEWEL TAILGATING-- Today, after being "attacked" by Ears and Jack (well, seriously barked at), I sent to our local Jewel and saw six guys tailgating in the parking lot and seeming to really enjoy themselves. I had to ask them where the football game was. They just laughed.
4. DEATH OF D-18-- Sad to find out that one of the Decorah bald head eaglets was electrocuted yesterday when he landed on uninsulated high wire power lines. They (there were three of them) had a rough eaglethood after being laid in really cold weather, having it really cold when first hatched and then bothered so badly by gnats they all left the nest too early, one of them breaking a wing in the process.
Just Some Stuff. --RoadDog
NOT YOUR USUAL FLIGHT ANNOUNCEMENTSl: As the plane landed and was coming to a stop at Ronald Reagan Airport, a lone voice came over the loudspeaker: "Whoa, big fella. WHOA!!"
1. DOG DRIVE-- We have three pooches we like to keep tabs on whenever we drive to Spring grove for shopping along US-12. Nearest us is a husky dog named Zoe, who is one of the prettiest and laziest dogs ever. Of course, with us being bug NIU Huskies fans, we like huskies.
Then, farther down the hill, we have a pair of clowns. We don't know their names, but one is a JKack Russel and the other has the biggest ears we've ever seen on such a small dog. We call them Jack and Ears.
2. CORN HIGH-- If there is any meaning to corn being knee-high by the 4th of July, ours was already chest high with all the rain and cool temps. Looks like a bumper crop.
3. JEWEL TAILGATING-- Today, after being "attacked" by Ears and Jack (well, seriously barked at), I sent to our local Jewel and saw six guys tailgating in the parking lot and seeming to really enjoy themselves. I had to ask them where the football game was. They just laughed.
4. DEATH OF D-18-- Sad to find out that one of the Decorah bald head eaglets was electrocuted yesterday when he landed on uninsulated high wire power lines. They (there were three of them) had a rough eaglethood after being laid in really cold weather, having it really cold when first hatched and then bothered so badly by gnats they all left the nest too early, one of them breaking a wing in the process.
Just Some Stuff. --RoadDog
NOT YOUR USUAL FLIGHT ANNOUNCEMENTSl: As the plane landed and was coming to a stop at Ronald Reagan Airport, a lone voice came over the loudspeaker: "Whoa, big fella. WHOA!!"
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