The Drunken Tailgate

Crazy Tailgating Pants, Skirts, and more

Whether you spotted them on John Daly, the Norwegian Curling team, around campus on gameday, or at the links…. you’ve probably seen Loudmouth Pants before. Thanks to South Bend Seven for helping us put a brand name with these ridiculous pants. I’ve noticed a trend towards the more outrageous in tailgating pants lately and these certainly fit the bill. In addition to the pants, Loudmouth also has coats for the guys and skirts and short shorts for the ladies. The color combinations cover the tailgating needs for many major programs like Florida, Texas, Ohio State, LSU, and North Carolina. And for the Bama fans out there they have houndstooth ties, coats, pants, shorts, skirts, and even divot tools. To see if they have your school’s colors check out the site.

Women’s Shorts and Skirts

Drink Like A Champion Today: College Themed Bud Light Cans

From the Wall Street Journal comes news that there are now Bud Light cans in your favorite team’s colors. Kick. Ass.

“Show your true colors with Bud Light,” the company says, according to copies of internal marketing materials obtained by colleges. “This year, only Bud Light is delivering superior drinkability in 12-ounce cans that were made for gameday.”

The Fan Cans campaign comes amid efforts by Anheuser-Busch, a unit of Anheuser-Busch InBev NV of Leuven, Belgium, to revive the sales of Bud Light, the top-selling beer in the U.S. The brand’s U.S. volume sales are on track to register the first annual decline in its 27-year history.

As part of a broader marketing effort, the Bud Light school-colors campaign, also called “Team Pride” in the marketing materials, aims to use “color schemes to connect with fans of legal drinking age in fun ways in select markets across a variety of sports,” says Carol Clark, Anheuser-Busch’s vice president of corporate social responsibility. She also says that the program is voluntary and that roughly half the brand’s wholesalers have chosen to participate.

Collegiate Snuggies are Coming and they are Hideous

Oh the horror. So they finally get around to releasing Snuggies with college logos on them, which theoretically should be a huge success. But they took an “article of clothing” that any normal person would be timid about wearing in public, and made it more ghastly. Did they just hire the same designers who create the college hats and t-shirts that you find at gas stations and Wal Mart? There appear to be at least 4 different logos on each of those. Why wouldn’t you just put one gigantic logo on it? People already make blankets like this, all you had to do was add sleeves. But I guess it’s not all bad news. For those of you out there that already have shirts like this to wear in September you now have a way to keep warm in November without sacrificing your trademark style.

(HT: Wire Road and Shug)

Profiles in LSU Tailgating

Just ran across The Tiger Blog which roams around Baton Rouge and interviews and photographs the best tailgating crews LSU has to offer. I roamed and read through their posts and found a couple of LSU Tailgatresses for you.

LSU Tiger Tailgatress

The team’s official hot sauce?

The advertisement for this LSU tailgating contest confuses me:

LSU has an official team hot sauce? Did Crystal outbid Tabasco or were they already affiliated with Tulane?

You are registering for the LSU Tailgate Party Contest (until Monday, October 27, 2008 at 11:59 PM CST). One lucky winner will receive an exclusive Tailgate Party for fifty (50) people on the LSU property on November 8, 2008 – LSU vs. Alabama football game – held at Tiger Stadium. The winner will receive two (2) tickets to the game, invitations to the fully catered Tailgate Party in a climate controlled environment, and a Gift Basket filled with Crystal Brand products, as well as, Crystal/LSU merchandise. In addition, tailgate party guest will each receive a Crystal goodie bag.

So you win a tailgate party for you and 49 friends but they only give you 2 tickets? Seems like they would pony up for a luxury box or not bother with the tickets at all. That being said, Crystal is my hot sauce of choice.

Tailgating Rules: Keg Stands

If the Drunken Tailgater performs a keg stand, they shall not put forth a time under 30 seconds. Anything less is an embarrassment to yourself, your school, and your tailgate.

I love several things about this photo. First, the heart warming unity of Auburn and LSU fans working together in the spirit of the tailgate. It’s been a fiercely contested battle the last few years on the field, but there was a moment of cooperation off the field. The careful planning of the Auburn tailgater to tuck his spirit shaker into his belt. The little kid in the yellow shirt watching in amazement. And the spout holders’ combo of a gameday shirt and the camo LSU hat. Well done team.