Fun+Tailgating+Checklist

The checklist may vary depending on the tailgaters’ tastes and needs but it is a good starting point. A tailgate party is a time to relax and enjoy yourself, and in order to do that at least a little preparation should precede it. You may want to copy this list and use it for each tailgate party you attend.
 * Fun Tailgating Checklist **

The following list has been prepared by **Jerry Hadley and Greg Roberts**, who “spend years of study, travel, and research to summarize this list”. It was published in their guide “//Tailgating in the Big Ten: a user’s Guide around the Conference//”. Enjoy the humor!!!


 * Users’ Guide for Tailgating in the Big Ten
 * tickets (optional, you can get them there – “where there’s a will there’s a way”)
 * appropriate transportation (RV?, full size van?, mini van?, suburban?, station wagon?, sedan?, compact?, deathtrap?, 1975 Pinto?, city police cruiser?)
 * cash (for souvenir cups – a must)
 * food of choice: Greg’s Choice – hotdogs in a crockpot of barbecue sauce ( can you hear the arteries hardening?); Jerry’s choice – good old fashioned hamburgers on the grill with a side of Chili hot enough to burn a hole in your stomach)
 * barbecue sauce
 * grill
 * fuel (gas, lighter fluid, propane, rocket fuel, Jerry’s chili)
 * charcoal (or anything else that burns slowly, for example Lee Corso’s toupee)
 * beer (or light beer, for the health conscious)
 * other miscellaneous beverages
 * school apparel (including flags and banners – you can drape yourself in them)
 * make-up to paint your face with- - NOT!
 * music (except the obnoxious tape with all the college fight songs on it)
 * football, Frisbee, hackey sack, or some other type of entertainment to remind you that you’re not as young as you used to be
 * trashbag (for Al Gore and his friends)
 * extra barbecue sauce
 * extra beer (you can’t HAVE too much beer. You can DRINK too much, but you can’t HAVE too much)
 * extra folding chairs and tables
 * deck of cards
 * utensils for cooking and eating
 * weather information
 * sunglasses
 * rain gear
 * snow gear
 * tornado gear
 * riot gear (if a bowl game is on the line)
 * baby-sitters for the entire day as well as that evening, just in case you get a complimentary ride in a city police cruiser).(Incidentally we don’t recommend it, the strip search is overrated).
 * emergency barbecue sauce
 * emergency beer, just in case
 * emergency bottle opener, just in case
 * satellite TV dish (for the RV tailgaters)
 * theme T-shirt (The original authors’ text states: “Purdue Stinks” t-shirt but both acknowledge that they were “only using that as an example regardless of how true it may be”)