Notre Dame Tailgating Ranked # 3

[T Town Tommy]

So Irish fans....

# 3 behind A&M and tO$U for tailgating. Any truth to that?

Tailgater Monthly - September/October 2013

 

[ACamp1900]

No UCLA on a list with multiple PAC 12 schools on the list seems bs-ish... UCLA is often cited as the best in the west...

 

[Irishbounty28]

Those teams must have outstanding tailgating for Nebraska not to make the list. On Saturday's you literally have to be multiple miles from the stadium to not be around tailgaters. Parking lots are rented out for tailgating blocks away, and the parking lots for the baseball and softball teams are usually full of tailgaters as well. Basically, the city shuts down and tailgates on Saturdays, so to think all of these schools do better than that is crazy.

 

[T Town Tommy]

No UCLA on a list with multiple PAC 12 schools on the list seems bs-ish... UCLA is often cited as the best in the west...

Seems like some of the write ups are for gameday traditions. Does UCLA have a lot of gameday traditions or are they more known for tailgating as in food and party?

 

[NDinL.A.]

Seems like some of the write ups are for gameday traditions. Does UCLA have a lot of gameday traditions or are they more known for tailgating as in food and party?

GameDay traditions are awesome at ND. I agree with the poll there. But just pure tailgating? No way it's #3 IMHO. It's great and I have fun every Saturday, but there are schools out there in the South and across the Midwest that have some great party atmospheres at their tailgates, with better food traditions as well...

 

[Black Irish]

There's a magazine strictly devoted to tailgating? Wow.

 

[greyhammer90]

Tailgating? No. Overall experience? Yes.

Ole Miss is probably the best I've ever been to for tailgating... I think it's the racism that makes their brat skin so crispy.

 

[irishpat183]

No way O$U or ND beats out LSU or Ole Miss....been to both.

Southern belles in sundresses>Northern girls in overcoats....


Are women not a part of the rankings?

 

[pumpdog20]

I think tailgating sucks at ND. No charcoal, and they make you close up once the game starts.

 

[anarin]

So one of the top party schools doesn't make the top 20 in tailgating.
(WVU)

This list obviously isn't talking about true tailgating.

 

[Irish4Life09]

As much fun as I have at ND games/tailgating, I wouldn't place them in the Top10. The South has us beat by a mile....UT,USC,etc....

 

[wizards8507]

I think tailgating sucks at ND. No charcoal, and they make you close up once the game starts.

No charcoal? Is that real? The students use charcoal at their charity stands... (with way too much lighter fluid that cooks off onto the food, but that's not the point).

 

[FearTheBeard]

No charcoal? Is that real? The students use charcoal at their charity stands... (with way too much lighter fluid that cooks off onto the food, but that's not the point).

Yeah some rent a cop went off on us for using charcoal

 

[TexasForever]

Tailgating? No. Overall experience? Yes.

Ole Miss is probably the best I've ever been to for tailgating... I think it's the racism that makes their brat skin so crispy.

This. I've never seen anything quite like tailgating in the grove. Experienced my first ND tailgate for OU and it was great but Ole Miss really is special (as long as you try to tune out all the racism and stupidity).

Funniest thing about Ole Miss is that they don't allow beer (or at least it is extremely frowned upon). Liquor only because I guess it is more "refined." Recipe for absolute disaster.

 

[ACamp1900]

Seems like some of the write ups are for gameday traditions. Does UCLA have a lot of gameday traditions or are they more known for tailgating as in food and party?

tailgating...

 

[BGIF]

Are you sure this isn't The Indiana Excise Police's Most Wanted List?

 

[Irish#1]

The Vols do a pretty good job. The shutdown the main street so no traffic is allowed. They broadcast the pregame outside the stadium and comment on the crowd. UT folks were great to talk to.

 

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

No charcoal? Is that real? The students use charcoal at their charity stands... (with way too much lighter fluid that cooks off onto the food, but that's not the point).

No charcoal is pretty normal for everywhere nowadays. Drunk people usually do a terrible job of properly disposing of their charcoal.

 

[stlnd01]

Yeah, I've spent a fair bit of time tailgating at Notre Dame. If you're primarily concerned with drinking vast quantities of light beer with your buddies and maybe eating a crappy burger, it's great. But I've got to think there's plenty who do it up better than most Domers.

 

[Irish4Life09]

The Vols do a pretty good job. The shutdown the main street so no traffic is allowed. They broadcast the pregame outside the stadium and comment on the crowd. UT folks were great to talk to.

Knoxville is probably my favorite, but I've lived there for almost a decade. It's hard to compete with the Vol Navy and cute Tennessee women in sundresses.

 

[ND NYC]

been going to ND games for over 30 yrs.
have also road tripped to many of the sec, acc schools, penn st, big house, twice out to the colisuem, went to sugar 2x, fiesta 88.
the ND "gameday experience" in south bend is second to none for reasons stated above.
but for taligaiting (for tailgating sakes-partying, girls, sheer craziness before and after game) we are nowhere near the top 20. in the old days ND "tailgaiting" was much better IMO but that doesnt mean much now.