I'm planning on attending the Houston vs UConn game this season. My dad,friend, and I would like to see how tailgating is done by the UConn fans. If you provide us with food, I will provide you with craft beer from the surrounding Houston area.

(08-15-2015 07:49 PM)den2010 Wrote:  I'm planning on attending the Houston vs UConn game this season. My dad,friend, and I would like to see how tailgating is done by the UConn fans. If you provide us with food, I will provide you with craft beer from the surrounding Houston area.

You might want to post this on the Boneyard to get a wider audience.

(08-15-2015 09:46 PM)TRest3 Wrote:  

(08-15-2015 07:49 PM)den2010 Wrote:  I'm planning on attending the Houston vs UConn game this season. My dad,friend, and I would like to see how tailgating is done by the UConn fans. If you provide us with food, I will provide you with craft beer from the surrounding Houston area.

You might want to post this on the Boneyard to get a wider audience.

How do I post a thread on that forum?

(08-15-2015 10:14 PM)den2010 Wrote:  

(08-15-2015 09:46 PM)TRest3 Wrote:  

(08-15-2015 07:49 PM)den2010 Wrote:  I'm planning on attending the Houston vs UConn game this season. My dad,friend, and I would like to see how tailgating is done by the UConn fans. If you provide us with food, I will provide you with craft beer from the surrounding Houston area.

You might want to post this on the Boneyard to get a wider audience.

How do I post a thread on that forum?

It's a mystery...I'm not sure such a thing as a UConn football fan exists. Good luck in your endeavors. #GoTigersGo

(08-15-2015 11:03 PM)Tiger-n-Bear Wrote:  

(08-15-2015 10:14 PM)den2010 Wrote:  

(08-15-2015 09:46 PM)TRest3 Wrote:  

(08-15-2015 07:49 PM)den2010 Wrote:  I'm planning on attending the Houston vs UConn game this season. My dad,friend, and I would like to see how tailgating is done by the UConn fans. If you provide us with food, I will provide you with craft beer from the surrounding Houston area.

You might want to post this on the Boneyard to get a wider audience.

How do I post a thread on that forum?

It's a mystery...I'm not sure such a thing as a UConn football fan exists. Good luck in your endeavors. #GoTigersGo

I can't tell if you're joking but you could perhaps check attendance records over the last record to make comparisons between, say, Memphis fans and UConn fans.

(08-15-2015 10:14 PM)den2010 Wrote:  

(08-15-2015 09:46 PM)TRest3 Wrote:  

(08-15-2015 07:49 PM)den2010 Wrote:  I'm planning on attending the Houston vs UConn game this season. My dad,friend, and I would like to see how tailgating is done by the UConn fans. If you provide us with food, I will provide you with craft beer from the surrounding Houston area.

You might want to post this on the Boneyard to get a wider audience.

How do I post a thread on that forum?

Just sign up...we often tailgate with visiting fans so I am sure you will get a warm response.

Dear UCONN Fans:

Please start looking for a new head football coach preferably sooner rather than later. Thank you.


-AAC

(08-16-2015 08:47 AM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  Dear UCONN Fans:

Please start looking for a new head football coach preferably sooner rather than later. Thank you.


-AAC

Dear Bearcat#1:


We get it. You have a serious man-crush on Bob Diaco. Perhaps you can finally let him know this. Thank you.


- UCONN fans

Yukon has no offensive line once again it will be a rough year we have big clumsy athletes on da offensive line I'm told.

(08-15-2015 07:49 PM)den2010 Wrote:  I'm planning on attending the Houston vs UConn game this season. My dad,friend, and I would like to see how tailgating is done by the UConn fans. If you provide us with food, I will provide you with craft beer from the surrounding Houston area.

I live about 5 miles from the Rent (I'm admitting this?) although I think I am at another game that weekend. I'll give you some advice on UConn tailgating.

1. It's going to be cold ! Nov 21.... damn. I really think Houston will need this game to win the West (I picked them to win the West but this is a serious trap game). Who knows though.. I've taken eggplants out of my garden after Thanksgiving before.. but it's also snowed before then. I'm betting on cold.

2. UConn is going to be god awful this year. Probably not as bad as last year. You should easily be able to get tickets as an "upgrade" when you get there.

3. There's decent food now (and beer) inside the stadium.

4. Parking is ample and easy.. it's right off 3 highways. The field is surrounded by a giant grass field in all directions with the only exception a random Cabella's in the middle. Trust me though, you won't need to worry about finding parking because UConn will probably so bad at this point it will be easy to find. Margaritas across the street is a decent bar/dinner but if you are coming from Houston you probably don't want to eat Mexican food up here!

5. Go check out the campus after or before the game if you've never been and you have time. Beautiful campus - I'd put it in my top 5 of campuses I've been on (Cal-Berkeley and Flagler College being co-Number 1s). It's half an hour away (or so) but now that they've built a town around it, there's places to eat there, etc. East Hartford, where the stadium is, it's pretty industrial.. it's not unsafe really during the day at all, but there's not much there. Sure there are bars and all in Hartford and the mall area of Manchester - but take away around Storrs if you have the time.

6. UConn fans have a reputation of being jerks in the parking lot.. and that's true if you come from Rutgers or BC or Syracuse or some local school. I think they'll probably be pretty friendly with Houston fans at that point because they'll just be happy people are making the trip here. They will probably be nice to you.

Park in the Pratt and Whitney Air Craft club. It's cheaper, has no tailgaiting restrictions, and allows you access to heated indoor bathrooms. The lot is visiting fan friendly and comprised mostly of season ticket holders who are too cheap to purchase Blue Lot parking passes for the season.

(08-17-2015 06:18 AM)Hank Schrader Wrote:  Park in the Pratt and Whitney Air Craft club. It's cheaper, has no tailgaiting restrictions, and allows you access to heated indoor bathrooms. The lot is visiting fan friendly and comprised mostly of season ticket holders who are too cheap to purchase Blue Lot parking passes for the season.

Interesting.. never tried that lot before... although I've actually rode a bicycle before to the games and just latched on to others' tailgates!

(08-17-2015 02:08 PM)jskwrite Wrote:  

(08-17-2015 06:18 AM)Hank Schrader Wrote:  Park in the Pratt and Whitney Air Craft club. It's cheaper, has no tailgaiting restrictions, and allows you access to heated indoor bathrooms. The lot is visiting fan friendly and comprised mostly of season ticket holders who are too cheap to purchase Blue Lot parking passes for the season.

Interesting.. never tried that lot before... although I've actually rode a bicycle before to the games and just latched on to others' tailgates!

well my tailgate was once joined by two random bicyclists a few years ago before I believe before the UMass game....could it be???!

(08-18-2015 09:34 AM)Hank Schrader Wrote:  

(08-17-2015 02:08 PM)jskwrite Wrote:  

(08-17-2015 06:18 AM)Hank Schrader Wrote:  Park in the Pratt and Whitney Air Craft club. It's cheaper, has no tailgaiting restrictions, and allows you access to heated indoor bathrooms. The lot is visiting fan friendly and comprised mostly of season ticket holders who are too cheap to purchase Blue Lot parking passes for the season.

Interesting.. never tried that lot before... although I've actually rode a bicycle before to the games and just latched on to others' tailgates!

well my tailgate was once joined by two random bicyclists a few years ago before I believe before the UMass game....could it be???!

No, I remember that tailgate because I hosted it! That was a pretty one-sided game. Back when the defense was still dominant but the offense was clueless...

Enjoy your time at the UConn game. Dress warmly! Do you know if you are flying into Bradley Airport? You can fly into Providence and take Route 6 to East Hartford. If you intend to do a New England tour most of the trees will have dropped their leaves by November 22nd. UConn's campus in Storrs is a short detour North of Route 6. Uconn's campus has been transformed over the past 25 years of continuous construction. It is now quite beautiful, but the "town" of Storrs makes Starkville, MS & Manhattan, KS look like bustling metropolises. If you want to do the Costal New England thing, Newport, RI is a short drive from Storrs; Route 6 East to route 102 South to Route 4 South.