Rutgers

We arrived around 4:30 and after socializing, and pizza, we left for Volleyball at Rec hall. Penn State women's ’a volleyball beat #5 Wisconsin in 5 sets. Shawn and Shari stopped over to visit. We went to bed around 2.

Official Stats

Guests:	15
RVs:	0

Saturday.

Students are home for the holiday break, but this game is pretty poorly attended. Hunting season also starts today. There were probably less people in the stands than MSU 2004. It was cold. We only played our second rounders and really let Rutgers linger within as little as 7 points of the lead until about 12 minutes left in the fourth. Most of our tailgaters went back to Suz’s after half time.

The Blue band played christmas music for half time. Chaad walked to Volleyball after the game. Nick and I took Cari’s car back home. We had an easy time getting out of the lots and to Suz's.

Penn State	Rutgers
27	6

Back at the house, we had white elephant round #2. We enjoyed brisket nachos, french onion soup while watching Oklahoma and OSU play. Everyone was tired and went to bed around midnight

Sunday

For the Glory,
-Rob, Tailgating Coordinator

Indiana

Saturday

For Lunch, the sandwiches were moist makers. There was sunshine but it was super cold in the west stands. In the first half, we jumped up 7 after Indiana fumbled, but they quickly tied it up. We were leading at half time, but briefly. Indiana hung on until near the end for an exciting game until we got our last touchdown. back at the tailgate, we dined on:

• potato and leek soup
• lamb chops
• sausage puff pastry

Sunday

For the Glory,
-Rob, Tailgating Coordinator

Michigan

For the Glory,
-Rob, Tailgating Coordinator

Saturday

The afternoon went quickly. Chad and I decided to venture over to the stadium to watch the team buses arrive and listen to Velveeta, who was was playing on the stage near the all-sports museum.

After we got back, we took the group photo.

The 7:30 whiteout game was sweatshirt weather. The Lions stuck first but Michigan come back in the second half and it felt like the refs start helping them.

Penn State	Michigan
28	21

We finally shut the door on Michigan with a dropped 4th and goal in the endzone. Final score 28-21. We rolled out Sunday AM after breakfast. Tailgating Newsletter Volume XVI Issue V

Purdue Homecoming

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

For the Glory,
-Rob, Tailgating Coordinator

@Maryland

Friday

The next day, we arrived at 11:30 am at Cherry Hill Campground. Alaina and I stayed there previously during our summer camping trip to Washington, DC in 2016. There were lots of other Penn Staters staying at the campground, which also had a game day shuttle to UM campus if we needed it. This was Chad's first time in a campground with his RV, which normally only goes boondocking. We had lunch at Mamma Lucia pizzeria up the road.

Around 2:30, Cari Margea and Deana arrived at the campground. Jessamyn arrives a short while later and we head over to UM campus and lot 11b. We set up our tailgate on the wooded edge of the lot in the warm afternoon sun.

Official Stats

Guests:	20
cars:	3
inflatable stadiums:	1
RVs:	1

By 3 PM, our 3 car setup with canopies was complete, because we definitely needed Shade.

Speaking of shade, we received plenty from the Maryland fans all day. It started when the Maryland fans tailgating next to us would not shake our hands for the Big Ten network camera crew and poor sportsmanship continued until halftime. While we didn’t have a grill at the tailgate, we enjoyed Shrimp cocktail, wings, and wraps. Chad V arrived via the metro and mentioned his son’s YouTube channel. We took a group photo and packed up at 7 PM.

The group left our tailgate and we walked across campus to game and got stuck in a log jam of people at a foot bridge. Once in the stadium, It was amazing to see that Penn Staters made up 40% of the evening crowd. PSU fans were in all white and Maryland fans were in black attire: A classic good vs. evil game.

The lion struck paydirt quickly with 2 touchdowns in the first 3 minutes. Maryland fans are silent. There was more noise from PSU fans on defense than from the Maryland fans.

Chad said, “It’d be nice to be 35-0 at half time.”

We ended up 38-0 at halftime and the entire Maryland student section left. I sampled some of the famous Crab fries. Penn State kept on the gas and got 2 more touchdowns in the 2nd half with the second string. We blanked Maryland 59-0. We celebrated with our alma mater post game and walked out with the pep band. We headed back to cars and were back to the RV by 12:30 AM on a warm fall night.

Penn State	Maryland
59	0

Saturday

• WWII memorial
• Vietnam wall.
• Lincoln Memorial
• Korean war Memorial
• MLK Memorial
• FDR Memorial
• Lunch at the food trucks
• Air and space museum
• Capital building exterior
• White House Exterior

Sunday

For the Glory,
-Rob, Tailgating Coordinator

Pitt

Friday

After dropping off our meat purchases at the RVs., the group walked to Lion surplus and the Penn State bakery. Both turned out to be a bust. Surplus didn't have anything good and the Bakery doesnt have a showroom. We caught the campus shuttle nearby with a very angry driver and got a ride downtown to Federal taphouse for lunch.

Official Stats

Guests:	35
RVs:	3

Matt got into town in the afternoon and meet us at the creamery. We all walked back to rv and enjoyed drinks at the RVs. Chad arrives later in the evening and we called it a night.

Saturday

During the week beforehand, Maddy was posting photos from our past 15 years on facebook.

The game started late due to a rain delay (the first at home that I can remember). Maybe 25% of fans were in the stadium when they announced it, so many of us just went back to the tailgate. It was a brief rain and the game started about 45 minutes late. We were all startled when a guy fell through one of the canopy sides. At first, we thought he was trying to catch a football, but it turns out that he was really drunk.

The rain was occasionally through the game.

We played PIGS post game and enjoyed a taco bar that we didn't have time to set up pre-game.

Things were folded up around 8 and I headed back to rv. When I got back, everyone was Drinking with neighbors and they were playing the radio. Everything was Packed up at midnight

Penn State	Pitt
17	10

Folks were annoyed again by the new traffic pattern.

Sun

For the Glory,
-Rob, Tailgating Coordinator

Idaho

Saturday

• Corn waffles with pulled pork and fried eggs
• mimosas
• pineapple chutney
• guava puff pastries
• bacon

SUNDAY.

MONDAY

For the Glory,
-Rob, Tailgating Coordinator

BWW 19

Since the RV lot was being parked back to front again, we ended up on RV west 1st with no one in front of us. Jeremy Miller stopped by on his way back from the gym. Alaina and I ordered Uncle chen's for dinner. The group enjoyed drinks and snacks in Rich & Nell’s camper. Rich decided to use me as a teaching buddy for slow dancing. Kori and the rest of us were singing along to “a star is born” soundtrack. We finally went to bed around 1.

Blue	White
24	7

Saturday

• Bacon
• Sausage gravy and biscuit via Cari on the grill
• Turkey club
• Pierogies casserole
• Cheesesteak dip
• Mac and cheese

During Game time coach Franklin awarded a Scholarship for touchdown. There was plenty of talk about the Star wars trailer for the last jedi. We also reviewed Maddy's tailgate notebook to discuss past tailgate favorites for the upcoming season.

The group packed up around 6 and I walked back to RV lot. We had lasagna and I got Cooler marinara due to leaking sauce bottle on the walk back.

Official Stats

Guests:	35
RVs:	2

It was a Beautiful evening, but some poor kid got yelled at by rich because so many Kids were walking through our site.

Sunday

For the Glory,
-Rob, Tailgating Coordinator

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