The return of football season means the return of the ultimate fan experience: the tailgate. What makes the tailgate unique and memorable transcends the event, it's the people you meet. The tailgate draws several characters to the parking lot each weekend, and their hilarious and, at times, annoying idiosyncrasies are what make the game inside of the parking lot as riveting—and frustrating—as the one taking place on the field.
With the college football season underway and the kickoff of the 2013 NFL season just a few days away, we examine the types of people you meet while tailgating. Are you any of these people? Have you encountered any of them? Soon enough, you will.
Written by Julian Kimble (@JRK316)
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You know the type. They're anti-social, acting as if their presence is a present. It's as if being at the tailgate (or any gathering, for that matter) is excrutiatingly painful, so they cluster together, hating on everything and being generally unapproachable. Here's our question: If you're too cool for school and far too cool to be at a tailgate, then what the fuck are you doing at a tailgate? No country for smug scenesters.
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