1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,500 Hello everyone this is your host Brian Garner and welcome to Tigers tailgates 2 00:00:04,500 --> 00:00:11,760 and friends. So did you think it was gonna be easy this year? With the success 3 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:15,760 the Tigers had last year and the flurry of activity going on you know here in 4 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:22,020 the preseason you better batten down the hatches. If you are not a season ticket 5 00:00:22,020 --> 00:00:29,260 holder and the Mizzou ticket office has sold over 44,000 season tickets 6 00:00:29,260 --> 00:00:34,680 you might be in for a bit of a bumpy ride. Let me explain. Let's let's talk 7 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:40,900 tickets. The Mizzou allotment of season tickets was sold out. Mizzou played seven 8 00:00:40,900 --> 00:00:46,760 home games and as of a weekend or so ago the total number of remaining tickets 9 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:55,560 for all seven of those home games was 1,961. That's all they had left. How do 10 00:00:55,560 --> 00:01:01,400 you get tickets to a game? Right now Mizzou is offering a four pack of 11 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:06,920 tickets to the first two home games for $99 which includes all you can eat hot 12 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:12,780 dogs, popcorn, and soda. Now these seats are located up in the 300 level and if 13 00:01:12,780 --> 00:01:17,720 you want to get in on that you call 1-800-CATPAUSE. You better do it now 14 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:28,360 before they're gone. Another offer they are having is a real steal on hill seats. 15 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:33,840 Now they call those standing room only but everybody sits on the hill. Those are 16 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:40,200 going for about 15 bucks but you better get a hold of the ticket office to find 17 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:47,000 out. Again that number is 1-800-CATPAUSE. You better be ready for a little bit of 18 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:52,280 a wait because I'm sure here at the last second it is going to be crowded on the 19 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:57,800 phone lines. Secondary ticket market is your next option but here you're going 20 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:03,000 to be at the mercy of the secondary ticket scalpers so to speak and on top 21 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:06,680 of the horrible resale costs you're going to have they'll have fees tacked 22 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:11,960 on that you're going to have to you know pay and with the excitement building for 23 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:16,480 the potential success these prices are going to be at a premium and demand is 24 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:22,680 going to be awfully high so good luck with that. This first segment is brought 25 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:28,520 to you by Livestream STL the St. Louis leader in sports streaming service. If 26 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:36,400 you'd like to get in on the Livestream by being a sponsor when will they bring 27 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:40,800 you high school and college junior college sports the number to call there 28 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:51,640 is 314-852-4398 again that's Livestream STL. Let's talk parking. 90% of the 29 00:02:51,640 --> 00:02:55,480 parking lots are permit only meaning they were assigned to season ticket 30 00:02:55,480 --> 00:03:00,360 holders before the season started. Sometimes these folks if they can't go 31 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:04,920 to a game or two they'll sell their parking passes for a particular game. 32 00:03:04,920 --> 00:03:10,600 There are a few public garages where you can park around the complex. These 33 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:15,880 are on a first-come first-serve basis cash only when you enter. You can go to 34 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:21,520 MUTigres.com you can go to game day and then scroll and make your way through 35 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:27,640 to parking maps all that information will be there. I believe the cost of the 36 00:03:27,640 --> 00:03:35,160 public garages and the handicapped parking lot is $40. It's upped again this 37 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:40,580 year so there you have that option. There are some free garages you can park in 38 00:03:40,580 --> 00:03:45,840 that are a little more toward the middle of campus. You may have to hoof it a bit 39 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:52,920 before you know before you get to the stadium but there's a couple of those. So 40 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:59,000 if you go to MUTigres.com you'll find color-coded maps with permit lots, public 41 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:05,200 parking, the ADA parking all that. The last thing about parking I think many 42 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:11,360 Mizzou fans especially the first-time Mizzou fan meaning freshman parents I 43 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:15,760 don't think you quite understand the amount of traffic and potential 44 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:23,560 congestion that's going to be you know in and around the complex. Warning leave 45 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:29,420 early or you're gonna get caught up in all that traffic trying to get into the 46 00:04:29,420 --> 00:04:36,120 different tailgate lots. This is gonna be a mess. Parking lots usually open at 8 a.m. 47 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:42,080 for the games that start at noon or later and for games that start before 48 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:49,200 noon the lots typically in the past opened at 7 a.m. but again good luck with 49 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:56,180 this. Let's move on to tailgating. If you're a tailgate newbie and I say that 50 00:04:56,180 --> 00:05:02,600 affectionately or if you want to say a rookie here are some helpful tips. First 51 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:08,840 tip hook up with a friend at their tailgate. You got to know somebody 52 00:05:08,840 --> 00:05:16,080 that's a veteran you could hook up with them experience a great tailgate learn 53 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:23,320 the ropes and have a great time and you can do that right from the outset. If you 54 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:28,800 want to go at it for yourself here are some suggestions. Number one get a tent 55 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:35,080 that's about 10 by 10 that's the perfect size to put up behind your car. This will 56 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:40,840 keep the Sun off of you here in these hot September months. Number two bring 57 00:05:40,840 --> 00:05:46,480 some chairs to sit in while you're tailgating. Number three bring food 58 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:50,920 whether it be a picnic style or if you want to cook at your tailgate we'll talk 59 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:56,160 about that a little bit later but you have options. Number four bring a table 60 00:05:56,160 --> 00:06:00,320 or two to set your items on. You don't want to be setting stuff on the ground 61 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:05,480 or working out of the back of your car so a nice little table would be key. 62 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:13,240 Number five and most important here in this hot weather stuff a cooler with 63 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:17,260 whatever you want to drink but be sure while the weather's hot that you got 64 00:06:17,260 --> 00:06:24,080 plenty of ice. There's nowhere around the athletic complex football stadium area 65 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:29,840 that you can get ice so you will be SOL if you don't bring plenty of ice. 66 00:06:29,840 --> 00:06:37,200 Another key bring weights to attach to the legs of your tent because when you 67 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:41,840 get up there the wind starts blowing sometimes it's a nice cool breeze 68 00:06:41,840 --> 00:06:48,200 sometimes it blows like crazy but it blows across the parking lots and when 69 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:52,600 you first get there like I've done early in the morning there's no wind at all 70 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:58,040 when I'm setting up but by Joe as soon as you get set up the wind starts blowing 71 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:04,680 across those hills and if you don't have your tent hunkered down with weights 72 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:09,640 your tent could get picked up and tossed around like a cork and that will ruin 73 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:16,840 your day. Every year I see several tents destroyed because people didn't have 74 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:21,960 them weighted down the wind will start blowing and you'll actually see it lift 75 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:27,360 up the tents and move them. There are sometimes people bring just minute 76 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:32,080 little weight and it's still a pick it up because the tent canopy acts as a 77 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:40,360 parachute weight down your tents. You can get as minimalistic as you wish or you 78 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:45,520 can get as extravagant as you would like with tailgating in the food. People bring 79 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:50,720 generators like myself and Rick Storey to power electrical devices they bring 80 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:59,160 different types of grills myself I've been known to bring a ninja grill that's 81 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:05,640 powered by electricity a charcoal grill a pizza oven that's powered by propane 82 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:10,680 and even a black stone that's powered by propane and there's been occasions 83 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:16,720 depending on what I'm fixing that I bring a combination of some of those so 84 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:21,920 they have a hot coal bin that's stationed around that you can dump your 85 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:29,440 coals in but there you have options there. My biggest advice for newbies and 86 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:34,480 rookies and again I use those terms lovingly is to join the Mizzou 87 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:40,720 tailgating Facebook page. The administrator is Rick Storey. This page 88 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:46,720 is a private group with over 10,000 members that was started by Rick I'm 89 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:52,000 saying maybe 10 or so years ago. It was designed to help tailgaters because 90 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:59,640 Mizzou you will not find any information on Mizzou websites about tailgating so 91 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:06,240 Rick started this page to help people with tailgating questions advice and all 92 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:11,120 the like. The members of this group are the friendliest bunch around they're 93 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:17,360 always looking to assist new folks in any aspect of the tailgating they are 94 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:21,600 warm welcoming and some will even invite you to their tailgates to get you rolling 95 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:29,520 now all you got to do to join is send a request to join the group and soon as 96 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:33,760 Rick gets home from work and he sees that request he'll hit you up you'll join 97 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:40,160 there's no test you got to take there's nothing like that you just asked to join 98 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:45,520 menus for tailgating range from the simple brats burgers and hot dogs to the 99 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:51,680 more involved for example Rick Storey and myself are known for our tailgate 100 00:09:51,680 --> 00:09:57,680 meals from like biscuits and gravy french toast pancakes breakfast burritos 101 00:09:57,680 --> 00:10:02,320 just to get the day started now there were some friends of mine that tailgate 102 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:09,600 right next to me where I tailgate and oh my gosh there's a they are a group of 103 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:21,680 about 20 25 people it's family and they bring grills hot oil fryers blacks that 104 00:10:21,680 --> 00:10:26,720 you name it they bring it but what they do for breakfast they cook eggs bacon 105 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:32,160 pancakes sausage and biscuits it's unbelievable the stuff that they make 106 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:37,520 then once they get done with that they will move on into the lunch hour at some 107 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:44,480 point and I've seen them making fried chicken catfish french fries burgers 108 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:51,880 brought wings you're only limited by your imagination so like I said moving 109 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:56,560 into lunch meals with things like again I said jambalaya has been fixed fried 110 00:10:56,560 --> 00:11:06,720 chicken ribs pork tenderloins pizza yes pizza fajitas wings brisket and Rick 111 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:13,080 Storey the administrator for Mizzou tailgating on Facebook and a dear friend 112 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:21,360 of mine when Florida comes to town Rick has a gator ship to himself and he 113 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:27,720 actually smokes a gator right there in the parking lot and serves gator when 114 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:32,360 the Florida gators come to town I'm not kidding you people don't believe it but 115 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:38,360 it happens again I said your menus only limited by your imagination and your 116 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:44,720 energy level you can do as little as you want or as much as you want a lot of 117 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:49,440 fans like myself and Rick Storey and dozens and hundreds and dozens of 118 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:53,840 others will cook up a hearty breakfast then follow that up with a very 119 00:11:53,840 --> 00:12:01,480 appetizing lunch or an early dinner it depends on the game time game times 120 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:08,480 vary from 1130 a.m. to 7 p.m. kickoffs any time in between the game times are 121 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:13,640 controlled by TV networks so don't get upset with Mizzou or anybody else you 122 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:19,880 all know if you watch sports sports is controlled by the money bag networks 123 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:26,720 they will tell SEC teams and other college conferences what time they want 124 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:32,120 the games to air so they can work and get the best and biggest ratings and 125 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:38,320 those game times are usually announced a week prior to the game as for 126 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:43,680 beverages boy I'm telling you anything goes soda make sure you have plenty of 127 00:12:43,680 --> 00:12:50,200 water beer liquor it all flows and plays baby at Mizzou tailgates some tailgate 128 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:55,400 parties bring bars to set up with friends to serve their guests drinks for 129 00:12:55,400 --> 00:13:01,080 my vantage point in the ADA lot I can see right now in my imagination I can 130 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:06,960 see three different tailgates that bring bars assemble them put them up and they 131 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:13,520 serve drinks to their patrons right from the bars it's quite the ordeal some 132 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:18,280 tailgates are small in nature maybe three to four people are two or three 133 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:24,600 couples of friends and then you know they go up exponentially I'll give you 134 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:29,480 an example a few years ago Rick story and myself planned on heading to Wyoming 135 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:35,760 when Mizzou was taken on the Wyoming Cowboys in Laramie it started out as a 136 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:41,480 intimate little gathering now maybe eight ten twelve of us and as the word 137 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:46,440 got out on the tailgating page more and more people were going and they wanted 138 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:52,440 to join us well we found a pretty good-sized lot and everybody bought 139 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:59,040 parking passes in those lots and but I guess maybe I don't know a few days 140 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:04,560 before we left it really got crazy all of a sudden there were more and more 141 00:14:04,560 --> 00:14:09,000 people contacting Rick and myself and before you know it we had about 50 or 142 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:16,000 60 people well we weren't done then on Tuesday or Wednesday before the game I 143 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:23,400 have a lot of friends that are parents of the players and before you know it 144 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:28,760 the players parents all contacted me and asked if they could join us well Rick 145 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:33,600 and I being the tailgaters that we are we said absolutely the more the merrier 146 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:38,120 suddenly the word was spread through the Mizzou tailgating page on Facebook and 147 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:45,080 on the Mizzou parents football team private page we let them know where we 148 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:50,160 were at where we're gonna be and we made plans you know for food accordingly told 149 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:55,840 people to bring stuff when we got set up that morning people were around us they 150 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:59,680 kept showing up and throughout the morning more and more kept showing up 151 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:06,400 before we could even eat a bratwurst or drink a beer there were about 85 to 100 152 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:12,040 people at our tailgate I'm not kidding you we had more fun we should have been 153 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:16,600 arrested for the fun we had needless to say it was an awesome experience that 154 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:24,720 still talked about today and there are tailgates like that happening with Rick 155 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:31,120 over in lot X where he's at they have a group over there that oh my gosh they 156 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:37,700 all get together they have TV set up they all bring food and I would say that 157 00:15:37,700 --> 00:15:43,280 lot X group around Rick is probably 50 to 60 people over in the lot where I'm 158 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:49,840 at there are some days oh I don't know anywhere between oh maybe a small 159 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:58,080 gathering of 10 or 12 14 up to 40 or 50 it just people love tailgating they love 160 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:02,560 showing up and tailgating with friends or if they get the chance to park by us 161 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:12,280 they do and it turns into a great big pregame party tailgating won't always be 162 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:18,000 easy and what do I mean by this the first couple games the weather could be 163 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:25,440 in the 80s you really need to dress down to maybe shirts t-shirts I'm sorry 164 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:30,760 shirts t-shirts shorts and bring some sunscreen and make sure you got your 165 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:35,000 tent you'll also get games where the wind blows across the hills in the 166 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:40,080 parking lots you know that the parking lot sit on sometimes that wind is mild 167 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:48,820 and easy and a welcome sight sometimes it's horrible and blows gale force I say 168 00:16:48,820 --> 00:16:53,460 it you got a your stuff blowing around you can have stuff blowing off the 169 00:16:53,460 --> 00:16:59,640 tables there have been times even with the heavy concrete well let me back up 170 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:07,040 my weights on my tent are three foot long three inch in diameter PVC pipe 171 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:13,560 that is filled with concrete and I'd say each one of those is probably oh I don't 172 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:20,360 know 30 40 pounds and they are attached to the legs of my tent and I have one on 173 00:17:20,360 --> 00:17:27,000 each leg other people do you sandbags some people use weights that are 174 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:31,480 specially made to slip around the legs of the tent but I'm telling you you 175 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:35,700 better be ready for that wind to come through there and sometimes even with me 176 00:17:35,700 --> 00:17:39,760 it'll start to pick up my canopy and move it and a lot of times people will 177 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:43,720 reach up and grab the crossbars of the canopy just to keep them from blowing 178 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:51,080 around so you got to do that but the wind could play havoc with your tailgate 179 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:55,760 so be prepared when you set stuff like on the table stuff that you got something 180 00:17:55,760 --> 00:18:00,600 to sit on top of it so your napkins and plates and and and empty dishes that 181 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:07,920 you're getting ready to fill don't blow away then you get rain oh boy you get 182 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:15,440 the rain whether it be a misting rain which ain't so bad a little shower or a 183 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:21,880 heavy constant rain or the monsoon type we have tailgate in it all folks it's 184 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:28,960 gonna happen to you this is where you got to be prepared you never know check 185 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:35,200 the weather before you go and if there's even the slightest chance for rain take 186 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:44,680 rain stuff take rain suits be prepared to to put your stuff in plastic containers 187 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:49,120 under your tent so they don't get drowned another thing you can do some 188 00:18:49,120 --> 00:18:57,080 tents you buy come with side panels if they don't go get side panels that you 189 00:18:57,080 --> 00:19:02,240 can velcro attached to the sides of your tents to help you keep from getting wet 190 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:06,880 I'm telling you rain is gonna come into play you don't want all your stuff 191 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:12,960 getting soaked and again that'll ruin your day you know nothing like a 192 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:20,040 horribly wet tailgate I'm gonna give you an example again Rick Storey and I are 193 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:25,560 great friends and a few years ago we went to Memphis Tennessee for the Liberty 194 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:30,360 Bowl that Mizzou was playing in we always checked the rather weather we 195 00:19:30,360 --> 00:19:37,320 were ready but and and we'll cover in a future episode we will cover road trips 196 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:41,480 and tailgating but we were all set up and ready to go so when we got there 197 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:46,760 there was it was okay it was a little breezy and right before we got 198 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:55,760 everything set up it started raining a little bit so we saw what might happen 199 00:19:55,760 --> 00:20:03,360 well there was a tractor-trailer parked about 30 30 40 50 feet to our east and 200 00:20:03,360 --> 00:20:07,640 it was empty there was nothing around and some people that had sat up there 201 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:13,520 left well we went over there set up our tents right next to it so that way we 202 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:18,200 have some cover on the one side of our tent now we were just lucky well boy 203 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:27,440 here come the rain and we got my rain suit out of my car got that on and 204 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:34,200 everybody else had rain gear on ponchos and stuff like that well as Wyatt Earp 205 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:41,080 said in Tombstorm hell was a coming and here came the rain it was raining like 206 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:47,920 crazy everybody was hunkered down under the tent we were staying dry because of 207 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:52,960 the rain suits the ponchos and all that and we were hanging on to the tent even 208 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:57,080 though Rick had weighted his tent down we were hanging on to it so the wind 209 00:20:57,080 --> 00:21:08,400 wouldn't pick it up and blow it all the while our amenities dishes and all that 210 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:14,600 stuff were undercover well the wind was blowing so hard Rick was cooking I 211 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:23,280 believe it was a big pot of jambalaya he had a beer in one hand he was had a 212 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:26,920 ladle in the other hand stirring that jambalaya to make sure it didn't burn 213 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:34,000 we hung on folks I'm telling you we didn't lose the tent the accessories 214 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:40,240 all the tailgate stuff or the pot of food and when we endured the storm and 215 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:47,880 it stopped we climbed out of our rain gear we had one heck of a lunch and a 216 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:55,680 great finish to our tailgate point being you gotta be prepared you gotta brave 217 00:21:55,680 --> 00:22:02,680 the elements man hold on now we ain't done we ain't done not by long shot now 218 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:10,200 you move into the cold weather deep in the fall and sometimes snow you want to 219 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:15,160 tailgate in the cold weather or snow you don't well that's why nobody will 220 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:22,120 remember your name but some of us hardheads that are die-hard fans we will 221 00:22:22,120 --> 00:22:31,640 show up at 8 a.m. for a 7 p.m. kickoff weather be damned we will set up and we 222 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:38,560 will roll I'll give an example of what happened with that well first let's back 223 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:42,760 up first let's get you acclimated so here's the deal with the cold weather 224 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:47,520 you gotta dress in heavy warm layers because if you're gonna tailgate like a 225 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:55,840 pro you're gonna be out there a while boots wool socks long johns sweatpants 226 00:22:55,840 --> 00:23:03,760 jeans layered top jackets scarves gloves the whole thing some people even have 227 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:09,080 hand warmers you know the kind you shake up that you use for hunting we use those 228 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:14,880 I have electric hand warmers that are battery operated that a friend turned me 229 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:21,440 on to I use those it helps keep the hands warm you can put the panels up on 230 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:28,920 your tents to keep the heat in and the cold out some people bring fire pits I 231 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:33,680 don't know if they're outlawed or not but I've seen them and some people bring 232 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:41,360 electric or propane heaters one of my buddies biggie Ernest Parnell he brings 233 00:23:41,360 --> 00:23:46,320 a fire pit and wood to burn to help keep his guests warm you can do this it's a 234 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:53,080 mindset it's a challenge and it's a boatload of fun a few years ago Mizzou 235 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:57,800 was playing Tennessee and it was a late game I think a seven either six or 236 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:04,080 seven o'clock kickoff the lots opened at 8 a.m. there wasn't a it was cold there 237 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:09,560 was a threat of snow and there wasn't a lot of people tailgating at that time or 238 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:16,600 even entering the lot I was the first one into my lot I got my tent set up got 239 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:23,840 my chair sit right outside of my tent kept going got my tables out got me a 240 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:30,160 hot cup of coffee as I was setting everything up and as I was finishing up 241 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:34,840 batten down the hatches of the tent I looked over at my chair because it had 242 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:41,680 started snowing and my chair was filling with snow I'm not kidding what'd I do you 243 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:47,720 ask here's what I did I finished that cup of coffee I brushed that snow out of my 244 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:54,760 chair poured myself a cocktail and about nine about quarter to nine I was having 245 00:24:54,760 --> 00:25:01,000 a cocktail and waiting on other hearty souls to show up you can do this tail 246 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:06,040 gating is the second coolest thing on Saturdays in the fall coming right 247 00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:15,080 behind the Mizzou game itself so folks you got to be ready for the elements 248 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:21,280 after Mizzou's success on the field last year and the prospects for this year it 249 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:28,840 could be it could be a best bet for me since I've become a season ticket holder 250 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:35,680 that this could be the best year ever my kids are going to be joining me often 251 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:41,760 for tailgating and the games as well as my two-year-old grandson you have no 252 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:46,800 idea how cool it is for me to have my kids there almost every Saturdays at the 253 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:52,880 zoo tailgating with me enjoying great food great Tiger fans the friends I've 254 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:59,360 made there and on the home front my wife who does not attend the games but she'll 255 00:25:59,360 --> 00:26:04,640 have it on in at home because she wants to know what kind of mood I'm gonna be 256 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:10,080 and when I get home and she'll follow the game she doesn't come but she'll be 257 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:15,360 enjoying having Saturdays to an empty house all by herself and for those of 258 00:26:15,360 --> 00:26:20,280 you who know me and my passion for this program and how excited I get on 259 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:26,760 Saturdays in the fall well this year is gonna get worse for me I'm gonna blow the 260 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:32,160 lid off the tailgating at the zoo with friends friends like Brett Scott and 261 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:39,560 Dina Joey and Monica Tanya and Joe and countless others who will choose to join 262 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:45,720 us and friends from the tailgate page who will come by just to say hi or even 263 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:52,960 enjoy some food with us folks all I can say this year's for this year it's a new 264 00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:58,280 year we're getting the band back together we're on a mission from God 265 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:06,120 well folks this segment is brought to you by the Mizzou tailgating Facebook 266 00:27:06,120 --> 00:27:13,920 page in existence for about ten years the administrator is Rick Story get on 267 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:19,480 Facebook go to the Mizzou tailgating page ask to join they'll get you set up 268 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:26,720 they'll welcome you with open arms and be a part of the tailgating experience 269 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:33,680 now it's time for we're gonna christen this ship with the recipe of the day 270 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:42,000 today's recipe bacon wrapped bratwurst bites now the recipe I'm gonna give you 271 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:47,320 is for about oh I don't know 12 bratwurst bites but you can adjust the 272 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:52,560 ingredients and increase them for the amount of people that you might have at 273 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:58,620 your tailgate again I think this recipe is for about 12 brat bites but when I've 274 00:27:58,620 --> 00:28:04,120 tailgated and I've made these it's every year I do them I make them for about a 275 00:28:04,120 --> 00:28:11,840 hundred and twenty brat bites which a lot of people so here we go get yourself 276 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:19,600 four brats one teaspoon of cayenne pepper and five tablespoons of brown 277 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:27,120 sugar six slices of bacon you can bake these in the oven the night before bring 278 00:28:27,120 --> 00:28:34,000 them up game day heat them up and serve them they're outstanding you can grill 279 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:41,520 them whatever you like so you cut the brats into thirds in a side bowl you 280 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:46,440 mix the brown sugar and cayenne pepper and mix it up well you take the bacon 281 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:52,920 you cut the bacon strips in half you take a brat you wrap it in a half piece 282 00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:59,400 of bacon you secure it to the brat with a toothpick and then once you get those 283 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:05,400 done you start dropping your brats with the bacon wrapped around it you drop it 284 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:10,960 in the mixture bowl and coat it with the ingredients of brown sugar and cayenne 285 00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:15,880 pepper place them on the grill and be careful but if you're not careful and 286 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:20,160 you turn them off and the bacon will start burning and then you ruin them so 287 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:24,520 be careful when you cook them on the grill and and I've I've baked mine in 288 00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:29,360 the oven the night before and then heat them in a chafe banquet pans morning 289 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:32,880 of the game and I've cooked them on the grill I'd like cooking them the night 290 00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:38,480 before getting them ready and they heat up perfectly in banquet pans the next 291 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:44,000 day the cooking time in the oven is about 35 minutes but again watch your 292 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:50,400 grill times it could bury folks that's our recipe of the day if you would like 293 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:55,360 one of your recipes featured on Tigers tailgates and friends email it to me at 294 00:29:55,360 --> 00:30:06,040 capital B lowercase Garner so be Garner GAR NER 2422 at att.net that's the 295 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:12,800 podcast email and we'll share one recipe every week as we go along after at the 296 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:17,760 end of every episode and if we start getting lots of recipe submissions I 297 00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:24,440 will take one episode in its entirety and we'll devote the entire show to 298 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:30,560 tailgate recipes so jump on board if anyone would like to stop by my tailgate 299 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:35,800 to say hi for the first game coming up Thursday against Murray State or you 300 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:41,720 would like to join our tailgate on any particular Saturday let me know email me 301 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:46,560 here at the show my location is I'm on the southeast corner of the Hearn Center 302 00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:54,200 in the ADA parking lot I'm in row one I'm right adjacent to the corner of the 303 00:30:54,200 --> 00:31:02,960 Hearn Center I have a white Toyota RAV4 with SEC football on the license plates 304 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:08,400 folks a very special thank you to all you listeners I appreciate the time 305 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:12,880 you've taken to share your day with me please share Tigers tailgates and 306 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:15,800 friends with your friends and I encourage you to get involved by 307 00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:24,120 contacting us again via email be Garner 2422 at att.net I've already had many 308 00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:29,040 friends reach out with well wishes and I'm so grateful to all of you who've 309 00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:33,760 already reached out for the and given me kind words and words of encouragement 310 00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:40,600 and wishing me well I appreciate that and I'm grateful to all the kind words 311 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:46,080 and it's always great to hear from friends I love you guys you can find us 312 00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:53,520 at Spotify Amazon music Samsung podcast podcast index listen notes and probably 313 00:31:53,520 --> 00:32:00,040 as of Tuesday when this is published every Tuesday morning but as of Tuesday 314 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:04,160 it'll probably be on Apple podcast I ran into a little glitch and I'm gonna get 315 00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:09,960 some help Monday morning and we'll we'll get on there too so look for us find us 316 00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:15,040 join us and let's have some fun come back next week when our topic will be a 317 00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:23,440 day in the life of Mizzou fall camp till next time folks M I Z