Comments on: No change in sight for tailgating procedures

By: lulz

lulz — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:53:54 +0000

And now, after going back and reading some of your past comments about you being in the marching band, I now know I was correct lulz

By: lulz

lulz — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:52:30 +0000

Allison,
You sound like someone who doesn’t get invited to much stuff so that’s probably why your attitude is like that.
No one likes fat, ugly, mean buzz kills

By: Class of 92

Class of 92 — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:57:30 +0000

First they came for the kegs, and we went along because we could still have cases of beer. Now, it seems, they have come for the cases of beer.

By: MJK 97

MJK 97 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:47:27 +0000

By the way….

“If alums want to occupy space that’s been allotted for our student body, that in itself is concerning sometimes. Is it really alumni’s spot to go into that tailgate?”

Have you ever been to a Michigan or Michigan State football game? Don’t most fans tailgate. Aren’t most fans Alumni? What an idiot. My parents still tailgate at MSU with friends and they are in their 60’s. Is that “concerning” to you? Idiot.

By: MJK 97

MJK 97 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:40:45 +0000

We had pretty fun tailgates back in the mid-90’s when I was a student. All the tailgating took place north of the stadium and had few restrictions. My last year up there (96-97), they had a similar crackdown because old alumni and police complained. Attendance plumeted at tailgates and the games. The low attendance followed for years until Central was close to losing it’s div.1 status for football because of the low attendance. Early this decade, GUESS WHAT HAPPENED?….they relaxed most rules for tailgating and welcomed the students back…giving them the entire south lot to party it up (away from the view of the old guard). Couple LeFevour’s play with fun tailgating and the attendence shot back up. Game day was fun again…even more than in the 90’s.

Now the “powers-that-be” have made the changes again…not remembering recent history. Well, LeFevour will be gone next year and without a fun tailgate, I predict a pretty empty stadium week after week in the future.

By: Glenn Beck

Glenn Beck — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:40:23 +0000

WHAT? No change in sight?

That totally motivates me to go to SGA meetings and pretend I have a say in WHO IS THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF CMU.

By: Allison

Allison — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:53:39 +0000

I am glad most of you think college is all about getting drunk and that is the only way you make a memorable college experience.

NEW FLASH…

IT’S NOT!!

I do drink, but not very often, because honestly I have better things to spend my money one than alcohol!

By: John Szoke

John Szoke — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:11:35 +0000

I think it’s seriously about time we discuss converting our traditional football team to a flag-football team. I mean, do you realize how many people get hurt playing tackle football? It’s very dangerous – broken collarbones, paralysis, dehydration, etc etc etc. Maybe we should even reconsider the whole idea of the football team itself. From what I remember in years past, more people have died at the hands of CMU football players than have died at the actual tailgates…. so maybe we should just can the entire program. For everyone’s safety. I mean, you can have fun at CMU with our without football. Right?

In all seriousness, don’t ruin the fun and the college memories for all students because there are a few kooks running around out there. Tailgating for me was a blast because it was one of the few time during the busy school week that you could really let loose, and … God forbid… DRINK MORE THAN A SIX PACK. You can take a few bad examples and paint a very broad picture, but in reality the troublemakers are the minority and should be handled as they have been in years past by the appropriate actions of the CMU and Mt. Pleasant police.

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:21:15 +0000

I think that some of the new rules were necessary but I think it’s the fact that students are being limited. No one likes being told what they can and cannot do. I won’t drink more than 6 beers or a pint of liquor, but I’m 21 which gives me the right to. A lot of times I share with my friends. The rules will be hard to adjust to, but the police weren’t hounding people last saturday. My friend walked in with a 30 pack and they didn’t stop him. Maybe the case would be different if there were 2,000 extra people…who knows. A few of my friends talked to the police and said they were pretty cool about it and some of them didn’t even agree with the new rules.

By: Allison

Allison — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:58:54 +0000

Coming from someone who doesn’t get to tailgate because I am in the Marching Band…

I think a lot of you are taking this way to far…

I have heard of stories of people getting hurt and sent to hospital at tailgate… So I can see where limiting your alcohol at tailgate and such isn’t such a bad idea. There are some things… Like the external speaker thing, yes… I think that is not a good rule. But for the most part… I think our university has the right thing in mind and that is our safety!

They aren’t taking tailgate away!! So go… give it a chance… Who knows maybe you will actually like it…

Also, coming from someone who doesn’t tailgate… But is at every home game (Yes I am there because I have to be, but I also want to be)… I think a lot of you use a football game a reason to drink and drunk, instead of coming out and supporting your school and your colors, which is what your really should be doing!!

And there is has been things going around about protesting games so they will change tailgate rules… Please don’t… Even if you still want to protest tailgate and tailgate on Main or wherever… Still come to the game and support your school and your team!!

FIRE UP CHIPS!!