re: The biggest dent to the in game atmosphere is the growth of all day on campus tailgating

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We would tailgate every home game at the airplane, and we would get to campus at 1pm for a 7pm kickoff. Besides a select few, campus wouldn’t fill in until around 3pm

Now, it’s 10am and campus is pretty packed and tailgates going full speed. Overall people are just dead going into the game and the tailgate is now the main event

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This is true, but some of this can be traced back to university policies around access/parking IMO. It’s much harder now to tailgate without going “all-in” on it. It’s like your options are either A) don’t tailgate or B) tailgate from the arse crack of dawn onwards.