College Gameday Campout Advice Thread

The only thing you really NEED is alcohol. The rest all depends on how comfortable you want to be.

I'll suggest a good lantern type light and a deck of cards.

This will be my 8th total Gameday and my 3rd here at home. I've actually never camped out for one (although I was one of the Oklahoma campers earlier this year). If I didn't have a tailgate to manage the next day, not to mention my friends and family coming to town this weekend, I'd probably be out there as well. This is my krewe's last night game in Tiger Stadium as students so it will be an emotional day for sure.

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Some more thoughts:
Have a car as close as possible to Gameday that you can fit all your shite inside and leave. Around 4am I'd start packing up ferrying things to the car while the rest of you waits and saves y'all's spot. Seriously, crowds of people will start showing up and just cutting. I was kinda furious.

You're gonna want to party all night (or if you're like me you are) but try to get at least two or three hours of sleep (bring earplugs if you're not a heavy sleeper because there will be noise all night).

Be as minimalistic as possible because carrying your shite around will blow.

If you aren't 21 yet and still want to drink avoid obvious drinking like carrying around a 5th or playing Beer pong. Nobody likes MIPs, and there will be security around what with it being gameday and if people are obviously drinking it may bring unwanted attention. May not, but better safe than sorry with that shite.

Other things to bring that aren't necessities but nice to have:
Snacks (pop tarts are your friend, great snack and great breakfast)

A lantern (set it on the ice chest for a well lit table you can all play Captain Dickhead on or whatever card/drinking games y'all want)

Coozies: Warm hand, cold beer

Sweatshirt: outside it'll keep you warm, but when you get in your sleeping bag you can roll it up for a pillow, one less thing to carry.

Most importantly just have a good time. You only get to be a college kid for a few years. I wish I could be out there but I have work all night then straight to tailgating all day.

Seriously if you aren't there by tomorrow, just don't show up.

My advice is not to attempt to get into the fenced in area right behind the GameDay stage. There are too many rules you have to follow. You can bring in signs, but not mounted on anything. So its really tough to get any air time for a sign if you've spent a lot work creating. You also cannot bring any bottles (even if its water) inside that area either, people have thrown bottles in the past at GameDay staff.

My wife and I had much more fun staying on the outside of the fence. If you have a sign you want on TV, get something tall to mount it on and position yourself behind Kirk Herbstreit. He gets the most face time of any commentators behind the desk, and I've gotten a lot of TV time for my signs by positioning myself to where my sign is right over his left or right shoulder.

Also, if you're planning on going to the game don't yell too much! Save your voice for the Alabama Offence. If I leave an LSU game with the ability to talk I don't feel like I did my job as a Tiger fan.

Have fun!

Would getting there at 5:30 AM Saturday morning be too late?