PSU vs Temple 3:30 Kickoff

It's Disco Fever time! The Temple game will take us back to the 70's. Great music, great funky clothes, great fun!

According to the American Foods Timeline site, food popular in the 70's include:
Pasta Primavera
Zucchini Bread
Pumpkin Bread
Broccoli Casserole
Wacky Cake (what is that?)
Spaghetti Carbonara
Fettucine Alfredo
Spinach Salad


Foods introduced in the 1970s
Hamburger Helper
Egg McMuffins
Starbucks founded
Stove Top Stuffing
Cup 'O Noodles
Miller Lite
Famous Amos Cookies
Pop Rocks

Finally a 3:30 kickoff! This will allow us to sleep in a bit, kick back and enjoy a nice afternoon. Current forecast 69 and partly cloudy...Perfect!!

Kent State Game-noon kickoff

Moving our way through the decades, we will visit the 60s during the Kent State game. "Calling all tie-dyed hippies"!

According to the popular food trends Web site popular food trends in the 1960s included:
Iceberg Wedge Salad
Buffalo Wings
Swedish Meatballs
Fondue
Beef Wellington
Salad Bars

Some foods that were brought to America during this time include:
1960: Granny Smith Apples
1962: Taco Bell
1964: Pop-Tarts and Buffalo Wings
1965: Shake-N-Bake and Spaghetti Os
1966: Doritos
1969: Pringles

Look forward to seeing you before and after the game!

2010 Home Opener

Hello to another TailGREAT season! Here is a picture of our newest tailgater: Aaron Dennis born August 2nd. He can't wait to hang out with everyone at Lot 24!

I am pleased to announce this year's themes; this wonderfully fun idea came from Pam :)! In honor of Joe Pa's 45th season as head coach we are going to take a look back at Joe through the years. Each game we will celebrate a decade and we'll have some JoePa and Penn State history & highlights from that decade.

For the first game we will celebrate the 50s. Think poodle skirts and soda shoppes (burgers, dogs, milkshakes and fries). You can dress up for some real fun, bring food that was popular during that time or perhaps a food that was introduced during that decade. I'll provide some tips and inspiration, but really anything on the food end goes-no stress just bring what ya like to eat and share :). Click here for a great Web site that talks about popular foods for each of the decades.

Here is what the 50s brought us:
Dunkin Doughnuts (1950)
Cheez Whiz (1953)
Peeps (1954)
Certs (1956)
Ruffles (1958)

A few announcements:
We will hold the TailGREAT tournament as we did last year. It is planned for the October 30th, Michigan 8pm game.

Annual Soup Cook off will be held during the November 6th Northwestern game.

Pam and Rich will be out of town for Thanksgiving so there will be no RV for the final game (November 27th).

If you haven't heard get your parking passes early! Passes purchased before the game will be $10. Passes bought on game day will cost $40!! Yes, crazy as it seems $40 on game day. Here is the article on this change.

We love to hear from you so leave your comments below the post. Look forward to celebrating another Penn State season with everyone.

Love,
Tiffany
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Blue and White Weekend & other news

Hello all!
Long time no see. The warm weather we had this week got me excited for the annual Blue and White game. This year's game will be held Saturday April 24th and as always is free admission. The game begins at 2pm. We will be tailgating in our usual spot and hope to see many of your there! Just a pot luck for this low key tailgate.

Congratulations to Pam who won the first ever awarded BUTT trophy (Josh will have to refresh my memory on what BUTT stands for: Bowl Ultimate Tournament T???) Every Christmas Josh sets up a college bowl pool that we fill out when we are all together. This year he up'd the stakes and created a coveted trophy which will be passed around from year to year. Pam was the first winner and the trophy will be on display this tailgate season. Here are some pictures from the ceremony we held a few weeks ago:

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

Finally, we have some exciting news....there will be an extra Brushwood with us next tailgate season. We are expecting baby #3 July 31st! We are not finding out the gender so you'll have to wait and see if it is another little linebacker or a future Lionette.

Send us your comments on what's new with you over this long PSU break.

Hope to see you all in April!

PSU Last TaiGREAT:(

Hard to believe this Saturday marks our last TailGreat for the season. It has been a great year (despite the weather and two home losses)...

The last TailGreat is an annual favorite: The Soup Cook Off

Enter any soup for prizes and braggin rights.

The categories are:

Best Overall
2nd Place
Most Original Recipe
Best Presentation

Because it is a noon game we will continue voting after the game and announce the winners by 4pm.

Thank you to all who donated canned goods and tailgate supplies for next year. I will have the box set out for this game as well for those who would still like to donate. The Venture Club will be putting together Thanksgiving baskets next Wednesday for needy families in Centre County. We are looking for donations of yummy Thanksgiving goods: Ex. Cranberry sauce, gravy, sweet potatoes, boxed mashed potatoes, corn, green beans, boxed stuffing, canned pumpkin, etc.