A Look into Tailgating :: Personal Narrative Sports Papers

A Look into TailgatingI slouch back in my blue canvas-folding chair. My legs are crossed neatly in front of me, making a sturdy table for my notebook. I po puzzleioned myself between two tan RVs they both are decorated in their own redundant ways. My back was facing the Stone building, which is right on the edge of campus. The RV on my right has a garnet flag hanging on the back window with FSU sewn on in gold letters. The RV to my left chose a white a flag with the Seminole emblem, it was hanging from the over hang. People honk as they pass. Strands of my hair blow softly across my face in the cool breeze, and getting into my eyes occasionally. There are so many questions race with my mind as stare at the crowd in front of me. Every Saturday as I walk by the thousands of parked cars I ask why they are here. What compels these men and women who have real jobs and live in exciting cities to come back here and tailgate? So I sit amongst them, and try to understand them. They talk a nd eat all around me. We have some camaraderie, but we are different. Maybe because I cant imagine myself in their enclothe ten years from now.I dont know anyone around me but they all look familiar. The dad who is dressed in jeans and a garnet pollo shirt stands behind a small Webber grill. He glances up occasionally moving his attention from the cooking meat to watch the miniature TV sitting on the table. His wife is busily at work rankting up the assortment of goodies and chatting with the wife of the other RV. Every now and then she peers out from under her gold visor to shuffling sure what the children are doing. The kids, who range from all ages, play football on the one patch of the grass that is unoccupied (which is actually part of a ditch). I watch them as they go about their routine. We have a few things in common. I am also wearing a Garnet shirt. We cheer for the corresponding football team. But there are also so many things that separate us. To begin with, I live T allahassee. My house is one block from where they set up their RV and portable grills. Every morning I walk past this same spot where we all sit now.