Tailgating Test Number 1

UGA kicks off the season tomorrow against Western Kentucky (woohoo). It's a 12:30 game, so the tailgating scene would normally start early. Not this year. Unpopular UGA president Michael Adams continues to annoy the sports fan - alumni or not, with the implementation of several gameday changes that will affect Georgia football fans tailgating. I understand the intent of most of these changes, and they probably might not affect me. Some of the changes are as follows...

• No tailgating setup before 7 am I can't get my butt out of bed in time to meet my brother at 8 am for the 1 1/2 hour drive, so this won't be a problem.
• Family Friendly zones have been setup where there will be no alcohol allowed. One problem with this is the North Campus Family Friendly zone is immediately adjacent to where I always tailgate, which means those punks that normally drink there will be pushed into my area.
• No parking on the grass - I might have parked on the grass once in the past 14 years. This, however, has already affected me. I had to fork over $146 for a parking pass on the North Campus parking deck to assure me and my friends a spot, since the grass parkers will be searching for a spot elsewhere.

We'll see what the affect is before the game tomorrow.