With Iowa State’s last home football

game on Nov. 18, the tailgating lots will soon be emptied until the

next football season.

The fans have left their mark for

the season, and the tailgating lots will become the

forsaken.

Jason Adair, junior in supply chain

management, expressed his thoughts on tailgating. “The things I

enjoy most about football season is being able to tailgate and go

to the game with my buddies in our pristine cardinal and gold

overalls,” he said. “The overalls are a must at every football game

along with the four Bs. The four Bs are: brats, bags, burgers and

last but definitely not least, beer.”

Creative and delicious foods are

well renowned at football games.

“I usually like to make appetizers

and then a nice warm pot of my special chili,” said local chef Bill

Kirkman. “When it gets cold out, there is nothing better than

hanging out with friends and eating great food.”

Ames native Doug Warren would also

have to agree.

“I make my own cheese dip,” Warren

said. “It’s a concoction of Velveeta cheese, Chili and

more-than-enough bacon. I make great food to have a great time and

refresh my guests.”

Warren has been an ISU fan for years

and takes great pride in his tailgating.

“I compare myself to the waterboy,

because I refresh everybody and keep them going strong,” Warren

said.

Students see tailgating as a type of

bonding experience, one that they would not want to pass up

on.

“I take great pride in dressing up

in my cardinal and gold for the football games,” said Cassie

Weickert, junior in kinesiology and health. “Everybody comes

together and is in support of the same thing, everyone out is out

tailgating five hours before the game. It really makes this place a

great tailgating atmosphere.”

With the last home game of the

season coming up, Adair said he is looking forward to tailgating in

the elements.

“I’m looking forward to the game

being freezing. [Oklahoma State] is a warm weather team, but [it

is] also so I can have a warm bowl of chili in one hand and a cold

one in the other,” Adair said.