If not an AZZ bus, what about.........
Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 12:06 pm
So we beat around an idea for an AZZ Bus as some kind of tailgating flagship. Maybe there is a more reachable approach that might as much fun, more individualized, and maybe cheaper.
What if a few people bought some cheap and used car, truck, van, minivan, etc, and went nuts with it? Nothing you would drive to work, take kids to soccer in, or generally be seen in outside of games. Rather, something you could butcher, tweak, and do things to, which nobody would care about.
You'd paint it-yourself-orange or brown, or whatever creative scheme you could come up with. Maybe each year. You could bolt mounts on the side to latch TVs, grills, flag poles, tents, speakers, or whatever. The basic purpose would be to haul tailgating stuff and people to the game. Drive them in the homecoming parade-if and when they have one again. Drive them to away games en masse. Cluster them together, circle the wagons, and become the anchor point of tailgating.
Crafty students could find their own clunkers, paint them Orange, sell them off when the leave. Fraternities could do the same. Plus its easier to park them someplace for the off-season.
Granted, it could get a little tacky looking, and some fun could be poked at it. Too many old cars painted orange could look like a Dukes of Hazzard convention. Or a cross between a demolition derby and a Shriners parade. But competition could make it fun. Its a PR worthy stunt as well.
Plus its something folks could do on their own, to whatever extent they can.
What if a few people bought some cheap and used car, truck, van, minivan, etc, and went nuts with it? Nothing you would drive to work, take kids to soccer in, or generally be seen in outside of games. Rather, something you could butcher, tweak, and do things to, which nobody would care about.
You'd paint it-yourself-orange or brown, or whatever creative scheme you could come up with. Maybe each year. You could bolt mounts on the side to latch TVs, grills, flag poles, tents, speakers, or whatever. The basic purpose would be to haul tailgating stuff and people to the game. Drive them in the homecoming parade-if and when they have one again. Drive them to away games en masse. Cluster them together, circle the wagons, and become the anchor point of tailgating.
Crafty students could find their own clunkers, paint them Orange, sell them off when the leave. Fraternities could do the same. Plus its easier to park them someplace for the off-season.
Granted, it could get a little tacky looking, and some fun could be poked at it. Too many old cars painted orange could look like a Dukes of Hazzard convention. Or a cross between a demolition derby and a Shriners parade. But competition could make it fun. Its a PR worthy stunt as well.
Plus its something folks could do on their own, to whatever extent they can.