Using Hay at Yellow Lot Tailgate

[RUsojo]

I know many of you swear by using hay at your tailgates. With bad weather this weekend likely I am going try it out for the first time. Looking for advice regarding quantity, cost, placement, and other helpful tips. We will have two cars/spaces.

 

[RUSONIC]

Why do you think there is going to be bad weather? High of 74, storm is not coming near us.

 

[Mikemarc]

I know many of you swear by using hay at your tailgates. With bad weather this weekend likely I am going try it out for the first time. Looking for advice regarding quantity, cost, placement, and other helpful tips. We will have two cars/spaces.

No advice, but doubt the weather will warrant it. Not looking nearly as bad as it once was..

 

[RUsojo]

Why do you think there is going to be bad weather? High of 74, storm is not coming near us.

Right now forecasts calling for rain but fluctuating. Noon and 6pm stop times IIRC.

 

[Mikemarc]

Right now forecasts calling for rain but fluctuating. Noon and 6pm stop times IIRC.

Passing shower for saturday night, at most..as it looks right now. Tailgates should be bine dry.

 

[MrsScrew_rivals32693]

@RUsojo we use it at our tailgates in the Blue Lot. keeps the dust down for the hot games, the ground a bit warmer for the cold games and soaks up the puddles & mud in the rainy games.

I can't speak to cost but we use 2 bales for about 7 car lengths . Just open it up and start spreading it around. best to do it first, before you put any tablecloths or food out as it can fly around a bit while you spread it out.

 

[G- RUnit]

Remember weather forecasters telling us "showers" last year and it rained entire day. Bring the hay!

 

[RUsince52]

Remember weather forecasters telling us "showers" last year and it rained entire day. Bring the hay!

Can always do a "" Haymaze" to find your way to HPSS with no rain. Or an old fashion cookout sitting on bales of hay. Won't go to waste.

 

[jerseyjustin]

I can't imagine there being bad weather since Chris Laviano has yet to make it rain this season.

 

[RUTGERZ_R00LZ]

One of the best tailgates I attended was when we played VTech about 28 years ago. It was a monsoon. Our tailgate had canopies where we huddled. In the parking lot there was wet T-shirt contests, mud wrestling, two-hand touch games, cars spinning tires in the mud, and lots of fun. We made it into the game about half-time. VTech won by about 7 or 8 TDS. Point being: If it rains, it rains. Don't let rain dictate your fun at a Rutgers football experience.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

One of the best tailgates I attended was when we played VTech about 28 years ago. It was a monsoon. Our tailgate had canopies where we huddled. In the parking lot there was wet T-shirt contests, mud wrestling, two-hand touch games, cars spinning tires in the mud, and lots of fun. We made it into the game about half-time. VTech won by about 7 or 8 TDS. Point being: If it rains, it rains. Don't let rain dictate your fun at a Rutgers football experience.

I wonder if you were near us at the front corner of the yellow lot (rented out a yellow "box truck" for the tailgate...probably had 30 people inside of it at any given time). The rain started about the time the bars closed (it was still 3AM at the time...) and didn't stop. Just torrential downpours. We were also doing mud slides INTO empty garbage/recycling cans that were laid down on their sides. Mind you, I was a senior at the time, so....[cheers]

 

[kevinmd]

We use pieces of green artificial turf to keep off the mud.

 

[RUTGERZ_R00LZ]

I wonder if you were near us at the front corner of the yellow lot (rented out a yellow "box truck" for the tailgate...probably had 30 people inside of it at any given time). The rain started about the time the bars closed (it was still 3AM at the time...) and didn't stop. Just torrential downpours. We were also doing mud slides INTO empty garbage/recycling cans that were laid down on their sides. Mind you, I was a senior at the time, so....[cheers]

Nuts, it was the Yellow lot. Our group was mostly from Fort Monmouth, where my wife worked.

 

[Knight Shift]

Nuts, it was the Yellow lot. Our group was mostly from Fort Monmouth, where my wife worked.

Which facility/group? My mother worked in REMBASS at Camp Evans.

 

[RUTGERZ_R00LZ]

Which facility/group? My mother worked in REMBASS at Camp Evans.

PM Combat Identification.

 

[Knight Shift]

PM Combat Identification.

Was that up in Eatontown/Oceanport?

 

[RUTGERZ_R00LZ]

Was that up in Eatontown/Oceanport?

Evans area; Marconi Building. When it closed she went to Eatontown. We used the bowling lanes there for about 7 or 8 years.

 

[Knight Shift]

My mother also worked at CECOM. She was a budget analyst. Worked with Dr. Rudolf Buser and I believe Dr. Rader. I used to pick her up at the front gate. We recently went to the InfoAge museum at Camp Evans. It was a nice walk down memory lane for my mother. If you have not been there, it is a worthwhile visit.

 

[RU in IM]

One of the best tailgates I attended was when we played VTech about 28 years ago. It was a monsoon. Our tailgate had canopies where we huddled. In the parking lot there was wet T-shirt contests, mud wrestling, two-hand touch games, cars spinning tires in the mud, and lots of fun. We made it into the game about half-time. VTech won by about 7 or 8 TDS. Point being: If it rains, it rains. Don't let rain dictate your fun at a Rutgers football experience.

I remember it well, fans were doing mud slides in the yellow lot.