http://www.wralsportsfan.com/duke/story/8595427/

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"Duke University officials have canceled student tailgating outside Wallace Wade Stadium for Saturday's game against Boston College."

How do they even do this? Do all the students get a general lot to tailgate/park in? Couldnt be done at CF here unless they just didnt hand out parking passes to students which still would fail.

11/9/2010 2:25:59 PM

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But I like their explanation that tailgating is suspended until some sort of "alternative pregame festivity" could be found.

11/9/2010 2:27:17 PM

Are they trying to get less people to their games?

11/9/2010 2:28:40 PM

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"Larry Moneta, Duke vice president for student affairs, issued the directive late Monday, citing an incident at last weekend's game against the University of Virginia involving a teenager. He said the teen, a sibling of a Duke student, was found unconscious in a portable toilet near the tailgate area before the game. Although the teen was fine after being treated in the emergency room of Duke University Hospital, Moneta said in a letter to students that it "easily could have been tragic.""

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""This incident has vividly revealed that tailgate as is practiced at Duke must come to an end," he wrote. "It has long lost its value as a pre-football, spirit-building activity and has become increasingly dangerous in every iteration." Duke's season-ending rivalry game against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will be played over Thanksgiving weekend, so most students are expected to be out of town."

I'm actually going to the Duke/UNC football game (on 11/27). I got free tickets and am married to a Duke fan. Would kind of suck if we can't tailgate beforehand. Something tells me I will need to be drunk to get through the game

11/9/2010 2:32:46 PM

i went to our game at duke two years ago and in an empty parking lot right by the stadium was the most absurd public daytime party i've ever seen. hundreds of undergrads in halloween costumes totally shitfaced at 11am. it would not have been allowed in a million years at nc state.

they then told us we were going to lose and walked back to their dorms, rather than into the game. oh well.

11/9/2010 2:35:54 PM

lol @ going to dook football game, nonetheless tailgating.

11/9/2010 2:37:41 PM

Wait until they cancel camping out in tents for the basketball games.

Durham will smell like condoms and anal lube when their shit hits the fan.

11/9/2010 2:39:58 PM

Are they trying to get less people to their games?

11/9/2010 2:40:22 PM

Man, at least someone actually died when NCSU overreacted about tailgating.

11/9/2010 2:42:02 PM

I went to eh Duke vs Miami game this year. tailgating there SUCKED!! they have no clue what real tailgating is about.

11/9/2010 2:42:06 PM

Here come the tailgating snobs...

11/9/2010 2:43:09 PM

Quote :

"He said the teen, a sibling of a Duke student, was found unconscious in a portable toilet near the tailgate"

lol, GG

11/9/2010 2:43:42 PM

So because of one kid with alcohol poisoning they're trying to ban tailgating outright? Holy giant fucking overreaction.

11/9/2010 2:46:44 PM

They didn't ban tailgating. They banned a student-organized party called 'Tailgate'.


Kinda like they did to Brent Road back when.

11/9/2010 2:50:31 PM

^What did they do to Brent Road back when?

11/9/2010 2:54:21 PM

Yeah, what modlin said...

Quote :

"He acknowledged, however, that university officials have little power to stop students from parking in lots as smaller groups to eat, drink and party before games."

Tailgating is still on. It's still socially acceptable to publicly drink to extreme excess every Saturday morning and afternoon!

11/9/2010 3:05:51 PM

What modlin said.

11/9/2010 3:16:51 PM