Rookies Sign the Pole
The flag pole has been a marker of all who have participated in making BigCat
Tailgating an experience that is a befitting celebration of the great game of
football. All there in black and white. So make sure your mark your place on
the team and sign pole. Of course there is the other rookie tradition of a Salute
to the stadium just before you down the Fame Black and Blue shot. .
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The BigToast with Panther Juice
Our Toast to the Panthers has become a pretty BigEvent at each tailgate party. It is the
culmination of the per game activities. We pour a marvelous concoction of highly
flammable flavors and into a 100 Dixie cups. We also provide a lighter version of for our
younger folks and folks who choose not to float to the game. We hold the cups high 1
hour before kickoff and celebrate good friends, good food, and good football provided
by the black and blue.
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The Touching the Post
After the toast many of the tailgaters exit and touch a steel post located at the rear of the
presto grill. A strange tradition that began with the first tailgating of the modern era. AC –After
Clemson. October 6, 2002- A show down against the Arizona Cardinals. The food that day
happened to be brats and Italian sausage sandwiches. The beers were cold and the sausage
was hot. My good friend, Steve Bray was gobbling down the Sausage in large bites. Steve
comes from a large family and gobbling down the food was a survival technique. I digress.
Well the large bites appeared to be a bit much for the Kansas boy’s gullet and a piece lodged
about halfway down. Not so that he cold not breathe. But uncomfortable that he hacked and
coughted for a good 20 min. Finally he expectorated the hunk. And a hunk it was. Huge.
Relieved he could breathe freely… and drink beer again. More beer and before we headed to
the game Steve put the hunk of expectorated sausage on top of the post. It it remained there
for over 3 months. We would look at the top of the post every night on our way home and the
sausage stayed in place. Amazing. So we touch the post in honor of the first tailgate and the
staying power of the sausage.
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Paying Homage to Sam
We march to the stadium and to the Sam Mills Statue, the guys touch
Sam's battle worn helmet and the ladies slap Sam on the butt. It is
touching the past. Keep Pounding.
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The Witter Shitter
The gift of time...
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Dusting of the Jewels
The Dusting of the Jewels has become a tradition born out of necessity. The per-season
games and the games in Sept and Oct. offer the stale thickness of the Charlotte Humidity. This
oppressive humidity combined with a nuclear melt-down layer of heat can cause even a
southern gentleman to perspire in most private of places. Often causing itching, chaffing and
the spread legged chaffed-thigh shuffle. The only cure is the simple re freshness offer by
Goldbond Powder - Extra Strength in the Green bottle. Just before the two beer walk, the
faithful reach for the Green and dust valuables. This causes almost an opiate -like reaction.
Like standing naked on the top of a snow covered mountain with the cool wind whistling over
the jewels. Its an instant transport for sweat drenched drawers to walking on the clouds. The
ladies have found dusting of the girls, or a well dusted bootie to be pure per-game relief.
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