The Tailgate Society

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Tag: Football

  • Ranking College Football Bowl Games by Sponsor Sketch Level

    Ranking College Football Bowl Games by Sponsor Sketch Level

    Bowl season is full of festive excitement. The teams get to travel to exotic and distant locales like Frisco, TX or Annapolis, MD to put on an exhibition game, all in the name of charity and giving, and the holiday spirit. Corporate sponsorships abound, with ad money flowing as freely as the booze on the […]

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  • Sports & Corks 3.32: Upsets, Betrayal, and Sweet Potatoes

    Sports & Corks 3.32: Upsets, Betrayal, and Sweet Potatoes

    Emily and Emily recap the week of sports that was Thanksgiving. They chat college football and basketball, and NFL. Naturally, they have wine picks from the holiday, hot takes, and games of the week. Emily Twitter – https://twitter.com/emily_shaleen Emily Twitter – https://twitter.com/emilproblems Sports & Corks Twitter – https://twitter.com/sportsandcorks The Tailgate Society Twitter – https://twitter.com/tgatesociety You can email Emily and […]

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  • Sports & Corks 3.31: Battles of the Blue Bloods Roll On

    Sports & Corks 3.31: Battles of the Blue Bloods Roll On

    Emily and Emily talk college football (so many upsets!), college basketball, and NFL. They offer beverage picks of the week, games of the week, and a bigger than sports moment.  Emily Twitter – https://twitter.com/emily_shaleen Emily Twitter – https://twitter.com/emilproblems Sports & Corks Twitter – https://twitter.com/sportsandcorks The Tailgate Society Twitter – https://twitter.com/tgatesociety You can email Emily and Emily at sportsandcorks@gmail.com

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  • Sports & Corks 3.30: College Basketball Hype Pod

    Sports & Corks 3.30: College Basketball Hype Pod

    Emily and Emily talk college football, NFL, and finally college basketball! They of course have hot takes, wine picks, games of the week, and a bigger than sports moment.  Emily Twitter – https://twitter.com/emily_shaleen Emily Twitter – https://twitter.com/emilproblems Sports & Corks Twitter – https://twitter.com/sportsandcorks The Tailgate Society Twitter – https://twitter.com/tgatesociety You can email Emily and Emily at sportsandcorks@gmail.com

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  • N-O V-A-X

    N-O V-A-X

    When word reached the NFL channel of the TGS Slack on Wednesday that Aaron Rodgers had tested positive for COVID-19, I was frustrated. The Green Bay Packers have been besieged by virus issues lately, losing Davante Adams to a positive test and Allen Lazard as an unvaccinated close contact for the game last week against […]

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  • I Refuse to Budget My Childhood Video Games!

    I Refuse to Budget My Childhood Video Games!

    ESPN put out a tweet this week that’s a version of the $15 budget meme, featuring tiers from $1-5, featuring sports video games mostly from the early 2000’s. Usually I’ll play along and at least offer up an answer or attempt to make the $15 budget, but this time I simply refuse. The list of […]

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  • Sports & Corks 3.20: Cancel Culture Comes for the Horses Again

    Sports & Corks 3.20: Cancel Culture Comes for the Horses Again

    Emily and Emily talk Olympics, Big12 drama, and the usual games of the week, hot takes, and wine picks.  Emily Twitter – https://twitter.com/emily_shaleen Emily Twitter – https://twitter.com/emilproblems Sports & Corks Twitter – https://twitter.com/sportsandcorks The Tailgate Society Twitter – https://twitter.com/tgatesociety You can email Emily and Emily at sportsandcorks@gmail.com

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  • Having Fun With Betting for the Big Game!

    Having Fun With Betting for the Big Game!

    This weekend we embark on another installment of one of the largest sports betting days of the year. Super Bowl Sunday is huge across the United States for different reasons, but gambling has become a very large one. In 2020 over $270 million was legally gambled in the States, while an estimated $6 billion was […]

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  • CFB is back, so let’s remember some dudes

    The CFB season is officially back in full swing this weekend so to get us all in the right mindset – let’s remember some familiar faces. Bruce Gradkowski – Toledo Deltha O’Neal – Cal Taylor Stubblefield – Purdue Ashlely Lelie – Hawaii Patrick Willis – Ole Miss Tim Rattay – La Tech Carlos Rogers – […]

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  • Ranking Every Iowa State Football Team Since 2000: No. 10 through 1

    Ranking Every Iowa State Football Team Since 2000: No. 10 through 1

    Before you start reading about the top-10 Iowa State teams from the past two decades, take a minute to read about teams 20 through 11 on this list to help add some context (and I already did the work for you, so it’d be kind of rude not to). Once you’ve finished catching up, continue […]

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