The Best Tailgating Gear, According to The Athletic’s Tailgating Expert

Football tailgating is an endurance sport.

College and pro schedules stretch from punishing, humid August afternoons to subzero mornings in early January. So eating, drinking, and carousing—while hanging out for hours in an asphalt parking lot—is a game best won with patience and planning.

Much of it, of course, comes down to having the right gear.

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