Good morning, sports fans. Two days until the campus’ biggest party of the weekend.

The weekend after Labor Day is usually one of the biggest party weekends on this campus, and this weekend will be no different. But the biggest party won’t be at your buddy’s house, unless you know of some sort of festival the rest of us aren’t aware of. The biggest party of the weekend will be behind O’Brien Stadium Saturday evening when tailgating begins.

While tailgating is a great time, and almost everyone goes there for the explicit reason of getting wrecked, there are ways that anyone can ruin tailgating for everyone around. So I sat down and thought about the top five ways to ruin tailgating for everyone around.

First off I would just like to point out that I am not promoting drinking or any other illegal activity. I just realize what happens on a college campus. I also realize that not everything that follows this paragraph does not apply to everyone.

Probably the best way to turn tailgating into a night of hell is to start a fight. Here’s a tip: you will be hit by a flying object, whether it be a football or Frisbee. It’s pretty much an inevitable fact. With all of those people crammed into that tiny space it’s going to happen. So just let it go, pick up another beer and forget about it.

Running out of beer has to be the number two way to ruin the tailgating experience. Pack enough beer into that cooler to last the entire time, because if you don’t, then you are going to have to go and get more, and everyone knows that’s too much work, and most college kids won’t even come back.

Speaking of beer, the third way to kill the tailgating buzz is being the person over in the weeds vomiting all over the place. If you are going to drink, do it in moderation, so you’re not the person everyone is looking at and smirking. We’ve all seen it, and I’m sure many of us have been there so we know it’s pretty embarrassing.

One of the easiest ways to ruin the tailgating experience is forgetting the most basic things you need to have a good time. Things like taking the grill and no charcoal, burgers with no buns, or forgetting the ice. All ways to make the night terrible from the get-go.

Probably the best way to ruin tailgating is to not go to the game. Yes, there is a football game going on this weekend. Think about it, you’re already up there, and more than likely tanked, so your heckling skills will be at a high level, but remember to keep it clean, children do go the game. The Panthers are going to be really good this season, not to mention they should beat Indiana State by 40 points anyway, so you’ll have a good laugh. What else are you going to do, really?