Seen 'em all – 136 FBS teams in action! In 2025, we added both the CFP Championship game, Indiana 27 Miami 21 and the FCS Championship, Montana State 35 Illinois State 34. We've now attended 740 games since 1979. Please order and review our book on Amazon.com: Fifty Years of Tailgate Tales: The Good, the Fun and the Ugly to enjoy this great, unique lifetime adventure. We look forward to the 2026 season!
Before every Bowl Game with Roman Numerals (i.e. LVI) is played, we peruse the rosters of both participants to note who we may have seen during their collegiate careers. Some become household names. Some may have worked their way up as hard-working free agents. Others we may have lost track of making numerous moves among various pro teams. Here’s our collection of players we watched and luckily, in some cases. caught them in action. As usual, we surprise ourselves regarding how much great talent we get to see by attending about a could of dozen college games every season. Check these out!
Most memorable, we watched Joe Burrow of LSU take down Oklahoma in the 2019 CFP Chick Filet-A Peach Bowl on the way to the championship, 63-28. He tallied seven TD passes and 493 yards!He also ran for a score.Texas A&M RB, Trayveon Williams (5) now with the Bengals, battles against Wake Forest in 2017 Belk Bowl. The Aggies fell to the Demon Deacons in an exciting 55-52 battle.
RBs Joe Mixon (25) and Sam Perine (32) of Oklahoma played together in a loss to Clemson in the CFP 2018 Orange Bowl, but they now have the chance to team up with the Bengals for a win against the Rams.DB Jessie Bates (3) had two solid seasons for Wake Forest with 119 solo tackles, 58 assisted, and six INTs. He returned two of those for TDs. Now with Cincinnati, we saw him pick off a Titan pass in the Bengals victory in Nashville.Delaware LB Troy Reeder (9) now of the LA Rams in action against Elon in 2018 in UD’s 28-16 win.Penn State S Nick Scott (4) picks off a Wisconsin pass near the goal line in a 2018 win. He has 45 tackles and two INTs for LA this year.PSU CB Grant Haley (15) turns in the Michigan runner in for a short gain. He’s now doing the same for LA.