Learn to Tailgate From the Pros

Eventually, though, it's all about the Tiger Walk. The walk began innocently enough in the 1960s, when fans flocked to Donahue Avenue to watch their heroes make their way from Sewell Hall into what was then known as Cliff Hare Stadium, now Jordan-Hare Stadium. Today, fans arrive days in advance to get a prime viewing space for the parade of stars, as future legends pass two hours prior to kickoff, walking the same stretch of road where names like Pat Sullivan, Bo Jackson and Carlos Rodgers passed before them. They come in the thousands, cheering on the Tigers in anticipation of the victory to come on the gridiron. In 1989, prior to Auburn's interstate battle with arch-nemesis Alabama, an estimated 20,000 lined the street.

University of South Carolina: Cockaboose Railroad

In Columbia, South Carolina, 22 cabooses sit on railroad tracks adjacent to Williams-Brice Stadium where the Steve Spurrier-led University of South Carolina Gamecocks battle it out in the Southeastern Conference. This is the now-famous Cockaboose Railroad. Since 1990, the privately owned cars have featured some of the amenities not easily had out of the back of a truck or van, like running water, cable or satellite television and closed-circuit USC TV (which makes the railroad a great place to watch away games), air conditioning for those early-September games, and heat for those rare cooler games as the season winds down. The cars can be swanky, depending on the owner and his taste for interior railroad design. The cabooses, which are 45 feet long and 10 feet wide, have become prime real estate. One was reportedly sold for around $350,000 in 2005.