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New York Jets vs. Tennessee Titans Tennessee Titans Stadium November 23, 2008 34 - 13 Loss |
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Stadium Review - The Batman  My day began in an unassuming parking
lot, nestled in a quiet industrial park in Nashville, Tennessee.
It was 7:00am and I was invited by NFL Superfan and Hall of Famer,
Wayne Vandevort, to take part in some tailgating preparations for
the day's contest against the New York Jets (easily a rite of
passage for any true Quester). Wayne owns and operates an
impressive trucking company, based out of Nashville, and the back
lot at Red Arrow Delivery was littered with delivery trucks,
pallets, and iso-containers. By day, Wayne may be a mild
mannered importer/exporter, a mover of product, but during football
season, when the Titans are in town, Wayne Vandevort might just be
the Bruce Wayne of Tailgating.  To begin the day, Wayne had me stationed next to a fairly
unimpressive looking steel iso-container near the back of the lot.
As we approached the container, he rapped on the door a couple of
times and gripped the handle, opening it to reveal a full kitchen complete with
refrigeration & freezer cases, storage racks, grilling surfaces, and
preparatory countertops. Pots and pans hung from the walls,
racks of canned goods, condiments and spices were stocked on shelves;
it was a tailgaters dream. The iso-container was outfitted with full power, water,
lighting, and climate control, all of which were available
with the flip of a switch by Batman himself (Ladies and
gentlemen, I do believe we may have discovered what might just be the
Tailgater's Batcave). Within this haven, this fortress of
solitude, Wayne will spend up to twelve hours before gameday, cooking and preparing
food for up to 200 of his closest friends. You wanna talk
Batmobile? Look no further
 that Wayne's Titan Mobile, a
converted SmartBus with luxury seating, a flat screen TV, and
satellite tracking DirectTV package. The Titan Mobile also
pulls the Titan Trailer, a monster tailgating structure on wheels,
complete with Wayne's own patented mobile kitchen. The Titan Trailer
packs in stainless steel grilling surfaces, a full sized oven,
mobile refrigeration, plenty of additional countertop space, and of course a
beer tap to wet your whistle in the midst of the ongoing culinary
artistry. The Titan Trailer also carries six rolling chests that
offer everything from storage, to warmed buffet-style serving bins,
to a double binned deep fryer ... again all mobile and all setup in
a matter of minutes on any blacktop surface. Wayne and his crew at
TennesseeTitansTailgaters.com have certainly set the bar high for those that
would attempt to stake claim to his title.We arrived at LP Field, the Tennessee Titans Stadium, at about nine in the morning. The Titan Trailer was quickly unpacked with roll carts, tables, popup tents, and a rolling flatscreen TV.  Setup
ran like a well oiled machine, the deep fryers were filled with oil,
the generators were activated, and the grills were ignited as
Tennessee Titans Mobile command began to take shape. Batman himself,
his work never quite complete, continued warming and cooking in
preparation for the feast to begin at about 10:30am. I have to
admit that none of the other tailgaters I've visited has come close
to the variety and the depth of equipment trucked in by TennesseeTitansTailgaters.com. Wayne
also has an extensive support
system to make sure things go off without a hitch on gameday.
His partner in crime, a fellow Hall of Famer in her own right, is
the Great
Lady Titan. Lady Titan brings her own mobile command
to each tailgating celebration as she tows in a mobile bar complete
with top shelf liquor for every home game. She is also heavily
involved in the food preparation on gameday as the culinary prowess
of Lady Titan is flexed mightily in the fine southern-style
cuisine that the group serves up. A Dynamic Duo indeed!  The amount of food was overwhelming. I had Italian sausage and
brats, burgers with all the fixins, fried bologna, fried chicken,
and catfish. Wayne also brought out all types of sides.
Guests were treated to baked beans, green beans, homemade cream
corn, and chicken and dumplings. Everyone at the tailgate was
more than accommodating, exuding that special brand of southern
hospitality that marks every one of my visits down south. The Titans
fans were a knowledgeable bunch and I spent a couple hours just
talking football and shooting the breeze. Before I knew it ,
gametime was upon us and we made the trek to LP Field.LP Field was built in the vein of the more modern facilities in the NFL complete with the wide open concourses, massive flat screen scoreboards, and common areas for drinking and meeting up with other fans. As we made our way to the top of the stadium, section 320, I was greeted with a round of "Quest for 31!" cheers. Earlier in the weekend, I ran into some NY Jets fans who had driven over from Wisconsin t  o
watch Brett Favre play. We ran into each other a couple of
times in downtown Nashville (a great place for food, live music, and
an exceptional night life), they even bought me a drink after we got
to talking about the Quest. Strangely enough, this rowdy bunch
of misfits were seated right next to us. It was great, they
had the cheeseheads, the #4 jerseys, and were a very colorful bunch
to say the least. The game unfortunately was not. Billed
as a battle between the unbeaten Titans and Brett Farve's revived
New York Jets, I was really hoping to see a clash of the Titans in
Nashville. Unfortunately, the Titans were not on their game
and it quickly became a very one sided affair, with the Titans
winding up on the losing end of 34 -13 rout. The silver lining
in all of this is that with an entry in the loss column, the pressure
to maintain perfection, to go undefeated, is off. The Tennessee
Titans can get back to the business of working toward another Super
Bowl birth starting with a push toward the playoffs. The New
England Patriots found out last year that the pursuit of perfection might
actually be a curse, now thanks to Brett Favre, maybe the
Titans won't fall into the same trap. As for me, I was happy
to get back to the business of Questing for 31, a most noble pursuit
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Unfortunately only group tours of LP field are available for fans who
want to see the facility and a minimum of 15 people must be present to
attend a tour. If interested in making a reservation, call
615-565-4270 for more information. |
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| Wycheck and Dyson - Music City Miracle | Setting up with the Caped Crusader | Ready to Tailgate | ||
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| LP Field in the Background | Cadillac Clee, myself, and Clippert | Lady Titan, 2001 Hall of Famer | ||
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| Nashville in the Background | Wayne Vandevort, I call him "Bruce" | The Cheeseheads in town | ||
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| A Pic of the Fam Watching Mediocrity | in the concourse | Fairly Depressing Performance | ||
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| Some of the finest Blacktop Cuisine I've had | Nancy, Bill, Emily, Clee, Jason, Kristen | Ready for some football | ||
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| Farve Fans | Jason, Clee, and me | J-E-T-S | ||
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| Caddilac Clee Sportin' the Quest Gear | Myself, Emily, Kristen, Jason, Clee | Stadium #24 LP Field | ||
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| The Fellas | Vince Young | The Titan Trailer | ||
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