80 Reasons to Love the Big Ten - No. 79 - Big Ass Turkey Leg

by Law Buckeye on Jun 18, 2009 12:38 AM CDT Comment 3 comments

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No. 79 - Big Ass Turkey Leg

In Iowa City, brisket is for pansies. Bar-B-Que is for Curly Cues. That's because there's Chucky. The man who sells the famous Big Ass Turkey Legs on Melrose Avenue outside Kinnick Stadium. The cost? $5.

Sure you can play, but can you tailgate? As an uninitiated mother tells the tale:

"I knew that large colleges played football and that it seemed to involve bare-chested guys in freezing weather and beer, but that was about as far as it went.

That was before Iowa.

Before last weekend, I didn’t know that in Iowa, people got up before dawn to head out for tailgating.

I didn’t know that people parked RVs in lots, set up big-screen TVs and spent the entire day cooking, eating and drinking.

I didn’t know that they started drinking at 7 a.m. I didn’t know why anyone would want to start drinking at 7 a.m."

Hey lady, don't spoil the surprise, we've still got 78 entries to go.

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Why?

Because if the dawn is going to have the audacity to show up bringing 40 degree temperatures, I’m going to greet it with a drink in hand.
Back when I was in school, one of my biochem profs told us, completely seriously, that the best way to run a particular enzyme assay was to use Baileys. Typically, powdered milk is used, because you need a wide range of enzymes for the test, but Baileys was the best because you still got everything you needed, and if the experiment worked, you were ready to celebrate, if it didn’t, you could all commiserate with it.
I think tailgating uses the same philosophy, it’s just a little more proactive.

by chitownhawkeye on Jun 18, 2009 5:08 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

GET 'EM WHILE THEY

HHHHHHOOOOOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

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by MilCardFan on Jun 20, 2009 4:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Iowa has some of the best tailgating in the Big Ten

Melrose Avenue is more catered towards the commuter crowd. The dental lot and the Finkbine lot are where the real tailgaters are. You crack your first beer with the dawn, grill and eat and party until it’s time to stumble towards Kinnick.

From what I’ve seen, Wisconsin fans are the only other ones that can keep up.

by rockyh on Jun 23, 2009 10:07 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs