The "Ultimate PSU Tailgate" Team begins with our founders "Strong and Great" - Sue & George Henning. Their son, George III, was on the swim team so their tailgate always included Coach Brown, his simmers, and often the opponent's team. We met at the Burger King on University Drive to "Circle the Wagons" and enter the Beaver Stadium as a group, so we could park together. The Hennings, Millers, Wilsons, Browns and George French would all gather there. We'd pull into the Beaver Stadium and wait for Carl, our favorite parking lot attendant, to "Pull us forward" at the very end of a row near Curtin and Porter. (Very close to where we park now with our Honorary Coach reserved spaces.) This was, as near as we can tell, Around 1982? We've been together for over 20 years, every home game and some away games included. We have our t-shirts and a 16' Banner to proclaim that "WE ARE…ULTIMATE PSU TAILGATE.com" In those days, the Millers and Wilsons, with their combined five children, stayed at the "Luxurious" Penn State Stone Valley cabins and would load up our vans dark and early and drive into town to race into the Burger King for coffee and a croissandwich! By the way, the most interesting part of this routine was when George Henning would block traffic with his body so that we could all pull out of the Burger Kin to caravan to the Beaver Stadium. (It's amazing George survived to become a Trustee!) These days it is a little less exciting because we now have reserved parking as a group and everyone knows where we are! It is, however, a LOT more expensive, but a 1,000% increase in parking is worth it to park three rows from the Beaver Stadium. We've had some friends join us over the years: the Shores and their rowdy Blue Kazoo Band, the Fentons (Who now must travel from Florida), the Cravens, Who help to anchor the Fenton spot, and we've adopted those around us, like the Strumpfs of Long Island, NY. We can average over 150 tailgaters per game. We've hosted the Penn State Icers Hockey Team, lots of football players (Even after they went Pro) or their families, like Darron Perry, Chuck Penzeniki, Brandon Nobel, Dave Joiner, plus Lion Ambassador, Cheerleaders (Carol Phillips) and freshmen from the Cleveland Penn State Chapter. We feature special themes like the Big Blue White Blow Out (where everything is Blue or White) and Big Blue fun on the Bayou (to celebrate our Sugar Bowl National Championship) which was our theme for Louisiana when the Food Network filmed us for "Tailgate Café". We have appeared on ESPN Gameday, NBC, CBS, "Sunday Morning", The Food Network, in the Center Daily Times and Harrisburg Newspapers, as well a on local Radio "98.7 The Bus", WRSC and the Commission of Tailgating has chowed down with us. We've been together for over 20 years, every home game and some away games included. We have our t-shirts and a 16' Banner to proclaim that "WE ARE…ULTIMATE PSU TAILGATE.com" Site designed and maintained by Keith Miller & AltengeImpact Design Group.™