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Early Bird Gets The ... Hamburger?
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Some players said they sympathized with these parking lot crazies who lined up in cars outside the facility to claim the best viewing outpost. (First car: Doug Luper of Alexandria, 5:40 a.m.)
"I feel like that," Fred Smoot said. "This last month is what they call The Dead Season. There's no basketball, it's basically, like, soccer and just baseball. America can't live off soccer and baseball, I'm sorry. . . . [Football's] just a fabric of life you can't take away. It's a part of the American way."
The 6 a.m. tailgaters agreed. The only music played at their tailgate was the 2007 collection of Redskins beats created by WPGC's Chris Paul. The only topic of conversation was Redskins football. Robbie Shiver won the consumption prize, with three hot dogs and three hamburgers already in his gut by the time he entered the grounds just after 7. I asked how he felt.
"I mean, okay right now," he said. "Usually it catches up to me a little later."
The tailgaters knew their early-morning arrival was thanks to new coach Jim Zorn, and while they would prefer the gates be open to the public for an afternoon session, they were willing to make a Saturday night shopping trip and have a predawn wake-up call for such a momentous day. "We're not thrilled with it, but it's a good experience," Kolt said.
"Brings out the true fans," Andrew Pacala said.
"You do what you've got to do," Shiver said.
"We might camp out next year," Kolt added.
"We're definitely camping next year," Pacala agreed.
"We need to buy Redskins tents, though," Mitch Namrow concluded.
