A tailgating primer for War Memorial Stadium

Maybe it's because it takes place on an actual college campus, but football tailgating in Fayetteville feels a touch more ... reverent, as if a librarian might stalk away from her stacks at Mullins and shush you at any moment, writes Kyle Brazzel in Friday's Arkansas Weekend section.

Hard-core lot lizards know the Hogs' true "barbarians at the gate" moment happens pregame in Little Rock, that sloppy, boozy, buoyant bacchanalia where there's no one around to hear you scream except zoo animals and fast-food workers.

As new Razorbacks head coach Bobby Petrino prepares for his introduction to capital city coozie culture (Arkansas-Louisiana/Monroe kickoff: 6 p.m. Saturday), Brazzel offers a guide to hitting War Memorial Stadium in style. With apologies to the long-running slogan of the Razorbacks marching band, he asks readers to consider a bevy of tips for being the best in sight and sound.

Read tomorrow's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.

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