<p>Some people do tailgate in the parking lot with their cars. But then you miss all the fun on campus!</p>
<p>From the Wikipedia link, madbean:</p>
<p>"Various tailgating games include beer pong, ladder ball, corntoss, washer pitching and flipcup."</p>
<p>I haven't a clue what these are, other than throwing corn around lol? Washer pitching?? We're not doing these too are we, lol?</p>
<p>beer pong= very popular right now among college students. It's a drinking game played on a ping pong table with cups of beer and ping pong balls. You'll have to google that also. I can't say I've seen any of these games being played at USC tailgates but maybe I missed that.</p>
<p>alamemom, I totally agree with you -- it's quite expensive for a weekend, especially when we have to fly in. Except for h, we are definitely not football people, and attending the lectures, or classes with your kid, they still have to get permission from the prof. Only one breakfast and one lunch provided. But as they say in that commercial "the experience is priceless" and we all want to see our ds or dd.</p>
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<p>You will certainly get only one lunch on the lawn, if you care for dry burgers and not particularly tasty hot dogs, hardly worth $60. I doubt that they will enforce registration at the rest of the events, and I strongly suspect that they are barely worth attending. I would much rather lie on the lawn and chat with D than sit in on a class or listen to some lecture. In fact if it was up to me I would visit on a different weekend to avoid the crowds and the hoopla, but this would probably mean that our D would feel terribly lonely when many other freshmen have friends and family around. </p>
<p>During orientation they only checked registration when it came to serving food. Even if you register only one person, you can still buy up to 6 tickets for the football game. I just spent the $$ to register myself and mom ($120), an extra lunch for D ($12) and three tickets to the game ($105). We will skip the official tailgate party, and will play it by ear when it comes to attending the game. Since the tickets supposedly sell out, we should have little trouble reselling them at face value if we decide not to go to the game. Nobody in the family is a big sports fan, D went to HS football games only to hang out with friends, I doubt that she is burning with desire to go to a game with us :D</p>
<p>I've already shared my feelings on the tailgate. but I do have a few comments on the rest of the weekend. My mom did it with me for the first time my junior year (she just went on game day the previous years). She really enjoyed sitting in on one of my classes- I chose the one that I knew would be most interesting for her (no science classes!). She went to several of the programs, and some were fun (we both love seeing Steve Sample), while others weren't as much. We are planning on going to the graduation seminar this year (yikes!), and maybe some on the elections. The speaker or play is also always interesting- last year, it was Lily Tomlin, who I didn't really appreciate, but most of the adults did. </p>
<p>Football games in college, especially at USC, are completely different from anything experienced in high school. The entire city seems to converge on campus to tailgate, everyone completely decked out in cardinal and gold (by the way, the cardinal is usually the primary color, with gold only used for lettering). The band plays in several different locations around the campus, then marches across the street to welcome the team to the field. Many people follow the band to their seats. The stadium will be full, and rather crazy- if you are in the student section, be prepared to stand for most of the game. Freshman quickly learn all of the proper cheers and sounds, and everyone plays along. </p>
<p>I had never appreciated a football game before going to USC, and I certainly wasn't a sports person by any stretch of the term, but I still find football games to be incredibly exciting and fun. It isn't all about the game, a ton of it is about the atmosphere. (disclaimer: Yes, I have enjoyed all of these football games sober- you don't have to be a drunk frat boy to have fun!).</p>
<p>It looks like I am going to have two extra Parents Football tickets. PM me if you're interested in them.</p>
<p>Hey all who responded--- I need to clarify the ticket situation and there is an ever so slight change. The tickets are for Parent's Weekend and they are in the 'Parent's section'. I have two extra and I believe they cost 35.00 each-- (whatever it is they cost is what you can have them for.) However, I am only interested in having them go to actual 'Parents' of current USC kids. This is afterall, 'Parents Weekend'. So I am sorry, but it is sold out and .... well I hope you understand. </p>
<p>The ever so slight change is that S needs a student ticket/pass to the Trojan/UCB game for his UCB friend. So, first choice to my Parent's Weekend tickets will go to someone with a student who has a Student Season Pass, and is willing to give up the UCB game for You! So the price is cost to cost. So if you only want one of my tickets and it is 35.00 and the student ticket is 25.00 (prorata) then you owe 10 dollars for the trade. OK?</p>
<p>Let me know....</p>
<p>ps...I also have not (yet) received the tickets in the mail, but trust the process.</p>
<p>I thought the students were not allowed to let others use their tickets, and that the rest of their student season tickets would be forfeited if they did? (The student tickets are on the USCard.)</p>
<p>The student tickets for parents weekend are separate from the normal student season ticket. Students can use their season ticket in order to get into the student section, but parents also have the possibility to buy their students a separate ticket so that the student will sit in a numbered seat with them. These are actual paper ticket, so they aren't on the card.</p>
<p>Just heads up, I think that's a little sketchy because I saw three people get thrown out of the game and get the ID cards confiscated because they were trying to use someone else's ID.</p>
<p>I agree on the sketchiness of using other people's ID cards, and I highly discourage it. Bad things will happen to bother the person with the card and the person whose card it is. BUT this is a completely different situation. These are paper tickets, not tied to an ID card. They were bought as an extra ticket for a student, and are not part of the season pass.</p>
<p>Nikara, do you mean that the student season pass on the USCard doesn't work for the parent's weekend game? I had no idea about that - really? My D will not be able to go to the game?</p>
<p>And it sounds to me that mmck55 is asking for a student season ticket in the student section for the UCB game. Are there paper tickets for that?</p>
<p>Sorry, I'm obviously adding to the confusion. Yes, student season tickets can be used on parents weekend. However, if those tickets are used, then the student cannot sit with there parent- they must sit in the student section. If a student wants to sit with their parent, they must have purchased a separate, paper ticket.</p>
<p>You are correct about the UCB game. Student tickets in the student section are not transferable. Sorry about the confusion- I didn't read the post as closely as I should have.</p>
<p>Whew! I was worried for a bit. Thanks for the info!</p>
<p>Just wanted to make sure that parents who are having issues with travel because Yom Kippur is the Thursday before Parents' Weekend know that Hillel is welcoming USC parents for the holiday, so it is possible to travel to L.A. before the holiday starts and spend Yom Kippur at Hillel's services with your child, and then break the fast together there. There is also a nearby Chabad, although I'm not sure if the Hillel and Chabad services are combined, or if Chabad does something separate. Do call either to let them know you're coming!</p>