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Erick Alsup of Mount Clemens is a faithful Spartan football fan, purchasing season tickets each of the past nine years. Every home game, the 1973 MSU graduate loads up his 1992 Damon Challenger and heads to East Lansing to tailgate with friends. Alsup gladly takes the 100-mile trip in his motor home to East Lansing and sometimes even travels to Notre Dame and Wisconsin to watch the Spartans. "It's well worth it," Alsup said. "It's all a part of the experience." |
 Erick Alsup tailgates with friends in front of his motor home during the Nov.6 Ohio State game. Alsup travels 100 miles in his motor home to every home game from Mount Clemens. Photo by Joanne Tyes Briseno. |
 There is an understanding among some barbecue gurus: "As the wise man with no eyebrows once said, 'there really is such a thing as too much lighter fluid.'" Charred eyebrows aside, lighter fluid is also a health hazard because of the considerable amount of hydrocarbons it disperses into the air. On any given game day, Spartan tailgaters keep warm by their grills, cooking everything from bratwurst and kielbasa to hamburgers and chicken breasts. |
 A survey of tailgate areas just before the 2004 MSU- Ohio State football game found 579 barbecues. Air specialists say propane grills have fewer harmful emissions than charcoal grills which require lighter fluid. Photo by John O'Meara. |