Kevin M Mullins

I went the Patriots game yesterday and had a great day. The Patriots played the Buffalo Bills but what really made the day was going to the game with my brother and his friends, and the tailgate party that we had.  Now, I have been to 3 different Patriot games over the last few years but I have never gone to a real tailgate party both before and after the game. My brother Tommy and his friends go to almost every home game, and they have a real tailgate party before and after each game.

My brother and his friends transformed this old carpenters truck into a tailgating machine called Touchdown Lounge. They picked me up at 8:30am and after pickup up another large group of folks we made it to the Stadium parking lot by 9:45. After a quick 15 minute setup, they had the tent up, the grill started and the tallest flagpole in the parking lot erected with a Patriots flag and a flashing light on top.

Every time that I offered to do something I was told, just relax, everything is under control, and it was. There was all kinds of food, from soup, chicken wings, meatballs and calzones to steak tips and chicken, and that was all before the game. After the game, it starts again with sandwiches, sausages hotdogs and hamburgers.

The Pats beat the Bills 20 to 10 in a good game. Matt Cassel played great and the defense really held their own, unfortunately we lost Adalius Thomas for the year who suffered a broken left forearm. It will be a short week for the Pats as the Jets come to Foxboro on Thursday evening for a game that will determine who will be in first place in the AFC East. And the Touchdown Lounge crew will be there again on Thursday. I will not be there on Thursday, but I will be thinking about them and hope that I can join them for another game this year.

Go Pats ….