We ended up with a beautiful day for ECU’s home game against Old Dominion University. A week ago ODU beat Virginia Tech in Norfolk and so this was expected to be a pretty competitive game. Jess joined the day trip down and we joined Lauren, Staci, Preston, Courtney and Chuck to tailgate with Jason and his crew.
We had great seats on the press box side in the shade. ECU gave ODU a good game and pulled off the win with a late field goal.
We couldn’t have asked for a nicer day to kick off the 2018 ECU Football season. We found a shady and grassy spot in the Belk lot to spread out and hang out before the game.
As we were walking in we stopped to see our RV neighbors and found out the game was delayed. We would eventually go into the game, but just as we were getting to our seats, lightning delayed the game again. We waited around for a few more hours before eventually pulling the plug and heading home when we realized a strong rain storm was headed our way. Shortly after getting on the road ECU cancelled the game and decided to play it on Sunday.
We all headed back to Raleigh for the night, but instead of going to the game we stuck with our original plan for a round of golf. That ended up being one of the better rounds I’ve played shooting a 101 and it was a lot of fun. And ECU ended up loosing the game on Sunday.
With only one more ECU Football game left for the season the game against Tulane would be the final one of the season for the entire group. The night game made it so we could hang out and tailgate all afternoon and Jess joined me for the trip to Greenville. The main item on the menu was frogmore stew. The game got interesting at the end as it went into overtime, but alas ECU wasn’t able to put points on the board and lost.
It was a great fall evening for watching football as Brigham Young University was in town to play the Pirates in football. ECU won the late evening contest and some of us even made it downtown to celebrate.
VT is always a tough game for the pirates – lucky for us it was a little later and gave us plenty of time to tailgate!
Been a few years since I posted my football tailgate playlist and quite a few updates have been made. Here’s our current ECU Football Tailgate Playlist:
| Song | Artist | Album |
| A Pirate Looks at Forty | Jimmy Buffett | Songs You Know By Heart [1990] |
| Achy Breaky Heart | Billy Ray Cyrus | 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Billy Ray Cyrus |
| Acting Our Age | Cale Dodds | People Watching – EP |
| All I Do Is Win (feat. T-Pain, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg & Rick Ross) | DJ Khaled | All I Do Is Win (feat. T-Pain, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg & Rick Ross) – Single |
| All Right Now | Free | 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Free |
| All Star | Smash Mouth | Astro Lounge |
| All Summer Long (Vocal Version) | Hit Masters | All Summer Long – Single |
| Any Way You Want It | Journey | Journey: Greatest Hits |
| Back In Black | AC/dB | AC/DC Tribute: Best of Back In Black – EP |
| Bad Moon Rising | Creedence Clearwater Revival | |
| Blow Your Mind | Ohana Bam | Blow Your Mind – Single |
| Body Like a Back Road | Sam Hunt | Body Like a Back Road – Single |
| Celebration | Kool & The Gang | Funk Essentials: Celebration – The Best of Kool & the Gang 1979-1987 |
| Centerfield | John Fogerty | Centerfield |
| Chicken Fried | Zac Brown Band | The Foundation (Deluxe Version) |
| Closing Time | Semisonic | Feeling Strangely Fine |
| Club Can’t Handle Me (feat. David Guetta) [From “Step Up 3D”] | Flo Rida | Club Can’t Handle Me – Single |
| Comin’ to Your City | Big & Rich | Comin’ to Your City – Single |
| Cotton Eye Joe | Rednex | Sex & Violins |
| Cruise (Remix) [feat. Nelly] | Florida Georgia Line | Cruise (Remix) [feat. Nelly] – Single |
| Cut To The Feeling | Carly Rae Jepsen | Cut To The Feeling – Single |
| Danger Zone | Kenny Loggins | Top Gun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Special Expanded Edition] |
| Do Something Crazy (feat. Cook Classics) | Outasight | Do Something Crazy (feat. Cook Classics) – Single |
| Don’t Stop Believin’ | Journey | Journey: Greatest Hits |
| Don’t Stop the Party (feat. TJR) | Pitbull | Global Warming (Deluxe Version) |
| Drink In My Hand | Eric Church | Chief |
| Drinkin’ Town With a Football Problem | Billy Currington | Summer Forever |
| East Carolina University Victory | 1999 ECU Marching Pirates | |
| ECU Alma Mater | ||
| ECU BONEYARD | The Findells | |
| Eye of the Tiger | Survivor | Survivor: Greatest Hits |
| Free Fallin’ | Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | Greatest Hits |
| Friends In Low Places | Country Heroes | The Complete Tribute to Garth Brooks |
| GDFR (feat. Sage the Gemini & Lookas) | Flo Rida | My House |
| Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams) | Daft Punk | Random Access Memories |
| Gettin’ Down in a Pirate Town | Jesse Rice | The Pirate Sessions |
| Glory Days | Bruce Springsteen | Born In the U.S.A. |
| Gonna Fly Now (Theme from “Rocky”) | Bill Conti | Rocky Balboa: The Best of Rocky (Remastered) |
| Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) | C+C Music Factory | C+C Music Factory: Super Hits |
| Good Feeling | Flo Rida | Wild Ones (Deluxe Version) |
| Good Time | Owl City | Good Time – Single |
| Happy (From “Despicable Me 2”) | Pharrell Williams | G I R L |
| Heart of a Champion | Nelly | Sweat |
| Hells Bells | AC/dB | AC/DC Tribute: Best of Back In Black – EP |
| He’s a Pirate | Klaus Badelt | Pirates of the Caribbean (Original Soundtrack) |
| Hip Hop Hooray | Naughty By Nature | Greatest Hits: Naughty’s Nicest |
| I get knocked down | Smash Mouth | |
| I Gotta Feeling | Black Eyed Peas | The E.N.D. (The Energy Never Dies) |
| I Love Rock ‘N Roll | Joan Jett & The Blackhearts | I Love Rock ‘N Roll (Remastered) |
| I’m the One (feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper & Lil Wayne) | DJ Khaled | Grateful |
| It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere | Alan Jackson/Jimmy Buffett | Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 |
| Jock Jams – Ya’ll Ready For Th | Jock Jams – | |
| Jump | Van Halen | The Best of Van Halen, Vol. 1 |
| Legends Are Made | Sam Tinnesz | Legends Are Made – Single |
| Let’s Go | Trick Daddy | Let’s Go – Single |
| Let’s Groove | Earth, Wind & Fire | Earth, Wind & Fire: Greatest Hits |
| Livin’ On a Prayer | Bon Jovi | Cross Road |
| Margaritaville | Jimmy Buffett | Songs You Know By Heart [1990] |
| Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye | Steam | 45’s On CD – Volume III (’66-‘ |
| Nothin’ But a Good Time | Poison | Nothing But a Good Time (Remastered) – Single |
| Now or Never | Outasight | Now or Never – Single |
| Parking Lot Party | Lee Brice | Hard 2 Love |
| Party Rock Anthem (feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock) | LMFAO | Sorry for Party Rocking (Deluxe Version) |
| Pirate Fanfare and E.C. Victory | East Carolina University Marching Pirates | 2001 and 2002 ECU Marching Pirates |
| Pirate Flag | Kenny Chesney | Life On a Rock |
| Pour Some Sugar on Me | Def Leppard | Hysteria |
| Purple & Gold (East Carolina University) | Udon Cheek | |
| Purple Haze | Jimi Hendrix Experience | The Ultimate Experience |
| Red Solo Cup | Toby Keith | Clancy’s Tavern (Deluxe Edition) |
| Right Now | Van Halen | The Best of Both Worlds |
| Rock and Roll All Nite | KISS | Dressed to Kill (Remastered) |
| Rock And Roll, Part 2 | Gary Glitter | The Hey Song (The Greatest Hits) |
| Shake It Up | The Cars | The Cars: Complete Greatest Hits |
| Shut Up and Dance | WALK THE MOON | TALKING IS HARD |
| Sirius | The Alan Parsons Project | Eye In the Sky |
| Some Nights | Fun. | Some Nights |
| Something Just Like This | The Chainsmokers & Coldplay | Memories…Do Not Open |
| Start Me Up | The Rolling Stones | Jump Back – The Best of the Rolling Stones ’71-’93 (Remastered) |
| Summer of ’69 | Bryan Adams | So Far so Good |
| Sweet Caroline | Neil Diamond | 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Neil Diamond |
| Sweet Child o’ Mine | Guns N’ Roses | Greatest Hits (U.S. Version) |
| Sweet Home Alabama | Lynyrd Skynyrd | 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| Take Me Home Tonight | Eddie Money | The Best of Eddie Money |
| The Boys of Summer | The Ataris | So Long, Astoria |
| This Is How We Roll (feat. Luke Bryan) | Florida Georgia Line | Here’s To the Good Times…This Is How We Roll (Deluxe Version) |
| This Is Our House | Bon Jovi | This Is Our House – Single |
| Thunderstruck | Thunderstruck | Thunderstruck |
| Toes | Zac Brown Band | The Foundation (Deluxe Version) |
| Tonight Is the Night | Outasight | Tonight Is the Night – Single |
| Turn Up | The Heavy | Hurt & the Merciless |
| Two Tickets to Paradise | Eddie Money | The Best of Eddie Money |
| U Can’t Touch This | MC Hammer | Greatest Hits |
| We Are The Champions | Queen | Greatest Hits |
| Welcome to the Jungle | Guns N’ Roses | Greatest Hits (U.S. Version) |
| Whoomp! There It Is | Tag Team | Whoomp! There It Is |
| You Give Love a Bad Name | Bon Jovi | Slippery When Wet |
| You Really Got Me | Van Halen | The Best of Both Worlds |
| You Shook Me All Night Long | AC/dB | Greatest Hits of AC/DC Tribute – EP |
| Young Forever | High Valley | Dear Life |
It was great to be back in Greenville for another season of ECU Football tailgating with the White Tiger crew. We had a great time tailgating all afternoon and catching up since last season. The game was another story – we lost – but it was still good to be back and see everyone.
It was another fun weekend with the tailgate crew especially with one part having just gotten engaged and another part home for the game on baby watch.
It was also military appreciation day and we got to climb like kids on the equipment and see a pretty cool flyover.
