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Having grown up watching live football, for me I love watching games at night. I’ll take it one step further – I love watching night games late in the season, when everything is on the line, with late kick-offs. There is no better live spectacle than two teams dueling it out under the lights with a raucous crowd screaming, cheering and sometimes jeering.

That’s not to say that I don’t also love afternoon football, however, I get the draw of that as well. Arriving at your favourite parking lot, unpacking the cooler, chairs, tables and whatever other game-day traditions you have, then setting up the barbecue and cracking your first cold one. We all have those memories.

Several months ago I wrote about my experiences with season tickets to the NFL’s Buffalo Bills , which I shared with fellow blogger, Ben Kerr. Along with a third friend, Brett Bullough, over the course of a season we learned so much from our fellow tailgaters who were much more experienced. It was these guys, whose names escape me, that showed us how to make a day of it. Of course you can tailgate before a night game, but if you want a full-day experience, you need an afternoon kick-off.

After spending the entire morning, more or less, tailgating, these tailgating vets returned to their supped-up custom school bus to spend the next four hours watching the evening and night games, while enjoying a second meal and another round. This is where afternoon games are advantageous. They literally spent the entire day tailgating, broken up in the middle by an afternoon Bills home game.

No doubt you all have your opinions as to which is better, afternoon or night games. Certainly there are advantages and disadvantages to both.

…and that is the Last Word.

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