You've had Tailgate Fever before you just didn't know it. Tailgate Fever is what wakes you up at 7:45 on gameday even though you usually sleep until 11:00. Tailgate Fever makes you scream like a moron for no apparent reason. It causes you to buy gloves that say "Hokies" on them and to want the back-up QB to start just because you are sick of the D-word. Tailgate Fever can cause you to argue for hours that the 1-2-2 is the answer to the basketball team's problems. It makes you fly flags, paint your face, or pour that final bourbon and coke when the last call cannon is fired. Tailgate Fever makes you go to games when you are 2-8-1….well, it makes you go to tailgates when you're 2-8-1. Have you ever looked at yourself in the mirror dressed head to toe in burnt orange? It isn't pretty is it? You have Tailgate Fever. Have you ever been "pumped" for the Akron game? Tailgate Fever. A football game is an event, but a tailgate is an experience, and whether this year's team is 10-1 or 1-10, it looks like another fine tailgating season in Blacksburg. You've probably got it right now. That quickening of your pulse, that desire to jump up and down, that's Tailgate Fever running through your veins. We've told you this before; we are telling you again….Tailgate Fever is sweeping the nation.