[82lsju]

For me a lot of it has to do with convenience. I get that I am missing some of the spectacle by staying home, but I am trading that for no line at the bathroom, DVR control of entire game, and I can knock out some yardwork during halftime.

and your TV is probably considerably larger than the 20" TV I had in the 80s to watch football!!!  The home viewing experience is so much better than it used to be, and the actual viewing experience is much better at home (and I only have a 42" TV) than in our seats at the games.

for a significant part of our tailgate group the social aspects around the game are at least as important as the actual football game, in some ways the games are just known in advance dates we can plan around seeing each other that require little other organizing.  Back in the Harris/Teevens years the games were so disheartening that we had people come to the tailgaters and not go in for the games.....let's hope we don't see games like that again....

[82lsju]

For me a lot of it has to do with convenience. I get that I am missing some of the spectacle by staying home, but I am trading that for no line at the bathroom, DVR control of entire game, and I can knock out some yardwork during halftime.

and your TV is probably considerably larger than the 20" TV I had in the 80s to watch football!!!  The home viewing experience is so much better than it used to be, and the actual viewing experience is much better at home (and I only have a 42" TV) than in our seats at the games.

for a significant part of our tailgate group the social aspects around the game are at least as important as the actual football game, in some ways the games are just known in advance dates we can plan around seeing each other that require little other organizing.  Back in the Harris/Teevens years the games were so disheartening that we had people come to the tailgaters and not go in for the games.....let's hope we don't see games like that again....