🏈 2017's Best Road Trip

[BamaFan334]

Just wanted to reach out to fellow members here and get some past prospective and some current ideas on what y'all think will be the season's best road trip. Taking into consideration the location of the game, stadium, game itself, and nightlife/things to do before and after the game. The wife and I don't get out too much due to three kids under the age of six, so I'm looking for a long weekend to have a little fun and cut lose a little while watching our boys. Coming from Atlanta.

Vanderbilt - September 23rd
Texas A&M - October 2nd
Mississippi State - November 11th
Auburn - November 25th

I have been to Auburn, so don't really care to go there. I did notice the Titans play in Nashville the day after the Vanderbilt game, so seeing Derrick play would be a lot of fun. Starkvegas may be the closest trip, and would add another SEC stadium to my list. Of course Texas A&M would be a good one, but I've been told it can be a little harder to get to when you have to fly in. Like I said, would love to hear some past experiences and prospective on these Fall opportunities.

 

[planomateo]

There isn't shit around College Station, but an interesting place to see a game. I've only been to one Alabama game there (been to a few other games there though), mostly due to my kids having competing schedules that time of year. I haven't been since they've updated the stadium. Gonna try to get down there this year if the calendar allows it. If it were me, I'd fly into Austin and drive the 2 hour drive...lots of fun to be had in Austin. Plus you could hit up Snow's BBQ in Lexington on the way over, they're only opened on Saturday for lunch. Great BBQ. Now I'm hungry

 

[BamaFan334]

There isn't **** around College Station, but an interesting place to see a game. I've only been to one Alabama game there (been to a few other games there though), mostly due to my kids having competing schedules that time of year. I haven't been since they've updated the stadium. Gonna try to get down there this year if the calendar allows it. If it were me, I'd fly into Austin and drive the 2 hour drive...lots of fun to be had in Austin. Plus you could hit up Snow's BBQ in Lexington on the way over, they're only opened on Saturday for lunch. Great BBQ. Now I'm hungry

I love some good BBQ. Snow's pretty good?

 

[planomateo]

Very good.

 

[PCRammer]

I always go with the weather. Late Sep in TN early Oct in TX its still going to be blazing hot. Fall weather wise I'd go to the state game.

Although if your realistic choices are Vandy or A&M - I'd do Nashville, especially if you get to squeeze in a Titans game. On the other hand, the stadium experience will be a million times better at A&M, and maybe the Texans are playing in Houston on Sunday so you could fly into there instead of Austin.

 

[TUSKtimes]

I'm heading to College Station just because I haven't made it. But staying around Houston and coming over for the game is no big deal to me. I have often hung around New Orleans for a few days before heading to the world's biggest drum in Baton Rogue. Best of both worlds with little effort.

 

[planomateo]

I love some good BBQ. Snow's pretty good?

Texas Monthly just released their top 50 Texas BBQ joints. Snow's is the ONLY one to get a 5 rating.



Snow’s
Opened: 2003
Pitmaster: Tootsie Tomanetz, 82, and Kerry Bexley, 50
Method: Post oak; both direct- and indirect-heat pits
Pro tip: This is some of the least expensive top-quality brisket around—$15.95 a pound, in case you’re planning a party.

It’s early morning and the air is not yet blistering, so you roll the car windows down. You turn off the highway onto a farm road and meander through pastures and farmland, anticipation growing with every mile. Thirty minutes later you arrive in the micropolis of Lexington (population 1,200) and head for a small red building. Joining the line, you turn to gaze at the big open-air shed out back. That’s where the magic happens. Moving deliberately amid an array of magnificently battered barbecue pits—which resemble something from the dawn of the industrial revolution—are three people oblivious to the gawkers fifty feet away. They consist of the dean of Texas pitmasters, Tootsie Tomanetz; her boss and the owner of Snow’s, Kerry Bexley; and the new kid on the block, pit hand Clay Cowgill. Their skill and the indelible experience that they create are the reasons why Snow’s is once again at the top of our list. They might lift the lid on a pit occasionally to prod a pork steak (the cut’s gnarly exterior belies the succulent meat within), they might pause to inspect the rows of briskets. Every so often, Tomanetz will take a little cotton mop and baste the chicken halves with a thin, sweet sauce. Periodically, trays of aromatic meats are toted inside to be sliced by the efficient crew overseen by Kim, Bexley’s wife, in the small dining room. Meanwhile, you’ve ordered and paid up. You look for a picnic table to share (if you’re lucky, there’s space at one under the shed—think of them as chef’s tables). You settle down and dig into brisket so succulent your eyes close involuntarily. But it’s the chicken (yes, chicken!) and salty pork steaks with pockets of buttery fat that will have you wondering why you don’t spend more Saturday mornings in Lexington. Rating: 5. 516 Main, 979-542-8189. Sat 8–1:30 or till meat runs out.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

I love some good BBQ. Snow's pretty good?

Texas Monthly thinks so. Number 1.

The List: The Top 50 Barbecue Joints in Texas

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Beat me to it, Plano. I was just looking at that article a half hour ago. Now I'm really hungry.