For a little more than a year, Jon Gruden has attended every Clemson tailgate.
Well, sort of.
When Syracuse traveled to Clemson on Saturday, Scott Bagwell held his usual tailgate in Lot 3, outside of Littlejohn Coliseum where the Tigers play basketball. The pregame event — one held by Bagwell and his family in the same spot for more than 50 years — featured orange and purple canopies, fried chicken sandwiches, dozens of koozies and a beverage selection equivalent to that of a small bar. Out in front of the site, presented for all to see, stood Tailgate Gruden, a 4-foot tall bobblehead version of the first-year Oakland Raiders coach.