The KC @ Denver Orange Mane Scrapbook is up! - The Orange Mane

Taco John · 12-08-2003, 10:59 PM

It's up!

But before I post the link, I want to thank Meck77 for making it happen. It would have never happened without your help, bud, and I look forward to many more in the future. You're a cool guy to party with, and your heart is as big as they come. Thank you.

I landed in Denver at 2:30, and Meck77 (otherwise known as Steve) picked me up at the airport wearing an Eddie McCaffery jersey. We hopped in his truck and headed out to his place where we chilled out and talked about the Broncos and the Orange Mane and then started watching some college ball.

There was an over-inflated football in the room that me, Meck77's buddy, and I started tossing around, when I said, "why don't we take this outside?" It was on! We headed out to the highschool football field right by his house, and I got a first hand lesson in the difference between horsing around at sea level and doing it in the Mile High air.

After almost an hour of throwing the ball around and doing coverage drills, we went back inside to crash and watch more football. All evening long, Meck77 and I talked about some of the antics on the Mane, and how we could turn it into even more than it is... With tailgate paries every weekend, and t-shirt deals... We had about a hundred ideas... But that's another story... It was finally time to start planning for the tailgate we had ahead of us the next day.

We decided to use this as an opportunity to spread the word of the OrangeMane to everyone we could at the game. So we made signs and printed stickers to stick on people so that they would have something to remind them once they got home.

Meck77's buddy, now known here as "Disco Man" showed up and we explained what our plan was for the game. He loved the idea, and it was set... We were out to evangelize about our great online community here, and help it grow.

Game day finally came, and we started to set things up with some help from Meck77's friends...

Taco John · 12-08-2003, 11:00 PM

It was a beautiful day... nice and warm! We started to walk around puttign stickers on folks and telling them about the 'Mane. Everyone we talked to were happy to hear about it, and said they'd check it out. We wondered if we'd run into anyone who was familiar with the site...

...sure enough... We did... While passing out a sticker, we ran into TaiGateNut who lurks the site all the time. Happy to see us, he showed us his tailgating scrap book and spun a couple of stories of tailgaters of yesteryear... After handing us a couple of jello shots, and sending me off with a cold one, Meck and I were back on the path to stick people with the righteous message of the Orange Mane.

That's when we ran into the Mile High Jester.

We talked with the Jester a bit about this and that, and invited him to come check out the site, and let him know that I'd link him on the board here. Jester is all about keeping the Mile High Spirit alive, and is as big a fan of the Broncos as anyone I've met.

After we spent our stickers on anyone who would listen (not one person turned us down), we headed back to OrangeMane tailgate central, where things were just starting to pick up.

Folks started dropping in, as we offered them some of the Jamaican Jerk chicken that we had, prepared by the very chef that cooks for Trevor Pryce (let me tell you, Trevor eats well indeed). The chicken was amazingly delicious. Seeing the "Open! Come in" sign, and the "OrangeMane.com Tailgate Party" sign, people wanted to know what was going on.

Taco John · 12-08-2003, 11:00 PM

These Canadian fans dropped in (one of which who has registered as "Canadian Bronco") and we talked Broncos for awhile. They had come the distance to see the Broncos play, and were happy to have a tail gate party to feel welcome at.

More partying...

More meeting new people...

Before we knew it, we had ourselves the best tail gate party in that particular lot:

Jake Meffley dropped in with his better half:

As did Tombstone RJ:

Taco John · 12-08-2003, 11:01 PM

Disco Man and eeEErRaY! show their shoes off...

eeEERaY! and his wife were definitely die hard Broncos fans:

MightySmurf2000 showed up with his pop, but for some reason, the picture that I took of him didn't take like I thought it did... But you can see him here on the left in orange, and his dad is just to the left of him in blue:

More folks dropped in to learn more about the site, talk Broncos, and eat some good grub. The spirit was high as everybody got along like old friends....

Almost game time, and it was time to start packing up as the party started to move toward the stadium... One more photo opp for Meck77, myself, and TombstoneRJ:

It was game time, and the South Stands (along with the entire stadium) were as orange as ever:

I thought this guy had a really cool hat... or something:

Taco John · 12-08-2003, 11:01 PM

I saw this guy lift his camera, and I wanted to try and get a shot of it in case I liked that particular model... or something...

My little man here was hooking me up with the high fives all game long:

The action in section 102 is superb:

We were happy Broncos fans after the game:

WHAT A GAME!

If you want to see the full scrap book, check it out here:

http://www.orangemane.com/scrapbbok/03chiefsgame/

Ratboy · 12-08-2003, 11:13 PM

nice pics.. looked like a fun party. those nike shoes were sweet, i gotta find me a pair.

Meck77 · 12-08-2003, 11:26 PM

Right on Taco! Excellent pics!

I want to give credit for the food to my good friend "Desmond" who prepared it He is a native Jamaican that can cook jerk chicken like nobody's business. He actually won the Westword newspaper's Award for "Best wings in Denver" . They basically have one of the most prestigious awards for restaurants etc choosen by the people. Heck you guys think the mane is going to serve up some chincy stuff at a tailgate. NO WAY!!!

Actually this week "Desmond" said he himself will bless the mane tailgate and man the grill for the Cleveland game!!

Not sure what the menu will be yet but it will be DAMN GOOD!

See you there!!!!!!! Same place. Same time. Real early. So darn early we might just be cooking up eggs and bacon for you for breakfast

*****All MEMBERS ALL WELCOME let me rephrase that.........

*****ALL MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO COME!!!!!!!!!!!***********

Ratboy · 12-08-2003, 11:28 PM

eggs and bacon!!

, i need go to denver next year or the year after for a home game.. looks crazy..

Taco John · 12-08-2003, 11:30 PM

Yeah baby!

Pezman · 12-08-2003, 11:55 PM

I am supremely jealous now...

Meck77 · 12-09-2003, 12:03 AM

Nah don't be Pezman. Look at the bright side. You see you have all offseason to plan your voyage out here! I'll be here to help you out with anything you need. I have some good connections with tickets etc. I can't guarantee tickets for the entire mane at once but more often than not I can round up quite a few. I also know a great scalper who is a great fan who isn't in the business of ripping people off. Worst case scenario I'm pretty damn good at buying tickets off the street and know where to find the deals.

You see Pezman I was born out here and lived here during John's early years. I went to games then but I had to move. I have since moved back and know what it's like being a fan in a far away city looking for tickets, tailgates, places to stay etc.

Consider me your personal local contact to help you get the full Bronco experience when you can come to town. (That goes for everybody planning on coming next season). I have a helluva lot of fun throwing tailgates and meeting new Bronco Maniacs. That's it! It's that simple.

Ratboy · 12-09-2003, 12:17 AM

i looked on mapquest and its 1928.89 miles from Palm Bay, Florida to Denver. it would take 29 hours 47 minutes.. to drive. looks like i wouldnt be driving to denver next year. and im afraid of Flying!!

, looks like ill be on a train!!!

BlueDamsel · 12-09-2003, 12:18 AM

Hey I stopped by too, but I am camera shy!

I was thinking of making some "drunk chicken" next week for the game, that's what I told the guy from NZ I might do up...But I only have 1 holder-thingymajig. Let me know when it gets closer what the menu is, I'll see what I can stir up to get something to go along with it!

BlueDamsel · 12-09-2003, 12:20 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ratboy
i looked on mapquest and its 1928.89 miles from Palm Bay, Florida to Denver. it would take 29 hours 47 minutes.. to drive. looks like i wouldnt be driving to denver next year. and im afraid of Flying!! , looks like ill be on a train!!!

See if you can get a connection with Madden & go on the bus!

Taco John · 12-09-2003, 12:23 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ratboy
i looked on mapquest and its 1928.89 miles from Palm Bay, Florida to Denver. it would take 29 hours 47 minutes.. to drive. looks like i wouldnt be driving to denver next year. and im afraid of Flying!! , looks like ill be on a train!!!

Dude... You need to fly Frontier... They've got Direct TV in the backs of the seats, so you can close your window and watch the tube!

Ratboy · 12-09-2003, 12:24 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by BeerGirl

See if you can get a connection with Madden & go on the bus!

good idea.

or i could say screw my fears and hope on a plain.. i just hate terrorist.

Ratboy · 12-09-2003, 12:34 AM

anyone know if theres a chance we play buffalo bills @ Home?

Don Flamenco · 12-09-2003, 12:41 AM

Hey thx for all the fun guys!

That was the most fun I ever had! I need to definitely come back for another one!

Quote:

Originally posted by Taco John

Dude... You need to fly Frontier... They've got Direct TV in the backs of the seats, so you can close your window and watch the tube!

I was trying to get some sleep on the flight back and just had to stay up and watch the highlights. I was screaming my ass off so much that I didn't even realize that portis scored 5 touchdowns

Plane ticket prices are preety steep though, my next time out I'm probly gonna take the train.

Quote:

Originally posted by Ratboy

nice pics.. looked like a fun party. those nike shoes were sweet, i gotta find me a pair.

http://www.pickyourshoes.com/collect...y_org_mesh.htm

Ratboy · 12-09-2003, 12:44 AM

Thanks for the site.

whats some trains names, i wanna look on some sites and look at prices. if its cheap enough ill try to go up next year.

Taco John · 12-09-2003, 12:54 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by eeEErRaY!
Hey thx for all the fun guys!

That was the most fun I ever had! I need to definitely come back for another one!

I was trying to get some sleep on the flight back and just had to stay up and watch the highlights. I was screaming my ass off so much that I didn't even realize that portis scored 5 touchdowns Plane ticket prices are preety steep though, my next time out I'm probly gonna take the train.

http://www.pickyourshoes.com/collect...y_org_mesh.htm

You're the man eeEERay!

Thanks for stopping by, brother... I hope to see you and your lovely wife at another one some day! It was great seeing you two out there!

BlueDamsel · 12-09-2003, 12:55 AM

http://www.amtrak.com/

Or you *could* greyhound it!

Maybe you could check around to see how many others would be willing to make a road trip out of it? I think it would be fun to get a progressive tailgate party going, even if it turns into a caravan!!!

Ratboy · 12-09-2003, 01:05 AM

wow flying would be cheaper than amtrak, but more dangerous.

Broncos4Life · 12-09-2003, 01:19 AM

Taco those pics are the shiat! I live in AZ and am definately comin' up to Denver next year for a game. When I went to Mile High for the Fan Fair, that was the most fans I had ever been around. It was great. Denver is a great city and I need to talk my girl into moving out there.

BlueDamsel · 12-09-2003, 01:23 AM

Okay, the more I think about that idea that I just posted about (the progressive tailgating party) the more I like it...Imagine this...We get a group coming over from each of the corners & picking up cars of people along the way...I know a whole group of fans from California that want to head out this way, I know fans from the northwest corner that would love to come down for a game, fans from Florida, obviously & other states along the way...get 4 "trains" of cars coming in...and just blast the opposition with true fans! Hmmm...How can we get the ball rolling on this one? I'm, of course, already in Denver, but I can draw up some attention on this once it all gets rolling...

Ratboy · 12-09-2003, 01:32 AM

i wanna buy a tailgate bus and paint it Orange and Blue!! maybe if someday i moved to denver i would do it, but i dont see me moving back to a place were winters are cold!!

12-08-2003, 10:59 PM	#1
Taco John 24/7 Broncos In Elway I Trust Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 49,708 Adopt-a-Bronco: Peyton Manning	The KC @ Denver Orange Mane Scrapbook is up! It's up! But before I post the link, I want to thank Meck77 for making it happen. It would have never happened without your help, bud, and I look forward to many more in the future. You're a cool guy to party with, and your heart is as big as they come. Thank you. I landed in Denver at 2:30, and Meck77 (otherwise known as Steve) picked me up at the airport wearing an Eddie McCaffery jersey. We hopped in his truck and headed out to his place where we chilled out and talked about the Broncos and the Orange Mane and then started watching some college ball. There was an over-inflated football in the room that me, Meck77's buddy, and I started tossing around, when I said, "why don't we take this outside?" It was on! We headed out to the highschool football field right by his house, and I got a first hand lesson in the difference between horsing around at sea level and doing it in the Mile High air. After almost an hour of throwing the ball around and doing coverage drills, we went back inside to crash and watch more football. All evening long, Meck77 and I talked about some of the antics on the Mane, and how we could turn it into even more than it is... With tailgate paries every weekend, and t-shirt deals... We had about a hundred ideas... But that's another story... It was finally time to start planning for the tailgate we had ahead of us the next day. We decided to use this as an opportunity to spread the word of the OrangeMane to everyone we could at the game. So we made signs and printed stickers to stick on people so that they would have something to remind them once they got home. Meck77's buddy, now known here as "Disco Man" showed up and we explained what our plan was for the game. He loved the idea, and it was set... We were out to evangelize about our great online community here, and help it grow. Game day finally came, and we started to set things up with some help from Meck77's friends...

12-08-2003, 11:26 PM	#7
Meck77 Ring of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 16,312	Right on Taco! Excellent pics! I want to give credit for the food to my good friend "Desmond" who prepared it He is a native Jamaican that can cook jerk chicken like nobody's business. He actually won the Westword newspaper's Award for "Best wings in Denver" . They basically have one of the most prestigious awards for restaurants etc choosen by the people. Heck you guys think the mane is going to serve up some chincy stuff at a tailgate. NO WAY!!! Actually this week "Desmond" said he himself will bless the mane tailgate and man the grill for the Cleveland game!! Not sure what the menu will be yet but it will be DAMN GOOD! See you there!!!!!!! Same place. Same time. Real early. So darn early we might just be cooking up eggs and bacon for you for breakfast ***All MEMBERS ALL WELCOME let me rephrase that......... *ALL MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO COME!!!!!!!!!!!********* Last edited by Meck77; 12-08-2003 at 11:45 PM..

12-08-2003, 11:55 PM	#10
Pezman Livin the dream Andy did you hear about this one? Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Smoggy SoCal Posts: 9,833 Adopt-a-Bronco: DJ Williams	I am supremely jealous now... __________________ Sitting on a beach, earning 20%

12-09-2003, 12:03 AM	#11
Meck77 Ring of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 16,312	Nah don't be Pezman. Look at the bright side. You see you have all offseason to plan your voyage out here! I'll be here to help you out with anything you need. I have some good connections with tickets etc. I can't guarantee tickets for the entire mane at once but more often than not I can round up quite a few. I also know a great scalper who is a great fan who isn't in the business of ripping people off. Worst case scenario I'm pretty damn good at buying tickets off the street and know where to find the deals. You see Pezman I was born out here and lived here during John's early years. I went to games then but I had to move. I have since moved back and know what it's like being a fan in a far away city looking for tickets, tailgates, places to stay etc. Consider me your personal local contact to help you get the full Bronco experience when you can come to town. (That goes for everybody planning on coming next season). I have a helluva lot of fun throwing tailgates and meeting new Bronco Maniacs. That's it! It's that simple. Last edited by Meck77; 12-09-2003 at 12:27 AM..

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12-08-2003, 11:00 PM	#2
Taco John 24/7 Broncos In Elway I Trust Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 49,708 Adopt-a-Bronco: Peyton Manning	It was a beautiful day... nice and warm! We started to walk around puttign stickers on folks and telling them about the 'Mane. Everyone we talked to were happy to hear about it, and said they'd check it out. We wondered if we'd run into anyone who was familiar with the site... ...sure enough... We did... While passing out a sticker, we ran into TaiGateNut who lurks the site all the time. Happy to see us, he showed us his tailgating scrap book and spun a couple of stories of tailgaters of yesteryear... After handing us a couple of jello shots, and sending me off with a cold one, Meck and I were back on the path to stick people with the righteous message of the Orange Mane. That's when we ran into the Mile High Jester. We talked with the Jester a bit about this and that, and invited him to come check out the site, and let him know that I'd link him on the board here. Jester is all about keeping the Mile High Spirit alive, and is as big a fan of the Broncos as anyone I've met. After we spent our stickers on anyone who would listen (not one person turned us down), we headed back to OrangeMane tailgate central, where things were just starting to pick up. Folks started dropping in, as we offered them some of the Jamaican Jerk chicken that we had, prepared by the very chef that cooks for Trevor Pryce (let me tell you, Trevor eats well indeed). The chicken was amazingly delicious. Seeing the "Open! Come in" sign, and the "OrangeMane.com Tailgate Party" sign, people wanted to know what was going on.

12-08-2003, 11:01 PM	#4
Taco John 24/7 Broncos In Elway I Trust Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 49,708 Adopt-a-Bronco: Peyton Manning	Disco Man and eeEErRaY! show their shoes off... eeEERaY! and his wife were definitely die hard Broncos fans: MightySmurf2000 showed up with his pop, but for some reason, the picture that I took of him didn't take like I thought it did... But you can see him here on the left in orange, and his dad is just to the left of him in blue: More folks dropped in to learn more about the site, talk Broncos, and eat some good grub. The spirit was high as everybody got along like old friends.... Almost game time, and it was time to start packing up as the party started to move toward the stadium... One more photo opp for Meck77, myself, and TombstoneRJ: It was game time, and the South Stands (along with the entire stadium) were as orange as ever: I thought this guy had a really cool hat... or something:

12-08-2003, 11:13 PM	#6
Ratboy It's all over... ಠ_ಠ Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Okinawa, Japan Posts: 13,276	nice pics.. looked like a fun party. those nike shoes were sweet, i gotta find me a pair.

12-08-2003, 11:28 PM	#8
Ratboy It's all over... ಠ_ಠ Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Okinawa, Japan Posts: 13,276	eggs and bacon!! , i need go to denver next year or the year after for a home game.. looks crazy..

12-08-2003, 11:30 PM	#9
Taco John 24/7 Broncos In Elway I Trust Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 49,708 Adopt-a-Bronco: Peyton Manning	Yeah baby!

12-09-2003, 12:17 AM	#12
Ratboy It's all over... ಠ_ಠ Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Okinawa, Japan Posts: 13,276	i looked on mapquest and its 1928.89 miles from Palm Bay, Florida to Denver. it would take 29 hours 47 minutes.. to drive. looks like i wouldnt be driving to denver next year. and im afraid of Flying!! , looks like ill be on a train!!!

12-09-2003, 12:18 AM	#13
BlueDamsel I win! :P Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 2,740	Hey I stopped by too, but I am camera shy! I was thinking of making some "drunk chicken" next week for the game, that's what I told the guy from NZ I might do up...But I only have 1 holder-thingymajig. Let me know when it gets closer what the menu is, I'll see what I can stir up to get something to go along with it!

12-09-2003, 12:34 AM	#17
Ratboy It's all over... ಠ_ಠ Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Okinawa, Japan Posts: 13,276	anyone know if theres a chance we play buffalo bills @ Home?

12-09-2003, 12:44 AM	#19
Ratboy It's all over... ಠ_ಠ Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Okinawa, Japan Posts: 13,276	Thanks for the site. whats some trains names, i wanna look on some sites and look at prices. if its cheap enough ill try to go up next year.

12-09-2003, 12:55 AM	#21
BlueDamsel I win! :P Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 2,740	http://www.amtrak.com/ Or you could greyhound it! Maybe you could check around to see how many others would be willing to make a road trip out of it? I think it would be fun to get a progressive tailgate party going, even if it turns into a caravan!!!

12-09-2003, 01:05 AM	#22
Ratboy It's all over... ಠ_ಠ Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Okinawa, Japan Posts: 13,276	wow flying would be cheaper than amtrak, but more dangerous.

12-09-2003, 01:19 AM	#23
Broncos4Life Ring of Famer Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: QC....both sides... Posts: 1,777	Taco those pics are the shiat! I live in AZ and am definately comin' up to Denver next year for a game. When I went to Mile High for the Fan Fair, that was the most fans I had ever been around. It was great. Denver is a great city and I need to talk my girl into moving out there.

12-09-2003, 01:23 AM	#24
BlueDamsel I win! :P Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 2,740	Okay, the more I think about that idea that I just posted about (the progressive tailgating party) the more I like it...Imagine this...We get a group coming over from each of the corners & picking up cars of people along the way...I know a whole group of fans from California that want to head out this way, I know fans from the northwest corner that would love to come down for a game, fans from Florida, obviously & other states along the way...get 4 "trains" of cars coming in...and just blast the opposition with true fans! Hmmm...How can we get the ball rolling on this one? I'm, of course, already in Denver, but I can draw up some attention on this once it all gets rolling...

12-09-2003, 01:32 AM	#25
Ratboy It's all over... ಠ_ಠ Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Okinawa, Japan Posts: 13,276	i wanna buy a tailgate bus and paint it Orange and Blue!! maybe if someday i moved to denver i would do it, but i dont see me moving back to a place were winters are cold!!

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