1.) Oconee River Raft Race - build your own float out of whatever scrap materials you could find, fill a cooler, gather some buddies with their coolers, get on said raft and float the Oconee down to the old O'Malleys location.
2.) Effies - work off some midterm stress if the Sigma Kappas were out of town.
3.) Penny Beer - Nominal cover charge. Beers served in the smaller plastic cups for $0.01 each. Tough keeping the khakis up with 5 pounds of copper in your front pockets.
4.) Three-for-Ones - Three drinks for the price of one. American consumerism at its finest. Usually, during the last 30 minutes of this widely practiced bar special, you'd see tables filling up with enough drinks to last the next 3 hours. Once had twenty-one 7-and-7's on a table top at 3:30 in the afternoon.
5.) Wet T-Shirt Contests - No gender identification necessary as long as the cotton was white, shear, and wet. I remember one wealthy girl from Sarasota who was ineligible to compete due to the flatness of the 'Earth' who went home over Christmas break, came back with a pair of gifts, and proceeded to win out through Spring Quarter.
6.) Cooper's Jukebox - Had the entire David Allan Coe X-Rated album on it. We didn't even bother remembering the names of the songs, just the number. 40 years later, a friend of mine texted me and said his wife "218'd" him. Knew exactly what he meant.
7.) Night Owl Lounge - Last place I remember that sold Pearl beer in the can. They'd hold a Night Owl Beauty Contest every now and then... and, one night, they had eight contestants and no winner. That's how ugly the women were out there.
8.) Herbie's All-Nighter - Located in the, now, Frogger location on W Hancock. Didn't open up until 10:00PM and served the greasiest life-saving food ever. Herbie Abroms ran it and would cuss every kid coming in. Didn't hold back on any of the really good cuss words, either. Food selections included "Herbie's Balls" and the "Big Mother".
9.) Law Dawg Taxi Service - There was a time when DUIs were $125 (which meant bail was $13) and the paperwork too troublesome for local law enforcement to fill out. So, they'd either follow you home... or, they'd drive you home if you were too dysfunctional to do it yourself.
10.) Fifth Quarter Buses - The Fifth Quarter bar, operated by the legendary Craig “Sky” Hertwig, operated two buses on game days to ferry patrons from the bar's location (where Cadence Bank sits now close to Hilltop Grille) to Sanford Stadium. Neither bus was roadworthy. None of the drivers sober by game time. And, the buses were always packed with folks who'd pre-gamed too long and just needed to make it into Sanford in that narrow slot between the National Anthem and kickoff. Life opens up when you no longer have the capacity to fear death.
2.) Effies - work off some midterm stress if the Sigma Kappas were out of town.
3.) Penny Beer - Nominal cover charge. Beers served in the smaller plastic cups for $0.01 each. Tough keeping the khakis up with 5 pounds of copper in your front pockets.
4.) Three-for-Ones - Three drinks for the price of one. American consumerism at its finest. Usually, during the last 30 minutes of this widely practiced bar special, you'd see tables filling up with enough drinks to last the next 3 hours. Once had twenty-one 7-and-7's on a table top at 3:30 in the afternoon.
5.) Wet T-Shirt Contests - No gender identification necessary as long as the cotton was white, shear, and wet. I remember one wealthy girl from Sarasota who was ineligible to compete due to the flatness of the 'Earth' who went home over Christmas break, came back with a pair of gifts, and proceeded to win out through Spring Quarter.
6.) Cooper's Jukebox - Had the entire David Allan Coe X-Rated album on it. We didn't even bother remembering the names of the songs, just the number. 40 years later, a friend of mine texted me and said his wife "218'd" him. Knew exactly what he meant.
7.) Night Owl Lounge - Last place I remember that sold Pearl beer in the can. They'd hold a Night Owl Beauty Contest every now and then... and, one night, they had eight contestants and no winner. That's how ugly the women were out there.
8.) Herbie's All-Nighter - Located in the, now, Frogger location on W Hancock. Didn't open up until 10:00PM and served the greasiest life-saving food ever. Herbie Abroms ran it and would cuss every kid coming in. Didn't hold back on any of the really good cuss words, either. Food selections included "Herbie's Balls" and the "Big Mother".
9.) Law Dawg Taxi Service - There was a time when DUIs were $125 (which meant bail was $13) and the paperwork too troublesome for local law enforcement to fill out. So, they'd either follow you home... or, they'd drive you home if you were too dysfunctional to do it yourself.
10.) Fifth Quarter Buses - The Fifth Quarter bar, operated by the legendary Craig “Sky” Hertwig, operated two buses on game days to ferry patrons from the bar's location (where Cadence Bank sits now close to Hilltop Grille) to Sanford Stadium. Neither bus was roadworthy. None of the drivers sober by game time. And, the buses were always packed with folks who'd pre-gamed too long and just needed to make it into Sanford in that narrow slot between the National Anthem and kickoff. Life opens up when you no longer have the capacity to fear death.
