Are beer sales in the stands a good idea?

Some things in life just go together. Popsicles and  summer. Bad movies and the Lifetime Network. High school cafeteria pizza and ranch dressing. And of course, College football and drinking.


On June 3 the West Virginia Board of Governors voted to allow West Virginia University to join 20 another college stadiums and allow beer sales in the stands at football games.

Of course WVU being a notorious party school, this raised plenty of questions.

West Virginia athletic director Oliver Luck believes this move will "increase civility" amongst a group of fans rated the third worst in the country by GQ magazine and who recorded a nation-leading 1,120 street fires from 1997 to 2003.

Perhaps the extra alcohol will be used to put out couch fires?

Or perhaps the increase Luck is really concerned about is more the monetary type. According to the Daily American, the school stands to gain $1.2 million in revenue per season. If things are already getting crazy, why not make a buck right?

So what do you think? Would you like to see alcohol sales allowed in the stands at more college venues? Or do you believe adding more alcohol will only fuel an already persistently burning fire, both figuratively and literally?

The Back Porch Podcast Stanley Cup Special

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The Stanley Cup Finals are in the books and congratulations are in order for the Boston Bruins who defeated the Vancouver Canucks in game seven, 4-0, taking their first NHL title since 1972.It was a great win for the city of Boston, which has now raised banners in each of the four major American sports since 2002.

On the other hand, it was an awful loss for the city of Vancouver, which apparently loses its collective mind when coming in second place. Yeah, this happened up there before in 1994, but The Vancouver Sun indicates that this time was far worse. Maybe crazy always feels the need to jack it up a notch from similar crazies of the past? You know, go next level on it?

We get in to those topics and more on this special Stanley Cup edition of The Back Porch podcast!

Enjoy and drop your thoughts below or on Twitter via: @TKWSports

Music info: "Howlin' for You" by The Black Keys and as always some sweet drops from upstairs by Times New Roman.

Your Back Porch Summer Survival Kit

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Summer has arrived! Time to break out the grill, pack away the socks, and prepare to take part in our favorite American past time, chilling with the game one. Which game? It doesn't matter. It's a game. It's on. You're happy.

But wait! Summer also can bring up a few issues, which if not addressed properly, can derail your blissful plans of mid-afternoon napping.

The kids are around more, all hyped up on Popsicle juice and bagel bites, and suffering from their generation's most serious epidemic, boredom. With no homework to force them to do and no reason to send them to bed early, if you aren't careful you could be one good thunderstorm away from having your TV sabotaged by Justin Bieber.

Never fear! The Back Porch has put together an emergency kit with four cards you can play to save your summer afternoon!