So what do you think?

The news of the tailgating index has definitely started to generate some discussions among tailgaters. While some publications and tailgaters are taking pride in their cities' results, others are clearly aware of the issues in those cities that... well... didn't do so well.

Take Seattle, for example. Great city, great stadium, excellent football team, but tailgating? Not so much. What's surprising is that there isn't that the folks we've heard from in Seattle don't really disagree. We spoke with Mike Brown, host of the evening sports talk show on Seattle's KIRO-AM (the flagship station for the Seahawks) last night prior to a live interview on the show. He didn't find the results surprising at all. "I would have expected the Seahawks to be in the bottom third when it comes to tailgating-friendliness so being last? Not a real shock. UW Husky fans though are great tailgaters." (The Tailgating Index, just to be clear, was only looking at NFL stadiums. For details on how the Index was scored, take a look here.)

Yesterday's immediate response on the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's blogs definitely generated some interesting observations from the fans. Today's follow-up in the Seattle P-I blog looks a bit more closely at some the reasons Seattle scored so low.

And based on some of the e-mails that have come in, not everyone agrees with the rankings. But remember, we're talking "high-tech tailgating" and that means the Index takes into account not only the great food and parking lots but also the mobile satellite TV use and subscriptions to DIRECTV's NFL Sunday Ticket.

So what do you think? We want to know. Do you think your NFL venue should have scored higher from a high-tech perspective?

Are you a high-tech tailgater who heads out to NFL or college games but finds only frustration? Or do you have the opportunity to really let loose and enjoy a truly exciting tailgating experience? Let us know here on the blog or by contacting us! Send us your high-tech tailgating pictures. What's the wildest tailgating set-up you've seen?