It's not a new recipe, or a new table design.Instead, it's Mahjong.A simple walk to Tiger Stadium on the campus of Louisiana State University during the opening weekend of the college football season certainly changed my outlook on the newest trend sweeping the the nation, one expensive set at a time.LSU IS READY TO PARTY: LANE KIFFIN’S DEBUT BRINGS FIREWORKS TO DEATH VALLEY AFTER REVIVAL-LIKE BUILDUPThis page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners.
If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated.This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.It started a few months earlier when I was first introduced to this game, thanks to a friend we'll just call "Sam" for the sake of keeping the wild world of Mahjong between the groups that play it.I wouldn’t want to give away any secrets, and I would learn over time that this was on the same level as men getting together for a night of poker.Tailgaters play Mahjong outside Tiger Stadium on the campus Louisiana State University (Via: Trey Wallace.
OutKick)The one thing I did not expect to see while making my way into a college football game was four ladies sitting at a table within a tailgate playing this game while others around them were immersed in your normal pregame activities that included alcohol.Did I just stumble into a whole new world?What was it about this game that led to women, and men, finding themselves sitting at a table covered in a 'mat' playing with 'tiles' that were labeled differently and a rule pamphlet that was also used to stir up the same table of 'craks', 'barns' and 'dots'.Yes, those are different items used to play Mahjong, which I still have no idea how to play.Also, it had unbeknownst to me, the game had made its way to other tailgates across college football that included Ole Miss, Alabama and Indiana.Yes, I know for a fact it's being played at other tailgates across this country, even if I haven’t been able to see it fi...