The new tailgating policy and a losing streak has defeated the spirits of tailgaters at WKU. But homecoming on the hill may have brightened everyone back up.

It seems the spirit is back on the hill for homecoming. After a long losing streak and a new tailgating policy, the past home games have left the usual stomping grounds sparse.

Meredith Moore remembers how tailgating used to be when she was a freshman in 2004. "I lived in the dorm and I looked out my window and there are hundreds of people outside," says Moore, "and it was the big thing at Western. It's died down a little bit, but it's still part of western I think."

And for homecoming, the campus was alive with food, friends. and floats. But the question is do all these tailgaters actually go to the game? Moore says she has faith in the loyalty of Western fans. "I feel like if they are here despite the tailgating policy, they're the kind of people that are loyal enough to go to the game too."

Loyal fans like Travis Moore says he's disappointed in the football season but will still pull for the team. "We're going to go to the game, yeah, we'll support them, don't think they're going to do that well, but yeah we'll support them."

And for Whitney Branham a WKU dancer, it's been hard this season to pep up the small, disappointed crowds. But she says homecoming should change that."Because it's homecoming, no matter if we win or lose, all these people are here to support," said Branham.
Win or lose--good season or bad-- "Western is the kind of school you go to because you love Western," says Meredith Moore.