to make it 7-8 hour experience, much less all day.

I'm not necessarily judging anyone here. We're busy, we've got other family members who have things going etc.

I went to the Texas game(3 day experience in my case, but I live far from Provo and probably will only be able to make 2 more games this year).

Tailgated with some Texas fans. They had arrived at 4:30am (only had to be there at 4:30 since the game had a later start) to get their spot, let in at 7:00am, set up, began smoking meats and getting ready for the game by 9:00am.