Gameday Activities:Many University of Alabama students tailgate in the Quad on campus before making their way to Bryant-Denny Stadium. The university holds its official “Kickoff on the Quad” three hours before its game against LSU, according to the UA Gameday Guide.While LSU are used to setting up their tailgates as early as the Thursday before the game, the University of Alabama prohibits tailgating and RV parking to any kind before 6 p.m. the Friday before the game.Another surprise for Tiger fans will be the parking set up at the University of Alabama. While most commuter and residential parking spaces are available for visitors free of charge at LSU, Alabama charges for all on-campus spaces. However, off-campus parking is available at the University Mall located on McFarland Boulevard and 15th Street, with a roundtrip shuttle service to the stadium offered for $10 per person.Stephanie Roberts, director of sports marketing and public relations at the Tuscaloosa Convention and Visitors Bureau, said even though Bama fans take their football team very seriously, visiting fans never really get heckled.”It’s usually friendly, and if they are kind of against each other, it’s all in fun,” Roberts said. ” I remember being out there a few years ago, and [the LSU fans] ended up tailgating with us.”Devin Tassin, chemical engineering junior at LSU, went out to the LSU-Alabama game in 2007 and said most Alabama fans were friendly.”We were out there in the Quad all day,” Tassin said. “Everybody was really cool; it’s nothing you wouldn’t see tailgating in Baton Rouge.”Nightlife:Although many tailgaters at ‘Bama often stay in the Quad late into the night to catch the rest of the game, downtown Tuscaloosa is not far from campus. Roberts said downtown Tuscaloosa has variety of places for college students. “There’s the Piano Bar at Brown’s Corner downtown,” Roberts said. “Two pianists are against each and try to out-do each other and take requests. It’s engaging and fun.”Roberts said downtown usually features live music as well. Mugshots Grill and Bar features weekly live music with both original and cover bands performing. “We went out to Mugshots after the game with a bunch of friends,” Tassin said. “There were some really good bands playing, and it was pretty crowded.Restaurants:Downtown Tuscaloosa features a variety of restaurants from burgers to Italian cuisine and sushi restaurants, Roberts said.”De Palma’s Italian Cafe has great Italian food,” Roberts said. “Chuck’s Fish is also well-known for their sushi and seafood.”Full Moon Bar-B-Que and Rachelz Steaks are two locally owned restaurants in downtown Tuscaloosa that are frequented by students, Roberts said.During the Day:If you have an extra day or two to spend in Tuscaloosa after the game, the Paul W. Bryant Museum has exhibits for all football fans.”The museum does mostly chronicle Alabama football, but it’s really covers all football,” Roberts said.The museum opened to the public in 1988, seven years after Bryan himself suggested “the establishment of a museum to honor the former players and assistant coaches who helped him set the record for the most victories by an intercollegiate coach,” according to the museum’s Web site.Another daytime attraction is the Bama Belle located on Greensboro Avenue. The Belle is a replica of the elegant paddle-wheelers that once travelled the nation’s waterways in the 1900s and has gorgeous views of the Black Warrior River.Located on the river, the waterfront has various restaurants and shops open throughout the afternoon.