Oh, yeah, this is going to work....

In order to curb underage drinking, Penn State has banned tailgate drinking ...


but only while the game is happening.

You can drink before the game in the stadium's parking lots. You can drink after the game. But it's those elusive mid-game tailgates that Penn State officials are looking to curb.

Look, I get the idea here. The press release says that alcohol related emergency room trips were up.

But how many people are really outside during the game? Happy Valley holds 108,000 people. Do we really think that the 200 kids that overdrink to the point of hospitalization are part of the thousand or so people that go only to tailgate and never make it inside? The odds are agains that being the case.

It seems like this is more a ceremonial, publicity type move than one that will have any actual affect on alcohol consumption.