{"id":372558,"date":"2026-08-15T21:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T21:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/372558\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T21:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T21:38:09","slug":"wigs-and-drinks-jaguars-fans-kick-off-football-season-with-first-ever-quarterback-crawl-in-san-marco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/372558\/","title":{"rendered":"Wigs and Drinks: Jaguars fans kick off football season with first-ever \u2018Quarterback Crawl\u2019 in San Marco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Jacksonville Jaguars fans took their gameday spirit to the streets of San Marco Saturday for the first-ever Quarterback Crawl \u2014 a bar hop through 12 local restaurants and bars, complete with quarterback-themed wigs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cGiven the really positive response, I think we\u2019re definitely going to do it again,\u201d said Leena Barghouthi, the organizer with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ellebarmarketing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ellebarmarketing\/\">Elle Bar Marketing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">For many attendees, the event was as much about supporting local businesses as it was about football. Fan David Smith said the crawl gave people a reason to come together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cCelebrating the Jags, showing some support, you know, for the community, for the bars,\u201d Smith said. \u201cJust trying to have a good time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The event also drew newer fans to the fold. Lisa Pawul, who recently relocated from Cleveland, said she was already embracing her new team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cI\u2019m a Jacksonville fan having a great time, lovely meeting new people,\u201d Pawul said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Not everyone was just there for the party \u2014 some fans had their eyes on the bigger picture. One attendee made clear what he expects from the Jags this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cThey just need to win in the playoffs,\u201d he said. \u201cAny amount of wins in the regular season won\u2019t amount to much if you can\u2019t finish it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Jacksonville Jaguars fans took their gameday spirit to the streets of San Marco Saturday for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1039,116,118,121,117,56665],"class_list":["post-372558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-duval-county","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-jaguars","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-san-marco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}