WELLESLEY, Mass. — The provisions — beer, soda, water and munchies — will have been purchased and packed the day before. The folding table with the Jets insignia, the envy of his fellow tailgaters, will also be crammed into the back of Chris Harding’s 2010 silver Honda Pilot.
Before sunrise on Sunday, Harding pulled out of his driveway in this west suburban Boston town, headed for MetLife Stadium. It is a drive he makes about five times a year — 420 miles round trip — to watch his favorite N.F.L. team, the Jets.
On Sunday, for the game against the A.