Tailgating Hacks and Recipes for Game Day

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I hope you enjoy Genius Tailgating Recipes and Hacks as we enter football season! The perfect football party or tailgate starts with the right recipes, decorations, and gear!

SEC football is like a religion here in the South. I love to watch the game and I love to socialize at the tailgate. I’m fortunate to tailgate on one of the prettiest campuses in the SEC, The University of Mississippi! We love our Rebels, we love the Grove and we love to tailgate! Sharing friendships, memories, food and, yes, cocktails is what we do best.

Genius Tailgating Recipes and Hacks

Genius Tailgating Recipes and Hacks

If you’re looking for inspiration on what to serve to get the party started while tailgating this football season, check out these delicious recipe ideas!

Here are a few more kitchen hacks that will save you time. And, Baking hacks to amp up boxed cake mix are an excellent resource for game day planning.

I got crafty for table decorations and painted these bottles.

painted bottles. Genius Tailgating Recipes and Hacks

The Grove at Ole Miss

The photos below are from The Grove during various home football games at the University of MS.

band in Grove
The Lexington Brothers entertain before a game.
Ole Miss cookies
Colonel Reb cookies
cupcake tower

Chocolate Coated Banana Bread Cake Balls and Caramel Coconut Cream Bread Pudding make a great tailgating snack. Also, check out Awesome Tailgating Dessert Recipes.

Ole Miss tailgating
A typical tailgate setup.
Ole Miss tailgating centerpiece
Table decorations are top notch.
Ole Miss tailgating centerpiece
Another table centerpiece
double decker bus

The city of Oxford has two double-decker buses that run from The Grove to the Square (downtown) on game day, transporting people to the popular shopping area.

Ole Miss football helmet
Walking around the Grove at Ole Miss
Groove Loop on game day

Grove at Ole Miss on football Saturday. Genius Tailgating Recipes and Hacks
The Grove on game day, not an inch of space for another tent.

Grove at Ole Miss on football Saturday. Genius Tailgating Recipes and Hacks
The Grove on game day, not an inch of space for another tent.

Grove at Ole Miss on football Saturday. Genius Tailgating Recipes and Hacks

28 Comments

  1. That's a tailgate party to the nth degree. Happy SITS Day. Go Huskies!

  2. That's some tailgate party! Thanks for the recipes. Food is key to a good tailgate!

    Happy SITS Day.

  3. This looks awesome! Happy SITS Day from another college football fan!

  4. Thanks for sharing your tailgating recipes with us at the All Star Block Party. I so enjoyed seeing your pictures of the Grove at Ole Miss. I live in S. Miss. and have “experienced” tailgating at the Grove a few times. Anyway, I'm featuring your recipes at tonight's All Star Block Party. Here is the link:Shasta @InTheOldRoad

  5. Holy cow, y'all know how to throw a party!! And I'll take one of everything please!
    Thanks for linking up to MTM Mondays!

  6. Wow! You all really know how to tailgate! We have done some at the UCLA game but the set up is not like this! Found you on the Inspire Me Monday hop! Great team spirit!

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