For week five of the 2018 SEC football season, Tailgating SEC Style ventured to Starkville, Mississippi, to tailgate with Mississippi State University Bulldog fans. If you read the story about my visit to Starkville last year, you'll recall how impressed I was with their tailgate atmosphere. My second visit to MSU confirmed my assessment, and [...]
Hardly anyone will argue the state of Mississippi serves some of the best Southern dishes in the South. We're venturing to Mississippi State University to highlight the best places to eat in every SEC town for our next tailgate series. Here are the best restaurants in Starkville, MS. The Little Dooey – 100 Fellowship St., Starkville [...]
Fans that bleed orange and white for the University of Tennessee Volunteers came out in force on a warm fall September Saturday as the Florida Gators invaded Knoxville, TN and Neyland Stadium for the fourth week of the 2018 SEC football season. The UT Vols have a long tradition of tailgating "Rocky Top" style, and [...]
The University of Mississippi, affectionally referred to as Ole Miss, is known for having one of, if not the best tailgating scenes in college football. In the sense of genuine southern hospitality, “The Grove” and the Zebra Tent at Ole Miss is tailgate heaven and rarely disappoints fans or visitors. The third college football weekend [...]
Two years ago, I stayed at the Graduate Hotel, then a relatively new property in Oxford, Mississippi, and just a couple of blocks from the town’s famous downtown square. This picturesque town of around 23,000 had proliferated over the past few years and deserved a hotel that contributed to the square’s Southern charm while providing [...]
