Each season a handful of SEC rivalry games determine bragging rights for the next year. But nowhere is the intensity greater for this Tailgating SEC Style week than when Auburn and Alabama face off in the Iron Bowl. My good friend and tennis buddy Tim Sammarco, owner and president of Sammarco Electric, and I ventured [...]
Neither John Grisham nor Tom Clancy could have concocted a more suspenseful, convoluted or dramatic plot than has taken place the past week inside the University of Tennessee athletic department. It will go down as the largest public relations blunder in sports history and its case studies should make the next printing of collegiate PR [...]
A gorgeous, warm fall Saturday in Athens, GA was the ideal setting for week five of Tailgating SEC Style, as the University of Georgia Bulldogs hosted the Missouri Tigers. It was my first trip to Athens and I was impressed with both the downtown vibe and the campus. Georgia fans make their way to [...]
Our fourth series in Tailgating SEC Style led OneSouthernMan to Tuscaloosa, AL as the University of Alabama Crimson Tide hosted the Ole Miss Rebels. A 7:30 p.m. kickoff provided ample time for a long, hot day of tailgating, and needless to say, the atmosphere was electric. Bama cheerleaders in The Quad (OneSouthernMan) Arriving around [...]
The third week of our Tailgating SEC Style brought OneSouthernMan to Starkville, MS, where the Mississippi State Bulldogs hosted the LSU Tigers on a beautiful and hot, Southern Saturday. MSU fans turned out en masse for their first conference game and neither the pregame festivities nor the game should have disappointed Bulldog supporters. Delta [...]
