Gameday Picture Link-Up - Week 6

This past weekend marked the half-way point of the regular season of college football.  and what a CRAZY weekend of football it was!  My personal favorite game of the weekend, and perhaps one of the biggest upsets of the season was NC State vs Florida State.  Coming off a loss to Miami, NC State beat 3rd ranked FSU, 17 to 16, with a late (and I mean late) 4th quarter touchdown.  (Go PACK!)  

Another very interesting game was the much talked about South Carolina vs Georgia game.  There was a LOT of junk talking going on between these two schools, and really between these two states, but all the talk ceased after Georgia was scoreless at halftime and only got one touchdown in the game.  The final score was 35 to 7 and South Carolina moved up the polls and is ranked third now in the polls.

Other interesting aspects from the weekend was Florida beating LSU at Florida and in the ACC, Duke being 5 and 1 (this is super rare, congrats Duke!)

 

Sorry we are a day late on the Gameday Picture Link-Up, but we'd love to see your pictures from this very interesting past weekend in college football! 

Below are some of my pictures from the NC State game.  

 

Football and Fashion - Gameday Necklaces

We love these new statement necklaces from Vestique to pair with tops and dresses for gamedays!

Keepin' it Glassy in Mustard

Keepin' it Glassy in Maroon

Keepin' it Glassy in Orange

Keepin' It Glassy in Red

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Football Engagement Pictures

One of our readers, Ashley, sent us these football engagement pictures she and her fiance did at Davis Wade Stadium at MSU.   We LOVE them!  

Thanks for sending these Ashley!  Check out Ashley's bog at ashleyrunning.com 

We love guest posts and sharing your photos, if you're interested in guest posting, let us know!

Gameday Picture Link-Up - Week 5

This past weekend was the 5th weekend of college football and today is our Gameday Picture Link-up! Even if you didn't go to your game and watched the game at home or at a bar and took pictures, we'd love to see those too!   If you don't blog and have pictures, email them to us and we'll get them posted on here.

If you link up, be to sure to link back to us so others can link up as well.  Feel free to grab our icon.

Reader Kelly sent in the below photos from the UGA vs UT game

Pigskins & Pearls 101

Today we are resuming a series we started last year, Pigskins & Pearls 101.  While we love gameday fashion and recipes, we also LOVE the game of football.  The holding, the stiff-arms, the blocking, the passing, so we we came up with this series to help explain some of the basic, and not so basic, rules and play calls of our favorite sport. 

 

Holding (Offensive) - A foul in which an offensive player keeps a defender from advancing by grasping him with his hands or arms. Offensive linemen are allowed to use their hands as long as they keep them to the inside of a defenders body, but if they get to the outside of the defender's body, it is a penalty

Pass Interference - A penalty that occurs when a player interferes with an eligible receiver's ability to make a fair attempt to catch a forward pass. Pass interference may include tripping, pushing, pulling, or cutting in front of the receiver or pulling on the receiver's arms

Football and Fashion - Tops

Great gameday tops from Vestique!

1. Vestique I Could Dye Top in Red

2. Vestique I Could Dye Top in Purple

Football and Fashion - Gameday Shoes

What are your favorite gameday shoes?  Below are some of our favs!

Jack Rogers

They are the perfect shoe to match everything.  They even have a college colors collection!

Cowboy Boots

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Perfect with dresses and also great with jeans for the cool-weather games. 

Rainboots

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For those un-fun rainy games.  Hey, at least you can be cute while getting poured on!

Rainbows

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For those long walks back to the car after the game...

Gameday Picture Link-Up 4

Can't believe we are already four weeks into college football!  How is your team doing?  Link up with us to share your gameday pictures from this past weekend.  Whether you were at the game or watched it somewhere else, we want to see!  If you link up with us, feel free to grab our icon below so that others will know where to link up as well. 

Below are a few pictures from my gameday at the NC State vs Citadel game

This is out tailgating bus.. more to come on this soon!

 

Recipe - Football Brownies

Want a super cute recipe to make for your gameday festivities this weekend?  Try these football brownies!

Ingredients:

1 box (1 lb 2.4 oz) Betty Crocker® Original Supreme Premium brownie mix

1/4 cup vegetable oil

1/4 cup water

2 eggs

1 Football-shaped cookie cutter, 3 1/2x2 inches

1 cup Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy chocolate frosting (from 16 oz container)

Betty Crocker® white decorating icing (from 4.25-oz tube)

 

Step 1:  Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Line 9-inch square pan with foil, letting foil hang 2 inches over sides of pan. Spray foil with cooking spray. 

Step 2:  In medium bowl, stir brownie mix, chocolate syrup, oil, water and eggs until well blended. Spread in pan. 

Step 3: Bake 34 to 37 minutes or until toothpick inserted 2 inches from side of pan comes out almost clean. Cool completely, about 1 1/2 hours. 

Step 4:  Using foil to lift, remove brownies from pan. With football-shaped cookie cutter, cut brownies into football shapes. Spread frosting on brownies. Pipe on decorating icing to look like football laces.

JV Clothiers

 We know there are several places to get great gameday dresses and attire for us ladies, but what about for the mini fans?  For the little football fans in your life, we want to introduce you to JV Clothiers!  JV Clothiers is a preppy, collegiate clothing company for boys whose line consists of high-quality polo shirts, shorts, and belts with collegiate logos on them.   JV Clothiers was started by two moms and two dads who had a hard time finding preppy collegiate attire for their sons.   JV Clothiers' gear is perfect for creating the southern, preppy look for boys after they age out of smocked gameday clothing and jon-jons!

The schools they currently have are LSU, NC State, UL-Lafayette, and Baylor but have immediate plans to add several more schools including South Carolina, Clemson, Alabama,  UNC, Georgia, Auburn and Ole Miss.  Below is some of their gear!

 

 

All images and products can be found on jvclothiers.com

Haymarket Designs - College Koozies

We are always on the lookout for great gameday dresses, jewelry to compliment said dresses, and the perfect tailgating essentials for gamedays. and now, we have found the perfect koozie to match the dress, root on your team, and keep your drink cold, all at the same time!  Enter Haymarket Designs College Koozies.  We are in LOVE with these!  The unique patterns and vibrant colors make them the perfect addition to Saturdays (and the occasional Thursdays!)