Recipe - Broccoli Slaw

A great slaw recipe for a tailgate!

Ingredients

• 1 bag Ramen Noodles in Oriental (reserve seasoning)
• Pam spray
• 1/4 cup slivered almonds
• 2 bags (12-ounce) bags broccoli cole slaw (in the bagged salad section of the grocery store)
• 1/4 cup sunflower seeds (optional)

Dressing Mix

• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 1/4 cup brown or white sugar
• 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1 ramen noodle seasoning packet

Directions

Put the ramen noodles in a bag and crush them with a rolling pin.  Add the crushed noodles and slivered almonds to baking sheet, broil to brown (only 2-4 minutes)  Meanwhile, whisk together all the dressing ingredients in a small bowl.  Place the shredded broccoli into bowl and toss

Football and Fashion - Gold and Maroon/Garnet

1. ModCloth Flamenco Fridays Dress

Recipe - Football Brownies

A sweet treat for your next tailgate!

1

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

1/4

cup water

1/4

cup vegetable oil

2

eggs

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

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.
2. In medium bowl, stir brownie mix, chocolate syrup, oil, water and eggs until well blended. Spread in pan.
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.
4. Using foil to lift, remove brownies from pan. With football-shaped cookie cutter, cut brownies into football shapes. Pipe on decorating icing to look like football laces.

Makes 8 brownies



Recipe found here

Gameday Picture Link-up - Week 1

Today is the first week of our gameday picture link-up! Below are some tailgating and gameday pictures from this past weekend.  If you didn't make it to the game, share how you celebrated from home or sports bar.  If you blog, be sure to link up below and share your own pictures.  If you don't blog, you can email us your pictures and we'll try to get them posted today.

*If you link up, be sure to link back to us so other people will know where they can share their pictures as well.  Feel free to grab our button. 

NC State

NC State

South Carolina

South Carolina

NC State

NC State

NC State

South Carolina

NC State 

NC State

NC State

Carter-Finley Stadium

Tailgating Pictures and Linkup

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Happy Gameday to everyone with games today!!

We want your Gameday pictures!  

If you blog, we are going to have a link-up on Monday for you to share your tailgating pictures if you post them on them on your blog.  If you don't blog, send us your pics to bellesofsaturday@gmail.com and we'll post them on here!  Also, if you are posting them on facebook, tag The Belles of Saturday. 

Happy 25th Anniversary

ESPN College Gameday enters its 25th season this year.  In 1986, college football began its transformation to what we all know it as today.  Kicking off at 9:00 am ET on ESPNU and 10:00 am ET on ESPN, the boys of Gameday, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Chris Fowler, and Desmond Howard, will be breaking down the day in football from Dallas, TX.

The Gameday crew picks a game of the week and host the show live from the campus.  In this week's case, the game is the Cowboy Classic between LSU-Oregon played at a neutral site.  Students show up as early as 6:00 am to get the coveted front spots.  They start planning their signs on Monday when it is announced that Gameday will be coming.  The more creative or outrageous the sign is the better.  No matter where the boys are broadcasting from, there will always be a Washington State flag in the crowd.  It has become a tradition.

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I participated in the Gameday craziness when they broadcasted live from Columbia my Sophomore year for the South Carolina-Tennessee game.  I was not out there at 6:00 am, but I did arrive shortly after 9:00 am.  Keep in mind, the game was not until 7:00 pm.

During the last segment of the show, the guys run through all of the day's games and make their picks for the winner.  Corso has made it a tradition to wear the mascot head of his pick for the game of the week.

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HAPPY GAMEDAY!

Pigskins & Pearls 101: Putting Points on the Board

A touchdown is scored when the football breaks the plane of the goal line either by a rushing or passing play.  A touchdown is worth 6 points.

After a touchdown, the team has the chance for an extra point(s).  They can choose to go for 1 point or 2 points.  For either, the ball will be placed on three-yard line.  Generally, teams will choose to go for one.  The kicker will come on to kick a "field goal." If the team chooses to go for a two-point conversion, it is scored in the same fashion as a touchdown.

A field goal is worth 3 points.  Teams will kick a field goal when it is a fourth down and they are too far to get guarantee a touchdown.  A successful field goal is scored when the ball clears between the uprights or goalposts.  When deciding whether the team will kick a field goal, the kicker's field goal range will be considered.  A field goal distance is usually 17 yards longer than the line of scrimmage to the goal line - that is the ten yards of the end zone and the seven yards between the long snapper and the holder.  If the line of scrimmage is the 30 yard line, the kick will be a 47 yard kick.  This probably the average distance for most college kickers.  Rarely do you see a kicker consistently kicking 50 yarders.

The last scoring opponent is a safety, worth 2 points.  A safety is scored when the defense tackles a player with the ball in their own end zone.