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It’s no secret that we’re big Gamecock fans around here. We’re also big SEC fans in general. Things may get a little cut throat during football season, but when it’s bowl season, you better believe that I want every single SEC team to win their games.
I am also fascinated by and so interested in the SEC football culture. I love putting together cute outfits for games (while still wearing comfortable shoes) and planning fun tailgates. It’s an all-day event and it’s about so much more than the football. I love all the traditions and customs and it’s my goal to visit every SEC school for a football game. So far, I’ve been to LSU, Auburn, Alabama, Georgia, Florida and obviously South Carolina. I still need to visit Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Arkansas (I’ve been to the Little Rock stadium, but it was for the Eagles concert), Tennessee, Kentucky and Vanderbilt.
And now that Texas A&M is definitely joining the conference, I can say that I’ve been to a game in College Station, which is a great place to watch a game, in my opinion.
So this post is for SEC fans and for new SEC fans! And there’s a fun giveaway for you SEC girls at the end of the post!
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A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of meeting, Christie Leigh Mueller, who just wrote a book about SEC football for women. The book is called Gridiron Belles: A Guide to Saturdays in Dixie. I went to a little meet and greet/book signing at LaRoque in Columbia.
The book is a bit of a travel guide through the stadiums and tailgates in the SEC and it provides every girl with what she needs to know about football, tailgating and the SEC opponents.
The book is so cute and it has a section on every SEC school complete with photos, lists of traditions and histories of the schools. For the Southern Belles who are newer to the game, there is even a rules section.
Christie Leigh is currently on a book tour of all the SEC cities and she is visiting every city this fall and experiencing every SEC school’s game day!
Her tour schedule is listed below! Visit her website for updates on where she’ll be in each town so you can get meet her and get your copy of the book signed! This map totally cracks me up!
One lucky Blue-Eyed Bride reader is going to receive her own autographed copy of Gridiron Belles by Christie Leigh Mueller!
To enter, just leave a comment! That’s all you have to do!
I have already given a copy of this to my mom and I have 3 more copies that I bought to give as gifts to some of my SEC ladies. It’s such a cute idea!
1. September 3, 2011
Oregon v LSU (Arlington, TX)
2. September 10, 2011
MS State at Auburn
3. September 17, 2011
Tennessee at Florida
4. September 24, 2011
Florida at Kentucky
5. October 1, 2011
Auburn at South Carolina
6. October 8, 2011
Georgia at Tennessee
7. October 22, 2011
Auburn at LSU
8. October 29, 2011
Arkansas at Vanderbilt
9. November 5, 2011
LSU at Alabama
10. November 12, 2011
Auburn at Georgia
11. November 19, 2011
LSU at Ole Miss
12. November 26, 2011
Alabama at Auburn
13. December 3, 2011
SEC Championship in Atlanta, GA
Thanks for hosting the giveaway, Erin.. Go Gators!! 😉
WOOOO PIG SOOIE! And you need to make it up to Fay-town… War Memorial Stadium is a dump compared to Reynolds Razorback Stadium 🙂
What a neat, neat idea!! Happy (almost) gameday! 🙂
If I don’t win this, I’m buying a copy (or 5) for all the SEC belles in my life! What a cute book. 🙂
Go Gamecocks!
Oh so fun! I must have this book in my life, had no idea about it. Thanks for this post! 🙂
Thanks for hosting this giveaway.. AND Go Gators!! 😉
Southern Belle, right here! Know and love my SEC football, especially those Gamecocks! Would LOVE this book!
I am so excited that my Aggies are joining the conference, and would love this book!!!
I was just telling my husband about this book the other day.
Awesome Giveaway! Go DAWGS!!!
I would love to win this! I’m firmly in the big 10 camp, but my youngest sister is at Kentucky and we constantly give her grief… dresses at games, really? Only in the south! Even if I don’t win, I think I will buy her this for Christmas, she’d love it!
War Eagle !!
i am so embarrassed you posted orange on your blog.
What a great read!
What a cute giveaway! I’d love to win one for myself, but I also think this would be a great Christmas gift for several of my girlfriends!
Go Dawgs!!
It’s great to be a FLORIDA GATOR!
What a cute book! I *need* it!
Geaux Tigers! I just spent an obscene, yet totally justifable amount of money on overnight shipping, when I found the perfect dress for the game this weekend! Purple, gold and will be perfect with boots! HAD! TO! HAVE! IT!
My husband and I live in Kentucky, and he is a HUGE UK fan, so he’d be pumped (and proud) if I won! 🙂
LOVE SEC FOOTBALL! I am going to Tennessee next weekend for my first game at Neyland Stadium since I was a little girl – can’t wait to get the full experience this time, complete with tailgating! Go Vols!
This SEC football gal would love a copy, too!!
Hello…yes please! No one does college football like the SEC! I’ve got two stadiums to go: Auburn and now Texas A&M. Go Cocks!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE SEC football. GOOOOO DAWGS! The SEC is by FAR the best/ toughest conference.
Had no idea about this book, but if I don’t win I am buying lots of copies for all my SEC friends!
What a fun book. Maybe my mom will be able to see her tomorrow at the LSU game. I looked but it doesn’t say exactly where – what bookstore, ect she might be at – just the city/game?
GO BULLDAWGS – MSU, that is! 🙂
Would love to win! Go Vols!!!
Go VOLS!!! I’d love to win this! And, like the previous commenter said, if I don’t, I’m buying a ton for Christmas gifts!
Roll Tide!!
Ok you HAVE to come to an Arkansas game sometime! My husband and i both went to UA and oh how I miss it there!! Woo pig!!
This book looks so fun! I’m a Vol fan myself, even in this terrible season 🙂 I’m even sporting my orange scarf at work today and sipping from my UT Tervis. And yes, UT stands for the University of Tennessee, not Texas. We were here first 🙂
I love football of any kind (except the Patriots lol) and am like a guy when it comes to watching! and would live to read this book! And to have and autographed copy would be awesome!
I would just love this book. There is nothing better than the sec football season.
Goooo VOLS!!! I would love to win this book!! Love the SEC and all the customs and traditions.
PS you should make Knoxville a major priority to visit cause game day at Neyland is amazing!! Love your blog. The boys are adorable.
C-A-T-S! Cats! Cats! Cats!
Love this giveaway!
GO COCKS!
This Gator Girl would love a copy-Go Gators!
Go Gators!!!
How fun! Go Dawgs!
I want a copy!!! Roooooolllllll Tide!
I am a huge USC and SEC fan. Go gamecocks!
Go Aggies! Looking forward to learning about the other SEC schools!
C-A-T-S Cats! Cats! Cats!
OMG! Love this book…must have it! War Eagle!! 🙂
What an awesome giveaway! I’ll def have to buy some as gifts, also! Geaux Tigers! Purple and Gold!
I would absolutely LOVE to have this book! Go Vols!
Yay for all the UK Fans!!!! Proud Alum here.
I love EVERYTHING about this post. Go Gators! 🙂
I’d love a copy! WOO PIG SOIEE!!!
I LOVE the idea of this book. My husband always tells me he is lucky b/c I came “pre-wired” for football thanks to my dad and grandfather. Now all girls can learn to join in gameday fun!
GO GAMECOCKS!!!!!
I didn’t know you met Christie Leigh! We went to dinner with her on the Friday night of the Auburn game and then she sat with us at the game. Small world. I have been meaning to get her book, so this would be perfect 🙂 Miss you, hope everything is going well! xoxo
there’s nothing in the world like SEC football!! i so need this book!!
Fun giveaway!!! We are going to a Virginia Tech/Boston College football game this weekend, looking forward to it!!!
Oh and that oh boy print from above, the lady, Mary Tooker that makes those lives really close to me!! Don’t you just love her items??
I said it’s GREAT to be a Tennessee VOL!
I hate I missed her booksigning! I would love to win this giveaway! Go Cocks!!!
Being a SEC (particularly UGA) lover, I would love to have a copy of this book! My husband and I have always talked about trying to make it to a game at each stadium, but we haven’t marked that off of our list just yet! Cannot wait to read this!
Hotty Toddy! I want to win–my sister would LOVE this book!
Go CATS!!! I would love to have this book…didn’t know about it until this post…thanks!!!
Love this! I would love to win a copy! War Eagle!
I’d love to win this for my MIL, who is a huge SEC fan!
Thanks for hosting such a great giveaway!
GO Hogs!! I want a copy!!
I’m a UGA girl! GO DAWGS! I would love a copy!!!
I submitted some tailgating pics to my friend, who is friend’s of the author, for the book. Interested to see if any made it in there! Go Cocks!
There really is nothing like gameday in the South! Woo Pig Sooie!
GO GATORS!!!!!!!!!!!
Have a nice weekend Erin!
Love this! Maybe I can catch her while she’s in Nashville for the Vandy game. Roll Tide!!!!
ROLL TIDE!! Thanks for the fun giveaway!
So excited my Fightin’ Texas Aggies are now in the SEC!! So long texas university!! Happy to live in SC now where I will get to see more TAMU games hopefully!!!
What a great book! My mom watches her bulldawgs every Saturday. I myself am a Big Ten girl (go Lions!) but I would love this book as a gift!!! If I don’t win, I will certainly seek it out anyways!
Go Cats!
Love it! Thanks for the fun!
Ahh I would love a copy of this book ! I am in one of the pictures showing off Georgia tailgating and I haven’t been able to get my hands on the book yet! I’m dying to see how cute the whole book is!
Go Gators!!
Love your blog and am especially excited about Texas A&M joining the SEC! Whoop! This book would be a fabulous crash course for me & SEC football. What a fabulous give-away!
Even if I don’t win I’m going to have to buy this book! There is no conference better than the SEC. 🙂 Geaux Tigers!
What a cute idea for a book! Geaux Tigers!
My husband would be so proud if I win this book!
WOOO PIG SOOIE!
What a cute book! Would love a copy for my coffee table. War Eagle!
Thanks for the giveaway!! 🙂 Such a cute book!!
My boyfriend is a Texas A&M alum and couldn’t be more excited that his aggies are joining the SEC! I’m a Midwest girl and could definitely use this book!
Go Dawgs! Thanks for the great giveaway. This looks like it would be a great Christmas present for a few of my girlfriends.
What a great giveaway! I’ m a Florida Gator all the way but will definitely cheer for SEC teams during bowl games. SEC=the best (and hardest) conference 😉
I’m with Linds! You definitely need to experience Fayetteville on gameday! Woo Pig!! 🙂
I am a fourth generation UT Vol and my grandpa even played for General Neyland. I would love to have this book! Erin, USC plays here next week, come on up!’
What a great giveaway!!! Love it! 🙂
I would love a copy of this book!!
Ooh I would love this!
Awesome! thanks for the chance 🙂
My husband is an Aggie, so now that A&M has joined the SEC I need to study!!
I would love this!
Hotty Toddy!!
Go Rebels!!!! (not bears)
What a neat book! Go Gators!!
Thanks for the shout out to Kyle Field! So excited we’re joining the SEC! As I’ve always been a college football fan who watches all the games I can(even if they’re not the Aggies) I would love this book to learn more about the teams I’ve been watching on Saturdays.
GOOOOOOOO Gators! I agree about SEC football. I think it’s just the best conference!
Gooo gamecocks!!!
I’m a gamecock!! USC USC USC!
GO GAMECOCKS!!!
RTR!!!!! (AKA ROLL TIDE ROLL!!!!!!)
Gig ’em Aggies! I’m a little nervous about my Ags joining the SEC and of course I’ll miss the Thanksgiving “house divided” tradition between me and my burnt orange t.u. loving husband….but looking forward to some good games next season!
My husband is a South Carolina alum, so this would be fun to have!
Roll Tide!!
Cool idea for a book – I love that! Would be a great Christmas gift, too!
Would LOVE to win! 🙂
What a great giveaway! Roll Tide!
GEAUX TIGERS!! Would love to win this book!!
Love it! Go Gators!
My SIL would love this! I’d love to win this and give it to her!
War Eagle! What a great giveaway! =)
LOVING all my fellow Ags and their excitement!! We’re so excited to be joi ing the SEC next fall, can’t wait to show the country how we do football at Kyle. Whoop!!
Go Cocks!!! Would love to read this book.
Go Big Orange!
Thank you, Erin! I would love to win this book!
Oh gosh, I’d love to give this to little Georgia one of these days! What a fun book.
Gameday at Neyland is really fantastic! Go Vols!
I’ve been dying to read this book!
xoxo.
So excited about this book. I would love to win a copy!!! I’ll be in Oxford for the LSU game so if I don’t win I’ll hopefully get an autographed copy then. Do you know, is the signing at Square Books??
Hotty Toddy!!
What a fun giveaway! Geaux Tigers!
What a fun book! I’m a UF grad but I’d love to read more about traditions at other SEC schools. Go Gators!
This would help with my house divided! Sic ’em Dawgs! and Go Gators!
I would love to win the book…I’m an SEC girl through and through!
Would love to win. What a great giveaway! GO LSU!!!
Awesome giveaway – the SEC is the absolute best conference, hands down! RTR!
Oh my goodness, I was just reading about this book!! Love it! I’m a die hard CATS fan and of course, a big SEC fan! Fun story: We were in Vegas this year when the CATS were playing in the Final Four, so my husband and I were sporting our UK gear everywhere we went. There were some people that said some not very nice things in response to get-up. We shrugged them off, but what was so cool was every SEC fan would always be sincere with a big “Go SEC!” It’s what the SEC is all about, and it made me so proud to be a fan. 🙂
I would love this book!! My husband would be so proud of me!! wink.wink.
Oh that’s great! It looks like she will be here at LSU tomorrow! Go TIGERS!
Such a sweet give away! Go Dawgs!
Had I had such a book and not listened to the ex BF’s hippyish sister, I would never have felt so underdressed and awkward on a Saturday long ago in Starkville!
Go Gamecocks!! You know I’m just as obsessed as you are when it comes to the SEC!!
I’ll be at the LSU game tomorrow. Christie would be so welcome at our tailgate party. Jambalaya is on the menu!
Gig’Em! We are SO excited to be in the SEC (best football conference, period)…looking forward to some great tailgating.
Roll Tide!! Headed to my first Bama game at Bryant-Denny today.
Hotty Toddy! What a GREAT book!
What a fun giveaway! And Go Gators!!
Geaux Tigers!
How cool! Thank you for doing this giveaway. I’d love to win a copy. War Eagle!
Hotty Toddy!!! Cute giveaway!
Great post! I need to add this book to my list to read!
Rrrooolll Tiiiiiidddeeee!!!! Woohoo!! I want to win haha!!!
This book sounds adorable! Go Gamecocks!
Thanks!
Fun post and fun giveaway!
I am so glad you are a fellow Gamecocks….I am one through and through….”Let’s Give a Cheer…”
Ive been dying for a copy of this!!!!! I love that someone finally dedicated a football book to us belles!
i live in the northeast, but i cannot help but love the SEC – the pride, the traditions, the spirit! i love the idea of this book and i really (really really!) hope that i win.
Sounds like an adorable book! WAR EAGLE!!!
War Eagle!!
I’m writing this while watching the LSU/Auburn game…..GEAUX TIGERS!!!!!!
Hi Erin-great post! And go ACC too… C L E M S O N 🙂
gig em ags… whoop!
I would love to win!
Awesome giveaway! I would love this book!
I just moved to the South and I definitely need to learn more about these traditions. Sounds interesting.
can’t wait to read! i myself have visited almot every sec stadium but of course my alma mater is the best. geau tigers! i can’t wait to see what she says!
TIGER BAIT…TIGER BAIT…TIGER BAIT! I need this book in my life! I LOVE football and have been born and raised at SEC football game! This is a must have for girls!
can’t wait to read what she wrote about my alma mater! i myself have visited almost all the sec stadiums and there is nothing of course like gameday in baton rouge. geaux tigers!!
What a fabulous concept for a book!!! I would definitely love a copy. GO DAWGS:)
Seriously lovin’ this post! Also love that you’ve gone to so many SEC games. For me it’s just the games I’ve seen at Sanford! 🙂 Go Dawgs! Sic em!
I’m a KY girl, even though I don’t live there anymore! I definitely bleed blue!
Hey Erin! GO COCKS! I love the SEC…it’s like a fraternity/sorority of it’s own!
Roll Tide Roll! I married an Auburn fan so we are a “divided” family in our household.
Love it! And need it, recently moved to TX from SC and must share with my A&M friends, no more t-shirts to football games girls!
After living in NYC for the past 5 years where college football is barely a blip on the radar my husband and I are thrilled to be living deep in the heart of SEC Football country and all of the traditions that come with game day!! What a great giveaway!!! GO VOLS!!!
love this idea! people look at me like i’m crazy when i tell them that i’m from texas, and don’t know anything about football! shocker! *lol*
Go Noles! while raised an LSU Tiger, FSU had my major, so now I love the Garnet and Gold. This would be the best gift ever!
Roll Tide!
There is nothing better than a Saturday at Tiger Stadium! NOTHING!! 🙂 The SEC is by far the best conference. GEAUX TIGERS! LSU! LSU! LSU!
GO GATOS!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would love a copy—hotty toddy!!
Love this! War Eagle, hey!
Go Gators!
Can’t wait to win this book!
I love SEC football, and I love the Razorbacks!! 🙂
What a great idea for a book!
Love SEC football and LaRoque and this book looks so cute! Go Cocks!
What a great book idea!! There’s nothing like SEC football. Go Vols!
What an awesome give away! War Eagle!
Love that my LSU Tigers whipped UP on some Auburn Tigers yesterday! Love LSU football!
What a neat book!!
I missed meeting her @ the LSU game this past weekend! Super upset about it, would love to win the book!
Go Gamecocks….I’m a southern girl in southern California pulling for my Gamecocks each week.. There is no better conference.
Can’t wait to read this book. Geaux tigers!
I wish her tour was coming to Arkansas & I would love to read all about the SEC teams. It’s such a great conference to be in!
Awesome! Love the idea!
Would love this. I recently got into a relationship with a huge southern football fan and I need a crash course in the sport/lifestyle.
Roll Tide Roll!!!
Cute idea! Go dawgs!
My roommate & I love the Gridiron Belles blog…fabulous giveaway! and Go Gamecocks!
Would love to read this!! Football is a way of life around here!
Pick me pick me pick me! War Eagle!!! 😉
My sorority hosted Christie a few weeks ago, but I didn’t get the chance to attend! I would LOVE to have a copy of this book. It’s on my to-get list!
such a fun giveaway! i love the sec….but i am a clemson lover. sorry!
Nothing is better than SEC Football and tailgating in the South! You definitely need to experience Fayetteville on gameday! WOOOO PIG SOOIE – GO HOGS!
Such a cute giveaway! Is there anything better than SEC football? 🙂
Thanks for a great giveaway! Go Gators!
HOTTY TODDY!!! You really do need to go visit Ole Miss, it’s tradition is amazing!
I believe in Auburn (and the SEC) & Love it!! War Eagle!!
I would love that book! Go Dawgs 🙂
C-A-T-S, Cats, Cats, Cats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love SEC football! Go Gamecocks!!!
Cute book idea. Go Dawgs!!
What an awesome giveaway! Roll TIDE Roll!
The perfect gift for some of my SEC friends!
Go Gamecocks!! I entertain for every game and would LOVE this addition!!
I would love to read this. Awesome giveaway.
I LOVE this giveaway!!!!!!!! Goooooooooo GATORS!!!!!!! 🙂
Ooh–I’d love this! Go Cocks!
Hook’em Horns
What a great book! We aren’t in the SEC (go Noles!) But, my husband is a gamecock, so he would totally appreciate me learning a little something about his team.
I would love to have this book! Go Vols!
Sounds like a fun book!
Let me know if you ever head out to UK and maybe I can make the trip down. My older brother Wayne lives in Lexington. Also I have several family members with season tickets that might have some available for $30 or $45 at any given time.