How to Throw an Oklahoma-Style Tailgate Party

Yeehaw! Drag out those cowboy boots and the biggest hat you can find, and step up to the tailgate for an Oklahoma-style good time. A tailgate party can be at home in your driveway with all the neighbors, or at the stadium. The main thing is to have lots of food and fun.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Streamers
• Cowboy Boots
• Cowboy Hats
• Boom Boxes
• Fabric Paints
• Grills
• Thermoses
• Beer
• Sodas
• Teas
• Country CDs
• Ice Chests
• Team Pennants
• Streamers

1. Wear Western-style clothes. Consider painting an old cowboy hat in your team colors.

2. Cook lots of rib-crusher barbecue (see "How to Make a Rib-Crusher Barbecue").

3. Ice down lots of cool things to drink: a keg of beer, soda and sun tea.

4. Bring a thermos or two full of warm drinks for after the sun goes down (see "How to Make a Tailgate Tumbler").

5. Tailgate off an old truck or a brand new one. This is not negotiable.

6. Decorate the truck with team colors, pennants and flags.

7. Grill on the biggest homemade grill you can find.

8. Play boot-scootin' music on the radio or a boom box before and after the game.

Tips & Warnings

• Don't drink and drive; have a designated driver for post-game transportation.

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on 11/22/2005 If you want to throw an Oklahoma Sooner party, don't dress up like a cowboy. If you go to an OSU Cowboy party, don't dress up like a cowboy either.

on 11/22/2005 First off, Oklahoman's don't always wear Western clothes and listen to country. Most of the suggestions are right, but a few need changing.
Dress comfortably - cowboy boots are fine but so are And 1's, Doc Martens, Nike's, etc. On your boom box, play what you feel, but I find that DMX gets a tailgate crowd in the mood for some football (so does Xzibit).

on 11/22/2005 Here in Oklahoma, we don't all dress like cowboys. Three fourths of the people in Oklahoma even have a western outfit. I think It's kinda hard for you people to say what a party is like in Oklahoma, it's not even like what you guys describe it as.