Fraternities and Oklahoma Football Gamedays

Saturday morning in autumn, cookouts, tailgates – the American way. What do these things all have in common? There is nothing quite like college football in the state of Oklahoma, and all the festivities that come with it on game days within the Greek system at the University of Oklahoma.
Just like families do, fraternities at the University of Oklahoma set up tailgates near the stadium hours before kickoff and have pre-game cookouts and get-togethers. The fraternity Sigma Phi Epsilon has a game day tradition where the company Benchmark, which cooks many fraternities’ meals during the school week, cooks a conglomerate of food items such as hamburger patties, baked beans, potato salad and more. Fraternity members, their families and alumni are welcome to attend to hang out and have a good time. Food begins three hours before the game starts and lasts until kickoff.
“My favorite part of Saturdays here is visiting with all of the alumni that come back to see each other and eating all the tremendous food we have here,” said Trevin Gallaway, a freshmen at the University of Oklahoma and a future member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. “Its so much fun to spend time with good friends before heading to the stadium to watch OU football.”
Ben Becker, a junior member of SigEp shares a similar view. “I couldn’t imagine game days without the fellowship that takes place here before the game,” he said.
Sigma Phi Epsilon and other fraternities at the University of Oklahoma participate in tailgates and pre-game festivities every Saturday morning there is a home game. They are designed for students and alumni to mingle and have a good time. These events essentially create the atmosphere of football game days. They get fans and students excited for the day and is a major reason we love autumn and football season so much.