Perpendicular to an alley that separates Chi Omega from Kappa Sigma and just west of Williams Arena, the Golden Gophers’ basketball home, also known as The Barn, a group of former Minnesota football players set up their tailgate six hours before kickoff.

In the South, there is only one thing that can rival college football itself: the party before kickoff. Pinpointing the exact origins of tailgating is near impossible. Some trace it to Nov. 6, 1869, when Rutgers and New Jersey (later Princeton) played in ...

A Texas A&M student, Brianna Aguilera has tragically died following her attendance of a tailgate party. Her mother cries foul play.

Welcome to SI College Road Trip presented by Facebook! Sports Illustrated host Claudette Montana teams up with Washington and Oregon Facebook fan groups at a University of Washington tailgate, using their suggested scavenger hunt items before bringing those same fans into a paper football trivia battle.

One of the best encapsulations of modern college football is, of course, in a commercial. It takes place in Fansville, where a son asks his dad whether corporate money has changed the sport. The father cracks open a Dr Pepper. The Aflac duck waves an Aflac ...

College football is a magical place. Each year, teams emerge and of course, the cream of the crop can still dominate, but within the sport is the heartbeat. The heartbeat of college football is the fan bases across the nation and boy do they know how to ...