It's that time of year!

I can feel it – fall is here! Football season in Clemson brings tons of fans, food, and fun events! I have been super busy so I am a little behind in blogging! The first week of September marked that final countdown to the first football game of the season! As a sorority woman I was very excited to get involved in pomping our float for the First Friday Parade! Pomping may be an unfamiliar term to you. It certainly was for me my freshman year! Basically, we attach chicken wire to a trailer and we stick small squares of tissue paper in the wire to form designs, write words, and even create an awesome Tiger! If that doesn’t make any sense at all view the final project in the picture above! It was hard work, but it was a great way for me to bond with our new sisters that rushed this fall! The parade takes place the Friday afternoon before the first football game! All 11 sororities participate as well as other organizations and clubs on campus. Our theme this year was “Kicking off a Decade of Domination” and we ran with it! Each pledge class dressed in different decades: seniors 80’s, juniors 90’s, sophomore’s 70’s, and the new pledge class dressed in futuristic outfits! We had a ton of fun picking out our outfits! I looked “great” in my high wasted jeans shorts and a hair scrunchi! Even better, all of our hard work that week paid off! My sorority took 3rd place in the float competition! All of the hard work was worth it and the entire week had me pumped up for Saturday’s game!





I sat on the block with my sisters and tailgated the day away with my close family and friends! The food was delicious and the day was beautiful! I always get chills during the most exciting “25 seconds of college football:” when the tigers run down the hill! As a student this ritual has become even more important to me! I love swaying with my sisters as we sing the Clemson Alma mater. All of these moments are so special and I would not experience them if I weren’t a Clemson Tiger. I look at our campus on game day and all I see is a sea of orange and white with a beautiful backdrop of Tillman Hall, the stadium, and even Lake Hartwell. I am lucky to call this place my home away from home.