"My Ole Miss fandom started as a marriage compromise with The Zebra Tent," Jane Foster said. She actually grew up in Starkville and attended Mississippi State University. She met and married her Ole Miss fan of a husband 20 years ago and that is when she also fell in love with Oxford and tailgating at Ole Miss.

Before football games at Ole Miss, one of the best parties in the South is held on 10 grassy acres shaded by dozens of hulking oak trees in the middle of campus.