The Book
She wrote the book on it. Literally.
One guide came out in 2011 and sold out completely. The next one arrives spring 2027 — and it's being built with real SEC women, real tailgates, and real Saturdays.
A Guide to Saturdays Down South
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Book Two · Spring 2027
Second Down.
Coming spring 2027.
The SEC has changed. Four new members. A new playoff era. A whole generation of fans who weren't there for the first tour — and a tailgate aesthetic that didn't exist a decade ago.
Christie Leigh has been taking notes on all of it.
Gridiron Belles: Second Down is the fully updated guide for the modern SEC woman. And it's coming for your fall 2027 Saturday.
Want to be part of it?
Second Down isn't just Christie Leigh's book — it's being built from the ground up with real SEC women, real tailgates, and real Saturdays. Here's how to be in it.
Your recipe
Every fan base has a dish they swear by.
Submit yours — Christie Leigh is building the game-day recipe guide for Second Down from real submissions across all 16 schools. The best ones make the book, with full credit to you.
Submit my recipeYour photos
She's looking for real game-day photography.
Tailgates, fan gatherings, campus traditions, the food, the people, the atmosphere. If you've got beautiful shots from your school's game day, she wants to see them. You could be in the next book.
Send your photosYour Saturday
Tag us when you're out there living it.
The tailgate setup, the spread, the crew, the stadium. Tag @Gridiron.Belles — Christie Leigh is watching, sharing, and saving the best ones for the book.
Tag @Gridiron.BellesBook One · 2011
Where it started.
Gridiron Belles: A Guide to Saturdays in Dixie came out in 2011 after Christie Leigh spent years on the road visiting SEC stadiums — learning the tailgate traditions, the game-day style, and the unspoken rules that make each fan base its own culture.
It sold out completely. Turns out, Southern women had been waiting for exactly this.
A Guide to
Saturdays in Dixie
2011 · Sold Out
In the meantime
Everything that didn't
make the first book.
Find us on Instagram for recipes, style, football decoded, and everything that didn't make it into the first book.
