TULSA, Okla — The Tulsa Golden Hurricane's are hoping to get a win for their season home opener, but before the game starts the fans get their time to shine.
Fans of the Golden Hurricanes can expect pre-game to look a lot different than in past years with the addition of more live music, more games, and a more family-friendly atmosphere so everyone can enjoy some TU football.
All this for the Golden Hurricane's home opener against the Northern Illinois Huskies.
The University of Tulsa is making sure every seat at Chapman Stadium is full this year by adding some big-time tailgating.
Over at Chapman Commons, you could see dozens of tents, inflatable games, and live music.
The Senior Associate Athletic Director for Communications, Don Tomkalski, said “you’ve got axe throwing, you’ve got rock climbing, you’ve got over 60 tents out there tailgating. So we wanted to create a great atmosphere with our marketing team and the support of the university, they’ve done a great job”.
For some fans, this was their first experience at a TU tailgate.
The Vaughns came out to watch their son, #82 Conner Vaughn, who is a freshman at TU.
“Oh my goodness. We’re very excited. We’re just happy to be here in this environment. I hear the tailgating has made a lot of changes so we’re happy to be part of the first one of those”, Mike and Wendi Vaughn said.
The Vaughns told 2 News their first experience at a TU tailgate was a blast and they can't wait for the rest of the season.
“They’re doing a good job. We’ve got live music, bounce houses, and cornhole. Yeah, they went all out, the only thing we’re missing is our smoker, but we wanted to go simple”, the Vaughns said.
Josh Strickland with Tulsa Cornhole told 2 News, “today’s the first opening game for TU Football and they wanted to add to their normal gameday celebration so we’re doing a free cornhole tournament. All the winners win prizes, game tickets, clothes, swag for TU, different things like that”
Tomkalski said Golden Hurricane fans are in for a lot of fun changes this football season, even a mini Chapman Stadium for the kids to enjoy.
The Vaughns said Conner got to suit up for Saturday's game, so they had to make the trip from Texas to see their son out on the field.
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