Practice run

Food, friends and plenty of school spirit helped kick off the Green Wave football season.
Steven Washington grills alligator sausage links and hot dogs during the Tailgate Training event on Thusday (Aug. 28) at the Bea Field Alumni House on the Tulane University uptown campus. The party, featuring a variety of local fare, was a dry run for alumni and friends for the opening Green Wave football game at Yulman Stadium on Sept. 6.

Food, friends and plenty of school spirit helped kick off the Green Wave football season.

The Bea Field Alumni House decorated for the event on Thursday for the first football game of the season, Tulane vs. Tulsa.

Food, friends and plenty of school spirit helped kick off the Green Wave football season.

Don Harding stirs a pot of kettle corn at the Tailgate Training party.

Food, friends and plenty of school spirit helped kick off the Green Wave football season.

Displays of school spirit were on display as Green Wave fans gathered to watch the first game of the season.

Food, friends and plenty of school spirit helped kick off the Green Wave football season.

Thomas Colon assembles a cochon de lait po" boys for the party.