Team Entrance Traditions
From The Gaming Tailgate
Touch Traditions include the Florida gator head, the Horns in the Texas locker room, Chucky Mullins at Ole Miss, and more.
Walk Out Traditions include Ohio State players locking arms, Iowa with 'The Swarm,' the sledgehammer at Arkansas State & Boise State, and the axe at Rutgers.
Also noted are specific mascot lead-outs as well as inflatable and smoke during the team entrance.
| School | In-game? | Item/Aspect, Order, Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas State | No | Team enters through black inflatable tunnel. Mascot 'Howl' leads them onto field on a motorcycle. Top defender/ST players leads team carrying sledgehammer. |
| Boise State | No | Team led onto field by Boise State Bronco Cowgirl. As they enter through smoke, they are led by top defender/ST player carrying sledgehammer. |
| Boston College | Yes | Players touch Eagle statue after leaving locker room and before entering the field. |
| Connecticut | No | As of most recent video found (2009), team entered the field through smoke. |
| East Carolina | No | Team enters field though purple inflatable tunnel and immediately following an inflatable pirate skull. Purple smoke engulfs. Players then gather in endzone, locking arms and swaying before storming the field. |
| Florida | Yes | In the locker room, players touch a gator head |
| Georgia Tech | Yes | Players are led onto the field by the 'Ramblin' Wreck' |
| Hawai'i | No | Players enter the field through an inflatable team helmet |
| Indiana | Incomplete | As players take the field, the run by/touch 'The Rock' while fireworks are shot off |
| Iowa | No | 'The Swarm': As players take the field, they form lines holding hands. They then run onto the field still in lines and holding hands. |
| Iowa State | No | Players take the field through a red inflatable tunnel. |
| Kentucky | No | Players take the field through smoke and then "'Til the Battle is Won" banner touch. (As of 2009, they entered through an inflatable helmet. Not seen in 2010 video.) |
| Maryland | Yes | As players take the field, they touch a turtle statue |
| Miami | Yes | As players take the field, they run through an inflatable helmet and smoke. |
| Michigan | Yes | As players take the field, they touch a 'Go Blue' banner |
Mississippi State - Bulldog statue?, smoke NC State - Smoke Nebraska - Horseshoe Nebraska - 'I Play for Nebraska' Nebraska - 'Pound the Rock' Northwestern - Purple inflatable tunnel, mascot head on end, smoke, fireworks Ohio - Inflatable mascot head; smoke (2009) Ohio - Mascot motorcycle ride out Ohio State - Players with locked arms Oklahoma - Sooner Schooner Oregon - 'Win the Day' Oregon - Mascot motorcycle ride out Purdue - Inflatable train Rutgers - Ax Southern Miss - Eagle statue then helmet inflatable Stanford - Smoke Tennessee - T Texas - Horns; smoke (2009) Texas Tech - Smoke Wake Forest - Mascot on motorcycle West Virginia -
