Why Cornhole and Football Go So Well Together

It starts early, 8:30 on a Saturday morning and the parking lot is already filling up. The smell of charcoal hangs in the air. Tents are going up, coolers are being unloaded, and someone is already blasting music from the back of an SUV. You hear the hiss of a grill, the crack of a drink opening, and the occasional roar from a group that has apparently decided to start talking trash before breakfast. Jerseys are everywhere. Footballs are flying through the air. And somewhere in the middle of it all, you hear the familiar thud of a cornhole bag hitting a board. It is a sound that feels almost as natural as the fight song playing in the distance.

The same feeling carries over to Sunday afternoons. The pace is slower, the games are on all day, and there is plenty of time to settle into the kind of afternoon where nobody is checking the clock. Thud... thud... thud. There is that sound again. And then you realize why cornhole and football go hand in hand. College Football Saturdays and NFL Sundays are not solely about what happens between the lines on the field. No, it is so much bigger than that. They are really about bringing people together. The grill, the music, the jerseys, the friends, the anticipation before kickoff, and the sound of a bag hitting the board all become part of the same experience: being together.

That is really why the two go together so well. Football gives us a reason to gather. Cornhole gives us another reason to stay a little longer, talk a little more, and engage in friendly competition. It is one more way to be part of the day, and sometimes those moments before the game (or during) are the ones you end up remembering most. Complete strangers can have a drink in one hand and a bag in the other, and after a few tosses, they are friends for life. That is what it is all about, and that is why our motto is: Why wait to tailgate?