Today is one of my favorite days of the year…the start of college football season. Yeah, yeah I know, a few other teams have been playing the past few days, but it doesn’t technically start until the Buckeyes play. My husband and I are huge Ohio State Fans.  It kind of comes with the territory growing up in Columbus, Ohio. Although neither Andrew or I chose to go to undergrad at Ohio State, Andrew did end up going to Ohio State for medical school. We have been to many games over the years and have never missed a game even if it is against an unranked team.  Andrew and his brother even went to cheer on Ohio State when they went to the National Championship Game in 2002. Now that we have moved to Peoria (over seven hours away) we can’t go to all the games we want. But that doesn’t stop us from flying our OSU flag, wearing our jerseys and beads and making homemade Buckeyes to eat during the game. We are very excited that the Buckeyes will be playing Illinois in Champaign on October 15…you can bet where we will be that day! 

We usually end up ordering a pizza and drinking a few cold drinks as we cheer on the Buckeyes. I wanted to make some pizza bites for the first Ohio State game of the season, so I searched on Foodgawker and found these delicious pretzel pizza bites on Two Pea’s & Their Pod. Pizza and pretzels together? Yes, please! One of my favorite appetizers to make for game day are Cheese Stuffed Pretzel Bites, so I knew that these would be a hit! You can stuff these the night before and place them in the refrigerator. When you are ready to make just let them rise on the counter while you boil the water and preheat the oven. Just boil, bake and serve. You can be back to watching your favorite team instead of messing around in the kitchen. Just make sure you make enough if you are having a few friends over for the game,