About Christie Leigh

Christie Leigh was born and raised a Kentucky Belle, where she took a liking to the gridiron long before she took a liking to dressing up in pearls. She has spent the last three seasons on the road visiting all 12 SEC stadiums conducting research on each school’s tailgating traditions, rituals and unspoken wardrobe rules.

Christie Leigh graduated from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn., (Southern in every sense of the word minus the football connotations), where she became aware that not all of her girlfriends or Kappa Delta sorority sisters understood football. After four years of contemplating how she was going to rescue her friends from missing out on the joys of Saturdays in the fall, Christie Leigh decided to take action. Voila! Gridiron Belles.

Out of all the universities in Dixie, Auburn has captured Christie Leigh’s heart and loyalty above the rest, thanks to her two older cousins attending Auburn and exposing her to what life on the Plains could be. Despite a father who thinks outside of the SEC gridirons, Christie Leigh’s liberal arts education does not deter her from wearing her lucky Auburn t-shirts or standing by the Tigers through up and down seasons.

Christie Leigh is a business etiquette consultant who currently splits her time living in Austin, Texas (Big 12 Country that she enjoys leaving during the fall) and Louisville, Ky. She will be spending the entire 2011 fall on the road touring through SEC towns promoting her book and hosting tailgates on Saturdays.