For all those hiding under a rock for the last 72 hours, this past weekend marked the opening of one of the greatest seasons of sports... College football.

Since Chris and I are the only Sooner fans in our group with a house, we decided to host a little get together with our other Dallas/Oklahoma Sooners.

Out of the two of us, Chris is Mr. Chef Boy R D Boyardee when it comes to cooking for a crowd and I usually handle the decor and making sure the house looks presentable.

This time, I wanted to try something a little different and special since we were all so excited that our football boys were back in action.... so, I attempted to make Koozis... out of AstroTurf.

Step 1: I ran to Home Depot and bought 2 linear ft of green AstroTurf...
Two liner ft was WAY more than I needed, but at only $2.67 a liner foot, I figured I might as well get some extra.

Step 2: When I got home, I measured a normal size can both in width...

....8.5 inches...

 And height of how tall I wanted the koozi to be...

...4 inches...

 Step 3: I marked my AstroTurf on the back (easier to make and follow cuts) and sliced out a couple of strips
 To make it a little more personal Boomer Sooner-ific, I decided to spice them up a bit.
 Step 4: Spray paint...

They didnt have "Crimson" or "Cream" so "Colonial Red" and "White" had to work in a pinch :-)

For my first run, I made one red, one white, and left one green...
Step 5: I printed off an "OU" I found online and cut it out to use as a stencil.
 Also making sure that I covered the previously spray painted turf to make sure I ONLY sprayed the "OU".
 Step 6: Admire your work...
 Awesome...

Step 7: After everything is dry, wrap the AstroTurf around a full, unopened beer...
 And using a hot glue gun, glue the two ends together.

Side note: Make sure and use a icy, cold beer to make sure the hot glue won't stick. It also allows the glue to dry quickly and the Koozi to slip off with easy after the glue has cooled.

 Step 8:  Using an extra scrap of AstroTurf, hot glue it to the bottom of your koozi to make sure the beer wont fall through the bottom.

Having the "grass" facing the bottom of the beer will help catch any condensation and allow the bottom flat part to sit even

Step 9: ENJOY!!!
 Here's Sam and Chuck enjoying their matching koozis and shirts right before the game...
 And all my boys...
 FYI Ladies... Jared (left), Sam (middle) and Chuck (black shirt) are single... the one on the right is taken, sorry...

So there you have it....
 My DIY collegiate Astroturf koozis....
You don't HAVE to spray paint them (I preferred to keep my as JUST AstroTurf) but I recommend just having fun with it!!
Also, if you have little ones, these would be really fun to use for sodas...

So what do you guys think? Something fun, different, great for Fall and football season!!  I would love to know what you would have spray painted on your AstroTurf koozis!!

Have fun!
-Samm