Mackey & Tanner were in college at the same time, and Mackey was a frequent attendee of the Thurman/Hood tailgates for Oklahoma State home football games during this time. Mack & Tan met briefly at a few of these tailgates, but they both graduated before the sparks had time to fly; Tanner moved to Dallas to start a career and Mackey moved to Norman to attend law school. Fast forward to yet another football season, and Mackey & Tanner were back in Stillwater for another Cowboy tailgate, where they were reintroduced to each other. During that freezing cold November tailgate the two of them immediately knew that this time was different. After taking turns sipping on Rumple Minze and a long night of two-stepping at the Nineteenth Hole, the two never looked back. Their "love-at-first-sight" story came full circle when they got engaged at yet another OSU tailgate!