BATON ROUGE — Saturday marked LSU’s final home game of the regular season, drawing a massive tailgate crowd decked out in purple, gold and burnt orange.

Near Alex Box Stadium at the "Dat Bengals Bus" tailgate, love was in the air as two couples celebrated major milestones.

Wyoming natives Chad and Charene Gardner were spending their honeymoon in Baton Rouge. Though neither attended LSU, their shared passion for sports drew them to Tiger Stadium.

"What kind of bonded us is our love of sports, and we thought, what is more electrifying and where is the best college game day experience? Well, there is no better experience than LSU," Charene Gardner said.

The Gardners met through mutual friends, though romance took a little patience before sparks flew.

"I kind of blew him off for a couple of months because I was really busy, and then we had a lunch date and ever since then it was love at first sight," Charene Gardner said.

Chad Gardner eventually proposed in a setting close to his roots.

"I'm a farmer, so we were out in a pre-harvested barley field. I got on one knee, and Charene ran around saying, " No, no, no, no, no, oh God no. Oh God yes! It was fantastic," Chad Gardner said.

After tying the knot in the Arizona desert with a "cactus and corn" wedding theme, the newlyweds decided to honeymoon on the bayou—and no trip to Louisiana would be complete without tailgating before a Saturday night game in Death Valley.

"The tailgate is incredible. They have 'Dat Bengals Bus,' which is this monstrosity here, and it's just absolutely incredible. The inside is decked out," Charene Gardner said.

While soaking in the atmosphere, the Gardners met newly engaged couple Alex Hardy and Mallory Bonaventure, who got engaged earlier in the week.

"We met in Alex Box Stadium about four years ago and started dating the day they won the National Championship in 2023," Hardy said.

Hardy popped the question right outside the stadium where their relationship began.

"I had no idea. I was like, why am I wearing a dress right now, but he planned it perfectly. It was exactly how I wanted it, and I was surprised, so I loved it," Bonaventure said.

Though the two couples met for the first time on Saturday, they walked away as friends—united by romance and an unforgettable LSU tailgate.