3 oz. gin

½ oz. dry vermouth

Stir the gin and vermouth with cracked ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a black olive.

Fight songs, cheers, floppy foam fingers -- these are all fine ways of showing your support at a college football game. But whether he's at the pregame tailgate party or gathered with friends in the comfort of his living room, the Playboy fan knows that an apt cocktail can rally the troops. Each week, we bring you a pair of potables tied to an important matchup. Hut, hut, hike!

As football games go, this is a meeting of the haves and the haves -- two giant top-five teams slugging it out, last year's champ against this year's favorite. But their mascot-themed beverages seem to tell a different tale. When a cool and classy martini out of Columbus lines up against a big ol' bucket of Austin sunshine, which side will you be on?