Some college football championship game enormously dissatisfy. Some surpass your wildest expectations. And Thursday’s Pop-Tarts Bowl at Camping World Stadium in Orlando was absolutely the latter.
Yes, Kansas State topped NC State, 28-19, which’s terrific for the Wildcats.
Let’s face it: The genuine winners of the Pop-Tarts Bowl were fans who enjoyed the video game and got dealt with to an abundance of Pop-Tarts-themed enjoyable and trouble. And the sponsorship and item positioning worked due to the fact that if you enjoyed any part of this video game, possibilities are you wound up yearning Pop-Tarts eventually.
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While the match itself was interesting, the scene around the Pop-Tarts Bowl was remarkable and apparently shot this video game approximately among the preferred bowls amongst college football fans (RIP Cheez-It Bowl.
Here are our preferred minutes from the bowl that had definitely nothing to do with the video game.
— nick (@nick_pants) December 28, 2023
Function image thanks to ESPN.
This was extraordinary. The Pop-Tarts mascot popped out of a huge toaster on the field for an extraordinary, peak college football bowl season minute.
THE POP-TARTS BOWL pic.twitter.com/1INhxJsVyt
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) December 28, 2023
— no context college football (@nocontextcfb) December 28, 2023
Did YOU understand Pop-Tarts were initially presented in 1964 and were called Fruit Scone? We’re pleased the name was eventually altered.
“Here’s the unfortunate part of the story: After the video game he will be feasted on, he will pass away and he will be his own last meal.”
“After the video game he will be feasted on, he will pass away, and he will be his own last meal” @PopTartsBowl pic.twitter.com/sMLBUM3jxW
— Gifdsports (@gifdsports) December 29, 2023
Technically, this isn’t in fact the edible Pop-Tarts mascot, however the joke is best.
OK, so this one type of relates to the video game thinking about NC State missed this third-quarter 52-yard basket. It still counts.
— no context college football (@nocontextcfb) December 29, 2023
Kansas State offending lineman Cooper Beebe, left, and offending lineman KT Leveston hold up the champion prize after winning the Pop-Tarts Bowl NCAA college football video game versus North Carolina State, Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Seriously, this is among the very best bowl prizes ever.
In all its magnificence!
(Yes, those Pop-Tarts are genuine!) pic.twitter.com/QXK5aIfR1h
— Pop-Tarts Bowl (@PopTartsBowl) December 26, 2023