Flavor Flav Revealed as Mayo Bowl Mascot, Excites CFB Fans as Minnesota Beats Va Tech
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Iconic rapper Flavor Flav was revealed as Tubby, the Duke’s Mayo Bowl mascot, following Minnesota’s 24-10 victory over Virginia Tech on Friday evening.
Minnesota Football @GopherFootball
IT’S FLAVOR FLAV NO WAY!!!! @DukesMayoBowl pic.twitter.com/yt7GvgsULf
Nicole Auerbach @NicoleAuerbach
FLAVA FLAV IS TUBBY!!! pic.twitter.com/gT8guRC1h2
P.J. Fleck, the elated and surprised Minnesota head coach, hugged Flavor Flav in jubilation. He then quickly became the star of the show after finding himself on the receiving end of a mayo waterfall.
Minnesota Football @GopherFootball
ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!@Coach_Fleck just took a mayo bath!!! #RTB #SkiUMah #Gophers pic.twitter.com/CwVwqwNV2p
Minnesota Football @GopherFootball
ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!@Coach_Fleck just took a mayo bath!!! #RTB #SkiUMah #Gophers pic.twitter.com/CwVwqwNV2p
ESPN @espn
FLAVOR FLAV POURED MAYO ON MINNESOTA HEAD COACH 😂
P.J. Fleck keeping the Duke’s Mayo Bowl tradition alive 😭 pic.twitter.com/jiLyTA8JVG
Earlier in the evening, Nicole Auerbach of NBC Sports revealed that a celebrity was dressed up as Tubby.
Nicole Auerbach @NicoleAuerbach
🚨 There is an actual celebrity (!) dressed and performing as Tubby, the delightful @DukesMayoBowl mascot, a source close to the bowl game tells @NBCSports. The celebrity will reveal him or herself prior to the coach mayo bath at the end of the game. 🚨
The surprise didn’t disappoint whatsoever, capping a fun evening in Charlotte.
hayley @thehayarea
I’m learning so much about college sports! One minute there’s a football game and the next Flava Flav comes out of a giant mayonnaise bucket and a coach gets dredged in 5 gallons of mayo. Incredible!
DAM Kingpin @DoubleAMGMT
This being flava flav is actually hilarious https://t.co/kOf8QazzZO
Connor Ferguson @cfchangs9
Flava Flav being revealed as the Dukes Mayo Bowl mascot feels like the plot of an iCarly episode.
Sarah Effress @saraheffress
PJ Fleck saying yeah boy with Flava Flav at the Mayo Bowl was not on my bingo card tonight but we all won!
Jordan Ferrell @FerrellonFM983
Flavor Flav in a Duke’s Mayo jar costume followed by dumping a cooler full of mayo on PJ Fleck.
College football. 😂
J.R. Larkie @JRlarkie
Flavor Flav being the Mayo Mascot makes no sense… which is why it makes perfect sense. #DukesMayoBowl
mads 🏠 @madsdaydream
IT WAS FLAVOR FLAV THIS JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER WTFISJSISHD https://t.co/IryypFwKCo
DraftKings @DraftKings
Even Minnesota HC P. J. Fleck was hype to see FLAVOR FLAV under the Duke’s Mayo mascot ⏰🔥 https://t.co/VzXpJVMLss pic.twitter.com/4j5tS2XIh3
And thus ended a remarkable night featuring a sports tradition unlike any other.
