The Pac-12 Conference Championship game on Friday between the No. 3 ranked Washington Huskies and the No. 6 Oregon Ducks featured a Halftime Show competition that changed one college student’s life with $100,000 in tuition money.
The contest involved two contestants throwing footballs into a target. Whoever through the most footballs into the target in the allotted time ended up earning the $100,000 in tuition.
Ahead of the game, ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit and Kevin Negandhi offered a bit of strategy as to how to do this drill the best, denouncing the “chest pass” method live on the broadcast.
Kevin Negandhi also denounces the chest pass. pic.twitter.com/BusXWjlz7m
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) December 2, 2023
When it came time for the two college students to compete for the prize money, it was clear right away that neither is what you would describe as the most precise passer.
Funny enough, the student who ended up winning the contest Mohamed Adam, a Stony Brook student, ended up implementing the chest pass method that both Herbstreit and Negandhi advised against.
Using kind of a modified chest pass, Mohamed Adam from Stony Brook University takes the tuition giveaway crown. pic.twitter.com/EB8vxcmxP0
— The Comeback (@thecomeback) December 2, 2023
It wasn’t the prettiest passing from Adam, but it got the job done. And fans watching the halftime contest had plenty to say about it on social media.
The fact people are allowed to chest pass a football and win 100k in scholarship money is garage. Should be required to throw a football the proper way or you can’t compete . If college basketball wants to do this for students and have a chest pass competition then have it
— Bryan Bulaga (@BBulaga) December 2, 2023
Can @drpepper teach people to throw.
— Dan Mullen (@CoachDanMullen) December 2, 2023
Ban the Chest Pass, Dr. Pepper
Cowards
— Charlie Kipp (@CharlieKipp) December 2, 2023
Not only do I think they should outlaw the chest pass in the #DrPepper Tuition Toss, I think you should HAVE to take a 3-step drop on each pass
— The Realest DEI Alive (@ContrabandTok) December 2, 2023
I’m not the first person to say this, it needs to be said again and again until change happens: Chest passes should be banned in the @drpepper tuition give away. Throw a regular pass or don’t play. #respectthegame
— Andrew Olson (@OlsonAndrew17) December 2, 2023
Considering how close each competitor is to the target, it seems like the chest pass method may be the way to go despite how unpopular it seems to be.
Regardless, it is pretty awesome to see someone win a life-changing amount of money on live television. And the yearly tradition still seems to be a very popular one amongst college football fans.
[The Comeback on Twitter, Photo Credit: ABC]
