The Duke's Mayo Bowl features a unique post-game tradition where the winning coach gets doused in mayonnaise. This article describes the tradition, the preparation involved, and the reactions of the coaches.
Each year, the mayo dump trends on social media — and college football fans just can’t seem to look away, no matter how disgusting the idea is to some observers. “I think with my bald head the mayo should just slide right off,' joked Minnesota head coach P.J. Fleck, whose team. 'I might have to do a little pre-dumping of the mayo just to make sure it does slide off. I have my own strategy just in case, but I can't let me secret out.
' Staff members begin by pouring five 1-gallon containers of mayonnaise into a large Gatorade-sized cooler around the start of the fourth quarter. Then, they take turns briskly stirring the mayo for more than 25 minutes with a large wooden stick. “That changes the consistency just a little bit so it's more pourable,” said Duke’s Mayo brand director Rebecca Lupesco. ”Some people think we add water. There's no water added, it's just straight mayonnaise. We just stir it up. It can be a workout.' As tradition has it, the winning coach is seated on a chair on the field after the game and two workers will raise the cooler and pour the mayo over his head. after being doused in mayo. That issue has since been addressed and the handles have been fortified to make them immovable. “Since that incident we now pick our mayo dumpers very carefully,” Lupesco said with a smil
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