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Video: Pop-Tarts Bowl Reveals New Trophy with Working Toaster for Miami vs. ISU

Timothy Rapp@@TRappaRTX.com LogoFeatured Columnist IVDecember 15, 2024

ORLANDO, FL - DECEMBER 28: The Pop-Tart Bowl mascot, Strawberry, after the game between the North Carolina State Wolfpack and the Kansas State Wildcats on December 28, 2023 at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Fl. (Photo by David Rosenblum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
David Rosenblum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

Last year, the Pop-Tars Bowl "cooked" its own mascot and fed it to the winning team, which probably felt like a fever dream at the time but in fact actually happened.

Rodger Sherman @rodger

The <a href="https://twitter.com/PopTartsBowl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PopTartsBowl</a> mascot has lived out his dream. He was lowered into the giant toaster and eaten by the Kansas State football team. RIP he died doing what he loved <a href="https://t.co/GCWYMCJn9b">pic.twitter.com/GCWYMCJn9b</a>

This season the annual bowl is upping the ante, building a working toaster into its trophy... which of course cooks Pop-Tarts.

Pop-Tarts Bowl @PopTartsBowl

Pop-Tarts Bowl 🤝 GE Appliances = the NEW Pop-Tarts Bowl trophy with a built-in WORKING (!!!) toaster <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PopTartsBowl?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PopTartsBowl</a> <a href="https://t.co/hl1f3dU5Qg">pic.twitter.com/hl1f3dU5Qg</a>

Darren Rovell @darrenrovell

New Pop Tarts Bowl Trophy has a toaster at the top of the football.<br><br>There will also be a giant edible one for the winning team and MVP gets to choose flavor! <a href="https://t.co/zJChiUOPAH">pic.twitter.com/zJChiUOPAH</a>

As the expanded College Football Playoff further casts the other bowl games into glorified exhibition status—as does players entering the transfer portal as soon as the regular season ends—finding a way to stand out is all the more important.

So bowl games of the world, build household appliances into your trophies. Dump mayonnaise or crackers or cereal on the winning coach. Take your brand to new, weird and memorable places. Let's keep it creative out there.