It may not be part of the championship round or one of the prestigious bowl games, but the Pop-Tarts Bowl once again made good on its promise to be the most viral of all college games on Saturday with even more edible madness.

After becoming an online sensation in its debut year in 2023, with a post-game celebration that included a toaster pastry mascot sacrificing himself to the winning team, the Pop-Tarts Bowl – formerly Cheez- It Bowl, the MicronPC Bowl and the Blockbuster (video). ) Bowl returned to Orlando, Florida’s Camping World Stadium this year with three life-size Pop Tarts mascots, including the 13th-ranked Miami Hurricanes taking on the 18th-ranked Iowa State Cyclones.

While the college football world focused on the highly anticipated theatrics, the game itself perhaps overshadowed the spectacle as the underdog Cyclones defeated the Hurricanes in an always close back-and-forth battle that ended with a 42-0 victory of Iowa State ended. 41 win thanks to a last minute touchdown.

The 2024 Pop-Tarts Bowl was also history-making, as Miami quarterback Cam Ward broke the all-time Division I college football record with 156 touchdowns and threw two more before leaving the game at halftime; Ward’s record was secured with 158 TDs, and with no incentive to continue playing other than possibly eating postgame Pop-Tarts, the quarterback decided to protect himself from injury with an eye on next year’s NFL Draft. (However, the decision could give Miami the win, as its backup threw one interception and no touchdowns in the second half.)

As for the aforementioned Strawberry Frosting Pop-Tart, which sacrificed itself at the inaugural bowl in 2023 and became a viral sensation, the 2024 game featured a special In Memoriam video for the character, who was then depicted as a disfigured zombie Mascot was revived.