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.
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.
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.
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.
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About Reice Shipley
Reice Shipley is a staff writer for Comeback Media that graduated from Ithaca College with a degree in Sports Media. He previously worked at Barrett Sports Media and is a fan of all things Syracuse sports.