Dr Pepper contest drama ends in 2 $100K victors

• Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterDec 2, 2023, 08:09 PM ET Close Dave Wilson is an editor for ESPN.com considering that 2010. He previously operated at The Dallas Early Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun.ARLINGTON, Texas– An evident scoring mistake that resulted in the incorrect fan winning a halftime contest at Saturday’s Huge 12 championship game was rapidly put on ice when the sponsor, Dr Pepper, revealed it would award both candidates the grand prize.The contest, called the Dr Pepper Tuition Free Gift, has actually been a custom

  at Power 5 conference championship games considering that 2008. It needs fans to stand 5 yards out and toss as many footballs as possible into a hole in a giant Dr Pepper can. The winner earns a large check that benefits a similarly enormous scholarship.On Saturday, after a tight fight in between Gavin White of Ohio State and Ryan Georgian of Penn, Georgian emerged the winner after a 2nd tiebreaker.Editor’s Picks < img src ="https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/photo/2023/1202/r1260994_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&w=130&h=130&scale=crop&location=center"

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Nevertheless, fans on social networks rapidly mentioned that a scoring error was made, noting that Georgian was mistakenly credited for an additional conclusion in the very first tiebreaker which the contest should not have actually gone to a second one.Dr Pepper fasted to resolve the debate. In a declaration, the soft drink business stated it would provide both entrants a scholarship due to “an on-field technical mistake led to an unreliable accounting of the double tiebreaker.”

“As such, Dr Pepper will acknowledge both finalists as grand prize winners with both getting the 100k award in tuition,” the business said.