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College Football’s “bowl weekend” had an unlikely highlight in the form of the Pop-Tarts mascot who instantly won fans over.

January is the most stressful time for college football fans as Bowl Season is underway and the end of the season is quickly approaching. For the second year in a row, a mascot has transcended the actual game and dominated the chatter on social media. Last year the Cheez-It mascot stole the show jumping into teams’ touchdown celebrations and being everywhere all at once.

*Record scratch*

*Freeze frame*

“Yup that’s me. You’re probably wondering how I ended up in this situation” pic.twitter.com/EBEugCxhko

— Pop-Tarts Bowl (@PopTartsBowl) December 29, 2023

Pop-Tarts mascot had one job and that was to entertain and the mascot took the job personally. The adorable mascot immediately went viral before even participating in the fun. The Pop-Tarts Bowl was played between Kansas State and NC State but the game itself was forgettable.

The Pop-Tarts Bowl between Kansas State and NC State drew the largest audience of ANY bowl game so far — averaging 4.3 million viewers on ESPN.

(h/t @paulsen_smw) pic.twitter.com/i3sgCoNVhL

— Front Office Sports (@FOS) December 30, 2023

Once the Pop-Tarts Bowl championship celebration began the Mascot pulled out all the stops. They were front and center plugging the brand and dishing out viral moments back to back. According to CBS Sports, the mascot was played by a former Chicago Bulls “Benny The Bull” performer which clearly shows in the game film.

I want all of the coverage of this mascot. Give me a YouTube series. TikTok show. Every crowd angle.

Screw the football game, I want to go for the Pop Tart Bowl for the mascot shenanigans. pic.twitter.com/ObnGo8SRYN

— Courtney Kramer (@CourtKramer39) December 29, 2023

To end the night The Pop-Tart climbed atop a toaster, waved goodbye, and came out as an eatable Pop-Tart.

This sparked dozens of videos and memes going viral, and you can see the best ones below.

POP-TARTS BATH 🔥 pic.twitter.com/9PTUb3vDZS

— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) December 29, 2023

Pop tarts bowl is the best bowl in CFB history pic.twitter.com/hMhq2hEhmG

— 𝓰𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓽𝓼_𝓪𝓭𝓭𝓲𝓬𝓽 🗽✌️ (@NYGaaddict) December 29, 2023

added some music. it only felt right.

rest easy, sweet prince. 🕊️ https://t.co/Y6AhJ6zr9U pic.twitter.com/BTj6DyITHy

— TransPerfect Music City Bowl (@MusicCityBowl) December 29, 2023

If you start the Pop Tarts Bowl post game show on December 31st at 11:46:52 then the Pop Tart will emerge from the toaster as the clock strikes midnight.

Start off the new year by making dreams come true. pic.twitter.com/spJVeCGeqN

— Joe Crabb (@JosephCrabb) December 30, 2023

WHAT IS GOING ON AT THE @PopTartsBowl https://t.co/d2x5XbcZf5 pic.twitter.com/XTou7ho5Yx

— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) December 29, 2023

☑️ First start
☑️ Bowl win
☑️ Game MVP

What a night for @avery2johnson on Thursday! pic.twitter.com/WTdvPrpTPW

— Pop-Tarts Bowl (@PopTartsBowl) December 30, 2023

I am bringing @PopTartsBowl energy to everything I do in 2024. pic.twitter.com/ClSLIxSFia

— Sickos Committee (@SickosCommittee) December 29, 2023

“My man over there thinks you’re cute.”

My man: pic.twitter.com/Un1WQSGCDW

— Jeff Eisenband (@JeffEisenband) December 29, 2023