Flavor Flav Revealed as Mayo Bowl Mascot, Excites CFB Fans as Minnesota Beats Va Tech

Paul KasabianFeatured Columnist IIJanuary 4, 2025

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Iconic rapper Flavor Flav was revealed as Tubby, the Duke’s Mayo Bowl mascot, following Minnesota’s 24-10 victory over Virginia Tech on Friday evening.

Minnesota Football @GopherFootballIT’S FLAVOR FLAV NO WAY!!!! @DukesMayoBowl pic.twitter.com/yt7GvgsULf

Nicole Auerbach @NicoleAuerbachFLAVA FLAV IS TUBBY!!! pic.twitter.com/gT8guRC1h2

P.J. Fleck, the elated and surprised Minnesota head coach, hugged Flavor Flav in jubilation. He then quickly became the star of the show after finding himself on the receiving end of a mayo waterfall.

Minnesota Football @GopherFootballARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!@Coach_Fleck just took a mayo bath!!! #RTB #SkiUMah #Gophers pic.twitter.com/CwVwqwNV2p

ESPN @espnFLAVOR FLAV POURED MAYO ON MINNESOTA HEAD COACH 😂

P.J. Fleck keeping the Duke’s Mayo Bowl tradition alive 😭 pic.twitter.com/jiLyTA8JVG

Earlier in the evening, Nicole Auerbach of NBC Sports revealed that a celebrity was dressed up as Tubby.

Nicole Auerbach @NicoleAuerbach🚨 There is an actual celebrity (!) dressed and performing as Tubby, the delightful @DukesMayoBowl mascot, a source close to the bowl game tells @NBCSports. The celebrity will reveal him or herself prior to the coach mayo bath at the end of the game. 🚨

The surprise didn’t disappoint whatsoever, capping a fun evening in Charlotte.

hayley @thehayareaI’m learning so much about college sports! One minute there’s a football game and the next Flava Flav comes out of a giant mayonnaise bucket and a coach gets dredged in 5 gallons of mayo. Incredible!

DAM Kingpin @DoubleAMGMTThis being flava flav is actually hilarious https://t.co/kOf8QazzZO

Mike Miller ⚾️ @mmiller404We live in a world where Flava Flav just dumped mayo on PJ Fleck.

Connor Ferguson @cfchangs9Flava Flav being revealed as the Dukes Mayo Bowl mascot feels like the plot of an iCarly episode.

Sarah Effress @saraheffressPJ Fleck saying yeah boy with Flava Flav at the Mayo Bowl was not on my bingo card tonight but we all won!

Jordan Ferrell @FerrellonFM983Flavor Flav in a Duke’s Mayo jar costume followed by dumping a cooler full of mayo on PJ Fleck.

College football. 😂

J.R. Larkie @JRlarkieFlavor Flav being the Mayo Mascot makes no sense… which is why it makes perfect sense. #DukesMayoBowl

mads 🏠 @madsdaydreamIT WAS FLAVOR FLAV THIS JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER WTFISJSISHD https://t.co/IryypFwKCo

DraftKings @DraftKingsEven Minnesota HC P. J. Fleck was hype to see FLAVOR FLAV under the Duke’s Mayo mascot ⏰🔥 https://t.co/VzXpJVMLss pic.twitter.com/4j5tS2XIh3

And thus ended a remarkable night featuring a sports tradition unlike any other.