I take it there is a Mission BBQ near campus.
by G.K.Chesterton (2021-07-29 11:21:01)
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From "What’s the Hot Endorsement Deal for 3½ Tons of College Football Players? Barbecue" (WSJ):

“The food deals are probably where it’s at right now for us fat guys,” said Dalton Wagner, a 325-pound redshirt senior offensive tackle at Arkansas.

Mission BBQ, a chain with locations in 16 states, threw its support behind all 15 of Notre Dame’s offensive linemen (combined weight 4,211 pounds). They also recently added the University of Wisconsin’s 16 big men to their roster of pit defenders.

Co-founder Bill Kraus, a Milwaukee native, explained that partnering with Wisconsin was a natural fit for a restaurant best known for its cheesy specials: jalapeño cheddar sausages and “Maggie’s Mac & Cheese,” named for his daughter and made with five varieties of cheese.

“[The linemen] love being part of something much bigger than they are, they love doing it as a unit and one of the things we’ve come to find out that they love doing as a unit is eating,” said Mr. Kraus. He’s got the grocery store receipts to back that up: his eldest son was an offensive lineman in high school.

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Mr. Kraus declined to disclose the terms of Mission BBQ’s partnerships with the Wisconsin and Notre Dame linemen, but indicated that his restaurant is effectively compensating them in free food, by giving them gift cards. He prepared enough grub for each athlete to eat about 2 pounds of meat before hosting each team for celebratory dinners this month. He’ll find out which team is beefier on Sept. 25, when the teams play each other at Soldier Field in Chicago.

“We’re calling it the Mission Bowl,” he said.


Caption: Mission BBQ, a chain with locations in 16 states, threw its support behind all 15 of Notre Dame’s offensive linemen (combined weight 4,211 pounds).







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