Wake Forest's Jake Dickert welcomes Duke's mayo bath as MSU suffers in bowl loss

THE ATHLETIC | January 3, 2026

By Matt Moret

Wake Forest coach Jake Dickert won arguably the worst, and inarguably the smelliest, prizes in all of sports Friday night: 4.5 gallons of Duke’s mayonnaise dumped over his head.

In a twist on the tradition, he brought his wife and two sons under the bucket with him. Lucky them.

The latest iteration of the Duke’s Mayo Bowl at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C., ended in a 43-29 victory for the Demon Deacons over Mississippi State. Though the game was lopsided for most of it, things heated up into a back-and-forth battle in the fourth quarter.

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