LSU's 2023 trip to Omaha is already one for the record books.
Records are meant to be broken! All time team total ✅ All time overall total ✅ Guinness Book of World Record for shots purchased by one person ✅. @ToddGraves head fry cook from @raisingcanes out here supporting @LSUbaseball. Congrats on the new record. #RoccosOmaha #Cws2023 pic.twitter.com/jKi2aWEj4S
— CWS Jello Shot Challenge (@CWSShotBoard) June 19, 2023
Prior to the Tigers huge game against Wake Forest in the College World Series, Baton Rouge local Todd Graves, set a Guinness Book of World Record by purchasing 6,000 jello shots to help push LSU over the edge in Rocco's Pizza in Omaha's "Jello Shot Challenge."
The moment LSU took down the Rocco's CWS Jello Shot Record
— Brian Holland (@BHollandSports) June 19, 2023
It is Monday.
(Pictured is Todd Graves @ToddGraves - founder of @raisingcanes & LSU alum who bought 6K jello shots to take down Ole Miss, along with @PeterBurnsESPN & @realbenmcdonald)
New # - 21,435 pic.twitter.com/1OVUNJzZ1s
Last year in the inaugural year of the challenge, Ole Miss set the record with 18,777 shots purchased during the CWS. With the event set to last until at least June 25, LSU has already eclipsed the mark with 21,435 shots purchased.
ESPN's Peter Burns captured the moment when the tally was updated at Rocco's with a sea of LSU fans celebrating in a truly wild scene.
Absolute chaos here at Rocco’s.@LSUbaseball fans took over for the @CWSShotBoard update.@ToddGraves leading the cheers… pic.twitter.com/tC8Qlup5ZA
— Peter Burns (@PeterBurnsESPN) June 19, 2023
While fans were pregaming, LSU was getting ready for a huge game against Wake Forest. Both teams won their opening game of the CWS. Wake Forest came back to beat Stanford, 3-2, while LSU defeated Tennessee 6-3.
The Tigers and Demon Deacons are the only two teams that reached No. 1 in the college baseball rankings this season but when it comes to off-the-field festivities, Tigers' fans stand alone. Perhaps by the end of the week, the LSU baseball team will join them.
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