As Mike Norvell took to the field at Camping World Stadium to celebrate his team’s Cheez-It Bowl win, the Florida State coach was awash in a shower of cheese snack treats. A delicious, but albeit messy, reminder of the Seminoles’ 35-32 win over Oklahoma a few minutes earlier. It was a statement win for FSU and one witnessed by more than 60,000 spectators and millions more on television.
It’s a win that can be shared by the Orlando community, which helps put on three postseason college football games. While the Citrus Bowl has been around since 1947, what is now known as the Cheez-It Bowl (1997) and the Duluth Trading Cure Bowl (2015) are newer additions.