Lots of punts, lots of wings: Miami football promotion turns into a mouthful for students
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Miami Hurricanes head coach Al Golden, right, congratulates Duke Johnson (8) for scoring a touchdown against Duke in the first half of an NCAA college football game in Miami Gardens, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz) (The Associated Press)
A win Saturday, 5,000 free wings Sunday.
That's a good weekend for Miami students.
Miami cooked up a promotion with Buffalo Wild Wings for the Duke game, where students could get one free wing for every punt by the Blue Devils.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Duke punted nine times, so each student could get 10 free wings — since the restaurant rounded up to a regular serving.
At $11.29 per order, with about 500 students taking advantage, those Duke punts were turned into roughly $5,600 worth of free food on Sunday. School officials said the promotion was continuing through Monday.
Miami got attention last year for another unusual promotion — giving away a TV, size contingent on points scored. Miami's 77-7 win over Savannah State meant one student got a free 80-inch TV.