Dr Pepper Awards Both Contestants $100,000 Scholarship After Scoring Error in Big 12 Halftime Challenge

Following a controversial overtime period, both Ryan Georgian and Gavin White are declared winners due to a technical error in the initial scoring.

During the halftime of the Big 12 Championship game, a Dr Pepper Tuition Giveaway challenge took place between two college students, Ryan Georgian from the University of Pennsylvania and Gavin White from Ohio State University.
The contest, which involved throwing footballs into a Dr Pepper-branded bin, ended in a tie, leading to an overtime period.
Georgian was initially declared the winner after a second overtime period, but fans and observers pointed out a scoring error that wrongly credited Georgian with an extra point in the first tiebreaker.
Following the controversy, Dr Pepper acknowledged the technical error and announced that both contestants would be awarded the $100,000 tuition scholarship.
The decision to award both students was met with approval from fans and observers, some of whom claimed their online outcry had influenced Dr Pepper's decision.