Lawn Mower-Riding DJ Steals the Show at Pinstripe Bowl

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As Pro Football Hall of Famer and former analyst Dan Fouts once famously said: It’s the last game of the year, and you can’t hold anything back.
Such an ethos should be embraced by all those participating in college football bowl games. Thankfully, the organizers of the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl are believers that now is not the time for brevity.
The fans who were in attendance at Yankee Stadium to take in the matchup between Minnesota and Syracuse were in for a treat, as the in-stadium entertainment was being handled by a DJ named Jay Jung. In a setup fitting for the game’s sponsor, he soundtracked the game while riding atop an actual lawn mower. Behold:
Jammin' with @djayjung & @badboymowers 🎵 pic.twitter.com/GevkYYIuDk
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) December 29, 2022
Such a spectacle could only happen at a bowl game played in a baseball stadium outdoors in the middle of winter. The game itself unfolded in a fittingly bizarre fashion, with the Golden Gophers winning, 28-20, despite being outgained by 262 yards and averaging a mere 2.3 yards per rush attempt.
The result almost doesn’t matter, though, as the sight of a DJ riding atop a landscape maintenance machine hit like something out of Mad Max: Fury Road. It certainly drew a strong reaction on social media, so check out the best of the bunch.
GET YOU A BOWL GAME THAT HAS A DJ ON A LAWN MOWER 🎧 🌿 pic.twitter.com/T5SyQoiuuG
— ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) December 29, 2022
To those saying there are too many bowls, this is DJ Jay Jung DJ’ing while on a Bad Boys Mower lawnmower parked on a baseball field in December when it’s 48 degrees outside.
— Collyn Taylor (@collyntaylor) December 29, 2022
Checkmate. pic.twitter.com/s1RC5Adc8k
Did someone tell him he's on TV? And he started "DJ-ing"? 😂
— 𝑩𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑴𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒚 (@iambmurray) December 29, 2022
RT @ESPNCFB: GET YOU A BOWL GAME THAT HAS A DJ ON A LAWN MOWER 🎧 🌿 pic.twitter.com/3AZ7KPewnX
One day my gophers will play in a bowl that doesn’t have a DJ on a lawn mower until then ROW THAT BOAT BABY!!! #gogophers #RTB #W
— Ashley (@ashhhk25) December 29, 2022
it's not quite someone dressed up as a blooming onion at the Outback Bowl, but the Pinstripe Bowl has a DJ and his turntables perched atop a Bad Boys Mower in outfield at Yankee Stadium
— Andy Greder (@andygreder) December 29, 2022
@SickosCommittee what other Bowl game would have a DJ on top of a giant mower? This is why the Pinstripe Bowl is the Rose Bowl of the East pic.twitter.com/okTwixtlRL
— G (M&Ms Hater) (@Wumbology65) December 29, 2022
LET 👏 GOLDY 👏 SPIN 👏 https://t.co/o5BcBV17fP
— Sickos Committee (@SickosCommittee) December 29, 2022

Nick Selbe is a programming editor at Sports Illustrated who frequently writes about baseball and college sports. Before joining SI in March 2020 as a breaking/trending news writer, he worked for MLB Advanced Media, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. Selbe received a bachelor's in communication from the University of Southern California.
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