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The 2026 Men's College World Series is officially here. But it won't be the only heated competition in Omaha.The Rocco's Jello Shot Challenge is returning for its seventh year of pitting the wallets and livers of the MCWS fanbases against each other, with tens of thousands of Jell-O shots set to be sold in the coming week-and-a-half. The tradition goes back to 2019 and has escalated in recent years, with top SEC programs regularly leading the pack.This year's field consists of West Virginia, Troy, Ole Miss, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas, Alabama and Oklahoma, a field that figures to be competitive thanks to its litany of power programs.Rocco's Jello Shot Challenge leader on Day 1A day before the games begin on Friday, Ole Miss already holds a sizable lead with 1,437 shots sold. Thats nearly 1,000 more than second-place West Virginia at 490. Bringing up the rear: Oklahoma at five.Obviously, there is still plenty of competition to go.The Jell-O shots are sold at $5 a pop, with $1.50 of that going to food banks associated with the eight participating institutions, in addition to a local organization. The contest has gone from a fun little event at Rocco's Pizza and Cantina to a social media obsession, with multi-daily updates posted via dry-erase board.The event has a correlation with the actual baseball being played as well. The past five winners of the Jello Shot Challenge also won the Men's College World Series, including LSU last year with a two-game win over Coastal Carolina and 52,390 Jell-O shots sold.That correlation can be explained by A) the final teams having more time to add to their score and B) every champion being an SEC team, as that conference in particular has taken both competitions quite seriously.Past Rocco's Jello Shot Challenge winners2025: LSU, 52,390*2024: Tennessee, 38,799*2023: LSU, 68,888*2022: Ole Miss: 18,777*2021: Mississippi State, 2,965*2020: N/A (COVIID-19)2019: Arkansas, 864* denotes a team that won the Men's College World Series

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Christian Pulisic is the most accomplished and most famous player on his national team at the exact time when his nation is hosting a World Cup.Only a handful of prominent players in the past few decades have faced this confluence of talent and timing. They include a selection of generational greats: Zinedine Zidane for France in 1998, Michael Ballack for Germany in 2006, Neymar for Brazil in 2014.Pulisic's U.S. teammates recognize the extraordinary burden he is carrying while the Americans prepare for their World Cup opener Friday night against Paraguay. From the field to the back row of the stands, everyone is looking to Pulisic for leadership and goals, hoping his full decade of international success with club and country will propel a middling soccer nation to new heights on home soil.I can't even imagine the weight that's on his shoulders, teammate Tyler Adams said. From such a young age, he was the hope of American soccer.Pulisic does not shy from the spotlight that will glare more brightly than ever in the next few weeks. In fact, he repeated Thursday that this challenge is what I've always wanted.Now 27 years old, Pulisic has enough achievement and enough faith in his teammates to focus on how far the Americans can go, not how far they might fall.I dont feel a difference in weight, Pulisic said at the U.S. training base in Orange County. Im not sure. Maybe less. I just feel like theres so many good players around me. I genuinely dont feel like I have to do anything on my own. Im going to give it the best I can. I want to help the team, and they expect a lot out of me, but with the guys I have around me, it makes it a lot easier for me.Pulisic was already the center of the U.S. hopes and aspirations when this World Cup was awarded to North America eight years ago, and his status hasn't changed. A nation that had struggled to produce elite players finally created a star in this slick, creative midfielder from Hershey, Pennsylvania, who has gone on to a decade of European club success.National team progress has been more difficult to come by during Pulisic's first decade, but he is still considered the most consistently dynamic player in the American program despite his 18-month goal drought in a U.S. shirt that only ended May 31.Of course he needs to be an important player for us in the competition, said coach Mauricio Pochettino, who took over the U.S. team in late 2024. (But) I think what weve learned after a year and a half is that the badge of the national team and the culture with this country is more important than any name, any player or any coach. That is a principal thing that we (believe), and from there, if you have talent and quality, you can perform on that platform.Adams, the 27-year-old Bournemouth midfielder, has been right alongside Pulisic for most of this ride.He watched in awe as the 17-year-old Pulisic made his senior U.S. debut in late 2016. Those Americans failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, but Pulisic quickly became a vital component of the group.(Pulisic was) the best player on the field at 17 years old, and the person that they rely on, (and) its been since then that theyve relied on him, Adams said. Now, we have weapons around him to kind of relieve that, but hes a star. Not just for the U.S. national team, but in world football. Hes that good. We rely on him in big moments, but that being said, I hope he doesnt feel the pressure to carry it all. Just to be himself and grow into each game.Pulisic became known across the world when he moved from Dortmund to Chelsea in 2019. He was part of the Blues Champions League winners in 2021, becoming only the second American to claim the ultimate club trophy, before moving in 2023 to AC Milan, where he remains a vital player for another major club.Pulisic finally made his World Cup debut four years ago in Qatar, contributing a big goal and an assist but the U.S. scored just three goals in its four games before going home in the knockout round.It feels similar, but with a bit of that comfort of being in America, Pulisic said of his World Cup return. It feels great having the people you love around you. It makes it that much more special.Pochettino has strived to build an aggressive, attacking team around Pulisics talents, thereby minimizing its reliance on its best player. Prolific Europe-based strikers Folarin Balogun and Ricardo Pepi will make their World Cup debuts this month for the U.S., hopefully spreading out the scoring responsibility.But with his past World Cup experience in mind, Pulisic knows the Americans must step up quickly at home and their opening matchup against a solid Paraguay team will put him right in the spotlight again.It has that big-game feel, for sure, Pulisic said. But in some ways, I feel a little bit more relaxed because I've been there before. We've played in a match like this. I think the experience has calmed me down a little bit.___AP World Cup: https://apnews.com/fifa-world-cup

Christian Pulisic is the most accomplished and most famous player on his national team at the exact time when his nation is hosting a World Cup.Only a handful of prominent players in the past few decades have faced this confluence of talent and timing. They include a selection of generational greats: Zinedine Zidane for France in 1998, Michael Ballack for Germany in 2006, Neymar for Brazil in 2014.Pulisic's U.S. teammates recognize the extraordinary burden he is carrying while the Americans prepare for their World Cup opener Friday night against Paraguay. From the field to the back row of the stands, everyone is looking to Pulisic for leadership and goals, hoping his full decade of international success with club and country will propel a middling soccer nation to new heights on home soil.I can't even imagine the weight that's on his shoulders, teammate Tyler Adams said. From such a young age, he was the hope of American soccer.Pulisic does not shy from the spotlight that will glare more brightly than ever in the next few weeks. In fact, he repeated Thursday that this challenge is what I've always wanted.Now 27 years old, Pulisic has enough achievement and enough faith in his teammates to focus on how far the Americans can go, not how far they might fall.I dont feel a difference in weight, Pulisic said at the U.S. training base in Orange County. Im not sure. Maybe less. I just feel like theres so many good players around me. I genuinely dont feel like I have to do anything on my own. Im going to give it the best I can. I want to help the team, and they expect a lot out of me, but with the guys I have around me, it makes it a lot easier for me.Pulisic was already the center of the U.S. hopes and aspirations when this World Cup was awarded to North America eight years ago, and his status hasn't changed. A nation that had struggled to produce elite players finally created a star in this slick, creative midfielder from Hershey, Pennsylvania, who has gone on to a decade of European club success.National team progress has been more difficult to come by during Pulisic's first decade, but he is still considered the most consistently dynamic player in the American program despite his 18-month goal drought in a U.S. shirt that only ended May 31.Of course he needs to be an important player for us in the competition, said coach Mauricio Pochettino, who took over the U.S. team in late 2024. (But) I think what weve learned after a year and a half is that the badge of the national team and the culture with this country is more important than any name, any player or any coach. That is a principal thing that we (believe), and from there, if you have talent and quality, you can perform on that platform.Adams, the 27-year-old Bournemouth midfielder, has been right alongside Pulisic for most of this ride.He watched in awe as the 17-year-old Pulisic made his senior U.S. debut in late 2016. Those Americans failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, but Pulisic quickly became a vital component of the group.(Pulisic was) the best player on the field at 17 years old, and the person that they rely on, (and) its been since then that theyve relied on him, Adams said. Now, we have weapons around him to kind of relieve that, but hes a star. Not just for the U.S. national team, but in world football. Hes that good. We rely on him in big moments, but that being said, I hope he doesnt feel the pressure to carry it all. Just to be himself and grow into each game.Pulisic became known across the world when he moved from Dortmund to Chelsea in 2019. He was part of the Blues Champions League winners in 2021, becoming only the second American to claim the ultimate club trophy, before moving in 2023 to AC Milan, where he remains a vital player for another major club.Pulisic finally made his World Cup debut four years ago in Qatar, contributing a big goal and an assist but the U.S. scored just three goals in its four games before going home in the knockout round.It feels similar, but with a bit of that comfort of being in America, Pulisic said of his World Cup return. It feels great having the people you love around you. It makes it that much more special.Pochettino has strived to build an aggressive, attacking team around Pulisics talents, thereby minimizing its reliance on its best player. Prolific Europe-based strikers Folarin Balogun and Ricardo Pepi will make their World Cup debuts this month for the U.S., hopefully spreading out the scoring responsibility.But with his past World Cup experience in mind, Pulisic knows the Americans must step up quickly at home and their opening matchup against a solid Paraguay team will put him right in the spotlight again.It has that big-game feel, for sure, Pulisic said. But in some ways, I feel a little bit more relaxed because I've been there before. We've played in a match like this. I think the experience has calmed me down a little bit.___AP World Cup: https://apnews.com/fifa-world-cup

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