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MCWS 2023: How a Jell-O shot challenge became the second-biggest event in Omaha

OMAHA, Neb. -- Rocco's Pizza and Cantina, which sits about 50 steps across the street from the site of the Men's College World Series, was predictably busy Sunday when manager Pat McEvoy was called to the patio to meet a guy interested in placing a large order. The man looked like an average fan, wearing an LSU cap and a green T-shirt with a logo for Murphy's, a now-defunct Baton Rouge bar.

When someone told McEvoy that the man was the founder and CEO of Raising Cane's chicken, McEvoy was skeptical.

"This time of year," McEvoy said, "everybody's somebody.