Ohio's Tate survives 410 Peeps, starts buying vegetables

By Tuesday afternoon the bet had turned into a grind, and Tate was covering it like a beat writer covers a quarterback with a bad ankle.

Ohio’s Tate

@OhioTate

Just woke up from what has become my daily Sugar Crash Nap Listen I’ve got 100+ messages from friends, family, and randoms telling me what I should do for Peep 410 Peep 410? I’m worried about Peep 381 Can I stay disciplined? Can I maintain good chewing fundamentals? That’s the thing about this game You need to have a Next Peep Mentality Anyways, here’s 15 more. 395 down. 15 to go.

The math was simple, and that was the problem. Tate promised 10 yellow marshmallow Peeps for every point Oregon scored if the Ducks beat Ohio State. Oregon put up 41. He has been here before, too: when Oregon beat the Buckeyes 32-31 in 2024, the same bet cost him 320 Peeps. This time Lanning even kicked a field goal that pushed the total to 410, and according to Tate, Lanning's explanation was that he was helping, since going for it on 4th down probably would have ended in a touchdown. Fair point. Still not a fun point.

The "Next Peep Mentality" held up. Tuesday night he got through the last of them and dedicated the final 3 to some special people before eating them.

Viva La Stool

@VivaLaStool

HE DID IT!!! 410 peeps ✅

Ohio’s Tate

@OhioTate

I personally guarantee that Ohio State will go 12-0 this season. If they lose a game, I will…. t.co/VO53yCrOIu

Then came Wednesday. Tate decided the people who had followed all 410 Peeps were owed the ending, and the ending was liquid. The tweet has a poll in it, because of course it does.

Ohio’s Tate

@OhioTate

Look I get it’s gross, but so many people have followed along with the saga that I feel I owe a follow up to the people. I have pooped straight liquid no less than 10x in the last 6 hours. It’s all looked exactly the same — and the visual is very funny considering what I just ate 410 of But I don’t want to be disgusting on the timeline. I have some very distinguished, classy followers that I do not want to lose by shit posting (literally) Please vote below if you want me to post a poop pic below with a Viewer Discretion Advised label or not. If you want to see the Poop, vote “Poop” If you don’t want to see the Poop, vote “No Poop” Polls close at 3 pm Central Time

Recovery started at the grocery store. He is calling it Operation "Lower My Blood Sugar Before Friday," and by his own count it is the first time in 3 years in Chicago that he has bought green vegetables. A true where-were-you moment, if you take his word for it.

Ohio’s Tate

@OhioTate

Operation “Lower My Blood Sugar Before Friday” has begun with a ceremonious milestone These are the first green vegetables I have purchased in my 3 years living in Chicago A true “Where were you?” moment

Meanwhile, the man who cost him 410 Peeps got asked about it at his own press conference. Tate's tweet says Lanning has never eaten a Peep and thinks that's a good thing. In the clip, Lanning sounds a little softer than that and isn't sure he's ever had one. Either way, Tate has gone through more Peeps this week than the Oregon head coach has in his whole life.

Ohio’s Tate

@OhioTate

Per Dan Lanning’s press conference: The most amount of Peeps he’s ever eaten is zero. “I’ve never eaten a Peep, which I think is a good thing”

That might have been what broke him. A few hours earlier Tate had already given in and admitted, "with great displeasure," that he likes Lanning now. He says he gets why Lanning is such a good recruiter and that he won't be taking shots at him at Big Ten Media Days next year. Losing 41 points' worth of Peeps and then making peace with the guy who ran up the score takes a special kind of fan.

Ohio’s Tate

@OhioTate

It is with great displeasure that I announce that I officially like Dan Lanning. I see why he’s a great recruiter (and I will no longer be swinging on him at Big Ten Media Days next year)

Ohio’s Tate

@OhioTate

I said if Oregon beat Ohio State, I would eat 10 marshmallow Peeps for every point the Ducks scored They scored 41 points Here are Peeps number 408, 409, and 410 decorated and dedicated to the three men that made this happen (and the 3 men who will be named in the lawsuit if I die) Matt Patricia, Ryan Day, and Dan Lanning #MissionCompeep

Next up: Friday, whatever is on the calendar, and a blood sugar number Tate clearly doesn't want to see. The Peeps are paid off, the vegetables are in the fridge, and the guy who promised to eat 10 Peeps a point has now finished that bet twice against the same team. Somebody should probably talk him out of a third.