Super Bowl 50 will mark the end of Doritos’ decade-long Crash the Super Bowl challenge, which has arguably changed user-generated content forever. And steering the contest to its inevitable conclusion is Frito-Lay CMO Ram Krishnan.
While Super Bowl Sunday is about football and food for nearly one-third of the US population – and for many of us, our biggest concern will be ensuring enough chicken wings and guacamole are on hand – Krishnan will have to contend with the expectations of a watchful nation as one of his brands yet again fights for notoriety on the biggest day of the year for US advertisers.
Wonder what his day will be like? Here’s a look:
Sunday, February 7, 2016
4 a.m.
Wake up.
5 a.m. – 7 a.m.
Breakfast, check emails and conduct final interviews with media around Crash the Super Bowl. After nine incredible years, we’ve decided this will be the 10th and final Crash the Super Bowl contest. For this final edition of the program, one grand prize winner will not only win $1 million, but a life-changing opportunity to collaborate with filmmaker Zack Snyder while working with Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Entertainment. Snyder is the director of the much-anticipated Man of Steel sequel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which is set for release in March 2016.
8 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Final tours of the Doritos NFL Experience at the Moscone Center. The NFL Experience also features a Crash the Super Bowl Hall of Fame celebrating the legacy of the campaign. All 21 ads that have aired in the Super Bowl over the past 10 years are shown and fans have an opportunity to bring the spots to life in the boldest way possible by setting bold world records based on the spots, such as “The Fastest Dorito Throw Wearing a Samurai Suit Made of Doritos” (based on the Snack Attack ad) or the Most Doritos Grabbed While in a Whirling Time Machine (based on the Time Machine ad).
The NFL Experience also features Fizz, the Pepsi soft drink mixology platform that is powered by digital fountain Pepsi Spire and combines the taste of consumers’ favorite beverages with “unique, fun ingredients.”
11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Conduct a Super Bowl overview for key retail customers with PepsiCo leadership, featuring new innovation launches, NFL activations throughout the season in their stores and never-before-seen activations with Doritos and other brands.
Attend an authentic and interactive talk with football greats past and present, hosted by former defensive end and current SportsNation co-host Marcellus Wiley.
1 p.m.
Head to the stadium and visit the Doritos Top N’ Go Truck, a mobile vehicle delivering Doritos Top ‘N Go to Super Bowl fans through a unique, custom-built food truck made to look like this unique product – a “walking taco” of Tostitos or Doritos in a bag with assorted toppings with which consumers can make their own taco/nachos.
2 p.m. – End of Game
Visit the Tostitos Cantina and custom Tostitos nachos cart at the Pepsi Platform to sample the custom nacho recipe only available at Levi’s Stadium.
Engage with our dedicated team of digital experts focused on producing and posting both pre-planned and real-time social media content during the game.
Engage in social media, following Crash the Second Screen, a new program just launched that adds a modern-day twist to the legendary Crash the Super Bowl contest — unleashing our legion of fans to take on Madison Avenue through the second screen. Inspired by the same creativity and originality of the Crash the Super Bowl contest, we’re asking fans to take over Twitter, too, on Super Bowl Sunday. Crash the Second Screen is simple — fans submit the best tweet-based Doritos ad from noon PT through the final whistle on Super Bowl Sunday using the hashtag #Doritos and #entry for a chance to win one of three $50,000 prizes.
Participate in the Super Bowl experience with the three Crash the Super Bowl finalists and witness the life-changing moment when one of them realizes they’ve won the $1 million prize when their spot airs.