Dru McCoy, Vice President of
the Community Foundation Board, and the Barnes Family win a VIP
Trip to Super Bowl XLIV After Fans Around the Country Voted Them the
Winners! Check out the Frito-Lay press release below:
Plano, Texas and New York (Jan.
14, 2010) -- PepsiCo's Frito-Lay North America division and the
National Football League today announced that Dru McCoy and the
Barnes Family - longtime Indianapolis Colts fans from Marion, Ind. -
are the winners in the search for the NFL's "most fanatical
family" and will receive a VIP trip to Super Bowl XLIV. McCoy
and her family were named the NFL's "most fanatical family"
after fans around the country cast nearly 400,000 votes in the
contest.
"We are absolutely
thrilled fans voted us the NFL's 'most fanatical family' and that we
get to go to the Super Bowl," McCoy said. "Our passion for
the Indianapolis Colts has always been a fun and exciting way to
bring our family together. Now it's extra special knowing that we're
going to the Super Bowl and will have a family memory that will last
a lifetime. And, of course, we're especially excited because the
Colts could be one of the teams playing at Super Bowl XLIV."
The family's prize features a
five-day/four-night trip to attend Super Bowl XLIV, which will be
played Sunday, Feb. 7, at Dolphin Stadium in South Florida. The trip
includes round-trip air transportation, hotel accommodations, suite
tickets to Super Bowl XLIV, and tickets to the Super Bowl Saturday
Night Party and NFL Tailgate Party. Dru McCoy's husband, Kevin,
daughter Kaitlin, mother, Phyllis Barnes, sister Tonee Pieroni, and
even brother-in-law Carl - the lone Green Bay Packers fan of the
bunch - will all join Dru to travel to South Florida for The Big
Game.
McCoy and her family never
miss watching a Colts game, and even plan their family get-togethers
around game days and decorate their home with Colts memorabilia.
McCoy and her family beat out
nearly 1,000 other families from around the country who entered the
Frito-Lay and the NFL's "Calling All Families" contest this
past fall by submitting a photograph of their family on game day and
an essay describing why they thought they should be named the NFL's
most fanatical family. A panel of judges composed of Frito-Lay and
NFL executives then selected eight semi-finalists based on several
criteria, including team spirit, enthusiasm for the game and
demonstration of family gathering. Each semi-finalist and their
families traveled to NFL Films to record a video bringing to life
their enthusiasm for their favorite NFL team, and thousands of fans
watched the videos online and voted to determine the winner. McCoy
and her family's video can be seen online at www.nfl.com/callingallfamilies.
"Dru and her family's
creative submission and passionate loyalty to the Colts makes them
truly deserving of the NFL 'most fanatical fan' honor," says
Justin Lambeth, Frito-Lay Marketing Vice President. "Frito-Lay
snack chips and dips also bring something special to game watching,
and we're happy to give Dru and her family a memory that will last
for years to come."
"In a year of great
competition and memorable plays on-the-field, Dru McCoy and her
family showed us they have what it takes off-the-field to make it to
the Super Bowl," says Mark Waller, Chief Marketing Officer of
the NFL. "We are pleased to have our most passionate fans, the
McCoy and Barnes families, join us in South Florida at Super Bowl
XLIV."
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Frito-Lay
and the National Football League Name Colts Fans from Marion, Ind.,
as NFL's 'Most Fanatical Family'
