The Arizona State Sun Devils captured the attention of the college football world on New Year’s Day with their spirited performance against the Texas Longhorns in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals.
The Sun Devils took the Longhorns to overtime before falling 39-31, during a game when ASU legend Jake Plummer was spotted early and often on the sidelines.
During the game Plummer, who led the Sun Devils to the 1997 Rose Bowl against the Ohio State Buckeyes, was brought to the forefront of ESPN host Pablo Torre’s X account as Torre created a viral post on Plummer and his alleged use of “shrooms” at the game.
On Saturday, Plummer, revealed the truth about what he actually had in his system during the game as millions watched on television and at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
“I love that Jake Plummer is watching this game with an unknown quantity of shrooms coursing through his body,” Torre wrote on Jan. 1.
“Caught me. I was on mushrooms,” Plummer wrote in response on Saturday. “870 mg of organic cordyceps.”
The post was viewed more than two million times as of Sunday morning.
Cordyceps is a non-psychadelic mushroom designed to improve focus and cardiovascular health, as Plummer revealed in the comments section on X.
The former Sun Devils and Arizona Cardinals quarterback sells extracts of the mushroom and also takes it himself, saying that it has also improved his sleep and stress levels.