b'2021 Potato Bowl USA T he 55th annual Potato Bowl week was held September 13th through the 18th. The week was full of events celebrating the potato and UND football. The week ended with the football gameonSaturdaybetweentheUniversityofNorthDakota Fighting Hawks andDrake University Bulldogs.Tuesday, there was a potato chip giveaway held at the Scheels store in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It was a huge success with Scheelshandingoutmanybagsofpotatochips.TheHugos Plinko Contest also got underway on Tuesday. Thursday evening was scheduled to be the J. R. Simplot French Fry Feedbut that was changed to a hot dog and potato chip feed because of the Covid pandemic. Plenty of people still attended the event at University Park for complimentary hot dogs andThe Grand Marshal of Potato Bowl Week, Fritz Pollard free bags of potato chips and the weather was wonderful III and his family.(Continued on page 28)Potato Bowl Ambassadors Elias Markusen and Linnea Grotte had a great time riding in the parade.26 POTATO GROWER NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021'