Northwestern, Tennessee eat more than 5,000 lbs of food at Outback Bowl

Competing in the Outback Bowl certainly does have its advantages.

The Northwestern and Tennessee football programs got a taste of that during the annual team dinner where the programs were treated to literally tons of food prepared for them by Outback.

Who wants some @Outback ?? pic.twitter.com/PGTjjjRq8Z

— Outback Bowl (@outbackbowl) December 26, 2015

The teams will get plenty of protein with these selection of meats:

Tennessee & Northwestern will combine to eat 750 pounds of steak, 750 pounds of chicken, 900 pounds of ribs tonight pic.twitter.com/0YoA5eR1Uq

— Tennessee Football (@Vol_Football) December 26, 2015

There wasn't a shortage side dishes, desserts and bloomin' onions either:

Is all of this @Outback Steakhouse grub making you hungry?! pic.twitter.com/HGsauqNby0

— Outback Bowl (@outbackbowl) December 26, 2015

When it was all said and done, the Wildcats and Vols combined for more than 5,000 pounds of food.

Fun Fact: The teams combined to devour more than 5,000 lbs of food from @Outback Steakhouse! #FootballInParadise pic.twitter.com/Z0QR6qRJMP

— Outback Bowl (@outbackbowl) December 27, 2015

Northwestern and Tennessee aren't strangers to the Outback Bowl as both have attended in the past. But the feast never gets old.

This season's game is set for New Year's Day at noon eastern on ESPN.

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