Yes, you read that correctly – two Bornean orangutans from the Phoenix Zoo will be taking up Lee Corso’s mantle and choosing the winner of the 2019 Playstation Fiesta Bowl and the Cheez-It Bowl. This actually isn’t that weird, given that orangutans are born with the ability to reason and think. They are one of humankind’s closest relatives, sharing nearly 97% of the same DNA. And over the years, the animals have about a .500 record when it comes to choosing correctly, according to the Zoo’s director of communications Linda Hardwick. Jiwa, the Zoo’s five-year-old male orangutan, is choosing the Cheez-It Bowl winner, and fourteen-year-old female, Rayma, is choosing the Fiesta Bowl winner. Jiwa suffered a bit of stage fright last year, but luckily his dad swooped in and grabbed both UCF and LSU jerseys, causing a bit of controversy over which jersey he touched first. This year, the rules are as follows: Jiwa will go first and choose the winner of the Cheez-It Bowl. There will be two t-shirts in his habitat, one
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