A clutch comeback win against Mercer's conference opponent The Citadel on Saturday night wasn’t the only surprise that students received this homecoming weekend, as prior to the football game the iconic Oscar Mayer Wienermobile stopped to greet tailgaters for a few hours on Black Field. The stop was just one of six events the vehicle attended this week in Middle Georgia, Wienermobile driver Carly "Corn Dog Carly" Bowden explained. “We go to a new city every week, so this week we’re in Macon, that’s our base and we’ll go to events all over Macon,” said Bowden. It was a busy weekend for Bowden and her copilot Evie "Grill Ready Evie" Serda. On Thursday, the two visited Meals on Wheels of Middle Georgia to help deliver food with the nonprofit service group, then drove over to Lane Southern Orchards for a corn maze. The Wienermobile then made a stop at Gordon Public Library on Friday before heading to Mercer's tailgate on Black Field from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m on Saturday. Carly Bowden, or “Corn Dog Carly” as she is known professionally, is one of 12 “hotdoggers” selected from a pool of 7,000 applicants to drive one of six Wienermobiles across the country. “I’m on the Southeast team, so we stick to this region of the United States for a few months, and so I get to explore a whole new region, Bowden explained. "It brings me so much joy.” Bowden explained how her and her coworker each discovered this position. “I found out because my parents actually sent me the application to apply…
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