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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (WISH) — Friendly bets over sports games aren’t uncommon, but in the case of two mayors betting on the outcome of Monday’s IU-Miami game, a fresh-baked pie is on the line.
Ahead of the College Football Playoff National Championship between the Indiana Hoosiers and Miami Hurricanes on Jan. 19, mayors Kerry Thomson of Bloomington and Eileen Higgins of Miami are engaging in a friendly wager to celebrate the occasion.
This bet doesn’t include wearing opposing teams’ shirts for a day, or sending curated snack boxes, but the mayor of the losing team’s city will have to send the winning city a “signature pie.”
Thomson said in a release on the wager that Bloomington has promised to send Miami Mayor Higgins an Indiana sugar cream pie.
The wager involves the mayor of the losing team’s city sending a signature pie to the winning city. Bloomington has promised to send an Indiana sugar cream pie from Bloomington-based Two Sticks Bakery.
Meanwhile, Miami will have to shell out a Florida key lime pie from Fookem’s Fabulous, which claims their pie is “definitively the best of the apocalypse.”
Thomson says she’s excited for the game, emphasizing the importance of community.
“This is about community, connec...
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