{"id":117447,"date":"2026-01-17T10:54:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T15:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/governors-braun-desantis-place-friendly-wager-for-national-championship-between-miami-and-indiana-117447"},"modified":"2026-01-17T10:54:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T15:54:23","slug":"governors-braun-desantis-place-friendly-wager-for-national-championship-between-miami-and-indiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/governors-braun-desantis-place-friendly-wager-for-national-championship-between-miami-and-indiana-117447","title":{"rendered":"Governors Braun, DeSantis place &#8216;friendly wager&#8217; for National Championship between Miami and Indiana"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Days before No. 1 Indiana and No. 10 Miami face off in South Florida for the national championship, governors Mike Braun and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/ron-desantis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> are putting their money \u2014 or food \u2014 where their mouths are.<\/p>\n<p>The two governors \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/person\/b\/mike-braun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Braun of Indiana<\/a> and DeSantis of Florida \u2014 agreed to a &#8220;friendly wager&#8221; pitched by Braun on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The loser will send local food items to the winning governor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/strong><\/a><i><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hey @GovRonDeSantis, how about a friendly wager on the national championship?&#8221; Braun asked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If IU loses, I\u2019ll send you some pork from [Fischer Farms], which is in my neck of the woods in Dubois County, plus some pies from the famous [Wicks Pies], including a sugar cream pie (an Indiana favorite). Pork and pie for bragging rights. You in?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mike \u2014 I am happy to oblige and am impressed with IU\u2019s turnaround (thanks in part to a Miami kid at QB). But I am all-in for The U,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RonDeSantis\/status\/2012344454892429567\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DeSantis responded<\/a>. &#8220;If Indiana wins, I\u2019ll send stone crabs and key lime pie from [Joe&#8217;s Stone Crab]. I will just drop them off in Naples or Marco Island since that\u2019s basically Indiana south this time of year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/ncaa-president-responds-integrity-concerns-alleged-point-shaving-scheme-dozens-arrests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NCAA PRESIDENT RESPONDS TO INTEGRITY CONCERNS AFTER ALLEGED POINT-SHAVING SCHEME LEADS TO DOZENS OF ARRESTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/ncaa\/indiana-hoosiers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hoosiers<\/a> are 8.5-point favorites, so Gov. Braun certainly has the advantage as Indiana aims to become just the third team in NCAA history to go 16-0, joining Yale in 1894 and FCS\u2019 North Dakota State seven years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Indiana walloped No. 5 Oregon 56-22 in the semifinal last week, while Miami earned a trip to its own home stadium after taking down No. 6 Ole Miss in a thriller where Carson Beck scored the game-winning touchdown with 18 seconds left.<\/p>\n<p>The game kicks off Monday from Hard Rock Stadium at 7:30 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p><i><strong>Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSports_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><strong>sports coverage on X<\/strong><\/i><\/a><i><strong>,\u00a0and subscribe to\u00a0<\/strong><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><strong>the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/strong><\/i><\/a><i><strong>.<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/governors-braun-desantis-place-friendly-wager-national-championship-between-miami-indiana\">Source &#8211; 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