Mayors Place Wager On Game

[sdgukhsdgl]

so Iorio gets treated to a nice dinner at Red Lobster for winning the bet??

that seems like something you would get for LOSING a bet

[Rabbi Bull]

Howbout after we win, every SOUTH FLORIDA fan gets to kick that david whitley douchebag in the balls...   ;D

i'm down for doing this

[Economics_Nerd82]

Darden foods? HAHAHA, wow, good job there Orlando. How pathetic is that!?!

[mikebeau]

Mayors place friendly wager on USF game  

Last Edited: Thursday, 11 Oct 2007, 12:04 PM EDT 

Created: Thursday, 11 Oct 2007, 12:03 PM EDT 

USF Bulls coverage 

TAMPA – The fifth-ranked University of South Florida Bulls are gearing up for another big game this weekend, and Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio is getting in on the excitement.

On Thursday, Iorio announced she was making a friendly wager with the mayor of Orlando, Buddy Dyer, on the outcome of the Bulls game against the University of Central Florida Knights. 

The wager has become an annual tradition, and this year Mayor Dyer has agreed to offer Mayor Iorio a Darden meal if USF pulls off is victorious on Saturday. Likewise, if UCF should upset the Bulls, Mayor Iorio will send Mayor Dyer some of Tampa's famous Cuban sandwiches from the Columbia Restaurant.

Last month, Mayor Iorio declared each Friday before a home game 'Green and Gold Day' in Tampa, encouraging all fans to support the team by wearing USF gear and school colors on October 12, November 2, and November 16. 

The Bulls host the Knights on Saturday at noon at Raymond James Stadium.

http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=4610431&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1

Darden meal?  Is that a food place in Epcot or something?

[ETKbull]

How about the loser has to wear the winners’ shirt, hat and carry the winners’ flag through the losers’ campus.  Then they must parade through the student center, athletics building and administration building and stop to eat lunch in the cafeteria.  Whenever anyone comes up to heckle them they have to say "GO mascot"

[TheBullies]

Dog food?!  I'll show him dog food!!

Low-grade dog food?

[mikebeau]

Maybe this is a silly question, but...

Why is our mayor placing wagers with another mayor when we're 5-0 and UCif is 3-2?  Aren't these sort of public displays reserved for REAL games.  I seem to remember mayorial wager's being placed before the Bucs NFC Championship game and Super Bowl, but when the Bucs face the winless Saints this year, will we mark the occasion with another some gumbo from Ray Nagin?

I'm not trying to piss on anyone's parade here, but c'mon.  It is UCF.  They are fighting to stay above .500.  We are fighting to stay unbeaten.  We are #5 in the country.  Surely we can hold off wagers till a real event arrives, like say a bowl game or a battle of undefeateds with the conference championship on the line.  Shall we wager with Pitt on the season finale?  Then why UCiF? ??? ???

[bulls96go]

hats and ties and lapel pins

[MikeG]

I'd rather our mayor not get involved with making this game into more than what it is- an OC game against a non-BCS team. This smells of media hype trying to push USF and UCF into the same lame corner. We're out of that corner and we sure as hell never want to get put back there again.

Making a bet? not needed.

[MikeG]

PS-- how many points did she have to give him?