Governors Braun, DeSantis place 'friendly wager' for National Championship between Miami and Indiana

Days earlier No. 1 Indiana and No. 10 Miami look disconnected successful South Florida for the nationalist championship, governors Mike Braun and Ron DeSantis are putting their wealth — oregon nutrient — wherever their mouths are.

The 2 governors — Braun of Indiana and DeSantis of Florida — agreed to a "friendly wager" pitched by Braun connected Friday.

The loser volition nonstop section nutrient items to the winning governor.

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(Left) Indiana Gov. Mike Braun speaks during a property league with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem astir ongoing migration enforcement efforts successful Chicago and its suburbs successful Gary, Indiana, connected Oct. 30, 2025. (Right) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a quality league astatine Palm Beach State College, westbound of Lake Worth, Florida, connected Aug. 20, 2025. (Jamie Kelter Davis/Getty Images;Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Image)

"Hey @GovRonDeSantis, however astir a affable wager connected the nationalist championship?" Braun asked.

"If IU loses, I’ll nonstop you immoderate pork from [Fischer Farms], which is successful my cervix of the woods successful Dubois County, positive immoderate pies from the celebrated [Wicks Pies], including a sweetener pick pastry (an Indiana favorite). Pork and pastry for bragging rights. You in?"

"Mike — I americium blessed to oblige and americium impressed with IU’s turnaround (thanks successful portion to a Miami kid astatine QB). But I americium all-in for The U," DeSantis responded. "If Indiana wins, I’ll nonstop chromatic crabs and cardinal lime pastry from [Joe's Stone Crab]. I volition conscionable driblet them disconnected successful Naples oregon Marco Island since that’s fundamentally Indiana southbound this clip of year."

Carson Beck of the Miami Hurricanes passes the shot against the Ole Miss Rebels successful the archetypal 4th during the 2025 College Football Playoff Semifinal astatine the VRBO Fiesta Bowl astatine State Farm Stadium connected Jan. 8, 2026 successful Glendale, Arizona.   (Chris Coduto/Getty Images)

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The Hoosiers are 8.5-point favorites, truthful Gov. Braun surely has the vantage arsenic Indiana aims to go conscionable the 3rd squad successful NCAA past to spell 16-0, joining Yale successful 1894 and FCS’ North Dakota State 7 years ago.

Indiana walloped No. 5 Oregon 56-22 successful the semifinal past week, portion Miami earned a travel to its ain location stadium aft taking down No. 6 Ole Miss successful a thriller wherever Carson Beck scored the game-winning touchdown with 18 seconds left.

Indiana backmost Fernando Mendoza throws earlier an NCAA assemblage shot crippled against Wisconsin, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025, successful Bloomington, Indiana. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

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The crippled kicks disconnected Monday from Hard Rock Stadium astatine 7:30 p.m. ET.

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