According to the Dec. 29th edition of "The Roanoke Times," Virginia Governor Tim Kaine (D) has a wager with fellow Democratic governor Kathleen Sebelius on who will win on Thursday, Jan. 3.
The wager is not about the Iowa Caucus, which also happen that day, but rather the Orange Bowl football game between Virginia Tech and the University of Kansas.
It is not unusual to see the Virginia Tech Hokies in a major bowl game, but the same can not be said for The Kansas Jayhawks. The school from Lawerence, Kan., is much more widely recognized for its men's basketball team, which won an NCAA Championship in 1988.
In an editorial in Saturday's paper, "The Roanoke Times" stated that if the favored team from Blacksburg, Va., win the game in Miami that Gov. Kaine will recieve a selection of Kansas beef products.
Conversely, if the Jayhawks who were undefeated until they lost to The University of Missouri late in the season win the big game, Gov. Sebelius will get- what else?!- a Virginia ham.
As the paper indicated, Virginia is known for other things, including peanuts in the part of the state, wine in the Charlottesville-area and candles from Williamsburg.
In a humorous jest, the editorial board suggested that an even more appropriate gift from the Old Dominion might be an orange traffic cone.
My prediction for The Orange Bowl: Virginia Tech 31 Kansas 17.
My prediction for the Iowa Caucus: I have a slight conflict of interest on the Democratic side as I might be volunteering for one of the candidates (Hint: The one based in Chapel Hill, NC), but on the Republican side I think the winner will be (just barely) Mitt Romney. He seems to be very good at kissing babies.
My sister Lale and her husband Matthew Lovell are both alums of Hokie U.
Useful links:
http://www.planetblacksburg.com
Kansas Fans: Feel free to let me know any good sites related to Jayhawk U.
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