Lawrence mayor to pay up on bet after KU loses football game to West Virginia

Posted by Chad Lawhorn December 4, 2012 at 10:38 a.m.

Lawrence mayor to pay up on bet after KU loses football game to West Virginia

City Hall on a Tuesday night is sometimes a good place to see an odd sight.

That may be the case tonight. When Lawrence city commissioners meet for their regular weekly meeting, Mayor Bob Schumm is scheduled to be wearing odd attire.

Schumm will be decked out in team gear from West Virginia University. The folks at city hall in Morgantown, W.Va. — home of West Virginia University — proposed a wager with Schumm. If KU won last Saturday’s football game between the two universities, Morgantown mayor would wear KU gear to his council meeting. If West Virginia won the game, Schumm would wear Mountaineer gear.

The folks at Morgantown offered a similar wager to all the other Big 12 communities. I suspect it was just their way of saying hello to their new conference neighbors and perhaps generating a little interest among conference residents about Morgantown. On that note, I wonder how many KU fans made the trip to Morgantown last weekend, and what they thought of the place. If you went, let me know your thoughts below.

In case you missed it, KU fell just a bit short on Saturday, losing 59-10. Schumm told me he has a yellow West Virginia shirt that he’ll be sporting at the meeting.

“I told them I would wear it, but I never said for how long,” Schumm said.

Schumm ought to just take his lumps and feel lucky. I’m surprised that blowout loss didn’t trigger some clause in the wager that required Schumm to wear the entire Mountaineer mascot uniform.

Though that may not have been all bad. I think the Mountaineer mascot comes with a musket and moonshine. (West Virginia officials may dispute the moonshine part of this, but anybody who has seen their atmosphere at a football game would confirm moonshine has to be involved.) I don’t know how much the musket would add, but I’m pretty sure the moonshine would improve most City Commission meetings.

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somedude20 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Morgantown (Star City) is a bit of a spithole though WVU is a cool party place. Fun place to party (Ill Communication makes for a good soundtrack) if you are underage (was easy to get away with), however, if you are of age, go elsewhere because Morgantown is a bit of a spithole!

jajacut 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Mayor Schumm should propose the same bet when the basketball teams meet. Maybe he could work it out that Bob Huggins would have to wear Jayhawk gear too.

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