Sewell and Duncan Bet on NCAA Championship
South Carolina and Alabama lawmakers had bet on last year’s game, too
Clemson University is back for a rematch against Alabama University in the NCAA football championship and Rep. Jeff Duncan is as well.
Duncan played football at Clemson in the mid-1980s and last year bet on the game against Rep. Terri A. Sewell, D-Ala.
The loser of this year’s bet has to buy the winner Chick-Fil-A and wear the winning team’s swag for a photograph.
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“It’s exciting to have the Clemson Tigers back in the Championship game against a familiar foe, the Alabama Crimson Tide,” Duncan said in a statement. “Though the Tigers ended last year with a bitter taste in their mouths, we’ve used that disappointment to grow and fuel the fight back to the top again.”
Last year, Duncan wore a houndstooth hat, a staple of the late Alabama coach Bear Bryant, and an Alabama necktie for a picture on the Capitol steps after Alabama beat Clemson, 45-40, in last year’s game.
“There is no other team in the country I’d rather play than Alabama,” Duncan added. “It’s a great opportunity to win back some lost pride, and an even greater opportunity to have Rep. Sewell on record with photo evidence wearing Tiger orange. GO TIGERS!”
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The South Carolina Republican graduated in 1988 with a political science degree. Sewell grew up in Alabama, but is a Princeton alum.
The championship is at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla., at 8 p.m. Monday night.