Sometimes a bet isn’t actually a bet.
Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback and reigning Super Bowl MVP, appeared to be on the losing end of a wager this week when he shared a photo of himself on social media wearing the head section of a Texas Longhorns mascot outfit.
‘A bets a bet.’ Mahomes captioned an Instagram post in which he was spotted replicating Longhorns supporters’ ‘Hookem’ hand signal. ‘Okay cool #Hookem.’
By tagging his ex-Chiefs teammate Shane Buechele and his wife Paige, both of whom attended the University of Texas at Austin, Mahomes appeared to insinuate that he had lost a March Madness wager. After all, the Longhorns men’s basketball team defeated Colorado State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, and as a Texas Tech alum, Mahomes would be pulling for Texas to lose.
However, Paige Buchele disclosed on her Instagram page that Mahomes’ costume choice may not have been the result of a wager.
Mahomes tagged Buechele and his wife, who met in Texas, after the Longhorns advanced.
‘What’s crazyyy is that there wasn’t even a bet,’ Buchele wrote. ‘This was all him!!’
Texas defeated Colorado State 56-44 to move to a second-round showdown against Tennessee on Saturday in Charlotte.
Meanwhile, Mahomes’ team, Texas Tech, lost to a hot North Carolina State team in the first round, so the Red Raiders will watch the tournament from Lubbock, Texas, as the Longhorns proceed.
Shane Buechele has left Kansas City for Buffalo, where he will be Josh Allen’s backup.
But before he left for the rival Bills, Buechele, Mahomes, and their spouses went to a NWSL game in Kansas City together.
The Kansas City Current, a relatively new NWSL team owned in part by Mahomes and his wife, Brittany, defeated the Portland Thorn 5-4 in their inaugural game at CPKC Stadium.
Paige Buechele commented on Instagram, “BIG @kccurrent fans,” beside a photo of the two couples.
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