League CEOs Place Wager On Outcome ofOrange Bowl

December 29, 2005, 1:00 a.m. EST 1 Min Read

MIAMI - (12/29/05) When the game between the Penn StateNittany Lions and the Florida State Seminoles at the Orange Bowlhere concludes, at least one league president will be eating alittle better. Jim MacCormick, CEO of the Pennsylvania CUAssociation, and Guy Hood, CEO of the Florida league, have made awager on the game--should the Nittany Lions win, PCUA will enjoy100 pounds of Florida oranges, compliments of FCUL. If the victorsare the Seminoles, then the FLorida league will enjoy 100 pounds ofHersheys chocolate.

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