Super Bowl mayors wager trees on big game

[charlie and algernon]

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The mayors of the Super Bowl cities have made their wager: a tree vs. a tree — of sorts.

Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, who has taken to calling himself Steelerstahl since the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Baltimore Ravens to advance to Sunday's Super Bowl, has accepted the bet offered by Glendale, Ariz. Mayor Elaine Scruggs.

If the Steelers win, Glendale officials must plant a tree native to Pennsylvania outside University of Phoenix Stadium, home of the Arizona Cardinals. If the Cardinals win, Ravenstahl must see that a cactus is planted outside of Heinz Field, where the Steelers play.

Pittsburgh's mayor is explaining the bet this way: "Pittsburgh is a city of trees, so we're betting a tree for a tree, even though theirs is a cactus."

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/9155580?MSNHPHCP>1=39002




Now I kinda want the Cardinals to win, just for the sight of a catcus in Pittsburgh :rofl:

[KamaAina]

1. I was going to make an Arizona trees joke

but Mayor "Steelerstahl" beat me to it. :P (Couldn't he have just changed one letter of the name, to "Ravenstall", before the title game with Baltimore? :shrug: )

Actually, northern Arizona, up by Flagstaff and Sedona, has lots of trees, like cottonwoods and certain pines.

[TZ]

2. I like the idea of planting trees.

Trees are a good thing. Unfortunately I'm not sure a cactus would survive in Pittsburgh.

[Bucky]

3. these Super Bowl mayors' wagers are getting lame. This year, how about playing for real stakes?

The mayor of each town can put their first born child on the guillotine bloc.

If you truly, truly believe in your home team, you'll commit your family, body and eternal soul, to their cause.

Any mayor failing to make this bet is a traitor to the NFL.