A bet is a bet… except when it’s not.
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback and reigning Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes appeared to be on the losing end of a bet this week when he posted a photo of himself on social media wearing the head portion of a Texas Longhorns mascot costume.
‘A bets (sic) a bet…’ Mahomes captioned the Instagram post where he’s seen recreating Longhorn fans’ ‘Hookem’ hand signal. ‘Okay cool #Hookem.’
By tagging his former Chiefs teammate Shane Buechele as well as his wife Paige — who both attended the University of Texas at Austin — Mahomes appeared to indicate that he had lost a March Madness bet. After all, the Longhorns men’s basketball team defeated Colorado State in the first round of the ongoing NCAA tournament, and as an alum of rival Texas Tech, Mahomes would have a vested interest in seeing Texas lose.
But as Paige Buchele revealed on her Instagram page, Mahomes’ costume decision may not have been the result of any effort.
Mahomes tagged Buechele and his wife, who met in Texas after the Longhorns advanced
From left: Steve Buechele, Paige Buechele, Brittany Mahomes and Patrick Mahomes
Paige Buechele claimed on Instagram that there was no bet – Mahomes did this on his own
Texas (in white) beat Colorado State on Thursday, while Mahomes’ Texas Tech lost to NC State
“What’s crazy is that there wasn’t even a bet,” Buchele wrote. ‘This was all him!!’
Texas beat Colorado State, 56-44, to advance to a second-round matchup with Tennessee on Saturday in Charlotte.
Meanwhile, Mahomes’ team, Texas Tech, fell to a hot North Carolina State team in the first round, meaning the Red Raiders will watch the tournament from Lubbock, Texas, while the Longhorns advance.
Shane Buechele recently left Kansas City for Buffalo, where he will serve as Bills quarterback Josh Allen’s backup.
But before he left for the rival Bills, Buechele, Mahomes and their wives all attended an NWSL game in Kansas City.
The Kansas City Current, a relatively new NWSL team partially owned by Mahomes and his wife, Brittany, beat the Portland Thorn, 5-4, in their first game at CPKC Stadium.
‘BIG @kccurrent fans,’ Paige Buechele wrote on Instagram alongside a photo of the two couples.