According to the Evanston Roundtable, Evanston Mayor Stephen Hagerty and Lexington Mayor Jim Gray have bet a bottle of bourbon each on tomorrow’s game. If Kentucky wins, Mayor Hagerty will send Mayor Gray a bottle of Evanston’s FEW Spirits Bourbon Whiskey; if Northwestern wins, Mayor Gray will send Mayor Hagerty a bottle of Lexington’s Town Branch Bourbon.
“Nashville may be known for its country music, but Kentucky will be singing the blues on their way home from Music City,” said Mayor Hagerty. “As much as I’d like to show Mayor Gray that one of the world’s best bourbons is distilled outside Kentucky, it will be a pleasure to toast Northwestern Football with some of the Bluegrass State’s finest after the ‘Cats crush UK.