{"id":186634,"date":"2024-11-27T14:48:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T19:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=186634"},"modified":"2024-11-27T14:48:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T19:48:04","slug":"governors-place-wager-on-the-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2024\/11\/27\/governors-place-wager-on-the-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Governors place wager on &#8220;The Game&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>COLUMBUS &#8212; Ahead of The Ohio State Buckeye&#8217;s rivalry game against the Michigan Wolverines, Governor Mike DeWine has placed a friendly wager with Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;With a spot to play in the Big 10 championship on the line, Fran and I are confident the Buckeyes will emerge victorious in the greatest rivalry in college football ,&#8221; <strong>Governor DeWine said<\/strong>. &#8220;I am proud to engage in this friendly bet with Governor Whitmer, showcasing some of the finest treats Ohio has to offer. O-H!&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"209\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DeWine-Whitmer-11-2024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-186635\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mike DeWine and Gretchen Whitmer have placed their annual OSU-Michigan wager. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Governor DeWine has wagered a candy basket, highlighting local Ohio candy companies and flavors. The basket will include buckeyes from Perrysburg\u2019s\u00a0Marsha\u2019s Homemade Buckeyes, chocolate covered pretzels from Cleveland\u2019s\u00a0Malley\u2019s Chocolates, assorted chocolates from Dayton\u2019s\u00a0Esther Price Candies, and a bag of Bryan-based\u00a0Dum-Dums\u00a0lollipops. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On November 30, The Ohio State Buckeyes will take on the University of Michigan Wolverines in Columbus. The state of Ohio wishes the Buckeyes the best of luck in the rivalry game.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t wait to watch the Michigan Wolverines beat The Ohio State Buckeyes for the fourth year in a row alongside thousands of college football fans across the nation,\u201d <strong>Governor Whitmer said<\/strong>. \u201cI\u2019m confident our Wolverines are going to come out on top on Saturday, and I\u2019m happy to wager Governor DeWine some amazing Michigan-shaped gummies. Go Blue!\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Governor Whitmer has wagered a pack of Michi-Gummies from\u00a0Shurms Candy, a local Michigan company with locations across the state. The Michi-Gummies are in the shape of Michigan and flavors of Michigan: cherry, raspberry, apple, grape, strawberry and watermelon.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted information COLUMBUS &#8212; Ahead of The Ohio State Buckeye&#8217;s rivalry game against the Michigan Wolverines, Governor Mike DeWine has placed a friendly wager with Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.\u00a0 &#8220;With a spot to play in the Big 10 championship on the line, Fran and I are confident the Buckeyes will emerge victorious in the greatest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-186634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 05:22:33","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186634"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":186636,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186634\/revisions\/186636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}