Oklahoma Senator Humiliated by Florida Senator and I Don't Have a Boner

Last week, I bet Dennis that if the Giants beat the Eagles, he would supply me with 800 Philly cheesesteaks. If the Eagles won, I would have to write a mildly amusing blog post about whatever mildly amusing bet the mildly competent Senators from the two states represented in the Orange Bowl made on this year's national championship game:

Forget all those inaugural concerts. The most pressing musical issue in the nation's capital is whether a stone-face senator from Oklahoma will hit the high notes in "Rocket Man" to pay off a college football bet.

Republican Sen. Tom Coburn is slated to serenade Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida with his very own rendition of Elton John's 1970s classic Wednesday afternoon.

Coburn owes Nelson because the Florida Gators defeated the Oklahoma Sooners 24-14 in last week's BCS title game. Nelson chose "Rocket Man" because he is a former astronaut who flew on the space shuttle Columbia in the 1980s.

If Oklahoma had won, Nelson would have had to sing the title song from the musical "Oklahoma!" It also happens to be the official state song.

If Plaxico Burress hadn't shot himself in the leg, you wouldn't have had to know about that.

Tags: Bill Nelson, Florida, Football, Oklahoma, Senate, Sports, Tom Coburn