Travis Kelce Pays Off Lost Iowa State-Cincinnati Bet by Becoming ISU Mascot

A Big 12 conference loss by his alma mater proved costly for the Chiefs star.

Iowa State’s 30–10 Big 12 conference win over Cincinnati last Saturday proved costly for Chiefs star tight end Travis Kelce.

Kelce, who is a Cincinnati alum, lost a bet to Brad Gee, who is Kansas City’s vice president of football communications and an Iowa State grad. As a result, Kelce had to sport the headgear of the Cyclones mascot, Cy, during a press conference on Friday.

Travis Kelce “lost a bet” and had to come in wearing an Iowa State mascot head 😂😂#ChiefsKingdom pic.twitter.com/vVx1tldeEG

— Bethany J. Bowman (@bjbowman13) October 20, 2023

This is the second time this week an NFL player lost a bet and had to dress up in the gear of the rival school. First, it was Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown, who dressed up as a leprechaun to pay off the bet of teammate Julian Okwara. St. Brown attended USC, which lost 48–20 to Okwara’s Notre Dame Fighting Irish last Saturday in South Bend.

“Everything about this is trash.”#Lions WR Amon-Ra St. Brown is not having a fun time paying off a bet with Julian Okawara after his beloved USC dropped a big one to Notre Dame on Saturday. pic.twitter.com/5kcnfJNcyl

— Nolan Bianchi (@nolanbianchi) October 19, 2023

Expect the trend of embarrassing payoffs of bets across the NFL to continue, all in good fun, of course.