Days before No. 1 Indiana and No. 10 Miami face off in South Florida for the national championship, governors Mike Braun and Ron DeSantis are putting their money — or food — where their mouths are.

The two governors — Braun of Indiana and DeSantis of Florida — agreed to a “friendly wager” pitched by Braun Friday.

The loser will send local food items to the winning governor.

“Hey @GovRonDeSantis, how about a friendly wager on the national championship?” Braun asked.

“If IU loses, I’ll send you some pork from [Fischer Farms], which is in my neck of the woods in Dubois County, plus some pies from the famous [Wicks Pies], including a sugar cream pie (an Indiana favorite). Pork and pie for bragging rights. You in?”

“Mike — I am happy to oblige and am impressed with IU’s turnaround (thanks in part to a Miami kid at QB). But I am all-in for The U,” DeSantis responded. 

“If Indiana wins, I’ll send stone crabs and key lime pie from [Joe’s Stone Crab]. I will just drop them off in Naples or Marco Island since that’s basically Indiana south this time of year.”

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The Hoosiers are 8.5-point favorites, so Gov. Braun has the advantage as Indiana aims to become just the third team in NCAA history to go 16-0, joining Yale in 1894 and FCS’ North Dakota State seven years ago.

Indiana walloped No. 5 Oregon 56-22 in one semifinal last week, while Miami earned a trip to its own home stadium after taking down No. 6 Ole Miss in a thriller after Carson Beck scored the game-winning touchdown with 18 seconds left.

The game kicks off Monday from Hard Rock Stadium at 7:30 p.m. ET.

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A Tennessee college basketball player was shot and killed while in a vehicle on a Nashville freeway, police said Monday. 

Andre Bell, 20, was a Fisk University sophomore from Jackson, Tennessee. He died at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said. 

Bell was with two friends heading back to campus on Interstate 65 after attending a gymnastics event. As the trio were in Bell’s Nissan Sentra, the friends noticed a black sedan in the left lane beside them, police said. 

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“Both said they were distracted by their cellphones when they suddenly heard multiple gunshots and realized Bell had been hit,” a police news release states. 

The Sentra slowed and spun back into traffic before colliding with a red pickup truck, police said. The dark sedan kept going. 

Bell was shot in the head and rushed to the hospital in critical condition before he died. 

Investigators said evidence suggests that the car from where the shots were fired likely has windshield damage based on the shattered glass at the scene.

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In a statement, Fisk University said it was mourning the tragic loss of Bell, a business administration major.

Fisk men’s basketball head coach Jeremiah Crutcher described Bell as a “gentle young man” who was “unfairly snatched from this world.”

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“He was a dominant force on the Fisk University Men’s Basketball team, but he was most remembered for his infectious smile, loving personality, and unique ability to always bring warmth to a room,” he said. “We now have a deep absence in our program, but more importantly, we have a deep pain in our hearts. He will be truly missed. Our thoughts and unwavering prayers are with his family and the little kids in his family and in Nashville who looked up to him.”

Dashcam video shows a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper navigating around a protester in Memphis, Tennessee, who appeared to play possum in front of a patrol car, leading the agency to swat down viral claims the man was actually hit.

Video posted to social media by the Tennessee Highway Patrol shows the trooper trying to work his way around a group of protesters. A man who appeared to be one of the protesters walked into frame from behind a white SUV.

The man, wearing a bright orange construction vest and holding a handheld radio, raised his hands and stepped in front of the trooper.

The trooper can be heard on camera shouting, “Move! Get out of my way! Get out of my way! Move!”

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Instead, the protester shook his head and raised his index finger as if signaling the trooper to “hold on.”

The protester then grabbed the patrol vehicle’s push bars and fell backward, appearing to act as if he had been hit by the trooper’s vehicle.

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He then pulled himself up, raised his index finger at the trooper once more and walked back to his vehicle.

The video circulated on social media with claims the man was hit by a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper, claims the agency called false.

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“We respect and protect the right of people to protest peacefully,” the Tennessee Highway Patrol said. “That right, however, does not include entering active roadways or placing themselves in danger.

“In this case, video clearly shows the individual holding onto the front of the trooper’s vehicle, lying down, then standing back up afterward and leaving the scene under his own power,” the statement continued. “At no point does the video show the individual being run over or injured, despite the narratives circulating on social media.”

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The agency added that its priority is public safety for protesters, motorists and troopers.

“When someone enters the roadway, it creates a serious and immediate risk, and troopers are trained to respond to prevent injuries or worse outcomes,” the agency added.