The owner of a popular sports blog covering the Texas Longhorns is facing backlash after setting up a crowdsourced fund to raise money that he had already publicly promised to donate as the result of a bet.

That was a mouthful, so let me explain.

Geoff Ketchum, based in The Woodlands, is the owner and publisher of OrangeBloods.com, a sports blog covering Texas Longhorns athletics.

The wager dates back to Dec. 19, 2024, when Ketchum posted on X proposing a bet with Eddie Radosevich, an On3 correspondent for SoonerScoop, a blog covering Oklahoma — Texas’ archrival.

The bet was straightforward: If OU won nine games in 2025, Ketchum would donate $1,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of Norman. If OU won fewer than nine, Radosevich would donate the same amount to the Boys and Girls Club of Au

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