True story: we do not have a photo in our archives of Mark Kleinschmidt wearing anything red. This is as close as it gets.

When next the Chapel Hill Town Council meets, Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt will be seeing red.

That’s because he’s agreed to wear a jersey from Rutgers University, paying up on a bet he made with Piscataway, NJ, mayor Brian Wahler.

The two mayors made a friendly wager on which of their teams would win the Quick Lane Bowl in Detroit on Friday: the Tar Heels of Chapel Hill or the Rutgers Scarlet Knights of Piscataway. Rutgers got the win easily, 40-21, dropping Carolina to 6-7 on the year.

The Chapel Hill Town Council next meets in a work session on Monday, January 5.