I chortled.  fox


Wheel of Fortune" might have made history on Thursday for one of the most mystifying answers ever given by a contestant.

Things got X-rated on the family-friendly game show when a contestant named Tavaris misidentified a popular phrase.

Vanna White, as always, was on hand to reveal part of the phrase. The board read: _ _ _ _ /I _ /T _ E /B _ _ T!

Tavaris took a look at the game board, quickly buzzing in that he had the answer.

"Right in the butt," he said with confidence, until fellow contestant Tyra, on the opposite side of the stage, audibly expressed her bewilderment. The audience collectively guffawed at the awkward moment.

"What?" she said. The camera then panned to Tavaris, who looked like a deer in headlights.

"No," host Pat Sajak said, definitively.

The correct answer, which contestant Beth guessed, was "T H I S / I S / T H E / B E S T !"

So many questions about this....

Do schools have a salary cap? Is it by sport or by school? Is there a base salary per player? How's that work for non-revenue sports?  Does a baseball player on a 1/4 athletic scholarship make the same as a women's golf player who is on a 1/2 athletic scholarship? Do scholarships get revoked and tuition/fees paid out of your salary? Will schools cut sports that are losing money? Will there still be roster limits or can a school like Alabama just pay players to keep them on the bench so they can't play for rivals? Will Title IX equalize pay for women/men players?  Will players get bonuses (for post season, or individual accolades)?

And then there's the tax implications... I travel for work (or used to before COVID). I might support a client in California and New York in the same year, and any work I do on site for that client, I pay state taxes for the work done while on site. So, these players "should" be in the same boat. You play for Michigan, well, that's fine, but you're paying taxes in Michigan, Ohio, Nebraska, and Minnesota this year.

I've always been the type of person to really limit my criticism of student athletes - they are kids on scholarship after all.. But if a College QB is getting paid 1M a year, I'm going to critique him like I do the QB of an NFL team.

And how much will tickets go up to offset the cost? I stopped giving to Auburn years ago, because of NIL. I refuse to donate to an organization who will just hand it over to student athletes so they can go buy a new car. At least when I was giving to the TUF, the money (allegedly) went to scholarships.

Do you expect anyone to read all of this? It’s not Snag’s level but it’s entirely too  TL;DR. And I say this as a friend. You’re a much better poster than most but this was uncalled for. Cliff Notes, my man. We are all busy people.

Battie is a senior and would be gone after this year.

Henderson is a 2025 recruit. 

How would beefing up his recruitment help is at all with the Battie situation?  Do you even math, bro?

Gen. you are aware that CTEAU practiced at Auburn, right?

This was for the FSU O-line coach giving the player a ride to the booster to discuss the potential NIL deal. 

Uber must have been a second thought.

Battie is a senior and would be gone after this year.

Henderson is a 2025 recruit. 

How would beefing up his recruitment help is at all with the Battie situation?  Do you even math, bro?

Because he is out there now saying that AU is working even harder to get him to flip. Before, we had supposedly moved on. Now we are down a player for the season and it looks like he’s trying to start something up.
It seemed a little too coincidental. But you go ahead and pretend you have a corner on all AU news.