I have heard 'Bama folks joke about their players being paid through anonymous, plain white envelopes left in their lockers or dropped off at their residence. At MSU, this fellow says that they were handed $100 bills in person by low-level members of the football staff.
Also, no southern recruiting trip was complete without the procurement of a fetching co-ed to be the recruit's "hostess", though in the end the recruit was likely to only get to second base before she'd whisper in his ear "We have to stop now, but if you come here in the fall we can go all the way." He only knew of one player that ever saw their "hostess" again.
