Hays resident wins Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl Challenge

By BECKY KISER
Hays Post

Ky Scheibler, Hays, has a $10,000 check donated in his behalf to the Manhattan Girls and Boys Club. — Ky Scheibler, Hays, has a $10,000 check donated in his behalf to the Manhattan, Kansas, Boys and Girls Clubs.

Ky Scheibler would rather watch from the bleachers than be on the football field. And, he doesn’t eat spicy food.

Still, he was able to combine those activities with a couple others and came up the winner of the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl Halftime Challenge.

Scheibler and his family drove 17 hours round-trip from Hays to Tempe, Arizona, to cheer on the K-State Wildcats in Saturday’s bowl game against the Michigan Wolverines.

While sitting in the Buffalo Wild Wings tailgaters area, Scheibler, a 21-year-old Fort Hays State University student, answered a trivia question correctly and was chosen to represent K-State in the half-time challenge.

K-State fan Ky Scheibler competes against a Michigan fan in the Buffalo Hot Wings Bowl. — K-State fan Ky Scheibler competes against a Michigan fan during halftime of the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl.

“They gave me a K-State football jersey to wear and then explained the challenge,” Scheibler told Hays Post.

It was an obstacle course race against a Michigan fan picked from the tailgating crowd.

“First, I had to eat four very, very hot wings–that was the main challenge for me, ’cause I don’t really like spicy food, then I went through the rope ladder course, and then stopped to throw a football through a hole. We had six balls each; somehow I made the first one,” he laughed.

Don, Ky, Dylan and Cristi Scheibler, Hays, root for K-State at Saturday's Buffalo Hot Wings Bowl in Tempe, AZ. — Don, Ky, Dylan and Cristi Scheibler, Hays, root for K-State at Saturday’s Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl in Tempe, AZ.

“My dad (Hays Police Chief Don Scheibler) was really surprised too. I kept asking him ‘Where’s the love, Dad?'”

The last leg of the obstacle course was to run into the end zone and perform a touchdown dance.

“I don’t really have a TD dance, so I just kinda went limp and let my body relax–a weird show that should never be seen by anybody,” Scheibler laughed again.

Scheibler remained on the field while Buffalo Wild Wings donated a $10,000 check on his behalf to the Manhattan, Kansas, Boys and Girls Clubs to support youth sports.

Scheibler’s prize package also included a K-State Wildcats trophy helmet plus the purple No. 68 KSU football jersey he was given, and a Buffalo Wild Wings gift bag filled with “sauces and more spicy stuff.”

“I really would have preferred milk to cool off my mouth,” joked Scheibler.

K-State won the bowl game 31-14 against Michigan.

(Photos courtesy Cristi Scheibler)