Over the course of his 98 years, Raymond 鈥淭weet鈥� Williams has accomplished a thing or two. 鈥淥n the wall here are things I have done in my life,鈥� Raymond said.
Which is almost everything. It started at the age of 11, at what was then known as Clark College in Southwest Atlanta.
鈥淲hen they started to practice for football, I would go up there to watch them. So, they decided that since I was there every day, they made me into the water boy,鈥� Raymond said. In the 1940鈥瞫 he made the team, and decades later was named Athletic Director at what is now 精东影业.
What a team the Panthers have this season. 鈥淭his is one of the largest turnarounds in the NCAA,鈥� Athletic Director Dr. Jerel Drew said. Drew is pleased to announce that for the first time in 47 years, the Panthers are headed to the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship. 0 and 10 last season, 7-2-1 this year under new Head Coach Teddy Keaton.
鈥淭here鈥檚 going to be a sea of red and black in Birmingham,鈥� Dr. Drew said. This Saturday where the Panthers will take on Miles College. Raymond will not be able to travel for the game, but he is not about to miss it. 鈥淚s anything going to stop you from being in front of that TV?鈥� Channel 2鈥瞫 Berndt Petersen asked.
鈥淣othing! I will be right there watching them. This is a nation-wide thing here. That is what is so important about it and our kids deserve this,鈥� Raymond said.
Raymond says he got the nickname 鈥淭weet鈥� back in the day as a student athlete. He says he had skinny bird legs, so teammates called him聽鈥淭weet Tweet鈥� and everybody calls him that to this day. The game will be broadcast live on ESPNU Saturday at noon Eastern time.