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I know his Louisville career is now over (and Krag’s may be too…..great picture, brought into text message language via Every Day Should be Saturday), but I cant let Willie Williams go just yet. The kid became one of my favorites during his infamous series of recruiting “articles” he did for the Miami Herald as he visited all the Universities of our nation. Via the internet, I have found some blurbs of those articles (the full texts of which arent available). Before he drifts off into oblivion, lets remember why we love Willie so…….
He eats a lot at FSU:
“…defensive line coach Odell Haggins was there to greet him. “When he picked me up, he had a box of chicken wings for me,” Williams said. “I was starving, but there was only like two wings. I told him ‘Coach, we’re still going to dinner right?”
“Dinner was tight,” Williams said. “We had our own section in the restaurant, but the only thing that bugged me was that I sat all the way in the back — so I was the last one to get my food.
“Coach Haggins told us to order as much as we wanted. I ordered a steak and a lobster tail. The lobster tail was like $49.99. I couldn’t believe something so little could cost so much. The steak didn’t even have a price. The menu said something about market value. I was kind of embarrassed so I didn’t order a lot.
“But then I saw what the other guys were ordering, I was like, ‘Forget this.’ I called the waiter back and told him to bring me four lobster tails, two steaks and a Shrimp Scampi. It was good. I took two boxes back with me to the hotel.”
After the tour, Williams said the players were treated to lunch at Doak Campbell Stadium. But it wasn’t the type of meal the players had been treated to the night before. Just sandwiches.
“I asked Coach Odell, ‘Where we eating tonight?’ Williams said. “He was like, ‘The stadium’ I thought he was playing. Then we ended up eating at the stadium again. I guess we spent all their money the night before.”
What the recruits didn’t know at the time was that they were in for a treat — a trip to Bobby Bowden’s home for his wife’s homemade deserts.
“Coach Bowden was cool, but Ms. Bowden was the bomb,” Williams said. “I swear, she must be related to Betty Crocker or something. When we walked into that house, it was like walking into a Publix Bakery — banana pudding, chocolate cake, cheese cake. I had one of everything. I didn’t want to leave.”
The eating binge continues at Auburn:
Before heading out to dinner, the recruits waited for the Auburn coaches in the hotel lobby, where a spread of shrimp, cheeses, cold cuts and fruits awaited.
“They told me they heard about my trip to FSU and how I love to eat,” Williams said. “They were like, ‘Willie, Why don’t you have a few snacks before we go to dinner.’ So, I served myself like six little plates of everything.”
Following the “snack,” Williams and the recruits headed for a restaurant called Old Charlie’s. After experiencing a long wait for his food on his trip to FSU, Williams made sure to sit at the front of the table near the waiter to order first.
“I really wanted to go to Red Lobster for some more lobster and steak, but they told me the wait was two hours. So I got me some babyback ribs, buffalo wings and shrimp,” Williams said.
But even Williams has his limit. And he wasn’t about fall for the trap the country bumpkins at Auburn laid for him:
During the wait, several of the female hosts, nicknamed the “Tigerettes”, offered him some of their spinach dip.
“You know how it is, those girls are supposed to be there to cheer you up,” Williams said. “But I told them, ‘I ain’t no animal, and I ain’t going to eat no plant.”
“But they kept pushing it toward me. It was disgusting. I told them, ‘I’m from Miami. I don’t eat that. You farm people are used to it, but not me.’”
Later that night, the recruits were invited to a party on campus with their hosts.
“The girls at the party were much better than the farmer girls we’d see all day around campus,” Williams said. “I was kind of worried all Auburn had to offer was those farmer girls that talked funny. But the girls at the party weren’t farmer girls at all. I thought they must have bused them in from Miami.”
The farmer girls talked funny. Poor Willie must have been buggin’. Oh, the irony.
Meanwhile at Miami, Willie is even more impressed
Williams was surprised when Coker picked him up.
“Coach [Coker] looks like an old guy in his 50s or 60s, but he’s real cool,” Williams said. “When he talks, he sounds like he’s 18 or 20.
“And when I saw he was driving the Escalade, I was like, ‘Dang, coach got some taste.’”
Yes, an Escalade is the height of style and grace. Coach also reads the papers:
Following the stadium, the recruits were bused to Monty’s restaurant on Miami Beach.
“As soon as I got off that bus, it was like a cartoon,” Williams said. “The smell hit me right away. Coach was like, ‘Willie, you’ve got an eating disorder.’”
After the recruits were greeted with nachos and crab claws, the main course quickly followed — along with the arrival of UM players, including D.J. Williams and cornerback Antrel Rolle.
“Coach Coker must be related to Cleo or something,” Williams said of the famed TV psychic. “The man knew what I wanted and had it already ordered. I didn’t need a menu. I told him, `Coach, how did you know what I like?’
“He was like, ‘Willie, I’ve been reading up on you.’”
Then of course, they finally get to the real purpose of college: video games and girls.
Dinner was followed by a trip back to Rolle’s apartment for a few hours of video games. Then it was off for a night out on South Beach.
“They took us to this place called ‘The Bed.’ Warren Sapp, Clinton Portis, Jevon Kearse and a whole bunch of really hot girls were all there.”
Ahhh Willie….I miss you already
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September 28th, 2007 at 11:41 am
Why does Willy like to eat so much?
September 28th, 2007 at 11:41 am
Sounds like such a good kid that just had lots of bad luck throughout his young life. Hopefully he will learn from this and make something of himself. Good luck willie!!!
September 28th, 2007 at 11:45 am
“I ain’t no animal, and I ain’t going to eat no plant” … UNLESS THE COPS ARE CHASING ME!
September 28th, 2007 at 11:47 am
He eats plants…as long as they have THC and the cops are tappin on the car window.
September 28th, 2007 at 11:49 am
just throw some’dat hot sauce on it, we good, hot sauce and oregano baby…..
September 28th, 2007 at 11:50 am
Sounds strangely like Homer Simpson writing restaurant reviews before he went negative…
September 28th, 2007 at 11:50 am
this irony of this article is that i know a football player who was MADE to buy willie william’s all you can eat breakfast on campus with his meal card , or (and i quote) “you will see the willie william’s whos got (however many) arrests..”
September 28th, 2007 at 11:52 am
bet Willie would love Indies!
September 28th, 2007 at 11:53 am
God, this is fantastic.
September 28th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
“I ain’t no animal, and I ain’t going to eat no plant” … UNLESS THE COPS ARE CHASING ME!
BRILLIANT!
September 28th, 2007 at 12:05 pm
I would tell this dumb m’fer to get the hell out if he tried to order up some steaks and lobster to go. I like how the coach made em eat at the stadium the next day.
September 28th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
That was great. I could not eat that much in a week.
September 28th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
I would suggest Willie open a restaurant (after he gets out of jail for possession) but, dang, he barely has enough time to feed himself during the day, forget about preparing food for paying customers.
September 28th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
The “Cat Walk”: Fans are encouraged to greet the team when the Wildcats arrive for the “Cat Walk.” approximately two hours and 15 minutes before the game (approx. 10:45 for the Florida Atlantic game - at Gate 1.
http://www.ukathletics.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=39&url_article_ id=20668&change_well_id=2
September 28th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
Maybe he ate the weed because he was hungry.
September 28th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
Of course Willie ain’t going to eat no plant, he just smokes them.
September 28th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
Munchies got Willie by the d’balls.
September 28th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
this horse isn’t getting any deader……
September 28th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
If you remember, Willie and these articles led to a number of changes in recruiting rules. Say what you want about the guy, he made his mark.
September 28th, 2007 at 12:46 pm
Wait, didn’t he try eating the Marijuana leading to his tampering with evidence felony?
And he doesn’t eat plants…my ass
September 28th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Take it easy on Willie, he seems like a good guy that just had some bad influence in his life.
September 28th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
Deadspin links to other blogs too…so STFU
September 28th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
These coaches should have seen the writing on the wall, so hungry= so stoned! Well now everybody knows. Prison food isgoing to wake him up. Good luck willie.
September 28th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
What do you call a McDonalds customer with a yeast infection?
A quarter pounder with cheese.
September 28th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
everybody knows ya dont eat it if ya pulled over!
September 28th, 2007 at 1:15 pm
majority of d-1 football players are thugs, the nature of the beast
September 28th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
What a badass. If only he were smart enough to blaze up in a safe place like every other football player
September 28th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
FREE WILLIE! The movie title “Free Willie” has now doubled up in worth of mirth.
September 28th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
The reason he signed with
Louisville is that they let
him eat bearded clams to his
hearts desire.
September 28th, 2007 at 1:40 pm
he said “I served myself like six little plates of everything.”
that made me laugh out loud!
September 28th, 2007 at 2:19 pm
it is unfortunate that certain things are illeagel, and other things are legal. Alcohol can have a very bad impact on a person and their body immediatly, also i might add that it is not a natural product but is made from natural products. This other substance happens to be right out of the ground, ready to go. The affects are far less dangerous. Like anything, though, too much can be a bad thing. This is a debate that has gone on for a LONG time and hopefully will be more logical in the more near future.
September 28th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
Stop Postin’
September 28th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
Willie Williams talks like Mush Mouth and eats like Fat Albert.
When Keepin’ it Real Goes Wrong.
September 28th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
Stop hatin’, are you telling me that EtOH does not occur by incidence in nature? A few yeast cells eating on a piece of fruit will produce ethanol. Can’t get much more natural than that. If you are trying to make a point about one agent being more harmful than another, try again. It is not the substance, it is the dosage that determines harmful physiologic effects. Such is the case with darn near all substances. Cannabanoids are well documented to have short-term and long-term neurological effects.
September 28th, 2007 at 4:16 pm
Hard to root for a guy with an entitlement attitude like this dude.
I’ll take the Cats approach of picking character guys with a humble, want to get better demeanor.l
September 28th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
Haha UofK and UofL have to have some potheads on the team they live in KY…
September 28th, 2007 at 4:51 pm
34 Is the alcohol you drink natural? Do you ferment your own wine at home or do you go buy your liquor from a store? Ethanol may occur naturally, but nobody on this planet drinks “natural” alcohol. It is all processed. And since you want to defend alcohol and talk abouty the negative effects of weed, why don’t you talk about the fact that alcohol is addictive, and alcoholism is a disease. Marijuana has never been shown to be physcially addictive like nicotine (legal) and alcohol (legal) as well as plenty of other illegal drugs. Also you can look at the statistics of alcohol-related fatalities and marijuana-related fatalities. The numbers are not even close. Alcohol is much more dangerous. And then there is the fact that alcohol poisoning can cause death, and has caused death in many cases. I challenge you to find me a legit case of death my THC poisoning. Oh yea, it doesn’t exist. You cannot overdose on marijuana unless you smoke your body weight in grams (150 lbs = 150 grams) all at one time. If you know anything about smoking weed, you know smoking that much is beyond impossible. Alcohol clearly impairs judgement more than marijuana, and the only reason it is legal is its social acceptability.
That said, it sucks for Willie Williams to get caught for something stupid like this, but he knows the law, and he should go smoke in his room if he wants to get high. Does anyone know why he got pulled over? I heard it was for blaring loud music, which is something that happens all the time. Willie got a raw deal on this one, I feel bad for the guy, while you all poke fun at him and act as if UK players don’t smoke weeed and are perfect angels.
September 28th, 2007 at 5:02 pm
What a suprise, Willie always has the munchies.
September 28th, 2007 at 5:36 pm
I could WW a run for his money at the table.
September 28th, 2007 at 5:38 pm
Reefer’s a hell of a drug…
September 29th, 2007 at 12:25 am
Willie Williams = Willie Warren.
#43, you deserve to die a slow death that is videotaped so the rest of us can watch and enjoy it, you Republican bastard.
October 1st, 2007 at 12:59 pm
what the hell bakert