In 2004, college football coaches across the country grew massive erections in their pants. The reason for these pitched tents was a 6'2'' 230 pound linebacker from Carol City High School in Miami. Willie Williams was the hottest thing to come out of Miami until Jenn Sterger's breasts found the internet. The consensus number one linebacker in the nation, potential coaches rolled out the red carpet for Mr. Williams. They also rolled out the lobster and steak dinners, charter jets, personalized jerseys, and hot broads shipped in by the dozen. Ahhhh. Those were the days when lavish, illegal recruiting methods were the norm. Willie Williams' Diary changed all that. A local newspaper asked if Willie would blog about his recruitment process throughout the ordeal. My question though, is how the hell does a guy expect to get into college with a juvenile arrest record of eleven arrests prior to his 18th birthday? Well, a 4.4 forty can do alot for a linebacker. Well, that and the help of a former lady member of the Clinton Administration turned University President of Miami that was hushing his criminal record aside. Yep, Willie Williams was a thug. He made Michael Vick look like Clay Aiken. This dude was the epitome of trouble and he definitely lived it up while he could and I don't blame him at all. Rumor has it that Willie ordered FOUR lobster dinners while dining with Bobby Bowden. His reasoning was that he wanted to eat three at dinner and take one back to his "dorm" room for a snack. Oh yeh, his "dorm" room was a penthouse hotel with a hot tub on the balcony. Hell, Bowden even told him that he would reinstate former Heisman trophy winner Charlie Ward's retired #17 for Willie, because that was his number in high school. I wonder what Charlie Ward thinks about that. Williams eventually chose Miami, but it didn't take too long for Willie to get kicked off the team for, well, being "Willie". He then transferred to West Los Angeles Community College and then Louisville, which dismissed him four games into the season following an arrest for marijuana possession. Williams then enrolled at Glenville State last January, but was eventually declared ineligible there as well. That brings us to Schenectady, Kentucky. The home of the perennial NAIA national football powerhouse........ Union College. This is where Big Willie, now a fifth year 
senior, has finally been given eligibility and will play for the Bulldogs this coming season. That is fucking amazing. Seriously, how the fuck do you start your career in Miami and end up in some podunk community the size of a typical Walmart? The most incredible news surrounding Big Willie is that although he is not expected to be drafted in next year's NFL draft, numerous teams will be lined up to sign him as an undrafted free agent. My money is on Al Davis, but only time will tell. With that, I'll leave you all with my favorite quote from Willie Williams' recruitment diary, while he was visiting Florida......Here's to you Willie!''I ate so many meatballs, the people there started looking like meatballs ... 'The first night I was OK with eating at the stadium. But when they told me we're going to eat there again, I was a little disappointed. I was like, `Take us to Red Lobster or something.' That's when I pretty much made up my mind. I can't live in a place that don't have any restaurants. What am I going to do — fly home to eat shrimp?''
I can only hope for Willie's sake that the local grocery store in Schenectady has some damn good shrimp.
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