AUGUSTA, Georgia -- Paine College is expected to announce the return of football Friday after a 50-year absence.
Lions athletic director Tim Duncan said Wednesday that he could neither confirm nor deny what a Friday morning news conference will address.
“It’ll be good news,” he said. “It’ll be an exciting time for Paine College.”
Roscoe Williams, a Paine alumnus and former assistant to the president, said the announcement would be about restarting a football team. He said the last year of the program was 1962.
“There’s nothing like having a football program,” Williams said. “My guess is it is to regenerate some school spirit.”
He said the talks have been going on for some time.
“It’s not a spur-of-the-moment thing,” he said. “I think it’s been planned out.”
Williams said he expects Augusta to support the team, particularly if it wins.
“It’s just like anything else,” he said. “It’s going to be a function of how successful the team is.”
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