BATON ROUGE, Louisiana--It won’t matter if there are rain clouds in the area Friday night — the stars will be shining on Southern’s campus.
Eight iconic former Southern football players will be on hand at the F.G. Clark Activity Center on Friday night for an event Southern is dubbing the “Kickoff Extravaganza.”
Pro football Hall of Famers Aeneas Williams and Mel Blount will be there, as will Harold Carmichael, Ken Ellis, Frank Pitts, Rufus Porter, Rich “Tombstone” Jackson and Isiah “Butch” Robinson.
This whole idea was concocted by Southern Athletic Director Roman Banks as a way to celebrate the Jaguars' rich football history.
“Any time you can open your doors up and welcome your athletic alumni back, and recognize them for the hard work they’ve done here, and not only here, but they went off and continued their legacy and represented the university in a grand fashion, that speaks volumes,” Banks said.
“Ultimately what you’re doing is telling your story not only to the fans and the public, but to the student athletes to try and get them to emulate some of the things these guys have done.”
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