Like many of you, we were taken aback by the shots of Williams with his Jayhawks shirt; it's difficult to imagine John Thompson III wearing a Buckeyes logo, regardless of Williams' past dalliances. We asked the quite vocal Pete Jayhawk — who sent us an email at 3:15 this morning mocking our Illini, the jerk — what he thought of seeing Williams in the stands.

I was kind of surprised to see it. My first reaction was to call him a phony or something, then I realized that maybe he isn't so full of shit after all and to cut the guy some slack. I think the UNC game Saturday was very cathartic in allowing me and a lot of other KU fans to finally just get over it and move on.

Then I thought of the reaction that the most idiotic of the Carolina message board fanbase would probably have to seeing Ol' Roy laughing and cheering on the Jayhawks...and I smiled.

We also asked Dan Kois, of New York Magazine's Vulture blog — and crazed Carolina guy — what he thought:

I didn't have a major problem with it. It's easy to be cool with shit like that when you're the one he left his family for. Given the ferocity with which Kansas played in totally destroying us, I would be in favor of anything Roy could do to ensure that next time we play them they don't hate us so much. God, it was like us facing Duke out there.

That sounds about right. We couldn't help but notice, by the way, that Bill Self wasn't exactly wearing a Chief Illiniwek headdress in the Tar Heels-Illini national title game three years ago ...

The sad part is that all the autograph hounds camp out here every year on this date, knowing that Roy will have a day off.

And I'm pretty sure that this signature will not count toward her required 15 pieces of flair.

Roy Williams Loves Hooters [Don Chavez]
Roy Williams Enjoys Hooters [With Leather]
NCAA Cuts Hooters Ad From Final Four Program [SportsbyBrooks]

Money quote:

Roy is so tortured about being hated by KU fans, but, like most egomaniacs, Roy wants it both ways, to be loved by one divorced fan base while being married to another, no matter what happened in between, and hence all his moaning about those dadgum great things he done for the good people of Kansas. Roy's got some weird personality disorder — he MUST be admired and remembered the exact way that HE wants to be remembered. It's the same quote over and over ad infinitum: "I gave my all, and no one appreciates me anymore..." Well ... a) it was your job to give your all, for which you were paid like an oil baron and fawned over like a rock star and b) just be a man with your decision and quit crying about it like a sixteen year old girl whose ex-boyfriend won't return her calls anymore after she ran off with the JV quarterback. It's ridiculous. I'm tired of the media and talking heads portraying KU fans as this whining group that has no right to feel about the guy the way they want to. All these articles wouldn't dare criticize or at least point out that Roy is emotionally off his rocker, also, and just because he won a bunch of games at KU he deserves to be let off the hook for being a jack ass about the whole UNC thing. KU fans are being absurd? I think it's the other way around.

Does raise the stakes a little bit; we're certainly looking at the situation a little differently. That's about as compelling a case as we can imagine.

The funniest thing about this interview is that, of course, Roy Williams really did leave for Kansas just more than a week later. Which everybody pretty much figured, which is why Bonnie Bernstein asked it. That brought Bill Self to Kansas, which brought Bruce Weber to Illinois, which ... well, nobody but us really cares about Southern Illinois' coach.

Since everyone will be talking about this all week, we thought we'd go ahead and just remind of the video, considering they won't be able to show it. Which is a shame. Shit is such a better word from flip, honestly.

That's Not Very Nice [Rush The Court]

Today — right now, actually — Williams is out delivering pizzas to the greater metropolitan Detroit area.

From 4-6pm today Mr. Cheapskate will be an honorary delivery driver for the nationwide pizza chain. He'll be operating from a Pizza Hut somewhere in metro Detroit. The exact location of the joint he'll be working from will be released sometime today. Hopefully they'll make him drive a beat up 1984 Honda Civic. Although as cheap as Roy is, that might be his car anyway.

He'll also apparently be making a personal donation to the World Food Program, which includes all the tips he gets. Don't fall for that trick. Send the World Food Program a check on your own time.

We hope they're careful which neighborhoods they send Williams into; as any Detroit pizza delivery boy can tell you, oftentimes not receiving a tip is the least of their worries.

Don't Tip Roy Williams Today [100 Percent Injury Rate]
Ladies Line Up For Roy Williams [Deadspin]

He actually wrote Williams a full letter.

Dear Roy,

We heard that you haven't been tipping pizza delivery drivers, but recently chatted with one of our drivers and decided you need to start tipping. When a Pizza Hut pizza arrives hot and fresh, it's easy to be distracted by all the deliciousness you're about to enjoy, and our drivers certainly appreciate you taking the time to tip.

But what about all the drivers who missed being tipped in the past?

We'd like to issue you a challenge. Agree to work as a delivery driver for Pizza Hut for just one day in Detroit, and we'll forgive all your previous tipping transgressions.

Furthermore, we'll collect all the tips you receive and donate them to the World Food Programme as part of our World Hunger Relief Week, which is kicking-off October 14.

So, Roy, what do you say? There are a lot of hungry fans out there waiting.
Sincerely,
Scott Bergren
President, Pizza Hut

We appreciate the clever bit of promotion here, particularly in Little Caesar's backyard, but we think Bergren is missing the real point here: It's all about the cash. You're gonna give money to charity? You know who you're dealing with here, right?

Roy Williams: Showman, Wide Reciever, Pizza Delivery Guy [The Angry T]
Ladies, Line Up For Roy Williams [Deadspin]

Check out Williams' eye for fine style and the best way to treat a lady.

I am cheap, I'm a cheap date. Get you some McDonalds, with some cheese on it and I'm just really cheap, man. I'm very low key, I like to stay home. I like to go bowling on Monday nights and I go to the casino every once and awhile. Other than that, you won't see Mr. Williams out at all.

There's no such thing as a tip. But I am really polite and I say 'Thank you sir.' ... The pizza man knows, when he comes to my address, he's coming for free. I might just take [a date] to the casino and get her a free buffet. If I did take a date out to a nice place, I'd take her to a nice place, like a Red Lobster or something. It wouldn't be Morton's or nothing like that.

For the record, Red Lobster is vastly underrated, particularly on that budget.

Roy Williams Comments On Why He Doesn't Tip The Pizza Guy [Detroit Free Press]