JACKSON – Retired NFL Quarterback Ken “The Snake” Stabler will speak at the second annual Dinner of Champions to benefit the Millsaps College M-Club on October 12 at 7 p.m. at The Auditorium Restaurant, which is located in Duling School at 622 Duling Avenue in Jackson's Fondren District.

Stabler was a quarterback at the University of Alabama and played under the guidance of the legendary Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant. He began his NFL career with the Oakland Raiders and played with Hall of Fame players such as Freddie Biletnikoff, Art Shell, Willie Brown and one of the most recognized voices in football, John Madden. He spent his final years in the game with the Houston Oilers and the New Orleans Saints.

Stabler earned the name “The Snake” while playing high school football in Foley, Alabama. The story goes that during a play, he took the football and weaved downfield the entire length of the field, side to side, and the coach proclaimed, “that boy runs like a snake.”

Tickets are \$100 each, which includes dinner and a chance to win two lower-level tickets to the 2010 Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. Sponsorships for the dinner are still available and details on sponsorship levels are available here (PDF).

"We're thrilled to bring this back for a second year," Associate Athletics Director Jim Page said. "Being a small college, the opportunity for media sponsorship is not compatible with the larger colleges and universities. To help ensure that the athletic facilities and programs parallel the level of academic excellence that is a tradition at the College, we must have events like these. We hope to have another great turnout this year."

All proceeds from the Dinner of Champions banquet go directly to the 18 Millsaps athletic programs. For more information about this year's event, or to give to the athletic program at Millsaps, please contact Jim Page at (601) 974-1196.