Got tipped to this Bills Simons report (all the way at the bottom) on ESPN.com by my friend Chris. Good to know that student witness is stronger than sports:

“I wanted to write you without my name or anything, just as a student of UNC. Our loss last night was tough — some might say heartbreaking. But what’s worse is that it may overshadow the death of a true Tar Heel. Jason Ray, our mascot, died this morning.

He was the very first person I met at UNC. He was helping freshmen move into the dorms as a part of Intervarsity (a Christian ministry on campus). The elevators were all jammed up, so he helped me cart a refrigerator, futon, and all my other stuff (and girls have a lot of stuff) up NINE floors in the 100 degree heat. And he did it happily.

We became friends and I spent a lot of time around him. He let me wear the ram head one time because I thought it’d be funny (even though I’m sure he wasn’t supposed to). You’ve probably gotten a lot of e-mails about yesterday’s game, but could you maybe mention Jason in your article, if only for a second. The world deserves to know who this person was. I don’t just want him to be a ‘UNC mascot dies’ blurb on ESPN.com. He was such a good person. A true friend. What every Tar Heel should aspire to be.”

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