Ricky

Gotta like the guy. He may have had a drug problem but he's a really good person. I would feel different if he was carrying guns and beating up strippers.

Hope he makes it back in the NFL.

Run Ricky Run

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^^^ Pathetic.

The guy is responsible for a large part of the success we're having now at UT. And stuck around for a senior year he didn't have to play. He always represented the university well, and his biggest problem is smoking pot.

Now, this doesn't have to go to a "pot isn't that bad" argument...but come on..pot is not that bad. We have athletes shooting people, hitting strippers, fighting dogs, beating their wives, etc. etc. etc. And ricky is guilty of smoking a little pot every now and then?

I'll never understand the people who frown so much on someone who smokes weed. Of all the crimes in the world, this is the least offensive to me.

And newsflash -- most of all of y'alls kids are either smoking, or will smoke pot. Doesn't mean they're bad people.
 
Me too. You can call him a fool for (literally) pissing away millions by smoking, but to lump him in with the Michael Vicks and Ray Lewis' of the world is just beyond belief.

The man smoked dope, and with his anxiety disorder there is even a good reason why he smoked dope. It's not allowed in his profession, and he suffers the consequences. If he'd just get shitfaced on bourbon it would all be acceptable I guess.
 
I have 1,000x more respect for an individual who does his own thing (even if I dont get his thing) than I do for the typical american mindless drone

I loved Ricky as a Longhorn and I always will. Doesn't bother me one bit what he's done or not done since.
 
I have a qualified but positive view of Ricky. He is/was a talented player who stayed for his senior year at Texas which, as we all know, helped tide Texas over as Mack continued to sign additional classes of top recruits. I also respect his setting of rushing records and receipt of the Heisman trophy.

But as an NFL player for Miami, it would appear (from the news media reports, which may or may not be completely accurate) that Ricky bailed on his fellow Dolphin teammates (by his actions) when they really needed him most. If he had done those same actions while he was here at Texas, we would have a very different view of him today.

In short, Ricky is/was the most benign type of illegal drug user... benign, in that he wasn't doing "hard" stuff or dealing or doing it in conjunction with any guns or knives. Even so, it's hard to hold him up as an overall role model for others to follow. Having said that, Ricky is his own Zen man, so best wishes to him.

P.S. That video has been out there since last year, but it's funny imagining him as "giant grasshopper" on a Kung Fu series with Shaolin monks (a la the old series with David Caradine).
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From someone who does yoga occasionally- I'm thinking Ricky is still the MF'in' MAN!

But from a football standpoint, he looks SMALL!! At least for the style of runner that he used to be.

If he didn't have 7 kids to pay child support for, I would say "Never Play Football Again!"

But Ricky and Vince are my guys. They can do whatever they want to do as long as they don't go Pacman.

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"His shocking retirement"?

He was eligible to retire and he did, legally.

If he had been legally cut by the team the day before the season, nobody would have said ****.
 
Gotta agree. The NFL will use you up and cut you in a heartbeat. It's just a business. One rich owners business plays another rich owners business and they brainwash people into thinking they are the city's team. The only reason I still watch is to support previous Longhorn players.

I'm behind Ricky getting some more cash.
 
I knew him in college. Very quiet, but very genuine, one of the nicest football players I ever met. He seems like he is doing better.
 
Ricky's okay by me. Sometimes we put our heroes on pedestals and then blame them when they don't choose to stay where we put them. I hope he can play again because I like to watch him do well. If he doesn't play again or if he smokes marijuana again he's still okay by me. I have other friends who smoke marijuana and live otherwise law abiding and successful lives.
 
I think the most important part is when he says at the time he retired both his shoulders and his ankle was messed up. Now he says he is healthy. I'm sure seeing Earl barely able to walk at 50 had something to do with this. He obviously was a great player, but didn't have the love of the game enough to tear his body up for it. He'll get the last laugh when he's 60 and still doing yoga, while other ex-players are sitting there on their front porch popping vicodine.
 
Ricky is my favorite all time horn as well. I wish that he would of put his all into the NFL because I am selfish and loved watching that guy run. It's rare now a days that people run like he did. Hopefully he can come back and play a couple of more years.
 
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