Report: Williams almost was aboard Benson's boat

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 Report: Williams almost was aboard Benson's boat
Would things have played out differently if Ricky Williams was on Cedric Benson's boat earlier this month? The Dolphins running back thinks so, and according to Williams, he was invited to come on board. [link]

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What Could Have Been
Published 5/15/2008 at The Posterboy
It is being reported that Ricky Williams was invited to be on the boat trip with Cedric Benson , the day that he was arrested and roughed up a little bit. Here are some of the quotes from ...

Quote of the Week 5/15/08
Published 5/15/2008 by Jeff V (noreply@blogger.com) at JV Sports
... Get this: Apparently Ced Ben's little problem on the boat could have been a million times more awesomer!!1!! Yep! That is correct, an embattled Longhorn Running back getting maced while sitting on a boat next to his mother and a harem of random white girls was enough for me to title a post "blogageddon" and for some reason (most likely because God hates me) Ricky Williams turned down an invitation to said event. Williams had this to say: I think if I had come down, things might have worked out a little bit differently,I find I have ...

Williams lucky he wasn't on Benson's boat
Published 5/15/2008 at ESPN.com - NFL Nation - Blog
... Apparently, Ricky Williams was invited on the boat onto which Cedric Benson was arrested for alcohol charges but Williams didn't attend. Williams says he wishes he would have shown and that he could have been a "calming" influence. ...

Ricky Just Has This Calm Thing, Man
Published 5/15/2008 at The Sporting Blog
Cedric Benson didn't have to be dragged off a boat and pepper-sprayed. It didn't have to happen that way because Ricky Williams could have been there , having turned down an invite to be on the boat with Benson on the weekend he was arrested by Lower Colorado River police. If Ricky's there things just tend to get really, really calm, man. Maybe it's because he brings such good music. It could also be this natural calming thing Ricky has on people, too. "I think if I had come down, things might have worked out a little bit differently," Williams, who is entering the final ...

High Times
Published 5/15/2008 by Daft Funk (noreply@blogger.com) at Thunder Matt's Saloon
... Ranking up there with some of the absolute greatest "What If" scenarios of all time, apparently there was a chance that Ricky Williams could have been on Cedric Benson's party boat on the day he got busted for drunk boating. Ricky was invited to go out on the boat, but declined. Williams thinks that if he would have been on the boat that day, Benson vs. Cops Round 1 could have gone down differently. ...

If The Cops Show, Call Ricky Williams
Published 5/16/2008 by Dave at Sports Blog - football, basketball, and baseball
... When you’re going through high school and college, you’ve always got that friend that’s the designated one to talk to the police. You know, the guy that doesn’t drink and doesn’t smoke and, in short, is sober. My friend looked the part. Ricky Williams doesn’t. ...

Cedric Benson Goes The Way Of A Female Hollywood Socialite
Published 6/10/2008 at The Posterboy
... . The Bears are going to be stuck with two years of $2.5M cap hits, and word is still out on whether or not Ricky Williams was invited to be in the car . It seems as though he is going in reverse order of his repeated DUI counterparts, ...

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