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Run Ricky Run (2010)

Rate: 5
Viewed: 9/25

9/25: Run Ricky Run is uh...unnecessary.

I acknowledge Ricky Williams was a very good running back then. Sure, he had weird issues, but that's par for the course when it comes to the NFL. Had Ricky Williams never smoked weed and remained focused, he would've made into the Hall of Fame. His numbers were actually excellent, hitting 10,000 yards, given the erratic career. It's impressive because he was certainly overused in college, having carried more from season to season for 1,064 times total.

The first ten minutes of Run Ricky Run goes well, giving a summary of Ricky Williams' accomplishments. And then, it runs out of content. I didn't care about his psychological issues or whatever. To me, the explanation is quite simple: weed made him lazy. That's it...you've just saved yourself the time by not watching this pointless documentary.

All in all, instead of Run Ricky Run, 30 for 30 should've done a piece on an even better running back from the University of Texas who was in a league of his own: Earl Campbell.

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