Ricky Williams: Prophet or Washup....Only Time Will Tell

Originally posted on "Is It Sports?" by Kevin. This post is actually pretty amazing. Kevin was just joking around trying to make "drug-induced" predictions, and a bunch of these were really close to being true. Remember that these picks were made in February 2005. In 2005, he nailed the college football championship game exactly right and also correctly picked Illinois to lose the college basketball championship. In 2006, he picked the World Series matchup correctly, just the wrong result (it was joke pick at the time to pick the Tigers 2 years removed from a 119 loss season). He managed to pick the Spurs in between their 05 and 07 championships, and he correctly picked Florida as the 2006 college football champs. In 2007, he got the Giants right as a Super Bowl team, and predicted the rise of the Rays one year too soon. In 2008, he correctly picked the Cardinals as the Super Bowl losers. I think Kevin's picks for 2009 and 2010 look a little shaky, but he got a ton more correct with this "joke" post than I ever would have imagined. Maybe I'll go pre-order my 2010 UTEP Miners National Champs t-shirt now.

A few days ago I decided that I was tired of trying to be a model citizen like Peyton Manning or Tom Brady. I wanted to just stop caring, and be like our good friend Ricky Williams. as you may or may not have heard, Ricky went in a 5 month period from one of the leading rushers in the NFL to a pot smoking bum, traveling across Asia, and taking medicinal marijuana classes in Weed Valley, California. Yea, that's right, he retired so he could circumvent the leagues drug policy and feed his addiction. Anyhow, wouldn't it be funny if during one of his "high" moments Ricky Williams made some crazy predictions for the next six seasons of professional sports? Here we go ladies and gents, and if any of these things happen, Ricky Williams, and I, have finally succeeded at something in life.



















In case you don't know who Ricky Williams is, these pictures should update you on the last 6 years.

2005:
Super Bowl: Philadelphia Eagles over New England Patriots (at the least, I guarantee both teams will win their conferences)
World Series: Arizona Diamondbacks over Seattle Mariners, 4 games to 3 (Is Ricky crazy? Yeah he is!!)
NBA Finals: Dallas Mavericks over New Jersey Nets, 4 games to 0 (hey, it could happen)
NHL Finals: Tampa Bay Lightning over Vancouver Canucks, 4 games to 2 (Keep hope alive)
College Football National Championship: Texas over USC (Maybe a little bias there)
College Basketball National Championship: Syracuse over Illinois (Which Orange Krush will be bigger)
Academy Award Winning Movie: Harold and Kumar go to White Castle (as a write in)

2006:
Super Bowl: New York Jets over New York Giants
World Series: Detroit Tigers over St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 1
NBA Finals: San Antonio Spurs over Milwaukee Bucks , 4 games to 3
NHL Finals: Toronto Maple Leafs over Calgary Flames 4 games to 3 (O Canada!)
College Football National Championship: Florida over Pittsburgh
College Basketball National Championship: Oklahoma State over Connecticut
Academy Award Winning Movie: How High 2: Grad school

2007:
Super Bowl: Jacksonville Jaguars over New York Giants
World Series: Tampa Bay Devil Rays over Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 3
NBA Finals: Memphis Grizzlies over Toronto Raptors, 4 games to 1 (O Canada!)
NHL Finals: Minnesota Wild over Florida Panthers, 4 games to 0
College Football National Championship: Boise State over Marshall (in a playoff tournament after the BCS is abolished)
College Basketball National Championship: Villanova over Duke
Academy Award Winning Movie: Up In Smoke (A Michael Moore Documentary about the evils of the Bush Administration for preventing the legalization of marijuana)

2008:
Super Bowl: Indianapolis Colts over Arizona Cardinals
World Series: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the Greater Southern California Area over Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 3
NBA Finals: Golden State Warriors over Chicago Bulls, 4 games to 2
NHL Finals: Boston Bruins over Dallas Stars, 4 games to 0
College Football National Championship: Oregon State over Notre Dame (Touchdown Jesus loves the Beavers!)
College Basketball National Championship: Texas Tech over Gonzaga
Academy Award Winning Movie: Playmakers: The Movie (A film about football, drama, and of course, weed)

2009:
Super Bowl: Los Angeles Saints over Houston Texans
World Series: Washington Nationals over Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 2
NBA Finals: Atlanta Hawks over Minnesota Timberwolves, 4 games to 3
NHL Finals: Anaheim Mighty Ducks over New Jersey Devils, 4 games to 3
College Football National Championship: Texas over Michigan State
College Basketball National Championship: Kansas over UTEP
Academy Award Winning Movie: Traffic III

2010:
Super Bowl: Los Angeles Saints over Buffalo Bills
World Series: Las Vegas Marlins over Kansas City Royals, 4 games to 2 (in the Marlins third ever postseason appearance)
NBA Final: San Diego Clippers over Atlanta Hawks, 4 games to 1 (the NBA then contracts itself)
NHL Finals: Seattle Flames over Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3
College Football National Championship: Iowa over USC
College Basketball National Championship: UTEP over North Carolina
Academy Award Winning Movie: Cool Runnings II: Jamaica's got a Hockey Team! (A group of teenagers form Jamaica's first hockey team to travel to America for the Olympics in order to replenish their empty supply of weed)

There ya go. Ricky made his picks, and now he's got the munchies. Eat up Ricky. Only time will tell whether Ricky Williams is a washed up drug addict, or a prophet we will only see once in our lifetime.