Although the Video Says Otherwise, Mario Williams Says He Obeys the Speed Limit
Uncategorized April 20th. 2007, 4:14pm
After a friend helped us post video of Mario Williams flying like a bat out of hell in North Carolina earlier this week (previously, the video was on YouTube, but it was quickly yanked), we wondered if the Houston Chronicle would question the Texans No. 1 draft pick about his need for speed. We even emailed a couple writers there to alert them to it, just in case they were too caught up with the demise of Brad Lidge or the Texans draft quandary.
Never heard back from anyone, but they ended up asking Williams about it anyway. He apologized.
Williams says he was not racing or driving much faster than the posted speed limit on Interstate 40.
“It was a stupid thing to do, and I apologize to the fans, the organization and my teammates for not being smart,” Williams told the Chronicle on Thursday night. “I shouldn’t have put myself in that situation, and I have definitely learned my lesson.”
In the last section of the tape, his female passenger — who operated the video camera — screams for him to slow down as the engine revs loudly. Williams said the noise is exaggerated because the two-seat sports car has a rear-mounted engine.
Likely story, Mario!
A reader directs us to yet another video of Mario that makes him even more likeable: dude knows how to Make it Rain. We kind of hammered Williams last year for not producing and generally being an all-around bust, but between his penchant for attempting to break the sound barrier in a $300,000 car and showering the hoi polloi with cash, he’s kind of growing on us.
7 Responses to “Although the Video Says Otherwise, Mario Williams Says He Obeys the Speed Limit”
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April 20th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
No props to FanHouse’s Stephanie Stradley, who uncovered both of these video to begin with?
April 20th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
He needs to take some of that cash and buy a less annoying chick. Maybe a chick with an accent a little softer than Roscoe P. Coletrane.
April 20th, 2007 at 7:01 pm
Is it really ‘making it rain’ if it isn’t on stripper? This just looks like ‘throwing money off a balcony’ to me.
April 20th, 2007 at 7:19 pm
I have a question? If he did the same thing and a fight or gunplay came out of this would we look at him different. I think pacman and him did the same thing but in the case of PACMAN, guns were brought into play!
April 20th, 2007 at 8:10 pm
What do ANY of you know about dat’?
April 23rd, 2007 at 1:03 pm
I get the feeling TBL is saying they alerted the Chronicle to this story, but this was being covered on local radio early last week. There some of the sports hosts on different stations are also sports writers for the Chron. I don’t know why it took so many days for Mario to say something, but I know they looked into it because the Texans issued a no comment before this story was even posted on here.
May 27th, 2007 at 1:41 am
It rained here in Michigan all day. No money fell into my hands. Although my 300 k car stayed pretty much under the speed limit. (that is 300,000 miles on the car)
geez, to have millions and time!