Cedric Benson has passed away - RIP 🤘​​​​​​​

[Daichee Bell 3062]

Sucks. Hook ‘Em, Ced.

[Magus Ossis 2997]

Happened to me (car pulled into my path) about 20 years ago. Spent 7 weeks in the hospital, but with good care and by the grace of God got back into one piece. Never got back on one.

R I P Ced— touched many peoples’ lives.

[MAUFRAIS 6732]

To an Athlete Dying Young
BY A. E. HOUSMAN

The time you won your town the race
We chaired you through the market-place;
Man and boy stood cheering by,
And home we brought you shoulder-high.

Today, the road all runners come,
Shoulder-high we bring you home,
And set you at your threshold down,
Townsman of a stiller town.

Smart lad, to slip betimes away
From fields where glory does not stay,
And early though the laurel grows
It withers quicker than the rose.

Eyes the shady night has shut
Cannot see the record cut,
And silence sounds no worse than cheers
After earth has stopped the ears.

Now you will not swell the rout
Of lads that wore their honours out,
Runners whom renown outran
And the name died before the man.

So set, before its echoes fade,
The fleet foot on the sill of shade,
And hold to the low lintel up
The still-defended challenge-cup.

And round that early-laurelled head
Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead,
And find unwithered on its curls
The garland briefer than a girl’s.

[Nicole44 22206]

🤘RIP. This one hurts. 

[HRSchenker 2331]

To say this is shocking would be an understatement. This is a punch in the gut to our Longhorn family. Rest in peace.

[MAUFRAIS 6732]

Should rename it 3232

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

2 minutes ago, MAUFRAIS said:

Should rename it 3232

maybe just one random segment of it

[The Earl of Texas 3211]

Being at UT when he was playing made it a very enjoyable football experience as a student, he was bad ass.

Very nice guy, too.

RIP

[horncyclist 1391]

Fuck.

[Pato del Muerto 53331]

Does anyone wear 32 right now?

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Damn it.  RIP Cedric. 🤘

[hookemATL 12228]

1 minute ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Does anyone wear 32 right now?

Roach

[BurntOrangeCrush 1028]

Rest in Peace Cedric

[Johnny Sack 8397]

Ugh.  RIP Ced.  

[gclass 120]

 

  

 

 

^^^ rest in PERFECT PEACE cedric benson.  HOOK'EM!

[Pato del Muerto 53331]

1 minute ago, hookemATL said:

Roach

That’s right. Wonder if anything will happen there. A number change or extra dedication

[GhostOfTomJoad 9483]

Just got out of a movie & was driving back home when my wife gasped while looking at her phone. She said she was almost afraid to tell me while I was driving. I'll never forget that Midland Lee v Westlake state championship game at Memorial Stadium. Ced was truly a man amongst boys. There haven't been many I've ever seen run with better pad level than 32.

Rest in peace, Ced.

[futureman 22664]

3 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

That’s right. Wonder if anything will happen there. A number change or extra dedication

there needs to be a memorial at that intersection

[GotThatFire 166]

I used to go to all the Texas games when I was real little to watch my cousin play, late 80's early 90's. Then I got into school and/or started playing sports myself and didn't really care much for watching college football anymore, you know just doing my own thing. Then I finished high school and went to Texas. 2003. I was hooked, man. Been a die hard ever since and always will be, in large part to his play in my first couple years of college. Rest in piece, Ced. Thanks for the memories

[Celery Man 21076]

Saw him curbstomp my HS team at DKR, and then a couple years later couldn't place where i knew him from in the Brazos garage elevator and made dumb small talk thinking he was a kid from Bio 301.  He didn't punch me or nothing.  RIP player.

[Fuck Tim Beck 3892]

37 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

If memory serves, the first three carries he ever got for UT were in garbage time in a blowout against rice or ULaLa or something. The crowd absolutely erupted seeing him come off the sideline. He hit the hole so hard and so smooth. He was unique.

New Mexico St. He had his first TD that game too. I had media credentials back then and was fortunate enough to be under the goalpost when he scored. 

RIP Ced

[smuggs 9394]

Ah shit, man. I hate motorcycles.

RIP, Ced.

[ROFL BOX 6654]

Met him @ Rodeo Austin & talked to him about being a Judge for the Q cookoff for the following year.  Gave him my card, but he never followed up.

We will definitely miss you.

[Stella Link 535]

No words.  I'm just numb.  

RIP Ced....

[ROFL BOX 6654]

https://www.facebook.com/cedric.benson32

[ROFL BOX 6654]

Pic from his FB page.

[oh_snap 694]

Awful news. Too young.  RIP.

Did he have any kids? Seems like he may have had a daughter per Bo Scaife’s tweet, but can’t figure out for sure. 

 

[Lhorn 5080]

Man seeing this thread this morning was a punch in the gut. How tragic. I thought he was a few years older. Man, 36 is just too damn young. Probably just starting to enjoy the fruits of a lifetime in the gym and using your body like a battering ram. A well earned place amongst the legends of Texas and UT football. I didn’t follow recruiting when he came to Texas, I remember the stadium was electric when he came in. Everybody knew...

Damn, this one hurts bad.
RIP 32 and his passenger.


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[Scholz 12301]

14 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

Saw him curbstomp my HS team at DKR

Westlake state title game? I saw that. Think he ran over poor Huston Street at safety 50 times that day.

RIP, baller.

Edited August 18, 2019 by Scholz

[Red Five 41596]

That’s right. Wonder if anything will happen there. A number change or extra dedication

If only we had a RB wearing 32.

[Celery Man 21076]

Woodlands/Midland semi finals.  I think it was the next year that we got curbstomped in the finals by... North Shore/Bobby Reid.  I remember Danny Amendola getting just lit up at one point in that game.

4 minutes ago, Scholz said:

Westlake state title game? I saw that. Think he ran over poor Huston Street at safety 50 times that day.

 

[orangeut 215]

RIP Cedric.  Prayers for all of your family and friends.   A great football player, 110%.   

[ATLLonghorn 1083]

My memory for things as gotten hazy, but when I think of Ced I seem to remember him putting the team on his back and grinding out yards in a win in Fayetteville in 2003. 29 carries, 188 yards and two touchdowns. Dude wasn't flashy. He was a work horse who got the damn job done. All-time great Longhorn. RIP, Ced.

[Kevin O’Shea 279]

RIP Ced. 

I remember he got arrested in Austin a few days before someone set the Texas Governors Mansion on fire. Not sure how/why that sticks with me but for some reason I’ve always liked to think Ced set the mansion ablaze and got away with it. 

[Hagbard Celine 11159]

tonight's tower should be darked out with 32 in the windows, then tomorrow add the orange crown, and the next day the full tower until he is buried or cremated

[torre 1293]

Luv ya' Ced !    RIP  !

 

 

 

[Celery Man 21076]

Just now, Kevin O’Shea said:

RIP Ced. 

I remember he got arrested in Austin a few days before someone set the Texas Governors Mansion on fire. Not sure how/why that sticks with me but for some reason I’ve always liked to think Ced set the mansion ablaze and got away with it. 

If that's when he busted in a door to take his tv back from someone's apartment, I definitely remember that as it was in the Daily Texan in maybe my first week at Texas.

[Eggo 4026]

RIP. 

At least he was able to get 70 miles to the gallon on that hog. 

[Doc Reeves 6434]

Damn man. So log Ced, ill see you when I see you.

Used to ride my motorcycle by there all the time for years. 

[SEC 1174]

Hook Em Ced, a longhorn legend

[Pimphand 6266]

1 minute ago, ATLLonghorn said:

My memory for things as gotten hazy, but when I think of Ced I seem to remember him putting the team on his back and grinding out yards in a win in Fayetteville in 2003. 29 carries, 188 yards and two touchdowns. Dude wasn't flashy. He was a work horse who got the damn job done. All-time great Longhorn. RIP, Ced.

Benson was crazy consistent in 2004 the only games he didn't break 100 yards in were Oklahoma (GDGD) and Michigan (because Vince went off) we were 12-1 and Cedric was our MVP.

RIP to a Longhorn legend.

Shame on people here for taking his passing to push your anti-motorcycle agendas.  I will gladly die on my iron horse as it has given me more happiness and joy than any of you could ever fathom.  Hell I've taken one motorcycle to all 48 of the lower states I'd never do that shit in a car.

[LonghornSean 4072]

 

[cochamps 1885]

RIP Ced.

[Nivek 17330]

Sucks.

[Stunns38 3763]

Roach

I think Daniel Young on offense too

[Hagbard Celine 11159]

7 minutes ago, Pimphand said:

Benson was crazy consistent in 2004 the only games he didn't break 100 yards in were Oklahoma (GDGD) and Michigan (because Vince went off) we were 12-1 and Cedric was our MVP.

RIP to a Longhorn legend.

Shame on people here for taking his passing to push your anti-motorcycle agendas.  I will gladly die on my iron horse as it has given me more happiness and joy than any of you could ever fathom.  Hell I've taken one motorcycle to all 48 of the lower states I'd never do that shit in a car.

i don't ride, i laid down my first one at age 15.  however i agree this one is on the road not the machine

[sidis 9990]

4 minutes ago, Pimphand said:

Michigan (because Vince went off)

he was injured in the first offensive drive. 

i was at midland lee v. ike and westlake both.  was never more excited about a recruit and what he could do for us.  he showed insane promise in 2001 as a fish (including trucking some aggie safeties into the endzone to seal the road win) until that horrible collision with mike williams on one of simms' 378 ints against colorado in the big 12 champ game.  that collision really fucked him up bad and it really ruined his trajectory and 2002 season.  once vince came along and the new offensive game plan really create space for cedric in mid-2003, he really found his groove again.  he was a tough ass runner and one of the last true tailbacks.  certainly some of my fondest texas football memories included cedric benson.

dude loved fast cars, boats, and seem to be a bit of a thrill seeker on the road.  i certainly wish he would have made fewer bad decisions with booze and the wheel.  but this truly sucks and it unbelievably tragic.  rip ced.

[WgnBrnr 17]

R.I.P. Warrior

[dingleberryswitzer 2724]

I couldn't find it, but somewhere I remember a picture of Ced and Ricky together.   Maybe Ceds freshman year.   Ricky with his long dreads and Ced with his short ones.  

[achooloco 1086]

holy shit, saw this on the news so haven't read thread yet. RIP