From: tes0@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (THOMAS EDWIN SCHMIDLIN)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: Some Foster guy ????
Date: 10 Nov 92 00:48:55 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

In article <1992Nov9.074915.2043@math.ucla.edu>, rfedkiw@crenshaw.math.ucla.edu
(Ronald Fedkiw) writes:
>Everyone knows who Thomas, Sanders, and E. Smith are.....
>But lately I've heard a lot of wind on some Pittsburgh back.
>Well it looked like the AFC back showdown was this weekend:
>Pitt vs. Buff
>Now we heard how Thomas did, but what about Froster????

Well, lets see. . . Foster had 77 yards and was effectively shut down by
the bills.  Yeah, he got 77, but for him, that's not that great.

>Who leads the league in yards from scrimmage.

That's easy . . .Emmitt Smith (cowboys)  963 yards.  Who's second?  Barry
Foster (STEELERS) 942 yards.  Where's Thomas?  As of 1 week ago, he wasn't
even in the top 5.  5th place was 175 yards behind Barry Foster.

>Which back is also one of the top recievers in the game this year?

Foster has 18 for 158 yards, but I don't have Thurman's stats.  Yesterday
Thomas had 4 for 30 while Foster had 4 for 36.

>Which back has more yards per carry?

Foster averages 4.34 per carry, Thomas had 4.19 per carry yesterday.  In all
fairness, Foster averaged only 3.5 per carry yesterday.

>Which back has led the league in total yards for the last 3 years?

I don't know, but since Foster has only been the featured back for the
STEELERS this season, and this is only his third year in the NFL, I guess
Thomas has probably had more yards.

>Which back led his team to victory?

Like I said, this is still his first year as the featured back.  Before that,
he didn't play that often.  In 1990, his rookie year, he had 203 yards on 36
carries for an average of 5.64 yards per carry.  In 1991 it was 488 yards on
96 carries, an average of 5.08 yards per carry.  That includes a midseason
injury, and the fact that Merrill Hoge was the starting RB.

>Which back is back to the drawing board?

It certainly isn't Foster.  A back that gets just 77 yards per game each of
the 16 regular season games would total 1232 yards for the season, an asset to
any offense.

>
>Well, I'll have to look in the paper tomorrow.....but I believe
>that this Freuster dud should win one of these category's.
>

While you're there, check Thomas's stats.  I'd be willing to bet Foster is
doing better.  But then, you can get back to me on that.

>Bills beat Steelers vaulting the Steelers back on there ass.
>2 games back. Tell me about your stupid AFC record tie-breaker now.
>HA!

Big deal.  There are still 7 more games left in the season.  We'll see how the
bills do during the rest of the season.  I find it hard to believe you think
things will remain in that order.  Do you actually expect the bills to finish
14-2?  They still have to play AT miami, atlanta, jets, broncs, AT saints and
AT oilers.  The reason I put the jets in there is we all know how much of a
problem the bills usually have beating the jets.


>Looks like next week decides it all...... Miami vs. Bills
>

Next week only decides it all until the week after.

>--
>Ron Fedkiw (rfedkiw@joshua.math.ucla.edu)
>
>A plan is made by someone who is sitting and thinking ...
>while others are doing.
>
-- 


Tom Schmidlin       DEEP THOUGHTS: By Jack Handey - I wish a robot would
TES0@LEHIGH.EDU         get elected president.  That way, when he came
215-758-0875            to town, we could all take a shot at him and not
                        feel too bad.