From: ronnie@uts.amdahl.com (Ronnie Townsend)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: Barry Foster, rushing records
Date: 18 Dec 92 00:26:26 GMT
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA

In article <1992Dec17.205859.10767@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> john@ice.stx.com writes:
>In article <6ffS03jAc4nF00@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>, ronnie@uts.amdahl.com (Ronnie Townsend) writes:
>}
>}Don't be silly, of course I could run for yardage in the NFL. Of course at 
>}5'7" 165 pounds I would not last very long doing so and in all likelihood 
>}would get moved to WR before I ever took a handoff in an NFL training camp.
>}At least that's what happened when I showed up at a USFL training camp. I 
>}looked good, ran a few sub-4.4 40's caught the ball well and was told, 
>}"don't call us we'll call you" I knew then it was time to get serious about 
>}this career in computers as I would obviously never get a fair shot to play
>}with the big boyz. If only I'd been born a couple of years later when the 
>}"smurf" receiver came in vogue I might be out there playing with these guys
>}now instead listening to your bullshit! 
>}	If given some of the holes Foster has had to run through I dare 
>}say I'd have close to 1000 yards too, assuming my 32 year old body didn't 
>}all apart by now. The guy is having a great year .. but in my opinion... 
>}WHICH I WILL SHARE WHEN I DAMN WELL PLEASE.. he has not earned the right 
>}to be mentioned in the same sentence as Brown, Campbell, Dickerson, Payton 
>}and Simpson.. Period. Show me a couple more years at this performance 
>}level then we can talk... till then.. you and Barry F... can fuck off! 
>}
>
>If you think you could have 1000 yards in the NFL and couldn't make it
>into the USFL (useless football league) you are sadly mistaken -- and
>a little too proud of yourself.

So let me get this straight, you don't believe that there are any people 
out here just walking the streets who have the talent to play in the [ insert
your favorite pro league ] and have just not been fortunate enough to get 
the opportunity. Hmm... you know I had this discussion with my roommate in 
college who was so blindly in awe of professional football players that he 
insisted that I could not possibly outrun Earl Campbell. Of course, later that
year when I turned a 10.7 100  meters on the track team... he had to take it
back.  

>
>But, this was not the point of my post which states that this rushing 
>club of elites (>1800 yards) has nothing to do with longevity.  What you
>are telling me is that, if Foster went over Dickerson's high (which he won't
>this year) that he wouldn't deserve to hold the record for most rushing
>yards because he hasn't proven himself (to you).... I think not.

My point is that one year does not a hall-of-famer make. That is what the 
writer was implying by adding Foster to that elite group he was listing. 
Sure he can have the record if he breaks it. Just don't go sticking him into 
Canton yet. 


-- 
Ronnie
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Whenever the fates hear someone say, "It can't get any worse than this..." 
They just laugh and double your misery! 


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