Re: Mendenhall runs for 100 yards vs Jets. Except not.
Harlan Lachman
<7d5c57d7-17bc-41a2...@k22g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>,
John C TX <johnc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> X-No-Archive: Yes
> > >X-No-Archive: Yes
> >
> > >> >The Butterfly Effect.
> >
> > >> That's why I rarely pay much mind to stats.
> > >> They're so easily manipulated, and categorized.
> >
> > >How about in 1972 where the Fins asked the league to go back & review
> > >Mercury Morris's runs. They gave him 9 more yards so he ended up with
> > >1000. He had actually got 1000 then fumbled a lateral.
> >
> > What did they do, change it to an incomplete pass?
>
> Gray I am not sure. I think they attributed the fumble to the QB or
> something. This is all I could find on it.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Morris#cite_note-pfr1-1
>
>
> In the 1972 and 1973 seasons, Morris earned Super Bowl rings in Super
> Bowl VII and Super Bowl VIII, and was selected for the Pro Bowl in
> both years. In 1972, Morris shared the halfback position with Kiick,
> participating in a few less plays than Kiick, but having more carries
> as a running back.[8] That year, he ran for exactly 1,000 yds on 190
> carries[2], becoming, with teammate Larry Csonka, the first 1,000-yard
> tandem in NFL history. Morris was first thought to have finished with
> 991 yards, but the Dolphins' management asked the league to examine a
> play in which Morris fumbled a lateral: Morris was awarded the nine
> yards previously recorded as lost on the play, giving him 1,000 yards
> for the season. That year, Morris also led the NFL with 12 rushing
> touchdowns[2][7], and his 5.3 yard per carry average was 3rd in the
> NFL.[2]
> --
I would love Rex to ask the league to review Mendenhall's 100. why feed
his streak and break ours when it wasn't broken.
h
Harlan Lachman
buRford <buR...@buR.ford.com> wrote:
> Read up a few posts on this thread, Harlan.
>
> And now this, from Cimini:
>
> "Steelers RB Rashad Mendenhall lost his 100-yard rushing game. The league
> made a scoring
> change, ruling that his run with 11:08 left in the second quarter was, in
> fact, a 9-yard
> run, not 10 yards. Earlier in the week, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said the
> officials made
> a bad spot, inadvertantly awarding them a first down. As a result, Mendenhall
> finished
> with 99 yards. It means the Jets' streak of not having allowed a 100-yard
> rusher this
> season still is intact."
Another birthday present. Sweet!
harlan