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BillsNYC
08-28-2002, 10:23 AM
quick question...when oj ran for 2003 yards...how many games did he do it in? i can't find the stat anywhere...
FlownTheCoop
08-28-2002, 10:26 AM
It was in 1973, when the NFL had a 14-game season...
Phins054
08-28-2002, 10:45 AM
I had read that after OJ ran for the 2003 yds, he was tackled for a loss which dropped him below the 2000yd mark and he was taken out of the game. This would mean that he actually ran for less than 2000yds, but I don't know how true this is. I think I read it a few years ago in SI or something like that. If anyone knows for sure, please let me know...
Ebenezer
08-28-2002, 10:49 AM
it's untrue...he was pulled after he got the 2003...it was very late in the game and they we're going to risk him losing it...
Halbert
08-28-2002, 10:52 AM
Yeah, OJ lost the yards but they decided to just give it to him anyway because the NFL is so fair like that.
















No, not really.
eyedog
08-28-2002, 10:52 AM
the way he was tearing up yardage in that game they could have given it to him a couple of more times to add to the total.
FlownTheCoop
08-28-2002, 10:56 AM
They took him out of the game immediately once he passed the mark to make sure he finished with more than 2,000 yards...

http://www.sptimes.com/News/102999/Sports/OJ_runs_to_2_003_in_t.shtml
Patrick76777
08-28-2002, 11:20 AM
I don’t know which quote I like better?

“It was a thoughtful gesture by an outwardly gentle man.”

or

"I may not look it," Simpson said, "but I'm aggressive. You have to be aggressive to be a good football player, to be a good anything."
Earthquake Enyart
08-28-2002, 11:35 AM
At least he didn't have to go back to the film, like Mercury Morris did to get 1000.
BillsNYC
08-28-2002, 11:45 AM
actually...that did happen to somebody....not oj though....was it maybe dorsett..or earl cambell? i remember seeing it on an nfl documentary...
Earthquake Enyart
08-28-2002, 11:47 AM
Mercury Morris finished the season at 997. He went back through every game film to come up with the 3 extra yards. That is a true story.
casdhf
08-28-2002, 12:05 PM
"I may not look it," Simpson said, "but I'm aggressive. You have to be aggressive to be a good football player, to be a good anything."

:lol:
SABURZFAN
08-28-2002, 12:24 PM
he did it in a blizzard too.



:jk:
Phins054
08-28-2002, 12:27 PM
Thanks for the info Flown...
Phins054
08-28-2002, 12:29 PM
Originally posted by Earthquake Enyart
Mercury Morris finished the season at 997. He went back through every game film to come up with the 3 extra yards. That is a true story.

Where did you get the info for that?!? I've not heard that before...
Earthquake Enyart
08-28-2002, 01:53 PM
I'm old enough to remember when it happened.
casdhf
08-28-2002, 08:24 PM
damn man...you still have the hips you were born with?
Sabre Ally
08-28-2002, 09:06 PM
cas = http://www.salacious.de/Smiliez/Tiere/tiere610.gif
casdhf
08-28-2002, 09:12 PM
Ally = :monte:
Sabre Ally
08-28-2002, 09:19 PM
Hey! I wish I had his money.
:sadwalk:
casdhf
08-28-2002, 09:20 PM
me too, I need to find a suga' momma :D
Earthquake Enyart
08-29-2002, 08:38 AM
Originally posted by casdhf
damn man...you still have the hips you were born with? :moon: