Which scenario would you prefer...

[nittany ram]

The Rams win in Seattle but Eric Dickerson's single season rushing record falls...

Or

Seattle wins but the single season rushing record remains with the Rams.

On the surface that may seem like an easy decision - a Rams victory over the hated Seahawks - but consider what's at stake.

The Rams aren't making the playoffs even with a win. In the larger scheme of things the game matters very little. But that rushing record is forever linked to one of the greatest Rams players of all time and once lost we will almost certainly never get it back.

Records like that are important because they are part of a team's legacy and they help keep teams/players of the past relevant. Long standing records are a source of pride. I'm not saying there is a right or wrong way to feel about this but to me keeping the single season rushing record with the Rams means a little more than a victory this Sunday.

Of course, the best case scenario would be a Rams victory and keeping the record so let's hope for that.

 

[Angry Ram]

Victory. Always a victory.

Records are meant to be broken, and if anyone should break EDs, it's none better than Adrian Peterson.

 

[Ram Quixote]

I want to win and I don't want the record broken. And since both choices aren't mutually exclusive, I don't have to make that choice.

Btw, Peterson is reported to have a minor abdominal strain. Probably won't keep him out of the game but it may reduce his effectiveness.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ear ... t-packers/

 

[libertadrocks]

Considering Im going to the game and a OU fan, it's no contest for me. Ill take the W

 

[Barrison]

Good post, but who says we can't have both, a seacock victory and keep our record by E. Dickerson that's how it'll go... :hehe:

 

[nittany ram]

Good post, but who says we can't have both, a seacock victory and keep our record by E. Dickerson that's how it'll go... :hehe:

Well we can have both, but I purposely limited the options to see what posters valued most, the victory or the record.

 

[-X-]

Good post, but who says we can't have both, a seacock victory and keep our record by E. Dickerson that's how it'll go... :hehe:

Well we can have both, but I purposely limited the options to see what posters valued most, the victory or the record.

I'd rather get the W. That record's going to fall eventually, so it doesn't matter to me when.
I just want to humiliate petey and his boys. So much so, that I'd kick Dickerson in the nuts for a W.

 

[nittany ram]

Good post, but who says we can't have both, a seacock victory and keep our record by E. Dickerson that's how it'll go... :hehe:

Well we can have both, but I purposely limited the options to see what posters valued most, the victory or the record.

I'd rather get the W. That record's going to fall eventually, so it doesn't matter to me when.
I just want to humiliate petey and his boys. So much so, that I'd kick Dickerson in the nuts for a W.

Your hatred for the Rams is palpable.

 

[-X-]

Good post, but who says we can't have both, a seacock victory and keep our record by E. Dickerson that's how it'll go... :hehe:

Well we can have both, but I purposely limited the options to see what posters valued most, the victory or the record.

I'd rather get the W. That record's going to fall eventually, so it doesn't matter to me when.
I just want to humiliate petey and his boys. So much so, that I'd kick Dickerson in the nuts for a W.

Your hatred for the Rams is palpable.

Perhaps. But my hatred for all things shehawks is unparalleled.

 

[Thordaddy]

I would rather SJ rush for 1100 yards and we lose gaining better draft status the new record for SJ who IMO deserves the record more than a back who rushed behind legendary o-lines we have already secured the best in division record and the new record of 1100 yards in one game that culminated in a loss plus the length of the game required to accomplish that would also be a record and those records would stand forever, until the statue of SJ crafted in bronze was reduced to blue corrosive dust by acid rain and global warming and nuclear winter and the Y3K calamity.
Besides I'm having a colonoscopy Monday and will be taking copious laxatives Sunday and in the event they don't work a game like that would surely do the job.

Seriously though, I value THIS team over any past record , we need to beat Seattle in their place to thwart the 12th man and send his little bitch ass home with his tail feathers plucked , beak broken and talons trimmed .
ED can bask in the glory of being only bested by a back playing in a league of defenses designed to stop the pass.

 

[Selassie I]

ED's record holds a very special place in my heart. I'd rather his record remain unbroken if choosing between that and a victory over the shecocks.

 

[nittany ram]

ED's record holds a very special place in my heart. I'd rather his record remain unbroken if choosing between that and a victory over the shecocks.

Agreed. Although I will say a Rams victory over the Seahawks would temper the pain should Eric the Great's record fall to a lesser being like Adrian Peterson. Of course eventually the joy brought on by the victory would fade but unfortunately the record would still be gone.

 

[nittany ram]

I would rather SJ rush for 1100 yards and we lose gaining better draft status the new record for SJ who IMO deserves the record more than a back who rushed behind legendary o-lines we have already secured the best in division record and the new record of 1100 yards in one game that culminated in a loss plus the length of the game required to accomplish that would also be a record and those records would stand forever, until the statue of SJ crafted in bronze was reduced to blue corrosive dust by acid rain and global warming and nuclear winter and the Y3K calamity.
Besides I'm having a colonoscopy Monday and will be taking copious laxatives Sunday and in the event they don't work a game like that would surely do the job.

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Finally someone's making sense...

 

[-X-]

Finally someone's making sense...

Bollocks.

 

[nittany ram]

Finally someone's making sense...

Bollocks.

X, I think you spelled 'agreed' wrong...

 

[Thordaddy]

Finally someone's making sense...

Bollocks.

X, I think you spelled 'agreed' wrong...

He does that all the time