We will win by 75 is my prediction against Indiana State, and we do not run up the score, we just dont have that type of running game to slow the clock down. We use the pass to set up our runs. The only team that we are going to really try and run the score up on this year is those dang Aggies.
Does anyone read this guy's column on a regular basis. Its really good. I agree that Tech and A&M ran the score up. I also agree that its pretty silly to be calling out just Texas schools. Anyway, I think he is the best sports columnist. He does a lot of research on stats.
He should probably research how to spell Reggie's last name. And if we ran up the score, then so did tu.
like others have said, this happens ALL OVER THE COUNTRY!!!! when you sign up to play teams like Texas, USC, Miami, Florida, etc. and you're a small D1 school this is what happens. you can't blame these schools for simply being THAT MUCH BETTER!! let's say Texas goes out against Louisiana Lafeyette and once they get up 24-0 they take all the first team out. then when the final score is only 27-14, everyone starts to question how good they really. these teams HAVE to "run up the score" because you HAVE to show that you are the dominant team. my Texas State team (Division I-AA) goes up against Texas A&M this week and I expect A&M to run the score up because if they beat us by just a few TD's it looks bad for them. They are going to score to 50+ points, it's reality. I don't expect them to be courteous to us and try not to beat too bad. i expect a real pounding. this is sports. good sportsmanship isn't being gracious to your opponent by not scoring a ton of points on them. good sportsmanship is playing the game the right way and fair. and if you beat a team fairly by 60 points, then that's fine. nothing wrong with that.
Unless you're Leach and you call a TO with 10 seconds left to throw another TD so you can call an onsides kick to get the ball one last time.
Did anyone watch the USC game? There was about a minute or two remaining in the 4th quarter when USC calls a play action pass resulting in a TD. I couldn't believe it. Who the hell calls a play action pass near the opponent's goal line when you're up 63-10?
I don't think Texas or A&M really run up the score more than anyone else, but Tech really does. It's nothing against Tech(They're probably my second or third favorite college football team), but they do. Who the hell throws fleaflickers in the fourth quarters of games that are already way out of hand? Calling a timeout with seconds left in the fourth?
Running the score up started well before the BCS. The voters in the polls can only watch a few games. So the highlights and the final score is all they see on most games.
I go to SHSU and the word is that it was a steroid violation. Might be something more to it though since he was suspended for the whole season. That's just what has been posted on our bulletin board though. Also, I don't think anyone here at SHSU actually care that Tech ran the score up. We expected to get smoked and anyone who knew anything about TT expected them to keep scoring until the clock ran out.
It would be disrespectful towards your opponent if you didn't play your hardest because that means that you think nothing of them or their ability. It would be disrespectful towards your team if you went into a game expecting to lose. All we can ask from each other, as athletes, is to play to the best of our ability. I don't like running up the score on lesser competition, but I do not think that Texas and Texas A&M are notorious for that. Texas Tech, maybe, but I havn't watched enough of their games to judge. I just remember they had a scoring average of 70+ at home or something last season. P.S. In defense of my school, Mack Brown does not run up the score. We already had 53 (or something) at the half. And to ease up on your opponent before the game is even half over is poor sportsmanship too in my opinion.
I agree that for any team, despite the talent difference, it should be full throttle, anything goes for the first half and maybe the first two series of the 3rd quarter in an obvious blowout. After that, it's time to back off and show some respect to the other team, but develop your depth. This involves throwing in a few pass plays under the right circumstances. You can't just kneel the ball 3 times and punt, that would be a slap in the face to the other team. In my opinion, Texas and Texas A&M are not guilty of disrespectfully running up the score. I think that Mack Brown shows respect to his opponents to a fault, which makes this accusation that much more ridiculous. This last A&M game pushed it a little further than what I thought was necessary, but I think that it's reasonable that Coach Fran wanted to get his backups some more realistic playing time. Texas Tech is a different story. They have no problem running the score up. I think that Coach Leach is obsessed with stats the way I may obsess over stats in NCAA Football on PS2. I think that he depersonalizes the whole situation. Their QB was clearly unapologetic and says that it is his goal to ring up 100 on the next team. This is not a team that tries to take it easy on their opponent and they'll rationalize it by saying something like,' if you don't want us to score 100, stop us!' Personally, I don't have a problem with them running up the score, but I don't think that anyone can make a solid argument that they are trying not to run up the score.
I take it you don't root for any major programs then do you? Come on, to me it's more insulting to pull back against a team. It's akin to saying "you're not that good, we don't think you can come back, so we'll just sorta take it easy on you now." How is playing a hard game from beginning to end bad sportsmanship? So if the Red Sox are up 15-2 on the Devil Rays last night, are they supposed to stop swinging hard? I don't get it... These teams need to get their players used to playing their game plan for four quarters.
Actually, I do. To me, it shows no respect to an opponent to kick them when they are down and you have clear advantage, especially at the end of the game that was decided by halftime. I understand that most programs can't compete with the "Premiere" schools, but in college it's about the opportunity not the outcome (or it should be). Naturally teams in the Top 10 do feel the urgency to blow their opponents out, they have Heisman Canidates and National Ranking to think about. Comparing NCAA Football to MLB is comparing Apples to Oranges. Professionals should knock their opponents out every chance they get, that's what they are paid to do. All the confrences are promoting "Good Sportsmanship" in ad campaigns this year, and in the case of these schools - the writer of the article didn't see it in Texas.
plus, when will people get on Texas Tech for having the hugest JOKE for a non-conference schedule EVER!!! not one, but TWO Div. 1-AA teams???? sorry they shouldn't even be ranked with this type of schedule. they should actually have to beat a major D1 team to even get a vote for the top 25.
Actually, I believe Leach treats non-conference games like a "preseason". Especially when he's putting in a new QB every year. Schedule: Sept. 24 - Indiana State Oct. 1 - Kansas October 8 - Nebraska October 15 - Kansas State Oct. 22 - Texas Oct. 29 - Baylor Nov. 5 - Texas A&M Oct. 12 - Oklahoma State Oct. 19 - Oklahoma I think Tech plays enough quality games during conference play to not worry about non-conference ones. Besides, it worked well for K State 10 years ago.
It seems to be a fluke this year. Last year, they played "decent" D-1 schools like New Mexico and TCU. Two years ago, they played @NC State and @ #18 Ole Miss. Three years ago, they played two ranked teams, including @ #2 Ohio State. That's more than most teams play.
I live in Lubbock and graduated from SHSU. I was hoping that Texas Tech would crack 100, personally. I think that the whole "taking offense to running up the score" has got to be one of the stupidest, silliest things I've ever heard in my life. Instead of worrying about this, why not, um, take your lumps like men and deal with it? I talked with an SHSU player after the game, and he said, to a man, the whole team agreed- better for a good team to beat you badly than to have them "go easy on you" in the 4th quarter. Which, BTW, Tech did in the 4th. Most of the 4th were running plays. I think a lot of people have too much time on their hands and say what they think "is" without knowing what "is" is.
