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From: pector@ihuxw.UUCP (Scott W. Pector)
Newsgroups: net.sport.football
Subject: sportsmanship
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Date: Fri, 21-Oct-83 19:09:02 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 21 19:09:02 1983
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With regard to running up scores:

	1.  Not all college QBs (and I suspect few) call their own plays.
	    When you are a great team and you have a 30 point lead over a
	    lousy team, the coach who is calling the plays can choose
	    those plays that have less chance of being long gainers, etc.
	    This applies regardless of whether the scrubs or subs are in
	    or not.

	2.  Whether its Iowa vs. NU or Nebraska vs. Minnesota, rubbing
	    a team's nose into the ground stinks.  You don't prove
	    anything by it.  To argue that this is the sub's chance to
	    be seen is correct, but the sub can execute well on lesser
	    plays and be seen just as well by his coach who knows what
	    the sub's role is.

To defend running up scores is to defend a form of bad sportsmanship.

						In defense of Honor,
						Scott Pector