I seem to recall Jimmy Johnson being berated about running up the score and he said something like "if they don't stop playing why should we?"
Bill Belichik and Nick Saban are long lost brothers with the same trait - no sympathy for anyone. A wounded Grandma in the street, kick her out of the cross walk.
You teach your kids to execute your job, play hard and never quit. Sometimes subs are used. Do you tell these kids to quit just because the other team did not do their job?
If Michigan doesn’t like it, they can stop them.
It is running up the score, there is no way they could last and it’s not stop playing , it is slowing down for what was once considered class and good sportsmanship
All this over one touchdown? Scored by running the ball?
You’ve got to be kidding.
What kind of new age crybaby crap is this? I thought the whole point of any sport, other than golf, was to score more than your opponent? I think that is more insulting, to the losing team to stop treating them as valid opponents and playing with the same commitment all the way to the end of the game.
What kind of new age crybaby crap is this? I thought the whole point of any sport, other than golf, was to score more than your opponent? I think that is more insulting, to the losing team to stop treating them as valid opponents and playing with the same commitment all the way to the end of the game.
The outright humor of all this talk of “running up the score” is both arbitrary and subjective. K-Mart Blue Light Special - Kleenex - Hit it!
Isn’t there the story of Woody Hayes running up the score on Michigan in a blowout by going for two after a late touchdown. When asked after the game why he went for the two point conversion, he responded, “Because they wouldn’t let me go for three.”
Maybe Saban was weary of telling his players the bowl was a place to showcase their tallent to pursuade them to play? May e Saban felt his team didn’t earn enough points in the 1st half?
I don’t care about the final touchdown. Michigan ran the ball effectively in the first half and led at halftime. They looked like a different team in the second half. I don’t follow Michigan football, but given his record in big games and bowl games, I have to think that’s on Harbaugh.
Second paragraph of the article says it all.
Saban is referred to as a “five time national champion”.
Harbaugh is referred to as “Harbaugh”.
Meanwhile....Auburn, what was that?
Although that was a nice tribute to Pat Sullivan with the “7” on the helmets.
Roll Tide...
...any time a Harbaugh is humiliated it’s a good day.
You betcha! Najee deserved to end his Bama career on a high note.
Saban has had to preach the 60 minute game rule to his teams every year. Gus Malzahn used one second on the clock to beat Bama on more than one occasion.