Running Up The Score (RUTS)

[Andrew - Resident Gator]

When UVA beat Miami last year 48-0, did Randy Shannon bitch about them running up the score?

Just wondering.

Or how about VaTech, when they went 44-14, and score in the last 3 minutes. Or Oklahoma? 51-13 When they scored in the last 3 minutes. If a 23 point spread is RUTS then over half of Miamis games from 1980-2000 can be considered RUTS. For Shannon, of all people to cry about Meyer doing it, is utter hypocrisy.

I see Miami didn't have any mercy on Charleston Southern, Or Marshall last year.

Randy needs to quit crying, he is losing respect and recruits in South Florida or being a sissy about this. Seriously.

Do you, (or anyone else) really expect any team to kneel down and give you that ball? What if we go for it and score a TD? Then what? 30-3 looks so much better right? We couldnt run the clock out, it was 4th down, the only merciful thing is to kick a FG. Since when does 23 points equate to RUTS?

OSU fans, do you think Florida was RUTS in the NC game? 41-14. that's RUTS if you compare it to this game.

Point is, RUTS happens every season, by every coach. For those of you (ABM) who thinks Urban Meyer kept Tebow in to "pad" stats, don't you think he would have done that against Hawaii? Tim was out of the game by the 4th quarter, or very early into it. Thats a game you pad your stats. Not against Miami.

The fact is, it is the offenses job to score points, and the defensives job to stop them. From the Coordinators to the Players. Top to bottom. This was not RUTS. Do baseball players stop swinging up 10 in the 8th? Do Basketball players stop shooting, up 20 with 2 minutes to go?

For those who think the 3 points was meaningless, all you need to do is look at the AP poll Monday to see that the "proof is in the pudding" #4 UF, #5 OSU. If that games stays 9-3, OSU sits in #4. Since we won by 23, OSU drops to #5. Style points are everything in this game. Heck, it won UF a championship in 2006. We barely edged out Michigan to get to the NC game, based on style.

It's a cruel world, Randy, and others need to learn to live with it, or just move along.

[angrybaldman]

The fact that you've created six threads to try to justify it, shows that he was in the wrong.

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Andy, I am curious. Who are you more riled up by, Randy Shannon's post game comment, or are the guys on the General Board getting to you? I personally thought it was BS that Meyer kept throwing to the end zone in the last two minutes of a 20 point game, but what else do you expect me to say? I am a Miami fan!

Recruiting is an ugly game, and coaches use every advantage they can get their hands on. Maybe RS is overreacting, but every year coaches out there (including UF and FSU, remember Doc Holliday???) try to make it sound like playing at Miami is about as safe as playing in downtown Baghdad. If I had to hear about that ish every day I would probably be prone to making those types of remarks as well.

One more thing, you mentioned us running up the score against CSU? We played 22 freshmen in that game, and I think we attempted maybe two or three passes in the fourth quarter...and two of them were by Cannon Smith, I am not even sure he counts as a player!