re: Heres to hoping Miles keeps his foot on the gas this year.

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is it less classy than running the score up on someone your already beating by nearly 60 points?

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I've never really understood the "running up the score" argument.

Yes, I get it, a team shouldn't run a double reverse or a flea-flicker with 5 minutes left and up by 30 points. I do understand that.

But there's not a damn thing wrong with running your normal offense, even when up big. Maybe pull the starters and let the backups play, but let them run the normal offense. You never know when you might need those guys in regular game situations, so let them run the offense, with a normal mix of runs and passes.

And to be honest, if I were the losing team, I'd be pissed as hell that the other team "showed mercy." I don't want mercy. My job is to play defense and stop the opponent. If I can't do that, I don't want the other team taking a knee. That's insulting.