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Originally Posted by Andy
You can't really compare running up the score in football to baseball. A team can easily come back from 9-1 in the 8th inning. You're not restricted by time like in football.
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True. It's like pornography. Nobody can define it exactly, but you know it when you see it. Much depends on the situation and how it happens.
In college football, unfortunately, there is an incentive to beat up the little guys in order to get poll recognition. In pro football, on the other hand, there is no such incentive but there is the idea that these are pro athletes being paid handsomely, so their feelings should not be hurt as easily. So, you don't tell your players to let up for the reason of keeping the score down.
Still, there are situations where it is obvious that noses are being rubbed into the turf. You just don't take obvious and extraordinary steps to add on to your scoring total. Like I said, you know when somebody is running up the score. Belichick has the motivation, the personality, and the tools to do so, and has done it.