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Nice memory on the quote! (Though I think it was Boston with the return?)

Johnny Majors said:
"Football is football," Majors said. "You're out there for 60 minutes and that was a long endurnce today. They made an effort to keep it under 70 points and we wouldn't let them do it. I'm not being sarcastic, that's a fact."
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NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
PITTSBURGH 0 0 0 0 0
OHIO ST (7) 21 31 13 7 72 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QTR: OHST - TD, PEPE PEARSON 16 YD RUN (JOSH JACKSON KICK),
5:09
OHST - TD, PEPE PEARSON 9 YD RUN (JOSH JACKSON KICK), 6:57
OHST - TD, STANLEY JACKSON 5 YD RUN (JOSH JACKSON KICK),
12:09
2ND QTR: OHST - TD, DIMITRIOUS STANLEY 19 YD PASS FROM JOE
GERMAINE (JOSH JACKSON KICK), 2:53
OHST - TD, PEPE PEARSON 2 YD RUN (JOSH JACKSON KICK), 4:55
OHST - TD, DAVID BOSTON 9 YD PASS FROM JOE GERMAINE (JOSH
JACKSON KICK), 9:39
OHST - FG, JOSH JACKSON 21 YD, 13:57
OHST - TD, DAVID BOSTON 12 YD PASS FROM STANLEY JACKSON
(JOSH JACKSON KICK), 14:43
3RD QTR: OHST - TD, JOE MONTGOMERY 1 YD RUN (PAT FAILED), 6:41
OHST - TD, MATT KELLER 22 YD RUN (JOSH JACKSON KICK),
10:51
4TH QTR: OHST - TD, DAVID BOSTON 67 YD PUNT RETURN (ANDY STAMP
KICK), 11:41

Pittsburgh Ohio St
First downs 4 29
Rushed-yards 26-77 74-369
Passing yards 43 233
Sacked-yards lost 1-8 1-3
Return yards 0 158
Passes 7-18-1 14-17-0
Punts 8-44.8 0-0.0
Fumbles-lost 2-2 1-0
Penalties-yards 3-16 5-67
Time of possession 19:50 40:10
Individual Statistics
RUSHING: Pittsburgh-West 9-63, Duck 6-31, L Williams 5-17,
Gonzalez 2-minus 1, Schneider 2-minus 2, Lytle 1-minus 8, Team
1-minus 23. Ohio St-Montgomery 16-109, Pearson 24-103, Goings
12-56, Je Jackson 6-45, M Keller 6-24, S Jackson 3-23, Springs
3-8, Sanders 2-6, Germaine 2-minus 5.
PASSING: Pittsburgh-Lytle 3-10-0-22, Gonzalez 4-8-1-21. Ohio
St-S Jackson 6-9-0-94, Germaine 8-8-0-139.
RECEIVING: Pittsburgh-Schneider 3-20, Hoffart 2-15, Dinkins
2-8. Ohio St-Jones 2-45, Stanley 2-27, Boston 2-21, Miller
1-43, Redmond 1-22, Pearson 1-19, M Wiley 1-19, Goings 1-15,
Tillman 1-10, Calhoun 1-6, M Keller 1-6.
Att: 93,959
 
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Creating a rule to prevent a team from running up a score at any level is pathetic. As long as a team isn't throwing bombs I could care less. There are far more worse things in life than getting pummeled by a better team. Teams (and their respective scumbag coaches) who intentionally run up a score get blasted in public by fans and the press for doing it. That's enough of a "punishment" for me.
 
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Within the past few years, there was a good quote by Bobby Bowden (I think) regarding running up the score. He said something like "It's our dadgum job to score points, it's the other guy's job to try and stop us, dadgumit".

I think that's a pretty fair assessment.
 
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Thump said:
It was David Boston who ran the punt back, I was there for that game and the 70-7 thrashing of Rice the game before when Ken Hatfield was whining like a little bitch about us running it up.
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I was there, too. I found out later that Cooper was telling the on-field reporter that the Bucks weren't going to throw the ball in the second half. I don't remember if they ever did.

Another good one was 1999, I believe. They beat someone - San Diego State, maybe? It was a close game for a while, but then Ohio State got a comfortable lead, and whoever it was scored a late touchdown. But they were still 10+ points behind, and even if they got the onside kick, they wouldn't have time to score AND get another onside kick and score again. But they went for the onside kick anyway, and Ohio State got it. Krenzel, a freshman, had been playing for a couple series, but with one play to go, they put McMullen in. I guess a run play was called, but he asked Cooper if he could throw the ball. So he threw it deep and it was complete for a touchdown. And ESPN announcers were bitching at Cooper. Cripes - for all anyone knows, that's McMullen's only chance to see the field. Let him throw the ball.

Another: 2000, Ohio State blows out Penn State. Cooper, again, becomes Mr. Bad-Guy for blowing out Joe Paterno. Of course, people forget about the game 6 years before that, when the score was 63-14.
 
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Zurp said:
I was there, too. I found out later that Cooper was telling the on-field reporter that the Bucks weren't going to throw the ball in the second half. I don't remember if they ever did.

Another good one was 1999, I believe. They beat someone - San Diego State, maybe? It was a close game for a while, but then Ohio State got a comfortable lead, and whoever it was scored a late touchdown. But they were still 10+ points behind, and even if they got the onside kick, they wouldn't have time to score AND get another onside kick and score again. But they went for the onside kick anyway, and Ohio State got it. Krenzel, a freshman, had been playing for a couple series, but with one play to go, they put McMullen in. I guess a run play was called, but he asked Cooper if he could throw the ball. So he threw it deep and it was complete for a touchdown. And ESPN announcers were bitching at Cooper. Cripes - for all anyone knows, that's McMullen's only chance to see the field. Let him throw the ball.
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Fresno State. And the Fresno coach said after the game that he had no problem with it because they were doing there best to score more, too. Or something along those lines.

August or September of 2000, I think, was when that game was played.

EDIT - 9/2/2000 - It was 37-10 when McMullen threw the 44 yard TD pass to Ricky Bryant on the last play.
EDIT II - WOW!!!! We had 4 defensive TD's that game. Fumble returns for TD by Doss and Mitchell, interception returns for TD by Mitchell and Wilhelm.
 
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Zurp said:
Another: 2000, Ohio State blows out Penn State. Cooper, again, becomes Mr. Bad-Guy for blowing out Joe Paterno. Of course, people forget about the game 6 years before that, when the score was 63-14.
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Coop was the bad guy there as they scored the play after Adam T's career was over.

We'd react the same way if a college coach did the same 1 play after Malcolm Jenkins is taken off the field in an ambulance.
 
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Bucky Katt said:
Fresno State. And the Fresno coach said after the game that he had no problem with it because they were doing there best to score more, too. Or something along those lines.

August or September of 2000, I think, was when that game was played.

EDIT - 9/2/2000 - It was 37-10 when McMullen threw the 44 yard TD pass to Ricky Bryant on the last play.
EDIT II - WOW!!!! We had 4 defensive TD's that game. Fumble returns for TD by Doss and Mitchell, interception returns for TD by Mitchell and Wilhelm.
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Crap- you're right. It couldn't have been 1999. I don't remember the coach saying anything about it. It was the Mark May types (no - I don't remember if it was Mark May - it was that type of announcer on that type of ESPN show) who were saying that Cooper should publicly apologize to Fresno State.
 
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tibor75 said:
Coop was the bad guy there as they scored the play after Adam T's career was over.

We'd react the same way if a college coach did the same 1 play after Malcolm Jenkins is taken off the field in an ambulance.
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A team is only allowed to score if no one got hurt on the play before? I don't get your logic.

Don't lump me in with your "we." I'd hate to think of a coach for any team (regardless of whether I'm rooting for either of them) saying, "Their player just got hurt really badly, so let's not try on this play." What's he supposed to do, tell his quarterback to throw an interception and all his players fall down so it can be returned for a touchdown?

I don't remember John Cooper running out there with a sledge hammer and hitting the guy in the neck or back, ending his playing career. Unless he could see the future, knew it was going to happen, and still did nothing to prevent it, I don't see how Cooper is the bad guy.
 
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Muck said:
Since when is competition ever fair?
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I mean along the lines if they are going to make a rule, make it fair for both teams. Don't penalize a team(Head Coach) just because they score. But also try to keep the score from being ran up. I think if your going to make a rule, make it fair for both sides.

Not saying competition is ever fair, but the rules set in place should be equal or fair for both teams.
 
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