Thanks for clarifying things, Bart. It was under 2 minutes left and the Cowboys had no timeouts left. Passing in that situation was inexcusable and the epitome of bad sportsmanship.
I'm astonished that so many here don't understand this simple basic concept, which has existed as long as competitive sports have. Didn't any of you have parents and coaches who advised "it's not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game?"
Codes of conduct and unwriten rules are part of what make sports civilized. Otherwise, it all just becomes total "street ball" (which it already has become to a large extent, especially in the NBA). Taking the atitudes expressed here to their logical extreme- why have officials or penalties in these games? The toughest, most aggressive players will win, correct? Survial of the fittest, right?
Running up the score fits in perfectly with a ghetto mentality. Rational, civilized people don't kick someone when they're down. Unlike Steve Smith and other pro affletes, they don't sucker punch people. And unlike Bill Belicheck, Brad Childress and apparently a sizable portion of our population, they are capable of knowing when a game is out of hand, and instinctively avoid displays of poor sportsmanship like taunting the opponent and running up the score.
