Kinda, sorta, by way of play calling. But when he's doing it with his 9th string guys, maybe not so much. If you're going to get deep guys some reps, do you just want to hand it off between the tackles every play? May as well let them throw it around a bit.
It's better than whining about people running up the score and expecting kid gloves and participation trophies. Man to man, go at it, winner take all.
We are snuggled up watching facing giants. That is how I roll.
As Couev stated above, playing aggressively with your third string isn't running it up in my book. Not at all. He showed mercy early.
Their 3rd string QB is a passing QB, not multi-dimensional like their 1st and 2nd string QBs.... If you're bent because they "ran it up", think of it this way.... Tarkanian expected his 2nd and 3rd string players to do the same thing as his starting five.... the mercy he's showed the other team, was by pulling his starters. If you can't stop the backups, then that's on you. I have ZERO disrespect for what they did....
If Urban truly WANTED to run up the score, OSU would have been in the 80's, no doubt. Giving some real reps to third string guys? Yeah, you definitely do that. Running every play up the middle without imagination for 2 yards isn't going build morale with that unit. Let them get out there and play. Like you said, if you can't stop their third string, that's on YOU, not them. I can't imagine sending guys out there and saying "try, but don't try too hard". Crap message.
And I took it the other way especially when it was 4'th and goal from about the 9. He was giving us a chance to make a stand instead of taking sure points.
At this point I don't think any of this really matters but I would be interested in finding out what Urban was trying to achieve at the end of the game. I was confused by what was going on. But I'm easily confused.
He's a complete douchebag and always has been. I didn't have a huge problem with how he played out the game. While throwing the ball may not help third stringers in the long run, we know vanilla up the gut won't either. So, build morale, let them have fun, have a blast, get some pep in the step of that unit, maybe it fuels them and makes them go harder in practice thereby helping overall, maybe you a receiver catches your eye.... I think you can get some benefit by going hard, playing as you play... I don't think there's any benefit to essentially taking a knee and punting for 6 straight series.
That's what I thought too. Taking 3 is easy points there. 4th and 9 is longshot territory. He wasn't trying to run it up, IMO. Otherwise he lets his QB move to the top of the Heisman watch list with 700 yards passing and 9 TD's through the air.
I don't like the comment either. But... when my GF asks me if the pants make her ass look big.... I tell her the truth. It's your ass that makes your ass look big, don't blame the pants.
