There’s been a lot of talk lately about Brett Favre throwing a late TD pass yesterday against the Vikings to “run up the score.”  Cowboys Keith Brooking is essentially being a real pansy about all of this.   Brooking was noticeably annoying and essentially went after Favre and jabbed at other Vikings coaches and players

I thought it was totally classless and disrespectful. This is the NFL, that’s not what this is about. I don’t think there’s a place for that … I was looking for [Vikings coach Brad] Childress. I didn’t think it was right, but they’ve got to see us next year.”

What a tool. Seriously.  And I’m pissed off that the phrase “running up the score” is even used at all.  We’re talking about a sport where the defense’s job is to hit the other teams quarterback as hard as is humanly possible in order to debilitate their confidence.  We’re talking about a sport where guys play with broken ankles, arms, legs, heads, you name it.

We’re talking about a sport where guys inject themselves with God knows what just to keep their joints and sockets in place.  And then we use terms like “classy” and “sportsmanship.”   I understand where those terms have a place in the game but Jesus Christ running up the scoreboard should not be associated with those terms.

If I were a coach?  I’d want to score as much as possible and ram it down the teams face.  I’d want to make it known that my team will do anything possible to make sure the other teams know how superior we are.  Don’t let up.  Don’t let up ever.  Keep bringing the pain and make that team remember it.  There’s no sympathy in football.    If you are competitive, which you have to be in sport, then let the other team know it.

“Running up the Score.”  I think it’s a joke.

Oh and P.S. I still don’t like Favre.  Only because I think he’s the biggest steroid user in football today and will never get in trouble for it (not that many NFL players get in trouble for it, but that’s another story).