[RunItUpTheGut]

I'm not much of a student of the BCS system. I imagine your description is accurate and as such I'm not a fan of it as any system that provides incentive for a game to become a an excuse to humliate a lesser opponent.

Some people really do just "holler" character and sportsmanship. The great coaches like John Wooden, Bobby Bowden, and Lou Holtz expect players and coaches to live those words and not just speak them. Coaches may schedule teams they know they are unlikely to beat. But I still believe there is an unspoken contract of sportsmanship among the men who lead most teams that says "I will repsect you and your team".

The great ones play the game for more than the scoreboard.

All of the coaches you mentioned have had some MAJOR blowouts over there careers. I dont see how that helped you define this in any way.
Theres always gonna be blowouts. Its a part of football. No sense in crying about it.
Whether a team gets beat 2-0 or 80-0. Its still a loss either way. And either way, there life will go on. Im about 100% theres never been a player commit suicide for getting "the score ran up" on them. I also believe it has very little to do with whether they get a job years down the road. Call me crazy, but ive never had a boss that said "no, sorry, we cant hire you. You ran up the score on Whitley back in the day" or have i ever had one that said "nope, we cant hire you, Whitley beat you all 99-6 your senior year."
Cmon, gimme a break.