[EKUAlum05]

If it was my team that was beaten, I would expect them to take it like men. Not talk about the score being ran up. If they couldnt stop it, they couldnt stop it period.

Totally agree with everything you just said..... BUT...

My concern, and BlackcatAlum is saying the same thing, is let's say next week vs. Sheldon Clark. Breathitt is up by 4 TD's late in the 4th Quarter in a game where Fugate has been his normal self running for 250 yards on 30 carries and breaking tons of tackles, "The Big Horse" is breathing heavy but still definately in good enough shape to continue playing on. For arguement sake, let's say the score is 51-24.

Just like last weekend Holcomb views the game as still having a small percentage of uncertainty, so he leaves his 3 stars in the game. This time though, as Haddix drops back to pass a better SC defensive line gets pressure. Fugate attempts to pick up the blitzer but is fatigued and not as focused due to it being so late in the game and is slightly late. In the process Fugate gets knocked back into Haddix's legs and steps on his foot as Haddix is in mid throw. As a result Haddix tears his ACL and Fugate suffers a high ankle sprain on the same play.

All of a sudden on a meaningless play you lose your star RB for 4-5 weeks and your star QB/S for the season (maybe costing him a D-1 scholarship as well).

Now this is a bit extreme, but it is completely tangible to assume the chances of injuries, in particular, severe injuries are exponentially greater at a time such as this. If Holcomb's decision to put up "style points" were to cost him one of his best players I am sure he would change his mind. To me it is risk vs. reward. Obviously Holcomb thinks the reward for adding to an already insurmountable lead obviously overrides this risk.