72-0

I have played many sports in my life for both very good teams and very bad teams. I have blown kids out of the water and have had teams blow me out of the water. Although I have seen some crazy scores nothing compares, no wait, nothing even comes relatively close to a score of 72-0 in only the first quarter. With that score the question arises, did the coach (Barta) run the score up or is his team merely that good. I feel that it could go either way because first of all his team went for two point conversations on every touchdown they scored, there has got to be a point were you stop doing that because you are killing them but that’s just me. Although most think he was probably running up the score because of this fact I must say I don’t think he had intentions on getting that out of hand. According to http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/highschool/news/story?id=3088759&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab5pos1 Smith Center High School has a record of 269-58 for the last thirty years, they have won six state titles, they are on a fifty game winning streak, they have outscored their opponents by an average of 71-0 with a total score of 640-0, did I mention they haven’t had to punt all season either. The Redmen’s are no joke when it comes to football. If you can imagine the Patriots or the Colts in the NFL, that’s what they are to their division, unstoppable. The team is just that good, plain and simple. Another reason I don’t believe they purposely ran the score up was because they had to keep their starters in to get some time. I mean they are in the state playoffs, it wouldn’t be right to just not play the starters because they are too good, how will they stay fresh? The coach of the opposing team said "There are absolutely no hard feelings. Roger has been around a long time and is a class act. This thing just snowballed on us and there was nothing we could do to stop it." That quote alone shows the score was not ran up because if he felt that it was he would have spoken his mind but he didn’t, that should tell you something. There is no way to possibly believe that Smith Center ran the score up because of those numbers alone and the reaction from the opposing coach. Next time someone brings this topic up around you and they say that Smith Center ran the score up, make sure you tell them these stats and watch how fast their opinions change.