The Vikes ran up the score on the Cowboys?!

I have heard/read this since the game ended yesterday and quite frnakly cant figure out what bleeping game these people were watching. The Cowboys were over matched. Romo was acting as if he was under a mad rush early in the game when he was not. Very antsy. Poor play calling. Oh and Farve was hitting TD passes while holding a chili dog and fries in the other hand, thats how "under pressure" he was :)

The idiocy of saying they RAN UP THE SCORE needs to stop. Case in point: Gonna hit the Cowboy fans with a little math here, I have a feeling the fans/ Cowbaby players who are harping on this are not big on "bookleanin" and stuff, so I take it slow.

The NFC playoff game on the other side of the bracket, NO vs the Cards:

NO: 45

Cards: 14

Margin of Victory = 45 -14 = 31 points

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Vikes: 34

Dallas:3

Margin of Victory = 34-3 = (GASP!) 31 points or the SAME as the NO/ARI game

So.....what NO was doing was NOT running up the score but what the Vikes did WAS running up the score.Makes no sense. Add to that that theSaints tried to give Warner 2 concussions on the same play. In the playoffs you score as many damn times as you can, does not matter. January 3, 1993 comes to mind. Bills vs the Oilers. Start of the 2nd half the score is 28-3 in favor Oilers. The Bills come back, tie the game and win in overtime, all with their backup QB (Kelly was not in the game at all) Thats why you score and score and score until the refs make you stop.

The Cowboys have no one to blame but themselves. They figure their kicker has a max range of 45 yards but then decide to do a 48 yarder on 4th and Inches. Miss wide left. He's lucky it was just a miss, ask the Vikings about long FGs. They tried one back in the 49er game at the end of the half and it was blocked and ran back for 6.

I hope the Vikes score 80 points against NO. Stick it to em.

I only saw the Jets game...can't believe they won...:P..haven't gone to championship since 1998..

The Saints weren't passing on 4th down with less than 2 minutes remaining in the game. Of course the Vikings were running up the score.

nfl is a joke, watch college and highschool to watch real games.

Personally I would be more offended if a team came out to face mine packed with backup players than if they kept on trying to score even after the game was clearly decided.

They need to change the name of the team to something more fitting.

1. Cowbabys

2. The Dallas Calves

3. Cupcakes

4. Dallas "Dont score on us or we will cry cry cry" Cowboys

Oh, the last time I checked in the other team one team is on offense and one team is on DEfense. They get to put people out on the field to try to stop the offense and stuff. I mean I know its crazy. Too bad Dallas's defense got lost in their checked luggage.

The difference is the saints werent passing in the final minutes to try to score. I read the news and see some players from the cowboys complaining which is a joke. Your payed proffesionals, don't want to score? Well play some D.

Seems like the Dallas team is a bunch of sore losers. Vikes could have taken the 3 easy points from a field goal, but instead gave the Dallas D a chance to man up and stop the Vikes offense. That Dallas linebacker, Brookings(?) is the biggest sore loser of them all.

America's Team???? God, lets hope not.

Dallas should have stopped them.

Its pro football. There is no running up scores.

If Dallas did not want the Vikings scoring all those touchdowns, then they should of have played better and smarter defense.

I dont know why everyone likes the Cowboys so much? They are an average team who cant really go against the elite teams in the NFL.

Its pro football. There is no running up scores.

If Dallas did not want the Vikings scoring all those touchdowns, then they should of have played better and smarter defense.

I dont know why everyone likes the Cowboys so much? They are an average team who cant really go against the elite teams in the NFL.

what does it mean to run up the score =/Jandurin

its when youre in the lead and essentially guarentted to win, but you decide to go ahead and keep scoring because you can. Some people consider it unsportsmanlike.

Example:

One team has 21 points, the other team has 3 points. There are 2 minutes left in the game, but that doesnt matter...the other team decides to keep going and score a touchdown, making the score 28-3.

Meh who cares...the Jets is where its at. The Jets game was way more exciting. I'm very dissapointed in Giants this season but thanks to the Jets this is going to be a great superbowl.MgamerBD

Meh who cares...the Jets is where its at. The Jets game was way more exciting. I'm very dissapointed in Giants this season but thanks to the Jets this is going to be a great superbowl.MgamerBD

Gettin a little ahead of yourself there, eh? Still gotta get past the Colts and their quarterback machine a.k.a. Peyton Manning.

Not knocking your enthusiastic belief in your team bud, just sticking up for my Colts. Did I mention Peyton Manning is a quarterback machine? Hmm. Guess I did :)

There's no such thing as running up the score. If you want to keep the score tighter, player better. The onus is on the defense to not let the opponents score. Playing at less than your ability is more humiliating than playing your best and getting scored on even more.Lockedge

[QUOTE="MgamerBD"]Meh who cares...the Jets is where its at. The Jets game was way more exciting. I'm very dissapointed in Giants this season but thanks to the Jets this is going to be a great superbowl.collegeboy64

Gettin a little ahead of yourself there, eh? Still gotta get past the Colts and their quarterback machine a.k.a. Peyton Manning.

Not knocking your enthusiastic belief in your team bud, just sticking up for my Colts. Did I mention Peyton Manning is a quarterback machine? Hmm. Guess I did :)

[QUOTE="collegeboy64"]

[QUOTE="MgamerBD"]Meh who cares...the Jets is where its at. The Jets game was way more exciting. I'm very dissapointed in Giants this season but thanks to the Jets this is going to be a great superbowl.MgamerBD

Gettin a little ahead of yourself there, eh? Still gotta get past the Colts and their quarterback machine a.k.a. Peyton Manning.

Not knocking your enthusiastic belief in your team bud, just sticking up for my Colts. Did I mention Peyton Manning is a quarterback machine? Hmm. Guess I did :)

We will see. Thats why they play the game on the field, not on paper. Good luck and hope we get a great game to watch.

[QUOTE="Lockedge"]There's no such thing as running up the score. If you want to keep the score tighter, player better. The onus is on the defense to not let the opponents score. Playing at less than your ability is more humiliating than playing your best and getting scored on even more.Jandurin

yea, it does not happen too often.

its just there needs to be some sense of honor to sports.

a lot of times, if a bad team plays a good team, the score will be like 48-7, and the team in the lead will put in their second string player and bench warmers. When they dont, and they keep scoring...thats just disrespectful.

I'm curious to hear from those of you who say the Vikings ran up the score: What were they supposed to do? Should Favre have just taken a knee and turned the ball over to Dallas on downs? Would it have been better if they had ran the field goal team out and taken the easy 3 points? Is it because they threw a pass instead of running Peterson up the gut?

Like I said in my first post. Seems to me they gave the Dallas D some respect by giving them a chance to stop the Vikings offense.

[QUOTE="Jandurin"][QUOTE="Lockedge"]There's no such thing as running up the score. If you want to keep the score tighter, player better. The onus is on the defense to not let the opponents score. Playing at less than your ability is more humiliating than playing your best and getting scored on even more.mrbojangles25

yea, it does not happen too often.

its just there needs to be some sense of honor to sports.

a lot of times, if a bad team plays a good team, the score will be like 48-7, and the team in the lead will put in their second string player and bench warmers. When they dont, and they keep scoring...thats just disrespectful.

I'm an Eagles fan but Go Saints!XD4NTESINF3RNOX

Good to see so many viking fans!

I wish I could have known what you guys are talking about, I can't watch NFL on TV here in holland as well... I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't know what it was,

But im just looking forward to some more great games I can re-watch some time

all i can say is why chargers? why?

argggg

all i can say is why chargers? why?

argggg

shimmyshnardd

nfl is a joke, watch college and highschool to watch real games.

njean777

Just like one of the commentators said " If You don't like it, then stop it". Too bad for the Cowboys that they weren't able too.cyberdarkkid

Cowboys are just mad they got what was coming to them. I loved that game, Brett Favre is my hero. I hope to see the Vikes go to the superbowl so everyone can stop whining about Brett coming out of retirement again and again.

The Cowboys are hated by everyone outside of Texas.

I root for every team who plays against the Cowboys. I depise the team, their fans, their players, their surgically altered owner and their overpriced stadium.

My only regret is that T.O. still isn't there crying about Romo.

When I play against them on Madden, I try to put up over 100 points on them every game.

before they started whining the Cowboys forgot that only a week earlier they ran the score up worse against Philly.

So now the "shoe is on the other foot" it feels different when you lose the game is all.

Dallas is just one of those teams everyone loves to defeat.

Cowboys are just mad they got what was coming to them. I loved that game, Brett Favre is my hero. I hope to see the Vikes go to the superbowl so everyone can stop whining about Brett coming out of retirement again and again.

Nills

People complaining about running up scores is just a symptom of the wussification of our society. These guys get paid millions of dollars to score points, not hold back on scoring points because it will hurt the other team's feelings.