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Originally posted by Spartak
Ok, I've got a couple of questions:
Why do the Ohio State Buckeyes football players have those stickers on the side of their helmets, what do they exactly represent, and how come some have more than others ?
Also, in college football, why do some coaches whine about other coaches "running up the score" ? As margin of victory isn't taken into account when deciding the BCS rankings (as far as I know, feel free to prove me wrong  ), who cares ?
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the stickers on the helmets are given to a player for either A) starting a game, or B) making a really good play. I've heard both explanations but do not know which is correct.
as for running up the score, as dj suggested, its a matter of pride. when the game is late in the 4th quarter and the other team holds 30 point lead on you, it is considered bad sportsmanship for them to continue to try to score, as the game is, for all intents and purposes, over. you are correct that the BCS no longer recognizes margin of victory in calculating its standings. However, this was not always the case. Also, before the BCS, when the two polls (AP and USA Today/Coaches poll) were used to decide the national championship, margin of victory definitely played into the voting process. Teams that scored tons of points, regardless of who they played, tended to rank higher (and still do in those polls).