Blowout

During the 12-week SportsCenter hype fest interlude in between the Confernce Championship Games and the Super Bowl,the story about the Texas high school girls basketball game that resulted in a 100-0 victory for Covenant School over Dallas Academy has been big news. You read that right. The score really was 100-0.

Getting shut out for the entire game is like going to a bar and not hearing "Don't Stop Believing". Rod Blagojevich has a better chance of being elected President. Zero points? How does that happen?

How do you not score a single basket? That defies all logic. There wasn't a defensive series where Covenant didn't get a little lackadaisical? A foul wasn't called when a Dallas Academy player drove to the basket, only to get the ball rejected off her face?

While it's unfortunate that this game got so out of control, resulting in Covenant coach, Micah Grimes being fired for unapologetically running up the score, there are others deserving blame in this mess.

Why does the Dallas Academy coach get to keep his job? His team didn't score one point! I didn't realize Buttermaker from Bad News Bears coached girls basketball during the off-season.

And what about the refs? They have ample influence on how games are played. They couldn't have squeezed some mercy points for Dallas Academy? They should lose their jobs too.

Granted, Dallas Academy hasn't won a game in four years. But at least they scored in all those other games.

No team deserves to lose in such an embarrassing fashion. There are good winners and there are good losers. Both scenarios involve being gracious and embracing good sportsmanship. Win or lose, hold your head up high and play the game right. Can that be said for either team?

Covenant didn't have to score 100 just to score 100. An 80-0 victory would have sufficed. But Dallas Academy could have put some points on the board too.