:mj07: Right. You don't watch much football, do you? You do realize that teams up 8 typically play a softer defense than a team up 4, right? They know that the absolute worst case scenario is the other team tying the score, whereas with a 4-point lead they could lose the game by giving up a TD.
It's a moot point now, but if had taken FSU a while to get down the field, or if they didn't score at all on that last drive and it came down to one last scoring drive, I'd rather have the defense in there that's trying to win the game, not the one that's playing not to lose.