Love ya 78 though I'm sorry but you simply don't understand what is being asked if this is your answer. The reason you fall down is so you don't have to kick off. It has nothing to do with running up the score. In fact if you're up by 40 you simply waltz into the endzone and rub their faces in it. There wasn't enough time on the clock for Vandy to ever touch the ball again if he goes down in bounds.
This has literally NOTHING to so with being aggressive or being a pussy or any of that emotional BS. It simply has to do with maximizing the odds of winning the game. The fact is that if he stops short of the endzone, Vandy never touches the ball again and we walk out of there as winners with one about a million to one shot of some crazy thing happening otherwise. Basically it would have to be something that has never happened before in the history of the game which is to fumble the ball while in the victory formation on the opponent's one yard line and have them score a TD. Its never happened. Kick off to them and they can return the kick or get a quick score, perhaps recover an onsides and have a chance to tie the game. It is still a long shot. But not a million to one like just taking a knee.
Now that the odds comparison is out of the way, nobody including me is mad that he scored. Just imagine if you will though that he is heading to the endzone and all of a sudden stops short like Westbrook did for the Eagles a few years back. Nobody called Westbrook a pussy, he was roundly praised for being extremely smart and unselfish. And that is exactly what people would be saying about Davis right now if he had done the same thing. As it is, it was a great play and our guy got a touchdown and we won the game so really it doesn't matter. In fact if I had to vote I'd say just score because its fun and motivating. But you are taking a chance. Hell, even if its not the game on the line, there is a chance while Vandy has the ball that one of our guys gets injured or something. But whatever, it was a fun win and I'll take it any day.
Standing by for my dislikes. Lets go.