No, because Sylvester Croom wouldn't have had a 31 point lead. Let's remember, we beat a Division 1AA school 52-0...Mississippi State lost to a Division 1AA school, 9-7.
Coach Shula made it very clear before halftime that he was disappointed with a few aspects of the performance of the team up until that point. We were up 31-0, but 14 of those points were direct results of special teams play. I think he wanted to see the offense react to adjustments made at halftime, and to do that, the first teamers needed to be on the field.
Poo-poo happens. Brodie should have launched the ball into the fifth row and walked to the sidelines.