in football without taking risk or making the opponent look stupid.

Run the ball.
Stay in bounds.
Don’t snap the ball until the play clock runs down.
If you have to throw a pass to keep chains moving -no bombs - catch the ball -stay in bounds.

In basketball

If you stand in the corner and dribble for 30 seconds and then let the play clock expire - u would actually embarrass your opponent. Or they may steal it or tie you up.you can do that when the play clock is off the last few seconds - but u can’t do that for 10 minutes.

What you can do is empty the bench.if your 3rd string can keep widening the margin - nobody expects you to do any more than that. Your 3rd stringers will commit turnovers, miss shots, and won’t rebound or play defense as well.

BYU could have easily won by more than 50 and more than doubled the opponents score last night. They put in the scrubs and the margin narrowed instead of widening.