Louisvilles last 3 punts were 31,31 and 32 yards. And on those punts

Oct 30, 2014
9:50:37pm

ayfan

the punter wasn't forced to kick from his own end zone. Letting the other team get the ball just outside the red zone with the Reigning Heisman Trophy winner at QB is even worse than giving them 2 points and the ball at their own 25.

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If I were Petrino, I take a safety with 3:50 left to make it 31-30 and make FSU

Cougarmus Prime

10/30/14 9:05pm

Yes. You are wrong

BlueFrog

10/30/14 9:07pm

If you do that a field goal beats you rather than simply tying the game.

dfudge

10/30/14 9:07pm

True. But as it was, FSU only needed to go 40 yards for a TD and the lead.

garyfan

10/30/14 9:13pm

It's a ridiculous idea. They wouldn't have had to go much more than 40 yards

rggee

10/30/14 9:19pm

But if Louisville can hold FSU to 20 yards, punting is stupid because with only

garyfan

10/30/14 9:33pm

lol true. But you make decisions that give you the best probability of a win.

rggee

10/30/14 9:35pm

What gives you the best probability of a win depends on what you think your

garyfan

10/30/14 9:37pm

Louisvilles last 3 punts were 31,31 and 32 yards. And on those punts

ayfan

10/30/14 9:50pm

Only a great kicker could push them back to the 25 on a kick after a safety

rggee

10/30/14 10:00pm

okay so maybe not the 25, but Louisville does have an elite kicker

ayfan

10/30/14 10:10pm

not sure how you expect to give them the ball on their own 25. That's extremely

The Dude Abides

10/30/14 10:02pm

Uh......no

rggee

10/30/14 9:07pm

You think giving them points and the ball is better than just giving them the

workindev

10/30/14 9:08pm

Yes, Prime said that.....

Heinz57

10/30/14 9:09pm

Wow. That is 10 times worse than the idiotic Wyoming decision in 96.

Shimmy

10/30/14 9:12pm

thats exactly what i though of

Azul_Rust

10/30/14 9:14pm

I'm with these fellas.

The Dude Abides

10/30/14 9:12pm

Greenrake dup account?

newey-west

10/30/14 9:14pm

hindsight: your's may have given a better result

libertycoug

10/30/14 9:15pm

Lot of people here disagreeing with you, but I think you're right

BertoChavez

10/30/14 9:38pm

An average punt puts them at midfield. An average safety return gets to the 40

Shimmy

10/30/14 9:48pm

But you don't get an average punt from your end zone. You almost always get a

BertoChavez

10/30/14 9:51pm

You kick from the 20 after a safety. Do you really want to give up 2 points

The Dude Abides

10/30/14 9:53pm

Yep. Even 20 yards isn't worth 2 point in a 3 point game.

Shimmy

10/30/14 9:55pm

Wrong. You don't get an average punt from the back of your endzone.

Shimmy

10/30/14 9:55pm

The effect isn't as bad when you still have the full ~15 yards to snap, but it's

BertoChavez

10/30/14 10:01pm

case in point: they got the ball at the 42.

BertoChavez

10/30/14 10:02pm

If you want to engage in result based analysis, I'm fine with that. That play

Shimmy

10/30/14 10:06pm

*6 rather than 4

garyfan

10/30/14 10:09pm

Probably 7 with 2 pts conversion

rggee

10/30/14 11:02pm

*7 or 5 rather than 4

garyfan

10/30/14 11:13pm

Louisville has a very below average punter so assuming an average return is

ayfan

10/30/14 9:54pm

Normally this would be a bad idea, but Louisville punter was averaging 36 yard

ayfan

10/30/14 9:44pm

He wasn't deep in the endzone. They could run their normal punt formation.

Shimmy

10/30/14 9:49pm

To clarify - not saying to do this in every similar instance. But to me, FSU

Cougarmus Prime

10/30/14 10:34pm

Ohhhh thanks for clarifying. Still wrong.

The Dude Abides

10/30/14 10:52pm

I bet you could get a position on Bronco's staff with these strategies!

dfudge

10/31/14 11:54am

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