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ntexascardfan
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Post subject: Punting is for pansies
Posted: 06 Nov 2009 19:12 pm
Here's an interesting read...the guy seems like he is probably the sabermatician of American football...

http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/sports/stories/highschool/2009/11/05/1105nopunts.html
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Post subject: Re: Punting is for pansies
Posted: 06 Nov 2009 19:27 pm
So you want to nullify the Rams BEST player, Donnie Jones?
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Posted: 06 Nov 2009 20:16 pm
If you read TMQ on ESPN.com he's talked about this for years.

Its a great idea. Its a hell of a lot easier to get 10 yards when you only have to average 2.5 yards per play.
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Posted: 06 Nov 2009 20:26 pm
I would love to see the nfl designate the second Sunday of the season as puntless Sunday. No punts allowed. It would be interesting to see how the fans react. I think it would lead coaches to eventually go for it more often under the regular rules. They would discover all sorts of subtle calculations they had not realized until they were forced upon them.
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Post subject: Re: Punting is for pansies
Posted: 06 Nov 2009 23:33 pm

Robbymac06 wrote

If you read TMQ on ESPN.com he's talked about this for years.

Its a great idea. Its a hell of a lot easier to get 10 yards when you only have to average 2.5 yards per play.


For those of us who are nerdy enough to read through a 43 page study.

The Romer Study
http://elsa.berkeley.edu/~dromer/papers/PAPER_NFL_JULY05_FORWEB_CORRECTED.pdf
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Post subject: Re: Punting is for pansies
Posted: 06 Nov 2009 23:35 pm

ntexascardfan wrote

Robbymac06 wrote

If you read TMQ on ESPN.com he's talked about this for years.

Its a great idea. Its a hell of a lot easier to get 10 yards when you only have to average 2.5 yards per play.


For those of us who are nerdy enough to read through a 43 page study.

The Romer Study
http://elsa.berkeley.edu/~dromer/papers/PAPER_NFL_JULY05_FORWEB_CORRECTED.pdf


Does it explain how Iowa is somehow 9-0?
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Posted: 07 Nov 2009 19:29 pm
In most cases with a fourth and one, a team should never punt away the ball when on their own 40 or farther. Mike Leach is fun to watch because he realizes the odds are in his favor when he chooses not to punt, and he also does things like letting Texas score a TD late in the game last season just so he could get the ball back. The first team that scraps the prevent defense with more than a minute left in the game will have an advantage as well.
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Post subject: Re: Punting is for pansies
Posted: 07 Nov 2009 19:32 pm

brianstl wrote

ntexascardfan wrote

Robbymac06 wrote

If you read TMQ on ESPN.com he's talked about this for years.

Its a great idea. Its a hell of a lot easier to get 10 yards when you only have to average 2.5 yards per play.


For those of us who are nerdy enough to read through a 43 page study.

The Romer Study
http://elsa.berkeley.edu/~dromer/papers/PAPER_NFL_JULY05_FORWEB_CORRECTED.pdf


Does it explain how Iowa is somehow 9-0?


Sometimes we all have a way of making ourselves look silly.

The Romer study is one of the more interesting football studies out there.

I think we saw an example of this in the LSU/Bamer game. LSU had a fourth and a half yard around their 40. Instead of going for it they punt it away. Next play Julio Jones takes it to the house, game over.

A complete 180% momentum swing.
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