01-14-2019, 05:53 AM
(01-14-2019, 12:02 AM)PVTree Wrote: How many times did we run-run-run-punt?That question would need to factor in game situation because of the likelihood that run-run-run-punt is used in a clock killing strategy. Take a game with 3 minutes to go in the game with a 17 point lead. If the leading team went run-run-run-punt AND took 2 of the 3 minutes off the clock, then that drive would be deemed successful.
In many ways, run-run-run-punt in the fourth quarter is far more likely for teams with the lead. Given that Coach Shaw is the winningest coach in Stanford history (something many seem to forget) it is logical that Coach Shaw would have more run-run-run-punt drives than any other coach in Stanford history.
If the question were to reveal much it would need to be how many times has Stanford, with Coach Shaw, gone run-run-run-punt in a losing effort?
If a team starts the fourth quarter up 24-3 and opts for 4 drives each run-run-run-punt drives to win 24-6 then that SHOULD be OK. Logical right? And yet in the Stanford Stadium stands I can recall dozens of fourth quarter run-run-run-punt complaints even while the team was up by more than 2 scores.