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FWIW, I don't buy the argument that going for it on fourth and six has a higher expected value than punting, psychology ignored. While there is some upside if you make it, you give Rosen a short field if you don't. With a questionable defense, those 30 yards you get from a good, high punt matter a lot. I bet you that 49 times out of 50, Shaw punts. I think he didn't last night because either 1) he was just mad as hell and wouldn't take it any more, or 2) He felt we had a psychological edge that would improve our odds of making the first down (and we would lose some of that edge if we punted). I can't read minds, but I have seen Shaw punt form the U$C 35 yard line.

[Goose]

FWIW, I don't buy the argument that going for it on fourth and six has a higher expected value than punting, psychology ignored. While there is some upside if you make it, you give Rosen a short field if you don't. With a questionable defense, those 30 yards you get from a good, high punt matter a lot. I bet you that 49 times out of 50, Shaw punts. I think he didn't last night because either 1) he was just mad as hell and wouldn't take it any more, or 2) He felt we had a psychological edge that would improve our odds of making the first down (and we would lose some of that edge if we punted). I can't read minds, but I have seen Shaw punt form the U$C 35 yard line.