(09-24-2017, 11:07 AM)Goose link Wrote: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.
Okay, but perhaps another consideration was that we were not stopping Rosen. It didn't matter if we gave him the ball at the 10 or the 40, he was picking apart our secondary. Perhaps coach Shaw put more value on keeping the ball out of Rosen's hands than field position.
P.S. Jackatree, you and I posted simultaneously. We are thinking alike.
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