re: The Coach who never punts

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This is Oregon's approach to the game. For the most part it's been fairly successful.

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Yeah teams should definitely go for 2 more. It's one of the easiest things to prove with elementary school math.

Let's just say a 1 point PAT is 100% (it's not but let's just say it is).

If you are less than 50% to convert a 2 point conversion, you should kick the point. If you are greater than 50%, you should go for 2.

Every time you miss a 2 is cancelled out by a time you make a 2. If you make it more than you miss, you come out ahead.

It's the same story with punting. Punting still gives the other team the ball and therefor a chance to score. All punting does is reduce the chance the other team will score.

But maintaining possesion denies them the chance to scoer at all AND gives you a chance to score.

In other words, the best defense is almost always doing everything you can not to give them the ball.