The Case Against Punting

As Jim Henley says, just because Gregg Easterbrook believes something doesn't make it false. Football teams are way more eager to punt than reputable statistical analyses of the situation suggest they should and Arkansas' Pulaski High School, where the coach was so impressed by the statistical case against punting that he abandoned punting altogether, is having success with their new strategy.

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