Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site asgb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!bmcg!asgb!devine From: devine@asgb.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sport.football Subject: 4th down choice Message-ID: <600@asgb.UUCP> Date: Thu, 13-Dec-84 17:53:22 EST Article-I.D.: asgb.600 Posted: Thu Dec 13 17:53:22 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 15-Dec-84 02:54:42 EST Reply-To: devine@asgb.UUCP (Bob Devine) Organization: Burroughs Corporation, Boulder Colo. Lines: 20 Senario: It's fourth down and a loooong way to a first down. What do you do? The usual choice is to punt, but how about sending several (or more) receivers to a spot and attempt a pass? The results of selecting such a "mad-bomber" choice are: 1. one of your receivers DOES catch -- first down 2. a defender catches it -- same as a punt (in fact the results may be better because there may be no return) 3. nobody catches it -- no big problem if the line of scrimmage is not too bad (obviously you don't attempt a kamakazi (spelling?) pass within an sight of the endzone) Football is a game of percentages (deep!). Has anybody checked odds of this strategy? It would certainly liven up the game. I hate punts; they are so predictable. Bob Devine