Hypothetical Pole

[Joe Norris]

Ok, so it's 4th and 5 you're and you're looking at a 55 yarder...you're up by three td's in the fourth

is it douchey to kick the field goal for "practice?"

I've always had trouble with this one...I say it has to depend on the opponent...but others may disagree....

Thoughts?

[ICThawk]

Hypothetical Pole

I polled the house.... My brother in law made a decent point. A 55 harder is no gimme. If you miss it you're giving the other team pretty good field position. Why not see if your kicker's got the leg? It's not running up the score. We are talking Division 1 football here. This isn't YMCA league!

[Jayhawker]

Re: Hypothetical Pole

Going for it on 4th down when you're up by a lot always seems worse to me.

[RandytheHelpfulPineapple]

Re: Hypothetical Pole

If I were your opponent, I think I'd want you to go for it. I'd put it at 20% success rate. Getting a short field 80% of the time helps more than going down three more points 20% of the time.

[BetterThanMost]

Re: Hypothetical Pole

Its only douchey if you are beating me by 3 touchdowns and you make the field goal.

[KVN638]

Re: Hypothetical Pole

like someone else said, it'd be douchier to go for it.

[pieces of eight]

Re: Hypothetical Pole

[quote author=KVN638 link=topic=1162.msg12484#msg12484 date=1284856023]
like someone else said, it'd be douchier to go for it.
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Agreed.

[Joe Norris]

Re: Hypothetical Pole

well, I'd assume the alternative would be punt

[chemhawk]

Re: Hypothetical Pole

You are not running up the score. Do it.

[Silasbuddy]

Re: Hypothetical Pole

Punt is the correct call. I would only kick it if my kicker kicked them rountinely in practice. I could care less what the other team thought. If you are that far ahead and wanted to test something, you could always test your "fake field goal" play. Now that would be douchy and probably totally unexpected. :D