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Message: [QUOTE="LeMoyneCuse, post: 1849111, member: 158"] Yeah, as I've watched more and more college football, I've realized that punting is becoming a relic of a by-gone era. When football was all about the run (no legal forward pass), teams would punt on second or third down in an effort to get field position. If the score is going to be 6-0 because you're running into 11 men on the box on every play, it's a battle to get as close to the end zone as possible to start a drive in an effort to actually score. Now, with the offense we have that's built on exploiting mismatches, you don't really HAVE to have field position. It's good to have, but not mandatory. So while punting has it's benefits, confidence in your offense and the ability to gain 600 yards a game allows you to take more chances and be more flexible on fourth downs. So who needs punting? [/QUOTE]