Actually, there was an article a while ago about a high school coach who NEVER punted or tried a field goal: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/jon_

Actually, there was an article a while ago about a high school coach who NEVER punted or tried a field goal: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/jon_wertheim/09/17/no.punt/index.html http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/jon_wertheim/0... I've read Moneyball, and I find it interesting that statistical methods have been accepted so much more in baseball over the last decade or so, but seem to still be shunned in football, at least for this particular situation.