4th and 1 inside the opponent's 45...

[1standgoal]

Will this be the year Butch goes for a first down or will he keep punting? IMO the O-line will still be the reason he punts.

 

[titansvolsfaninga]

Hopefully he punts and pins the opponent deep. That means that our defense is just that good that he trust them to hold the opposing offense.

 

[VFL-82-JP]

Man, yeah, good question. There's this whole school of thought out there, backed by statistics, that coaches should go for it on 4th down a whole lot more regularly than most do. DAJ and others have written about it in these forums. Don't know if Butch buys into that philosophy or not. He has shown glimmers of it in the past couple years, but not enough to call him a disciple.

I mean, the canned coach-speak response is, "we'll make the decision case by case, looking at all the elements of the situation." Yeah, yeah, got that...but over time, game in and game out, is he going for it more often than "traditionally" coaches would?

Only time will tell. But if I had to guess, I'd guess he has a bit of the unorthodox blood in his system that opens him up to ideas like this. So I'm gonna guess yes, he will. Not as much as Oregon, but significantly more than past Vols coaches.

 

[RockyTop411]

Les Miles probably goes for it 2 out of 3 times if he's inside his opponents 45... man LSU games are fun to watch.

 

[KnoxRealtorVOL]

Pretty sure he punted from like the 35 against Florida.

I'm pro-Butch but the guy was outcoached by Will Muschamp for the second time in a row that day.

 

[CarbonVol]

Must have missed the Georgia and South Carolina games

 

[OrangeByBirth]

What kind of game plan is that? There won't be any 4th downs in 2015!

Any possession that ends in a kick is a good possession!

 

[Biopsyman]

Stats say ount.. Don't give the other team a short field

 

[WillisWG]

Pretty sure he punted from like the 35 against Florida.

I'm pro-Butch but the guy was outcoached by Will Muschamp for the second time in a row that day.

Close it was from the 37.

 

[WillisWG]

We had 28 yds rushing against UF last year, not many teams go for 4 & 1 when they can't run the ball.

That changes this year.

 

[FLVOL_79]

Punt on 3rd downs. Use strategery and tactiliciousness against opponents to befuddle.

 

[AllVolinGA]

Time in the game, score, exact location on the field. How many TO's left? All of those things factor into what decision is made. It is not just any easy lets go for it, as some seem to believe.

 

[UTRavens]

Time in the game, score, exact location on the field. How many TO's left? All of those things factor into what decision is made. It is not just any easy lets go for it, as some seem to believe.

Make no mistake. There are very, very few instances where going for it on 4th and 1 on the opponent's 45 is NOT the right call.

 

[GLDunlap]

Close it was from the 37.

It was 4th and 3 though. It could have been the right call given how good Florida's defense was and how terrible their offense was. Of course in hindsight it was a terrible call because Darr kicked it through the end zone.

 

[KBVol]

Must have missed the Georgia and South Carolina games

Guessing you didn't exactly DVR the Oklahoma, Bama, Ole Miss or Missouri games.

 

[nash101]

Pretty sure he punted from like the 35 against Florida.

I'm pro-Butch but the guy was outcoached by Will Muschamp for the second time in a row that day.

When the offense can't move the ball, you punt and hope they make a mistake. The bad part against Florida is they DID make mistakes and turned it over to us inside the 20 twice and we failed to score either time -- then gators got a big play on offense and the that was the game

Not punting most likely means Florida beat us worse. This year we should have better talent and an improved O Line

 

[GLDunlap]

Make no mistake. There are very, very few instances where going for it on 4th and 1 on the opponent's 45 is NOT the right call.

How about when your oline sucks and your quarterback can't run and you are playing a great defense that has an offense that can't go 90+ yards against your defense?

 

[KBVol]

Make no mistake. There are very, very few instances where going for it on 4th and 1 on the opponent's 45 is NOT the right call.

Is that a typo or did you actually mean to put NOT in that sentence?

 

[FLVOL_79]

The Florida-UT 2014 game was a sad, sad moment in UT football history. Butch is going to really have to move mountains to make that memory fade.

 

[RockyTop411]

The Florida-UT 2014 game was a sad, sad moment in UT football history. Butch is going to really have to move mountains to make that memory fade.

Beat two of Florida, Georgia, and Alabama and I'll forget that game.

 

[UTRavens]

How about when your oline sucks and your quarterback can't run and you are playing a great defense that has an offense that can't go 90+ yards against your defense?

Still go for it. The odds of gaining one yard are strong pretty much no matter what.

 

[UTRavens]

Is that a typo or did you actually mean to put NOT in that sentence?

Not even close to a typo. Going for it in that situation is almost always the right call.

 

[Ez_Vol]

I believe it depends on the time in the game, score and where momentum is going. Without these three components, you can't make a well advise decision.

 

[titansvolsfaninga]

I believe it depends on the time in the game, score and where momentum is going. Without these three components, you can't make a well advise decision.

Not with these Computer Commandos....when they play Madden, they go for it every time...every time.

 

[GLDunlap]

Still go for it. The odds of gaining one yard are strong pretty much no matter what.

I would agree with a great line against an average defense but not the reverse unless of course you have a great short yardage back.