First things first, this is a 55 minute video about punting and math, and I genuinely think you'll want to watch the whole thing:
The equation uses the score, yard line, down and distance, and time left to calculate the worst punt to calculate something called the Surrender Index.
Our punt, with UK 12, UGA 13, ball on the UK 47, with 2:58 gives us a Surrender Index score of 2.26 which, honestly, isn't bad at all.
But when we CALLED the punt, before the penalty that moved it back, we were 5 yards closer and had even more time. What's that look like?
UK 12, UGA 13, ball on UGA 47, 4th and 8, 3:03 left: Surrender Index of 9.37
An absolute massacre of a score. Would have been 94th percentile of cowardly punts in the NFL last year, and 91st percentile this century:
The equation uses the score, yard line, down and distance, and time left to calculate the worst punt to calculate something called the Surrender Index.
Our punt, with UK 12, UGA 13, ball on the UK 47, with 2:58 gives us a Surrender Index score of 2.26 which, honestly, isn't bad at all.
But when we CALLED the punt, before the penalty that moved it back, we were 5 yards closer and had even more time. What's that look like?
UK 12, UGA 13, ball on UGA 47, 4th and 8, 3:03 left: Surrender Index of 9.37
An absolute massacre of a score. Would have been 94th percentile of cowardly punts in the NFL last year, and 91st percentile this century:
