It’s no secret that turnover margin is strongly associated with winning in college football, with the percentage of victory chances ticking up with each turnover added to the gap in a game. But there’s one statistic that’s an even surer indication of winning.
It’s the lightning bolt of college football statistics: a blocked punt.
“Immediately, block a punt you have a 90 percent chance to win a game,” South Carolina special teams coordinator Coleman Hutzler said.
That’s why Hutzler considers a blocked punt the most dramatic momentum play in the game of football, and why he’s so vexed that South Carolina does not have one during head coach Will Muschamp’s tenure at the school.