LLW, thanks for starting an interesting thread. This topic came up about 6 years ago when some neighborhood Bostonian transplant was raving about the genius of Bellichek and I replied that going for it on fourth down was common knowledge for those with basic math skills. IMO, the same analysis should be applied to onside kicks. One would think that the Ivy League eggheads would start using the onside kick more often with the new 40 yard line kickoff placement in light of the recently new 25 yard line touchback placement. One major caveat to this line of thinking though and a huge pet peeve, kickers who onside the ball severely towards the sidelines and out of bounds. Why even bother? I guess directional kickers are still hard to come by.
