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an interpretation of where the ball is spotted.
"You figure the rule of thumb is always give the most negative spot," Hunt said, referring to situations where the ball is advanced to the 31-yard line, but is about a ball length past the yard stripe.
“You can’t give them the next yard because they haven't gained it yet, so you go back to the one furthest back from where they’re going," Hunt said.
Hunt said the most difficult decision to make as a statistician is on the quarterback’s scrambling where rushing yardage is. different from a quarterback being sacked.
“If he (the QB) ever pulls the ball down and starts forward, he’s running and it’s not a sack,” said Hunt, differentiating between lost yardage on a sack (which comes off the passer’s passing yardage) and that lost when he’s running.
"That’s when it’s just a matter of opinion on when a scrambling quarterback like Theismann is running or
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