Western Kentucky just punted on fourth-and-goal in the Miami Beach Bowl. More impressively, Western Kentucky just punted on fourth-and-goal in the Miami Beach Bowl, and it was the right call, and it was PERFECT.

Here's how this happened:

WKU drove to the USF 6-yard line.

WKU's D'Andre Ferby ran for no gain.

WKU's Forrest Lamp committed a personal foul, pushing the Hilltoppers back to the 21-yard line.

USF's Johnny Ward sacked WKU's Brandon Doughty for a loss of 7, pushing the Hilltoppers back to the 28.

USF's Eric Lee sacked Doughty for a loss of 10, pushing the Hilltoppers back to the 38.

That would've been a 55-yard field goal, and WKU's kicker Garrett Schwettman supposedly has a maximum range of 50 yards. Normally, we'd tell a team to go for it on fourth-and-X at the 38-yard line, since the worst result is the opponent getting the ball at the 38. But when it's fourth-and-38 at the 38, there's pretty much zero chance you convert. If you're out of your kicker's range, your options are a Hail Mary and punting, and punting is generally more likely to help you.

In this case, it did. The great field position eventually allowed WKU to score a field goal.

The most prominent fourth-and-goal punt in college football came in the 2011 Capital One Bowl, when Alabama's complete dominance of Michigan State was best encapsulated in MSU being pushed from the 7-yard line to the 38 before a punt.

So far as I can tell, this is the second fourth-and-goal punt of the year. The other came in Toledo-Arkansas State, when the Rockets had a botched play go for a loss of 20 yards and then fumbled for a loss of 9 yards, leading to a punt from the 39.

There was actually a hugely important fourth-and-goal punt in the FCS playoffs. Undefeated McNeese State got to the 1-yard line of Sam Houston State trailing 34-29, but two sacks and three penalites pushed McNeese State back to the 39. They punted, never saw the ball again, and lost.