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by Akula Wolf on Jun 13, 2011 6:19 PM EDT
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PrintSo... how you doin'? This stupid month, I swear. If I hadn't been born in it I'd have no use for it whatsoever. Here's another football video:
And a few quick notes:
-- NC State is 11th in the ACC in returning OL experience. I was a little surprised we rank so low.
-- Tyler Harris played well in a recent AAU tournament.
-- Inside Wolfpack Sports with Debbie Yow.
-- Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano wants to get rid of kickoffs in college football because he thinks they're too dangerous. This is his alternative:
Teams can punt from the 30-yard line to open halves and after scoring, or, if they want to maintain possession, they could opt to run a fourth-and-15 play from the 30.
The portion of my brain that is resistant to change thinks this is arena league bullcrap, but on the other hand, the safety concerns are legit, and can you imagine what this rule would do for late-game drama? Team scores, they're down five with a minute left, and rather than having to kick they can keep their offense on the field and try to convert a 4th-and-15. Sounds like fun to me. And another avenue for NC State shit, so you know what, forget I said anything.
(And actually, Bill Connelly found that the success rate on standard onside kicks (that is, the opponent knows it's coming) is higher than the offensive success rate on 4th-and-15, so maybe it wouldn't change all that much.)
(No one tell him he'd still have to do his own laundry in college.)
-- Can't believe I'm only discovering this now.
-- State picked up a football commitment over the weekend.
-- If you happen to run into one of the guys featured in the damned Sporting News videos that keep appearing on this blog, you have my permission to hurt him in the face.
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Unfortunate
Hell if some of the players in the NFL can get looks, I think Barnette deserved a few. Wasn’t half bad, and owns/owned quite a few of our records for a short while.
And did you notify the Onion...
that you are suing for copyright infrigement? Except the original thaws a roast in 20 minutes!
Those SN ads
are annoying. I think there were at least 5 of them going at the same time on statefans the other day.
Would teams be able
to try and block the punt? Could you run fake punts? Get Schiano on the phone for me.
Shoot the football out of a cannon
no defenders on the field. If its caught on the field of play, you run like your feet are on fire, once you cross the 20 defenders can come on the field. If you can’t field it, its a touchback.
Didn't we avg like 6 yds per punt the last two years?
This rule could be a disaster for us unless he meant punting from the opponents 30.
Agree that KOs are dangerous so how about these alternatives:
1. Mano a Mano: 1 player per team – the kicker and the returner. Keep the onside rule so the strategy would be where to place your returner and where to kick the ball. Go with a good kicker or someone quick? The exciting option.
2. Dog suits. Have everyone on the kickoffs wear those bulky padded dog training suits. Kicker would not have to wear the pants and the returner would have a modified suit with the arms free. This would be the entertaining option especially the onside kicks.
I would like to see
actual injury statistics for kickoffs.
Re: Rodon
I have been wondering if more non-early round picks will ever start favoring college ball over minor league ball. Like Rodon says, college life seems more appealing than bouncing around on a bus in A-ball.
I would say...
most actually do end up in college. What I’ve at least seen is that if you aren’t a top 7 round pick then its usually pre-determined that college is your route, unless you were just dead set on playing A-ball immediately. Generally, the money isn’t enough to draw a young kid a way after the middle of the single digit rounds.
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