Hoping for big improvement on specials this season

[syr02esq]

We have more depth now so I think we can field at least an average special teams in terms of athleticism. This should help.

 

[Stern]

How about this, every time SU scores on the following kickoff lets not kick the ball out of bounds and hand the opponent the ball on the 40 yard line. Just kick the ball down the middle of the field every time because aiming for a sideline never seems to work. Just sayin!

 

[Chip]

Thanks for checking that out.

That's kind of a lame rule.

I guess that takes away my concern of using the shield.

We're not far from punt blocks being outlawed altogether because it simulates one person kicking another person and that's a bad image for the children.

 

[rrlbees]

How about this, every time SU scores on the following kickoff lets not kick the ball out of bounds and hand the opponent the ball on the 40 yard line. Just kick the ball down the middle of the field every time because aiming for a sideline never seems to work. Just sayin!

Surprising stat. Our yards per kickoff (ave) was 5th in the big east. Same as the offensive yardage and higher than the defensive yardage rank (8th). We had 4 go out of bounds which wasn't even the worst in the BE. The BE average was just under 3. Ross had 3 and Raupers 1. So maybe it wasnt as bad as we think. Very average but not the death knoll.

I remember the year before when Long had 2 in one game. The 2nd of which led to Casullo's sideline rampage and ultimately his firing.

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[sufandu]

Surprising stat. Our yards per kickoff (ave) was 5th in the big east. Same as the offensive yardage and higher than the defensive yardage rank (8th). We had 4 go out of bounds which wasn't even the worst in the BE. The BE average was just under 3. Ross had 3 and Raupers 1. So maybe it wasnt as bad as we think. Very average but not the death knoll.

I remember the year before when Long had 2 in one game. The 2nd of which led to Casullo's sideline rampage and ultimately his firing.

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Maybe it was the timing that made them seem so bad. They seemed to happen in tight games and at the wrong time. Strategic error on the coaches maybe?

 

[SmilinBob]

Maybe it was the timing that made them seem so bad. They seemed to happen in tight games and at the wrong time. Strategic error on the coaches maybe?

It was a momentum thing, I'd like to see the stat that has what the score was when each breakdown occurred, such as the out of bounds kick offs. Heck, if you're up/down by 30 and the kick goes out of bounds, who cares.

The team speed has improved and that should also help with the specials.

 

[rrlbees]

It was a momentum thing, I'd like to see the stat that has what the score was when each breakdown occurred, such as the out of bounds kick offs. Heck, if you're up/down by 30 and the kick goes out of bounds, who cares.

The team speed has improved and that should also help with the specials.

No doubt they can be a momemntum killer. But I don't know scores when we did it. Fact is though, as much as we stressed over the kickoffs in general, both in the BE and nationally, we were pretty average and the yardage stats ranked better than the offense (BE) and defense (nationally). Not as bad as I thought when I went and looked.

 

[rrlbees]

It was a momentum thing, I'd like to see the stat that has what the score was when each breakdown occurred, such as the out of bounds kick offs. Heck, if you're up/down by 30 and the kick goes out of bounds, who cares.

The team speed has improved and that should also help with the specials.

No doubt they can be a momemntum killer. But I don't know scores when we did it. Fact is though, as much as we stressed over the kickoffs in general, both in the BE and nationally, we were pretty average and the yardage stats ranked better than the offense (BE) and defense (nationally). Not as bad as I thought when I went and looked.

 

[dollarbill44]

Surprising stat. Our yards per kickoff (ave) was 5th in the big east. Same as the offensive yardage and higher than the defensive yardage rank (8th). We had 4 go out of bounds which wasn't even the worst in the BE. The BE average was just under 3. Ross had 3 and Raupers 1. So maybe it wasnt as bad as we think. Very average but not the death knoll.

I remember the year before when Long had 2 in one game. The 2nd of which led to Casullo's sideline rampage and ultimately his firing.

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Are these stats just in BE games or the entire season?
Yards per kickoff can be misleading. A 25 yard per return average coupled with fielding the kick at the 10 yard line is not good, whereas a 25 yard avg starting at the goal line is. What was the opponents' average starting position ?

 

[OmahaCuse]

Saw Tom Osborne (ex Nebraska coach) speak at a charity event. He talked about how overlooked ST is and that it really accounts for more than 1/3 of the game and is just as, if not more important than O or D. Field postion means everything as the propensity to score %'s from where you start drive or have to defend dramatically change.

I think the new rules will create more parity and will be good for SU. Punting and punt returns have been a nightmare for us, hopefully we improve dramatically in those areas as we need to flip the field. Feel really good about KO's, KO returns and field goals so 3/5 are reliable.

 

[tipphill]

Surprising stat. Our yards per kickoff (ave) was 5th in the big east. Same as the offensive yardage and higher than the defensive yardage rank (8th). We had 4 go out of bounds which wasn't even the worst in the BE. The BE average was just under 3. Ross had 3 and Raupers 1. So maybe it wasnt as bad as we think. Very average but not the death knoll.

I remember the year before when Long had 2 in one game. The 2nd of which led to Casullo's sideline rampage and ultimately his firing.

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what is casullo doing now

 

[Rocco]

I am not fantaczing about 400 yds/ game on O as I don't see it happening but we really need to get a lot better on specials, some bigger plays, less mistakes and penalties and hopefully kicks into the endzone. We could really use it

Punting needs to improve. I woke up last night after having a nightmare that Fisher shanked one from the SU 17 into the new digital banner at the SU 30. The ing thing broke too. SMH...

 

[kcsu]

No doubt they can be a momemntum killer. But I don't know scores when we did it. Fact is though, as much as we stressed over the kickoffs in general, both in the BE and nationally, we were pretty average and the yardage stats ranked better than the offense (BE) and defense (nationally). Not as bad as I thought when I went and looked.

It was the timing of our mistakes that hurt. We never seemed to come through when needed. Stats can be very misleading.