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Message: [QUOTE="timkay99, post: 753116, member: 635"] With the new rules, it is better to not have touchbacks and force a return. Your best kickers kick it to the 1 or 2 and your coverage team will stop them shy of the 25. On kickoffs returned, the starting opponent field position was: [B]Vs. Penn State[/B] PSU26, PSU18, PSU26 [B]Vs. Northwestern[/B] NU22, NU29 [B]Vs. Wagner[/B] W17, W26, W19, W25, W24, W21, W22, W31 [B]Vs. Tulane[/B] T46, T15, T18, T27 9 of the 17 kickoffs returned had worst starting field position then if they took the touchback. Syracuse gained 49 yards while giving up 14 yards when taking out the Tulane return that was a gain of 31 and should have been stopped short if the tackles were made. Well worth the trade-off of having the opponent continuously start at the 25. [/QUOTE]