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Our ST continue to be a positive factor and improve.
Against Miami, the fake punt was like a turnover. Rodwell just needs to learn to go to ground once he gets the first down. Rodwell also punted well, with a 50 yard and 2 punts inside the 20 (12 and 16). There was one blown punt coverage for a 30 yard return which fortunately was called back by penalty.
Butker was ok on KOs, with 2 of 5 Kos for touch back and the other 3 within 2 yards of the goal line. The KO coverage was average allowing returns of 41, 19 and 25 yards. It would have been better to get all TBs since the Miami return players have such speed.
We had flashes of KO returns from Golden with a 38 and 31 KO return and I saw better blocking to set him up. On the one punt return, we played it safe as usual with a fair catch.
Not a lot of ST plays at only 15 for the game, but I think it was our best ST game of the year. I gave it an A overall. The next best ST game was the VT game which was a B+ overall IMHO.
We’ll need our A game against Duke since I saw very good ST play by them against Miami.
Past game ST records at:
VT http://gtswarm.com/threads/st-v-vt.3877/#post-81068
GSU http://gtswarm.com/threads/st-in-ga-southern-game.3760/
Tulane http://gtswarm.com/threads/tulane-game-sts.3655/
Against Miami, the fake punt was like a turnover. Rodwell just needs to learn to go to ground once he gets the first down. Rodwell also punted well, with a 50 yard and 2 punts inside the 20 (12 and 16). There was one blown punt coverage for a 30 yard return which fortunately was called back by penalty.
Butker was ok on KOs, with 2 of 5 Kos for touch back and the other 3 within 2 yards of the goal line. The KO coverage was average allowing returns of 41, 19 and 25 yards. It would have been better to get all TBs since the Miami return players have such speed.
We had flashes of KO returns from Golden with a 38 and 31 KO return and I saw better blocking to set him up. On the one punt return, we played it safe as usual with a fair catch.
Not a lot of ST plays at only 15 for the game, but I think it was our best ST game of the year. I gave it an A overall. The next best ST game was the VT game which was a B+ overall IMHO.
We’ll need our A game against Duke since I saw very good ST play by them against Miami.
Past game ST records at:
VT http://gtswarm.com/threads/st-v-vt.3877/#post-81068
GSU http://gtswarm.com/threads/st-in-ga-southern-game.3760/
Tulane http://gtswarm.com/threads/tulane-game-sts.3655/
