GT's Best: Special Teams

[CuseJacket]

All-Time List:

1. Favorite Kicker or Punter
2. Favorite Returner
3. Favorite Single Special Teams Play

Go!

 

[dressedcheeseside]

Butker
Kelly Rhino
Lance Austin's blocked field goal return for td vs FSU

 

[Boomergump]

1. Butker - The kick
2. Charlie, Charlie, ooohh Charlie!
3. Miracle on Techwood drive.

 

[Augusta_Jacket]

1. Scott Sisson
2. Kelly Rhino
3. Miracle on Techwood Drive

 

[CuseJacket]

1. Durant Brooks
2. Jerrard Tarrant
3. The Kick

 

[Whiskey_Clear]

1. Sisson
2. Kelly Rhino (Randy was before my time)
3. Gary Lee vs. Mutts

 

[nod]

1. Sisson
2. Drew Hill
3. Fake Punt TD against Clemson, wr (D Thomas I think) never left sideline after timeout.

 

[redmule]

Sisson
Kelly Rhino
The Goose recovering the blocked kick against uga in OT in '99 that meant Manget got to make the next try.

 

[SidewalkJacket]

1. Butker (due to #3)
2. Jonathan Smith (but probably due to his other contributions)
3. The Kick (maybe most important single play in a long time, period.)

 

[gtyj18jr]

1. Luke Manget
2. Tie - Kelly Rhino and Charlie Rogers
3. Miracle on Techwood Drive

 

[bke1984]

Manget
Kelly Rhino
Techwood...not even close. Don't even need a Special Teams qualifier on this...it's my single favorite play in Tech history

 

[chewybaka]

All-Time List:

1. Favorite Kicker or Punter
2. Favorite Returner
3. Favorite Single Special Teams Play

Go!

Harper Brown...ball exploded off his leg
Kelly Campbell... Smooth and fast
Fake kick where our guy got body slammed like WWE but was ok

 

[dressedcheeseside]

1. Sisson
2. Drew Hill
3. Fake Punt TD against Clemson, wr (D Thomas I think) never left sideline after timeout.

#3 was an illegal play but we got away with it.

 

[Jacketman1]

1. Butker
2. Kelley Rhino
3. Miracle on Techwood Drive
Honorable mentions:
1. Sisson
2. Tarrant
3. The short kickoff against uga in '14 that Lawrence Austin recovered

 

[franklinjacket]

1. Manget - Mr. Consistent
2. Golden - first threat to house a return in a long time
3. Gary Guyton - GG killed a Va Tech player on a punt return in his freshman year. It happened right in front of me so I'll never forget. it was the biggest hit I've seen in person.

 

[gtwin]

Rodney Williams
Jerrod Tarrant
Sisson vs. UVA...1990

 

[chewybaka]

All-Time List:

1. Favorite Kicker or Punter
2. Favorite Returner
3. Favorite Single Special Teams Play

Go!

This is a very entertaining thread!...so many great memories called back...

 

[Whiskey_Clear]

Durant Brooks and Rodney Williams were both great punters. I'd have a hard time deciding between the two. Hard for a punter to beat out a place kicker though, even if it might be deserved.

 

[Boomergump]

Durant Brooks and Rodney Williams were both great punters. I'd have a hard time deciding between the two. Hard for a punter to beat out a place kicker though, even if it might be deserved.

Rodney Williams was fast as all get out too. That made him pretty good in coverage as well. If memory serves, he chased down some guys to save long returns that other punters simply wouldn't have. My only complaint about Williams was consistent hang time. Brooks had him in that regard.

 

[chewybaka]

1. Butker - The kick
2. Charlie, Charlie, ooohh Charlie!
3. Miracle on Techwood drive.

I forgot about Charlie Rodger! What a fun guy to watch...