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<blockquote data-quote="SecretAgentBuzz" data-source="post: 111589" data-attributes="member: 253"><p>I am really proud of my Yellow Jackets and their effort and play throughout last night's game was tremendous. I can't help playing the "what if" game, though. What if we had gotten that onside kick? I have every confidence in our offense and we would have had about 1:30 to get into field position for a game-winning FG. Now, I understand that onside kicks are low-percentage plays, but our execution (or maybe our plan?) seemed poor. I kept thinking, "There has GOT to be a better way to recover a kick." </p><p></p><p>I'm no coach, but here are some ideas: </p><p>-Hit it hard...right at a defender. If you can nail one of those first-row guys, it will likely ricochet back towards your team. </p><p>-Hit it just over the heads of the 2nd row of guys. FSU came out with 2 rows of 5 guys along the front and then one guy back. If you can pop it over that 2nd row, it will likely bounce for a while and your guys will be running full steam towards whereas the receiving team would be turning to follow the ball.</p><p>-Kick it as high as you possible can. If it has enough airtime, our guys would have a chance to get under as well. </p><p></p><p>I know we can't change the outcome, and its silly to play the "what if" game too much, but I thought this might prompt a good discussion on the onside kick. Anybody got numbers for the percentage of onside kicks recovered by the kicking team? GTNavyNuke? </p><p></p><p>Go Jackets!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SecretAgentBuzz, post: 111589, member: 253"] I am really proud of my Yellow Jackets and their effort and play throughout last night's game was tremendous. I can't help playing the "what if" game, though. What if we had gotten that onside kick? I have every confidence in our offense and we would have had about 1:30 to get into field position for a game-winning FG. Now, I understand that onside kicks are low-percentage plays, but our execution (or maybe our plan?) seemed poor. I kept thinking, "There has GOT to be a better way to recover a kick." I'm no coach, but here are some ideas: -Hit it hard...right at a defender. If you can nail one of those first-row guys, it will likely ricochet back towards your team. -Hit it just over the heads of the 2nd row of guys. FSU came out with 2 rows of 5 guys along the front and then one guy back. If you can pop it over that 2nd row, it will likely bounce for a while and your guys will be running full steam towards whereas the receiving team would be turning to follow the ball. -Kick it as high as you possible can. If it has enough airtime, our guys would have a chance to get under as well. I know we can't change the outcome, and its silly to play the "what if" game too much, but I thought this might prompt a good discussion on the onside kick. Anybody got numbers for the percentage of onside kicks recovered by the kicking team? GTNavyNuke? Go Jackets! [/QUOTE]
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