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Here are the ST plays from yesterday.
- The blocked FG by Gamble was a massive play. Best of the ST game IMHO as BC gets that score and the dynamics change entirely. And it's not a fluke that we get a blocked FG since we got 3 in 2015 (tied 23rd) and 6 in 2014 (tied 1st).
- Butker was great, 4 TBs in 4 attempts. And one 40 yard FG. The last TB was the first which wasn't straight down the middle and was about 5 yards from OOB on left side. Beautiful since a no chance for a miracle return.
- Nice returns by Stewart (15 yards on a punt) and JJ Green (22 yards on a KO). No muffs on the fair catches.
- Rodwell was a bit worse than last year when he was 96th out of 100 punters with a 2015 average of 39.3 yards per punt. Yesterday he was 37.4 yards in the air but only 30.2 after the return since his punts were low and returnable (other than OOB or too short). 5 punts which netted 24, 37, 27, 26 and 37 yards. With a real punter averaging 40 yards a punt, our field position would have been a net 50 yards better. Special Teams 2015 Review and Look Forward
- If someone could ask CPJ what Shea Underwood's punt average has been in camp. He was 43.6 yards in HS and had great hang time. The only thing that makes sense is Shea is hurt.
- If it seems like there weren't a lot of plays, there weren't. There are usually about 160-170 plays in one of our games. Only 134 by my count yesterday. The next lowest I could find was Clemson 2 years ago with 140 plays. Makes sense for BC to want few plays since they don't have the strength and stamina that we do. At least that's my guess. Fewer play games favor the underdog.