Andrew Mevis
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I thought he was headed to South Bend, but nothing shows that.
Unfortunately Purdue has more pressing needs and schollies may get scarce quick
Unfortunately Purdue has more pressing needs and schollies may get scarce quick
If you can't kick a FG on a consistent basis, that is a problem. Schopper has proven himself but the FG kicking has been pretty below average lately. If Brohm decides to bring another one in, it can't hurt.
I got faith in the kid we got now, he got better as the year went on. Kind of reminds me of the Ficken kid at psu a couple of years ago.
Only a sophomore, and going to have much better offers unfortunately seemingly, especially after that game and those two kicks.
Coaches are having kickers put the kick higher and shorter now. The 25 yard rule changed how kickoffs are coached
I don't know why. I don't see a huge difference from giving them the 25 yard line compared to the 20 when the benefit is still eliminating the potential for a huge return. If I were the coach and I had a kicker who could kick it through the end zone, I'd do that just about every kick off where field position was my main concern. If an offense can drive 75 yards against the defense they can probably go 80+ most of the time too.
How many teams do you actually have to worry about that? I dont remember a significant number of big returns this year against us. Could have happened, but kick return defense was the least of our concerns.
I'd love to see what the average starting position was on kick returns that weren't touchbacks. I don't think we stopped them inside the 20 very often so my guess is the average couldn't have been too far from the 25 yard line anyway. I guess I see very little advantage to letting them return when one big kick return could ruin the game. Go talk to Michigan about that.
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