[NU Sports] A ray of hope for our special teams

[John A. DeGroat]

Jonathan:

The poor starting positions were due in large part to Walker's obsession 
with squib kicks as thought ,that was the solution to not having someone 
who could kick it into the end zone.

John DeGroat

Jonathan Hodges wrote:

>Finally picking up a solid kicker would help our special teams play,
>but it wouldn't be the end all solution as we'll still need good
>coverage on punts and kickoffs (at least once in a while if we can't
>get a touchback).  Also, will this guy punt and kick (Huffman did on
>occasion, although we all know his FG woes)?
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>We need help in both areas, although Howells has been relatively solid
>this year (including hitting 5/6 vs. PSU), but we still don't see too
>many touchbacks on kickoffs.  I don't think I've seen any high booming
>kicks like Michigan and Iowa got off, although our punters have done a
>good job with directional punts on occasion - especially when they
>were trying to stick the opponent in their own end.
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>Any small boost will help, though, as our special teams play is what
>gave Michigan, Iowa, and OSU a big edge in the past weeks (just look
>at the average drive starting position for NU and their opponent in
>those games).
>
>Jonathan
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>On 11/14/05, Kaplan, Neil <neil.kaplan at carsdirect.com> wrote:
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>>http://my.highschooljournalism.org/az/scottsdale/hhs/article.cfm?eid=3950&ai
>>d=58673
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>>Proving that the net is perhaps the greatest time waster known to mankind -
>>attached is an article from his high school newspaper touting our newest
>>kicking recruit.
>>Cleaning up this part of our game is the single highest impact area to our
>>improvement.
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