[NU Sports] Talent

[Tom Maycock]

> Great point about the kickers.  We
> yearn for the days of Valenzisi, Burton, and Gowins!

To be fair to Demos, he's been pretty clutch on FGs this year. The (notable) exception being the killer missed XP against Syracuse. 

I think he's also pretty effective when allowed to punt it deep. But I too wonder if handling all the duties makes him less effective at all 3. Fortunately, kickoffs and kick coverage have improved immensely this year.

Regarding Persa and the "Wildcat" formation:

First, it makes no sense to me to call it some special formation when it's your backup QB taking the snap. That's just your offense. Call it a Wildcat formation if Jeravin Matthews is taking a snap and Persa is lined up at receiver or something. 

Second, I have been completely baffled by the way they've used Persa the last few games. I could see letting him run the offense one series per half, but to it for a whole series, and let him run the whole offense. He's shown serious ability to throw the ball. 

Bringing him in for one play or two, and always running it when he's in, makes absolutely no sense to me whatsoever. Why screw up Kafka's flow? And if you run it every time Persa is in, you're not fooling anyone. So what's the point? I really don't get it. 

And unless replacing Kafka somehow transforms the O-line into a unit that can actually block for our RBs, I don't think that makes sense either. 

Tom