"When we
punt the ball and they fair catch it, the fans go get a Diet Coke, the TV guys say, 'we're breaking for a commercial' - nobody cares.
Baugher
punted 47 times for a 43.4-yard average and was named to the NFL Europa all-league squad.
It's been a pretty solid year all around for Rice, long snapper Drew Howell and the rest of the
punt team, with Rice entering Saturday at No.
Spread
punt formations have one or two gunners or sprinters out wide who can, in theory, get to the
punt returner quickly.
The main problem with
punts for OSU have come when Johnny Hekker rolls to his right and kicks the football rugby-style.
"After that you will have to take your
punts to the bank.''
The Ducks had James field one
punt that day, and stuck with him despite Harris' return a week later in part because Harris had one hand in a cast with a broken finger.
Return teams will often overload our right side in an attempt to take away our run threat or block the
punt by outnumbering the blockers to the right side.
Question: Take me through the fake
punt play in the BCS title game.
In OSU's victory over USC, Hekker used the rugby method for a 74-yard
punt that rolled into the end zone.
Any time you allow a
punt to be blocked, you are going to give up a huge chunk of field position, possibly a touchdown, and maybe even the loss of the game.
Wait, one more chance for OSU came after the next Arizona possession also came to fourth down, and a
punt. This time, the Wildcats downed the football at the OSU 2-yard line.
