VeeOhElEsYes
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Is our kicker excellent at onside kicks and our team just bad at going and getting the ball? Seems like we've missed out on several chances this season. Love the placement of the onside kick calls so far though.
Every attempt has totally been catchable by our team. The one vs Bama I place on the kicker.
Banks was not in there to be the guy to recover the onside kick. He was placed there to be the guy who goes and blows up a Bama player trying to get to the ball. The ball should have been kicked in a way that bounces behind him.
Based on how Banks has been used this year, he is the bruiser back. You can't tell me he was the one who is supposed to recover it. The rest of the attempts have not been recovered because our guys have butter fingers. It isn't just that, look at Nigel Warriors dropped pick vs Tua.... The first half was so much closer than the score... Bama should have had 14 points less than what they had at half time.
Since we are so good at them, why wouldn’t opposing team just lineup in onside formation every time with 2 men deep and just fair catch it? Also saw a squib on Saturday to about the 10-15 yard line and were dangerously close to getting that one too.
Also, speaking of kicking, you guys notice Alabama strategy of kicking it to about the 10 or 15 so our guys didn’t call the fair catch but returned it, usually to about the 25, sometimes the 20, sometimes the 30. You think that’s a good strategy given the new fair catch rule?
I know, and it’s really taken away from the game. Were there seriously that many injuries in kickoff returns? Because I’ve been watching football for a long time and that’s not something I had realized.
Told buddy this weekend while watching - one of these weeks, an onside kick is going to win us a game. The three I have seen so far this year have been really close.
Bad luck in the bama game as it grazed Banks.
In Florida game, one guy was supposed to block the lone Florida guy while the other two secured the ball. They all went for the ball and lost.
In Auburn game we came close but by the time it was over, the ball was on the 25 yard line so it didn't cost us anything.
I say we keep doing it, not much to lose especially if you kick it 15 yards back, the scrum will head towards the 25 yard line again.
I wish he liked trying to score with a minute left in the half.This just in: Pruitt likes to onside kick!
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