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Special Teams (Improved!) and some shocking #s

Darth Snow

Darth Snow

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I'm glad that we have improved (muffed punt aside), but jesus christ, the below #s are sickening.We've been so goddamn bad.
Kenneth Crawley's 24-yard punt return was the longest return in more than two years and his 38 total return yards was more than two-thirds of last season's punt return total of 56 yards. That's 56 yards for the entire season, not just a single game effort!
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http://colorado.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=422&tid=177644740&mid=177644740&sid=894&style=2
Holy. ****.
 
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On an unrelated note, Crawley is about the first guy since Josh Smith to return kicks that wasn't a 5'8 white guy.
 
Punt return has been a sore spot for awhile...at least there is progress under Embree in some form.
 
Rick James said:
On an unrelated note, Crawley is about the first guy since Josh Smith to return kicks that wasn't a 5'8 white guy.
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And before him we had a 5'8'' white guy who happened to be one of our best punt returners ever.
 
GoonieBuff said:
And before him we had a 5'8'' white guy who happened to be one of our best punt returners ever.
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azbuff said:
He isn't 5'8". But, he was the one glimmer of light in that ****** 2002 RMS.
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His Olympic bio had him at 5'9'', so I figured that was close enough. I'm sure his CU football height was listed as taller. Football roster heights/weights are almost always lies.
 
In order for there to be a returnable punt, the other team first has to be forced to do so ... a feat our defense didn´t manage all that often last season.
 
GoonieBuff said:
His Olympic bio had him at 5'9'', so I figured that was close enough. I'm sure his CU football height was listed as taller. Football roster heights/weights are almost always lies.
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Bloom is probably 5'7" in his cleats, but he was certainly a great return guy for us. Wish we had him now.
 
I still want to know why they don't block the long snapper after he snaps the ball. I think they ended up chipping him once but I believe he was the guy all over DD on the punt he bumbled.

Why you give a guy a free run down the field is beyond me. I know you can't block him immediately after the snap but you have to account for him at some point during the play. This has been going on for years and I just don't get it.
 
Other special teams positives:

- CU punter Darragh O’Neill had six punts for 284 yards, a 47.3 yard average. O’Neill’s efforts places him atop the Pac-12, and 8th in the nation.

- As a team, the Buffs’ 46.33 net punting average is second in the Pac-12, and 5th in the nation.

- Colorado ranked 115th in the nation in kickoff returns in 2011; after the first game, the Buffs are ranked 26th nationally.

(from CUattheGame)
 
jpbuff said:
I still want to know why they don't block the long snapper after he snaps the ball. I think they ended up chipping him once but I believe he was the guy all over DD on the punt he bumbled.

Why you give a guy a free run down the field is beyond me. I know you can't block him immediately after the snap but you have to account for him at some point during the play. This has been going on for years and I just don't get it.
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I'm certainly not a special teams coach, but I guess the idea is to put a hat on everyone else and rely on the returner to get past the long snapper or call for a fair catch if there isn't enough space. I think our blocking, both on offense and special teams, still leaves a lot to be desired. Not sure how much of it is talent and how much is coaching.
 
BuffNut99 said:
Other special teams positives:

- CU punter Darragh O’Neill had six punts for 284 yards, a 47.3 yard average. O’Neill’s efforts places him atop the Pac-12, and 8th in the nation.
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Plus, did you know that he can punt with both feet?
 
As I posted on rivals, having a long average punt is not necessarily a good thing. Punts mean your offense failed; long punts mean your offense failed deep in their own territory. :huh:
 
Bump skiing gave Bloom the ability to make incredibly quick cuts. Or the fact that he could make incredibly quick cuts made him a great bump skier. Or something.
 
El Gringo said:
As I posted on rivals, having a long average punt is not necessarily a good thing. Punts mean your offense failed; long punts mean your offense failed deep in their own territory. :huh:
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no. you can have a gazillion punts at 43.8 yds/punt or 1 for 43.8. besides you rarely are punting for less than 40 yds of field position.
 
Fight CU said:
no. you can have a gazillion punts at 43.8 yds/punt or 1 for 43.8. besides you rarely are punting for less than 40 yds of field position.
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The CSU punter had 2 60+ yard punts and O'Neil beat his average by something like 6 yards. That tells me the CSU punter has a big leg, but didn't get to use it that often.

Here's my real point: I would rather have a 0.0 yard average per punt. humph
 
El Gringo said:
The CSU punter had 2 60+ yard punts and O'Neil beat his average by something like 6 yards. That tells me the CSU punter has a big leg, but didn't get to use it that often.

Here's my real point: I would rather have a 0.0 yard average per punt. humph
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you want all the punts to get blocked? :wow:
 
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