Kick off question

Big Bubba Ray

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Do our guys know they can fair catch on the kick off?

I mean, there was PLENTY of opportunity to not run it out of the end zone and get the ball at the 25. Surely our above the line coaches are telling them this, right?
 

BranMart

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How bout you quit being a pussy and go öööö yourself?
 

GT65_UGA89

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Oliver gets so few touches -he’s just wanting to make a play. Until the coaching staff mandates, fair catch inside the five, can’t blame the player.
 

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Do our guys know they can fair catch on the kick off?

I mean, there was PLENTY of opportunity to not run it out of the end zone and get the ball at the 25. Surely our above the line coaches are telling them this, right?
To accomplish what, exactly - giving the ball to our sorry ass offense? No thanks, I'll take the 1 in 100,000 chance that we return it for a TD - seriously, I don't care if our guy has to jump up in the stands to catch it - just run it out.
 

TechAKnee

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At least one of the kick offs to Oliver that didn’t make the end zone the ball touched the ground which eliminates a touchback.
 

77GTFan

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I would actually support trying to run one back when the offense is faltering. The percentage play is to take it at the 25. But, when you can’t get fifty yards in a half trying to see if Tobias or Juanyeh bust a long return is a risk worth taking.
 
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Do our guys know they can fair catch on the kick off?

I mean, there was PLENTY of opportunity to not run it out of the end zone and get the ball at the 25. Surely our above the line coaches are telling them this, right?
I completely agree with you. It is odd that many say, "Our offense is so bad, why not take the chance of a long runback?" My attitude is, "Our offense is so bad, we can't afford to waste any free yards." And our special teams are not very good (what happened to Juanyeh's electricity we saw so much last year? Hasn't been the same since the season-opening punt flub at Clemson), so the odds of a runback are really pretty thin.
 
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