Anyone else rewatch the blocked punt?

beatdahuskers

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Actually, Nebraska set themselves up for the blocked punt. Henry Marchese, the guy who blocked the punt, said Nebraska player came to the line and pointed to who they were blocking and nobody pointed at him so he knew he had an open lane.
 

Cornwoman

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Actually, Nebraska set themselves up for the blocked punt. Henry Marchese, the guy who blocked the punt, said Nebraska player came to the line and pointed to who they were blocking and nobody pointed at him so he knew he had an open lane.
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SeaOfRed75

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I prefer he fixes it rather than not fixing it.
He's probably just disgusted that it takes a professional making millions of dollars a year, 3-4 years to realize something that most fools like us know is important to be successful in his job.
 

HawkMachine

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So the kid that blocked it said he knew he wasn’t going to get blocked.

All the upbacks pointed out who they were going to block.

Nobody pointed at him. Lol
 

steinek11

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Actually, Nebraska set themselves up for the blocked punt. Henry Marchese, the guy who blocked the punt, said Nebraska player came to the line and pointed to who they were blocking and nobody pointed at him so he knew he had an open lane.
I don't doubt this. COACHING.
 
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I don't doubt this. COACHING.
It isn't a fluke that they keep losing close games. The same things keep happening week after week without any improvement and then they're like "but we're close". Even if you go 50% in the close games, you're still 7-5. This is why I'd prefer a coaching change.

Also, I cannot wait to hear all offseason about how much the special teams unit is improved and blahblahblah. I'll believe it when I see it.
 

SeaOfRed75

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Nebraska running a right outside zone shield with a left-footed punter in that situation is another classic Frost botched-abortion.
I had to do a double take on that. Ive never coached football a day in my life and I was thinking "isn't our punter a lefty?"" Why are our guys stronger to the right?". Good to know that's another Frosty f-up.
 

mgbreeze

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It isn't a fluke that they keep losing close games. The same things keep happening week after week without any improvement and then they're like "but we're close". Even if you go 50% in the close games, you're still 7-5. This is why I'd prefer a coaching change.

Also, I cannot wait to hear all offseason about how much the special teams unit is improved and blahblahblah. I'll believe it when I see it.
A 3-9 team is not close, I don't care how close the losses were. Another thing, there's a lot of talk about how improved we were this year, but I honestly think we were better in 2018.
 
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And……how many field goals did we miss this year?
It’s got to be at least another 20 or so points
Just looked and am stunned they weren't worse than 8 for 16 on field goals and 39-43 on PATs. "Only" 12 missed kicks this year, 1 per game average. 24 left points on missed FGs and another 4 points on PATs so 28 points lost just from field goal kicking.

I say "only" as sarcastic as possible.
 

HUSKERFAN66

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I just rewatched it and he was at the right depth. There were numerous problems. First they let the D come to them and it was too late. We always taught to block from the inside out meaning the inside man coming has the most direct line so you get him first but stepping up, not waiting for him to come to you. Then someone has to account for the outside guys. There should have been communication taking place presnap as Iowa overloaded to that side and we just stood there like frozen trees. That is coaching, pure and simple and really bad at that.
Correct. That's what we taught as well. Block the most dangerous player. But when it's 3 against 7 because noone on the line blocked anybody. ... . Pretty tough situation.
 

73 Red I

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I imagine Trev has stipulated you’ll hire a full time special teams coach in 22. Levar Woods has been incredible for us.
Riley had a full time ST coach. How did that work out? Love the en and flow of this board. Don't need to waste a ship on a long snapper, punter or kicker. Need to get a punter an kicker on ship Anyone can coach ST. Need a ST coach asap. Play the incoming freshmen and walk-ons. Let the freshmen get game experience for four games so they don't lose their red shirt. Back in 95 the starters played on ST. How come we aren't playing more starters on ST?
Lots of same posters advocating both sides. No wonder the team is confused!
 

HawkMachine

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Do the coaches make that call or the punter? He was benched after that.
The punter was benched? Lol, that’s almost comical. Wasn’t his fault.

The left tackle never touched the outside guy, went straight to the inside.

Then the left upback completely ignored him.

It’s like they thought he didn’t have enough speed to get to the punt. That or just a huge screwup on one or both blockers.
 

Bold Words

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The punter was benched? Lol, that’s almost comical. Wasn’t his fault.

The left tackle never touched the outside guy, went straight to the inside.

Then the left upback completely ignored him.

It’s like they thought he didn’t have enough speed to get to the punt. That or just a huge screwup on one or both blockers.
The "left tackle" did the same thing on the next punt too. Seemed intentional. But this time the 2nd punter took two steps to his right and then punted.
 

Wasker77

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I was just curious who **** the bed. I'm not sure what the logic is in letting a guy come up the middle untouched, but we still had the numbers to block the play. Instead, Snodgrass got fixated with the guy up the middle and let the outside guy go by without even glancing at him. Just a basic football play that we fail miserably at. I really nerded out and timed the punter, seems like he wasn't slow as some have suggested. Every game we lose its the easy fundamentals that kill us.
Snodgrass took a step to his right when he should have stepped to his left and he would have blocked the player who blocked the punt. Another brain dead move.
 

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The guy from StarTrek and Reading Rainbow? It wood make sense since he’s blind

 

Laner2

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Great. In year 5, Frost comes to the conclusion that special teams matter.
This. What has happened in the last four years that led SF to believe that one third of his program could be ignored?

The only, ONLY, compensation is that he has had his nose rubbed into his bad judgment in the most public way.

If he wins out next season and then goes on to a stellar career as NU's head coach, he will still carry the stink of his first four years of arrogance.
 

3pointdog

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You forced me to go back and watch it again. He was 15 yards deep, standard depth. Just terrible blocking.
I didn’t go rewatch it, but during live play I remarked how much time our punter seemed to take. Just like an O-lineman, it looked like he was in concrete shoes.
 

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Only reason Iowa is 10-2 this season is special teams. Kickoff returns, punt returns, blocked punts: 18/21 fgs, numerous times teams are pinned down inside the 5. It’s a huge factor that bad teams overlook.

Plus leading the nation in take always doesn’t hurt either. Nebraska defense on the other hand dropped multiple interceptions and our fumble recovery was caused by the Iowa player running into his own guy. Chins plays a soft defense that is never going to cause turnovers.