Logan Cooke

[notoriousD_O_G]

Deserves a lot of credit for last night. Controlling the field position kept us in the game.

 

[The Fatboy]

He is going to be kicking it on Sunday's somewhere

 

[Lawdawg.sixpack]

His last punt (from about their 42) was the only bad one. Great game for him though. He was a difference maker.

On the last one, I don't understand why, when we are pooch punting like that, why do you not angle it toward the corner and do the same thing? Then, you have 2 chances to down it - whether your guy can catch it (which is what we try to do in the middle of the field) OR if it's too far, maybe it goes out in the coffin corner.

 

[bruiser.sixpack]

I think that has a lot to do with the pooch punting style that has come on the scene over the last several years. The dropping th ball so that you hit it where is sails end over end like a place kick rather than the old turn it over spiral punts that they tried to get to hit point first and back up.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Whatever happened to coffin corner punters?

 

[patdog]

I think pretty much everyone has decided punters are more accurate hitting the ball at the 5 than they are angling it out of bounds. Worst case this way is ball on the 20. Miss the angle the wrong way & you may give them the ball on the 25 or 30.

 

[Bulldogg31]

The wind was blowing pretty well from the M Club to the student section. Several punts sailed on both teams punting that direction. Both teams misplayed punts on that end and almost dropped them. Cooke's punt sailed on him into the end zone. Same with Fitz's last pass. The ball was really traveling going that direction.

 

[Dawg1979]

the real question is, why not go for it on 4th and 2?

 

[missouridawg]

I wish Mullen would’ve accepted the offsides when we made he FG to go up 7 inside their 20. Would’ve been 4th and inches and we were running the ball just fine. Could’ve worked more clock and potentially got 7.

 

[Lawdawg.sixpack]

Yeah, felt like we were playing not to lose with that call. If you don't get it, though, you give them a short field needing only a FG for the win. Of course, if you punt it into the end zone, you gain little anyway...

I'd rather let our offense basically try to win the game on that play.

 

[MSUDC11]

Hindsight is 20/20 but I thought punting was the right call. It was 4th and 3, not 4th and inches.

 

[Dawgzilla]

No, the penalty would have been half the distance to the goal, not 5 yards. McElroy and the other guy were idiots all night, and that was just one example. The penalty would have put the ball at the 3-and-a-half yardline, making it 4th and 2 and a half. Not a terrible gamble to go for it, but I think you just take the points there, particularly with the lead. If the penalty did make it 4th and 1, I would agree with you that we should go for it.