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2018 tOSU Special Teams Discussion

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OHIO STATE COACHES SHOW RECAP: POSITIONAL UPDATES, NEW COACHES, BREAKOUT FRESHMEN AND NEW NCAA RULES

With Urban Meyer suspended for the first three games of the season, Ryan Day and Greg Schiano filled in on Meyer's weekly coaches show on 97.1 The Fan to discuss all things Buckeye football with Paul Keels and Jim Lachey.

RYAN DAY ON THE SPECIALISTS:
  • For the most part, the specialists have to work on their own. "You have to almost self-police yourself."
  • "They seem like professionals."
GREG SCHIANO ON THE SCOUT PUNT BLOCK TEAM:
  • Calls them the "dream team."
  • We try to get our fastest players and try to make it as hard on the punt team as possible.
GREG SCHIANO ON THE NEW FAIR CATCH RULE:
  • "We don't know what to expect."
  • He said he expected more fair catches in the first couple of games.
  • Ohio State will have to be prepared for anything.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...-coaches-breakout-freshmen-and-new-ncaa-rules
 
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I notice it didn't take long for an opponent to just start fair catching every KO. That has been such a weapon for OSU that any opponent with a brain will do the same.

You didn't see the auto-FC in any other games (that I watched).

I heard one of the announcers opine the same thing I did when I heard the rule; I'd start squib kicking it.
 
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5 things learned from Ohio State’s 52-3 drubbing of Rutgers

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One of the only downsides to the game was the punt returning. This always seems to be the bugaboo for Ohio State teams. No matter who is coaching or who is receiving, this century has brought us uncertainty at what to expect on the punt return.

Last week, I called for Demario McCall to be the punt man. He had one return for 26 yards against Pac-12 OSU, and didn’t fumble (and lose) a return like C.J. Saunders did. Against Rutgers, however, McCall had two bad handles on punts. He didn’t lose them, but he came close on the first one. On both returns, McCall racked up a total of six return yards.

Saunders returned three punts for a total of 29 yards, but even he had dramatic returns. On his first, a Rutgers defender bumped into him on a fair catch. While no fault of his own, we just assume that something will not go according to plan on OSU punts. On another return, however, he was one broken tackle away from his best Ted Ginn Jr. impersonation.

Folks, fielding punts is still a problem for OSU. Hopefully, that’ll get solved sometime soon.

Entire article: https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2...reakdown-dwayne-haskins-nick-bosa-chase-young

Just sayin': It doesn't matter how good an open field runner you are; if you muff the punt you usually never get the chance to return the punt (i.e. run with the ball). Muffed punts have been a problem in both games, the coaches just need to "fix it".
 
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Rewatching the Tulane game, and there were more holding penalties than I've ever, ever seen. Two XPs, several KOs and punts--at least six total--along with an unsportmanslike conduct on Hausman.
 
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Wide receivers don’t like the new touchback rule

Redshirt senior wide receivers Parris Campbell and Johnnie Dixon interviewed together on Wednesday, and the main topic of conversation did not involve the offense.

Instead, both Dixon and Campbell discussed their distaste for a new touchback rule, allowing returners to call for a fair catch anywhere inside the 25-yard line to be ruled as a touchback, placing the ball at the 25..

Dixon said he did not want to change his game plan on returns.

“Not mine, but the coaches, I want to return everything,” Dixon said.

Before Dixon could finish, Campbell interjected, saying the new return rule “sucks.” And Dixon agreed.

“Yeah, it sucks so bad,” Dixon said. “Right now it’s like if you back up a little bit, just fair catch it … that rule is crazy.”



Entire article: https://www.thelantern.com/2018/10/football-dwayne-haskins-pays-no-attention-to-heisman-talk/
 
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COACH'S SHOW RECAP: URBAN MEYER AND KEVIN WILSON TALK THE LOSS TO PURDUE, RED ZONE STRUGGLES AND TIGHT END DEVELOPMENT

ON THE PLACE KICKERS
  • "Sean is still not cleared."
  • Sean Nuernberger is expected to be healthy next week.
  • "As of now, Blake is the starter and we'll re-evaluate that each week."
ON THE SPECIAL TEAMS
  • "That was devastating," Meyer said of Davon Hamilton's roughing the punter.
  • Meyer said overall the special teams played well against Purdue.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...ss-to-purdue-red-zone-struggles-and-tight-end
 
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Football: Ohio State special teams provides a needed boost

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The Ohio State offense knew what it was facing when going up against the Michigan State defense. With a series history full of physicality and toughness, in a game usually played in the cold of early November, the Buckeyes struggled, recording 28 yards of offense with minus-7 rushing yards on five rushes in the first quarter.

Ohio State needed a boost, and it did not seem to be coming from the special teams unit.

After recording a three-and-out on the first offensive drive of the game, redshirt sophomore punter Drue Chrisman came out, not aware of how strong the wind was, kicked a ball off the side of his foot that sailed four yards forward and 10 rows deep into the bleachers, giving the Spartans the ball at the Ohio State 35-yard line.

“I think after you have a punt like that, I don’t know where it ranks in Ohio State’s worst punts in history, but it’s definitely my worst punt,” Chrisman said. “It’s like man, I just have to ball out after this one.”

And “ball out” he did.

While the offense struggled to move the ball downfield, Chrisman and the Ohio State special teams unit continuously pinned Michigan State back, bringing an advantage to the team’s defense. Of Chrisman’s nine punts, six fell within the 20-yard line.

But he did not do it alone.

With a 4th-and-4 at the Michigan State 38-yard line, Chrisman kicked a punt a little too strong. However, redshirt senior wide receiver Terry McLaurin, on the field as a gunner, a position that many established Ohio State alums have played, raced down the field, diving to stop the ball as it entered the endzone and swiping back, allowing another player to down it at the 5-yard line.

This is the kind of mentality head coach Urban Meyer brings. No matter if you are on offense or defense, a player’s career starts at special teams.

“He calls it the gospel,” McLaurin said. “We have a big board and I want to say it has a three percent chance of opposing teams to score when they are pinned below their own five. We preach that, we believe in that.”

It’s a way that players earn respect. And that is a respect that McLaurin has earned from his head coach.

“You go back all the way to Brad Roby to Devin Smith to Denzel Ward, Gareon Conley, and I’m just telling you that, you know for the guys who cover us every day, those are the gunners we call them, and Terry’s as good as there is,” Meyer said. “Terry may have taken over the title as the best I’ve ever had, because what he’s done for our program.”

Entire article: https://www.thelantern.com/2018/11/football-ohio-state-special-teams-provides-a-needed-boost/
 
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