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2018 tOSU Special Teams Discussion

I wish somebody would ball the fuck out on punt returns at some point again in my lifetime.

Seems like it's all they can do to catch them and not go backwards.

There is only one Teddy Ginn but damn, OSU recruits some serious athletes. What the hell has happened here?

Lost art? Not done as much in HS?
Gotta be some natural ability to catch the kickoff while simultaneously feeling/sensing defenders.
Hester wasn't that long ago... but now seems rare across the entire sport.
 
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JIM TRESSEL CALLS DRUE CHRISMAN'S PERFORMANCE A “GAME-CHANGER” AND DISCUSSES PUNTING IN DEPTH

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While Jim Tressel coached Ohio State, punters’ collegiate careers blossomed.

B.J. Sander won the Ray Guy Award in 2003, his only season as punter. He had replaced Andy Groom, an All-American on Ohio State’s national championship-winning 2002 team. Kyle Turano uncorked a 71-yard punt against Michigan in 2004.

From 2005 to 2008, A.J. Trapasso booted balls. In 2006, he won the Mosi Tatupu Award, which was given to the special teams player of the year. Jon Thoma and Ben Buchanan – a finalist for the Jesse Owens Medal of Honor when he eventually graduated – rounded out the punters during Tressel’s 10-year run as Ohio State’s head coach.

Though he coached a number of highly regarded punters, he doesn’t remember any of them having quite the game-controlling performance of Drue Chrisman that boosted the Buckeyes to a 26-6 win against Michigan State on Saturday.

“I don't think we ever had a game where we had five of them inside the 6,” Tressel told Eleven Warriors.

Chrisman, Ohio State’s second-year starting punter who was named a Ray Guy Award semifinalist on Thursday, did just that. His six final punts of the game, all of which came in the second half, were downed inside the 6-yard line. He tied his career high with nine punts for an average of 37.8 yards, despite beginning the game with a four-yard shank into the stands.

Ohio State’s offense battled freezing, windy conditions and struggled to get into a rhythm against the nation’s best run defense. The Buckeyes needed Chrisman, and he came through.

“That's a game-changer,” Tressel said. “On a bad night? Oh, man. Bad afternoon? That's hard to overcome for an offense.”

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...formance-a-game-changer-and-discusses-punting
 
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