I was telling my wife as it happened that the block punt really didn't hurt us. If he gets the punt off without the block, Minny gets the ball at midfield and runs most of the clock and scores a touchdown or field goal. The short field and the trick play gave us time to go back down field and score a touchdown. What hurt us was the blocked extra point that was returned for 2.
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Kaytron’s vision in traffic (and his toughness and soundness) are his best attributes.
I have a hoodie that says “sorry for what I said when I was docking the boat”
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After seeing all these “good” teams lose (or in the process of losing), I’ll take an ugly road win anytime.
Could have easily been 8 for 105 and a TD, but his selfless play preserved the win.
So the punter basically runs to the rusher and kicks it into him and a player on the line makes a bad decision on his blocking assignment and that's the coach's fault? He can't execute for them. Fortunately, the execution worked on the fake punt.
There does need to be some adjustments made to the FG blocking scheme because they nearly got the 26-22 kick blocked as well. Minnesota found something on tape and they exploited it pretty well.
Then why doesn't he show it? There was the one I mentioned in this game. Against OSU, if he bounces one of those runs on the 3-yard line, he scores. It just feels like the play calls for him to be in this gap and whether there's space or not, he runs to it when he just has to have a peek and a cut and he's off.
Does he not know more than anyone about ST? Why the hypocrisy? Coach always knows best?
He has showed it…his entire career…he has been a fabulous running back making something out of nothing and always falling forward - getting the extra yard…though to run when other teams have all 11 within 8 yards of line of scrimmage. And no back is perfect. But his vision n heavy traffic is excellent - one of the best ever at PSU. Have you seriously ever watched him play.
"Have you ever seriously watched him play"...why is that the f'ing default people have when they disagree with someone's observation? I don't frickin catalog every run a back has in his career. I call it as I see it in the game I'm watching. He has tremendous power to get the extra yard and he rarely ever gets dropped for a loss when he has a head of steam going forward on the play. I just feel like he could be better in certain circumstances instead of playing battering ram right into the line. You're allowed to make a cut against the grain here and there.
1999 was awful…but I even get flashbacks of 1997. That one was also awful, and even scarier than today.
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