Kick Off Following ISU's 14 point Score at OSU

[SCarolinaCy]

I have never seen an ISU team drop kick a kickoff. Any team, actually.

Almost successful, although it seems to me to be a very dicey alternative to the straight away kick.

Anyone have any Paul Harvey's "rest of the story"?

 

[clone4life82]

I thought I saw some team do a successful onside kick the week before and kick it with the same spin that that drop kick had. Wondering if the staff saw that and thought to give it a shot. After it happened I was thinking they should be trying that more often. I think the other team started at About their own 30 so it’s not like it gave the team really good field position

 

[SCarolinaCy]

I thought I saw some team do a successful onside kick the week before and kick it with the same spin that that drop kick had. Wondering if the staff saw that and thought to give it a shot. After it happened I was thinking they should be trying that more often. I think the other team started at About their own 30 so it’s not like it gave the team really good field position

I have always thought a pooch kick should be in the kickoff "mix". Targeted toward the ~25 yard sideline away from a receiver. With a backward spin the ball if not caught, would settle in for a possible recovery. Would eliminate long run back.

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

It was fun to watch.

 

[CyGuy5]

I thought it was a pretty good idea and decent execution. It almost worked and it’s not like it gave them great field position

 

[CySmurf]

It made my heart jump...much like a defibrillator would. ❤❤

 

[VeloClone]

Maybe the coaches will give Corey a chance to drop kick an extra point late in the game tomorrow. I would love to see it.

In high school we had a kid whose grandpa had taught him to drop kick. The coaches kept saying if we were involved in a blow out they would let him do it in a game. They didn't say that we would have to be on the top side of the blow out and we weren't very good so we never got to see it in a game.

 

[Clonefan32]

I have always thought a pooch kick should be in the kickoff "mix". Targeted toward the ~25 yard sideline away from a receiver. With a backward spin the ball if not caught, would settle in for a possible recovery. Would eliminate long run back.

Granted any D1 football player has a much higher football proficiency than me, I often found myself as the "upback" on kickoffs and was always terrified they'd pooch one to me. I wanted no part of that ****.

 

[JM4CY]

CMC trusts the defense, as he should. Might be likely then we see it again.

 

[VeloClone]

This probably belongs in this thread...

 

[VeloClone]

Apparently Michael Dickson has at least 3 of them in the NFL. The last of these three after their kicker went down with an injury.







Of course another Aussie.

 

[SCarolinaCy]

Granted any D1 football player has a much higher football proficiency than me, I often found myself as the "upback" on kickoffs and was always terrified they'd pooch one to me. I wanted no part of that ****.

SO, you are saying this WOULD be a good strategy for the kicking team?

 

[Clonefan32]

SO, you are saying this WOULD be a good strategy for the kicking team?

Again, I'd like to think a D1 football player would not be both scared of having to catch the ball and being tackled as I apparently was. But if they happen to be, sounds like a great idea.

 

[SCarolinaCy]

Maybe the coaches will give Corey a chance to drop kick an extra point late in the game tomorrow. I would love to see it.

In high school we had a kid whose grandpa had taught him to drop kick. The coaches kept saying if we were involved in a blow out they would let him do it in a game. They didn't say that we would have to be on the top side of the blow out and we weren't very good so we never got to see it in a game.

I remember as a kid practicing (messin' around) drop kicks for FG's

 

[Cyforce]

Years ago I remember watching a piece on a sportcenter type show which discussed the different rules that come into play on a drop kick. For instance if a punting team catches a drop kick they are awarded the ball and allowed to advance just as if the drop kicker had thrown a forward pass.

 

[khardbored]

Years ago I remember watching a piece on a sportcenter type show which discussed the different rules that come into play on a drop kick. For instance if a punting team catches a drop kick they are awarded the ball and allowed to advance just as if the drop kicker had thrown a forward pass.

Is that NFL only, or NFL and college?

 

[clone4life82]

SO, you are saying this WOULD be a good strategy for the kicking team?

Cue the waterboy gif of the kickoff and the kicker saying, “there’s my *****.”

 

[DeereClone]

I liked the call. I thought it left us with a decent chance of recovery, caught OSU off guard, and didn’t leave them with too short of a field.

 

[Cyforce]

Is that NFL only, or NFL and college?

It's been forever, I don’t remember.

 

[CyCloned]

That was fun, really bounced off one of their guys great, and ISU had a pretty decent chance of getting to the ball.