Shaggy is under the bus.....
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He ought to get hypnotized so he can block out all the external distractions. Focus Shaggy, focus!!
He's money from 5 yards on in. We just have to fill in that small gap in coverage. Let's call Shaggy our short-yardage specialist.
How far out was that kick against Mizzou to win the North? Wasn't much more than a PAT was it?
Is he? It seems like he isnt but I cant recall a specific instance.
The guy is not good and thus our kicking game is not good. Our red zone offense is not good and we can't score touchdowns. I don't see these two issues as different problems. Both are killing us and both need a lot of improvement. I have to give the coaches enough credit that if there were a better option than Shaggy, we would have seen it. The other problem is a lot more difficult than one person.
I don't think that counted..... he never actually kicked it. He pulled up from the kicking stroke and never made contact.
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While Ames talks of the bus, over in Lincoln, time marches slowly:
Who is the greatest college football coach of all time? Ashley Russell
10/23 11:53 AMby SCHUSKER
Recruit Update..........
Roz 10/23 11:50 AM by allball78
Callahan 10/23 11:40 AM by IM4NUalways
Jonas Gray update 10:40 p.m. - Decision made John Talman 10/23 11:32 AM
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D.J. Woods exploring options John Talman 10/23 10:40 AM by Nextel Husker
Sean Callahan 10/23 9:09 AM by HuskerPilot Press Conference ?
shawnmunn 10/23 11:59 AM by shawnmunn
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Anybody else think our backfield is better with Helu-Castillle? husker shoe
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Is it possible Bizarro 10/23 11:59 AM by Bizarro
Irish Reilly... huskerguru 10/23 11:58 AM by HuskerAztec
Honestly after all that BC and Coz have done to ruin our program 712 Husker
10/23 11:57 AM by Wids
What commitment is the most important to this class?
BHein da huskers 10/23 11:57 AMby HuskerNate79
IS BC now stopped coaching? Is he spending all his time negotiating
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shouldn’t Ganz be given a shot?
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Honestly, how patient are you going to be with a new staff? Clevinger10/23 11:49 AMby huskereb
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Anyone remember 1976 when Earle Bruce advertised in the Daily for a kicker to kickoff because our kickoff kicker couldn't get it to the 10 (and that's when kickoffs were from the 40).
If I remember correctly, it was a 25 yard field goal right in the middle of the field.
Our kicking game is just another area Mac left us weak. Obviously we need a kicker, get a great kicker in here and give him what he wants. I'm tired of going for it on 4th down between the 20-30 markers. We should of been up by at least 13 at half last week.
I've said it before, you can blame Mac for the kicking if you want to but Chizik brought in ZERO kickers in his recruiting class so he accepted what we already had. He could have adressed the problem if he wanted to but didn't. Let's not turn this into another "this is the mess Mac left us" thread ok? Ultimately our woes on offense are greater than our kicking problem when you look at the big picture.
Well big picture I think that a kicker is much more important. Yes, if we could get it done in the red zone then it wouldn't be a worry, but we can't. So you have two issues - a kicker is one person, while the entire offense is at least 10+. So relative to the change that one person can make, and therefore which requires more attention, doesn't it make sense to worry about the kicker a lot? Yes, both need to get fixed. But the solution is easier for one than the other.
Story on another chatsite saying we were going to have a guy in (JC) but he had some greencard problems. Sounds like he may join us for next year. If he has greencard problems that means hes a ferner and all the best kickers are ferners.
Because someone's gotta kick the extra point after scoring the easy TD inside the redzone :wink:
