2nd KO Return for a TD

[El Paso Eagle]

Not the greatest angles from ESPN, but it looks like all 11 NT players were to the left of the left hash marks. When he cut back the field was wide open.

[Ben Gooding]

7 minutes ago, El Paso Eagle said:

Not the greatest angles from ESPN, but it looks like all 11 NT players were to the left of the left hash marks. When he cut back the field was wide open.

Yes, this is called not staying in your lane with discipline and closing in on the ball carrier from the appropriate angle. It's what happens in high school when KO's are busted open. Very high school-ish. 

[TheColonyEagle]

You would think that wouldn't happen by the 8th game of the season 

[Harry]

I thought the first return was the biggest one.  We were playing well and it let them right back in the game and gave them confidence.  To have that happen so early in the game is really inexcusable.  If you play to one side you have to have a safety on the weak side.  It really has been our Achilles heel in a lot of games this season.

[GMG24]

9 minutes ago, Ben Gooding said:

Yes, this is called not staying in your lane with discipline and closing in on the ball carrier from the appropriate angle. It's what happens in high school when KO's are busted open. Very high school-ish. 

Actually you aren't all the way correct.  The particular style our KO team employs is to kick to one side of the field, then squeeze all of it between hash and sideline.  You have attack guys who go to ball, and guys who run their "lanes". The outside two guys closest o hash on that particular return just squeezed too much and once he made the jump cut and bounced it was over.  I'm not a giant fan of this style, but I know why colleges use it, helps minimize ammount of grass you have to cover. 

[Ben Gooding]

Just now, GMG24 said:

Actually you aren't all the way correct.  The particular style our KO team employs is to kick to one side of the field, then squeeze all of it between hash and sideline.  You have attack guys who go to ball, and guys who run their "lanes". The outside two guys closest o hash on that particular return just squeezed too much and once he made the jump cut and bounced it was over.  I'm not a giant fan of this style, but I know why colleges use it, helps minimize ammount of grass you have to cover. 

There are still contain guys and lanes regardless of trying to pin the ball on one side or another. Our contain guys were contain-fee tonight. 

[GMG24]

5 minutes ago, Ben Gooding said:

There are still contain guys and lanes regardless of trying to pin the ball on one side or another. Our contain guys were contain-fee tonight. 

Lanes and contain are different things, but carry on my man. 

[UNT Mean Green]

11 hours ago, GMG24 said:

Actually you aren't all the way correct.  The particular style our KO team employs is to kick to one side of the field, then squeeze all of it between hash and sideline.  You have attack guys who go to ball, and guys who run their "lanes". The outside two guys closest o hash on that particular return just squeezed too much and once he made the jump cut and bounced it was over.  I'm not a giant fan of this style, but I know why colleges use it, helps minimize ammount of grass you have to cover. 

Yes.p, and if you rewatch it, we had them hemmed inside the 20yardline and just missed the tackles. Blame Biagi, all you want, but the players were in position to make the plays on both returns and missed tackles, both of which were “free shots”.

[southsideguy]

remember against UTSA another one would have been returned for a td if the guy had not step on the line.  We have a real problem on ST.

[outoftown]

19 minutes ago, UNT Mean Green said:

Yes.p, and if you rewatch it, we had them hemmed inside the 20yardline and just missed the tackles. Blame Biagi, all you want, but the players were in position to make the plays on both returns and missed tackles, both of which were “free shots”.

I remember in the preseason where there was an article out or sumsutch, whre it was said that Biagi had "the pick of the litter" to put people on special teams. Now despite last weeks performance at FAU, it has to be said that the defense knew how to wrap up for most of the game this week, Reffets folks looked much improved and like they generally know how to takle.

It follows that either:

a) Somebody lied and Biagi doesn't actually have the pick of the litter, which makes those missed takles SLs fault,

or

b) Biagi gets the choice to pick among all of the players, which makes it his fault because he clearly chooses the wrong ones or is teaching the wrong things.

 

Those are the only two options, and coverage has been bad all season.

 

Also been wondering whether Moore had a bad day kicking off yesterday. I would have thought he could kick it a bit further, maybe even through the end zone, which would have been much of a relieve here.

Edited October 29, 2017 by outoftown

[BTG_Fan1]

Moore had a brace on his knee and missed 1 or 2 KOs.. 

[southsideguy]

moore got hurt on one of the ko for a touchdown early in the game. i think it why he missed the one field goal.  Maybe the ball does not carry as well on cold night?

[UNTLifer]

I also noticed a number of running backs on our coverage unit.  Wish I had a list of the players, because I never understood putting these players in that position when they never practice tackling.

Speaking of tackling, I am worn out with the lack of wrapping players up and just trying to knock people down.  Stupid!