Punting Plan
Here's a more in-depth look at why USC had several short punts out of bounds in last week's game against Utah.
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Here's a more in-depth look at why USC had several short punts out of bounds in last week's game against Utah.
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Look at Wolf backtracking from his previous comments about how bad SC's punting was. What a douche...
STOP POSTING UNDER MY HANDLE YOU FRAUD !!!!!!!!!
Wolf still did not exlain it very well. Of 120 DI teams, the median net punt (punt-return) avg. is 36.7 yds. In the 4th quarter last week, USC punted 4 times(too many times!), downing one punt on the 5, and with three going OOB. There were no returns. The net ave. of those 4 punts was 33.5 yds...just below USC's seasonal net of 34.2 yds, and about 3 yds below the national mean of 36.7. For this, USC minimized the risk of a game-changing return.
Obviously, field position, strategy, and coverage are important factors in determining net punting. It's not all about kicking it as far as you can every time. Certainly one could disagree with USC's punting strategy. The straight-shooter would be to say "I disagree with kicking it OOB. USC should kick it to the returner instead." Or one could avoid offering an opinion altogether...and simply ridicule the kicks as "near-shanks" which "might-backfire"...as if there are coaching strategies in existence which never backfire.
Simply put, a game breaking punt return would be a killer. In this case, it makes sense to keep the opponent deep in his red zone than ours!
I thought the punting was awesome and was confused when Scott was so against it. Can't punting be strategic?