Andrew David is 3rd on the depth chart
While I'm not going to give away the full bit on the kicking situation that was posted on Scout, I will say that Andrew David is 3rd on the depth chart.
Kind of disappointing and worrying. Especially since the staff passed on Quinn Nordin.
That's all I really can post without giving away the full bit of information on who will be the kicker.
August 30th, 2015 at 12:23 PM ^
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August 30th, 2015 at 12:29 PM ^
I felt that Andrew David's spot on the depth chart is only part of the kicker news so I decided to leave out the real bit of information which is the guy(s) it may be down to.
August 30th, 2015 at 12:58 PM ^
TJ Wheatley? His little brother kicks PATs at Pioneer.
August 30th, 2015 at 1:03 PM ^
That would certainly be an interesting story to say the very least. He's a 2016 guy, so who knows?
August 30th, 2015 at 3:49 PM ^
while we are discussing irrelevant depth chart placement, can someone tell me who the 7th string running back is?
August 30th, 2015 at 9:16 PM ^
Nope.
August 30th, 2015 at 12:25 PM ^
Each Harbaugh drive will take a full 60 minutes as it grinds the opponenet into a fine-powdered dust.
We won't need no stinkin' kicker.
August 30th, 2015 at 12:59 PM ^
August 30th, 2015 at 1:14 PM ^
No half time.
This is work.
August 30th, 2015 at 4:14 PM ^
In grade school, I played Mattel Football everyday with my best friend. That is, until we got so good at it, that each of us could almost surely score on a single play, or take the whole half evading defenders to score. 70-63 shootouts became 7-7 ties. A possession equaled a touchdown.
Unless an unsuspecting outsider played. One of us would let them go first, and whether or not they scored, they'd never see the ball again. Victory 14-7 or 14-0.
August 30th, 2015 at 5:19 PM ^
August 30th, 2015 at 1:00 PM ^
So it's going to be a 7-0 game at the end with only 1 full drive? Probably not very entertaining but I'm fine with winning that way.
August 30th, 2015 at 1:14 PM ^
6-0. Every game.
We don't need no stinkin' kicker.
August 30th, 2015 at 1:29 PM ^
Choreographed to cross into the endzone at exactly zero? Or can they defy the laws of halftime and still get stuffed on a two point conversion?
August 30th, 2015 at 1:27 PM ^
I don't care if we win 2-0.
They don't ask how, just how many.
August 30th, 2015 at 8:13 PM ^
August 30th, 2015 at 12:24 PM ^
...not so fast with respect to Nordin.
August 30th, 2015 at 12:27 PM ^
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August 30th, 2015 at 1:16 PM ^
August 30th, 2015 at 12:26 PM ^
August 30th, 2015 at 5:19 PM ^
I don't remember there being a kicking game in 2010.
August 30th, 2015 at 12:29 PM ^
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August 30th, 2015 at 12:32 PM ^
Another one coming later.
August 30th, 2015 at 12:33 PM ^
August 30th, 2015 at 12:50 PM ^
Some you you need to lighten up.
August 30th, 2015 at 1:24 PM ^
This is just that time of year when, how do I say this delicately, certain posters turn their various half-baked thoughts into threads at an impressive clip.
People bemoaned the loss of OT season, but it's not like there aren't 25 threads a day where people talk about who they think will be X, who isn't good enough to be Y and they just start flame wars.
Kicker may well be the most fluid position on any football team; the fact a guy is sitting somewhere on August 30th is kind of irrelevant, and this thread just feels like a bit of a slag at David for whatever reason.
August 30th, 2015 at 1:55 PM ^
but at the same time, seems like folks take some of this much more personally or seriously than they should. Bitching and moaning from behind a keyboard on a Sunday morning about such a post, or worse....issuing a downvote (ooohhh, scary...) because of it seems to be a bit of an overreaction, imo.
August 30th, 2015 at 1:57 PM ^
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August 30th, 2015 at 2:06 PM ^
But I agree with the rest...
David wasn't at the scrimmage - I assume he's hurt or something disciplinary - but I wasn't expecting him to start. I think that's WD's point. He was just confirming what was already speculated (that he's not going to start) during and immeidately after the scrimmage.
I give WD the benefit of the doubt on this, because to me, it just seems like he was trying to confirm something rather than share inside information.
Same if this thread was about Wheatley not playing or something - we kind of already know that, but nothing was confirmed.
August 30th, 2015 at 3:12 PM ^
Thank you.
August 30th, 2015 at 6:48 PM ^
I don't disagree that the bulk of the post was pure information, but what bothered me was this statement thrown in:
Kind of disappointing and worrying. Especially since the staff passed on Quinn Nordin.
It just feels like an unnecessary comment, insinuating that David may not pan out and that UM should still be going after another kicker. Maybe I'm overreacting, but WD has a reputation around here of sometimes taking extreme positions, and I'm a bit defensive about people calling out players after what has happened in years past regarding Lewan, Gardner, and Funchess, amongst many others.
August 30th, 2015 at 8:48 PM ^
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August 30th, 2015 at 1:02 PM ^
What gets deleted. Copy and pastes of any premium content, even small sections that would be fair use of publicly available information. Posts that talk about premium content and do not link to the original source. Posts that relate every detail. And some posts that don't rise to the "this will be reposted in twelve seconds" standard.
However, he has never answered my question as to why he photoshopped the Brandon email. An email which allegedly was sent just minutes after a Michigan road victory, from an alleged Michigan office account.
August 30th, 2015 at 12:31 PM ^
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August 30th, 2015 at 12:40 PM ^
Did you ever think that this may be a motivational tactic for Harbaugh? I'm sure he would have done this with Shane Morris as well, and Shane might actually be worth a damn as a QB now.
Kicker is the second most important position on the field after QB. Kind of important to make sure they are trained correctly.
August 30th, 2015 at 12:51 PM ^
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August 30th, 2015 at 2:07 PM ^
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August 30th, 2015 at 7:12 PM ^
August 30th, 2015 at 8:17 PM ^
A bad center can take more points off the board than a good kicker can put on.
August 30th, 2015 at 8:29 PM ^
You know who puts more points on the board than a kicker? The offense. And you know who the only guy is who touches the ball on every offensive play? The center.
If kickers were so important, the NFL wouldn't draft them late or just wait for UDFA time.
August 30th, 2015 at 7:29 PM ^
FSU would disagree with you
I've been surpised we've had no kicker threads all summer - after all wearing Nike is far more important than a guy who can regularly give you 3 pts from 42 yards out.
August 30th, 2015 at 12:42 PM ^
start assuming the worst. David is a true freshman and no matter how much talent somebody has it takes time to get comfortable, at least mentally, performing on a much larger stage and a big part of kicking is the mental side of it. Seychel and Allen were also pretty highly thought of coming in, Seychel in particular was mentioned as having NFL potential.
August 30th, 2015 at 12:43 PM ^
Is it really concerning that they'd like to try to save his redshirt?
August 30th, 2015 at 12:57 PM ^
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August 30th, 2015 at 2:28 PM ^
there's an open job. True freshmen are usually ready to contribute as specialists. It's not like time in the S&C program is a prerequisite.
August 30th, 2015 at 12:44 PM ^
double post