Indiana Snowflakes: Special Teams
October 8th, 2022 at 3:49 PM ^
Henning makes it interesting with his insane athleticism and aggressiveness. I like watching him back there. Robbins played well today, and Jake đź’° did his thing, as usual.
October 8th, 2022 at 3:52 PM ^
I still kind of hold my breath when Henning fields a punt, but boy is he entertaining. And having that big play, flip the field potential is really nice.
October 8th, 2022 at 3:52 PM ^
Solid
October 8th, 2022 at 3:53 PM ^
boo blocked field goal but otherwise yay
October 8th, 2022 at 3:53 PM ^
Blocked short field goal against us followed by a blocked short field goal by us on back to back drives. How often do you see that?
October 8th, 2022 at 4:49 PM ^
What’s Happening!
October 8th, 2022 at 3:56 PM ^
Steady as a rock. Henning continues to play outstanding. Kicking game and punt coverage is excellent. They get an A.
October 8th, 2022 at 4:00 PM ^
A relative chip shot for Jake was blocked. Other than that, excellent again. Big credit to the team for blocking what would have been a go ahead field goal by IU after our blocked kick. Momentum shifting play.
October 8th, 2022 at 4:21 PM ^
Nothing spectacular and that blocked punt feels bad. But still solid.
October 8th, 2022 at 4:24 PM ^
AJ has the knack to break it open. I hope he does that against PSU and OSU where we can use them. Punting could have better better yardage and I am sure the coaches will straighten them out. But the block was awesome. Sky is the limit for ST and can't wait to see what they got for PSU.
October 8th, 2022 at 4:39 PM ^
The blocked chip shot was not good, and a few punts should have been fielded before bouncing inside of the 5.
October 8th, 2022 at 9:37 PM ^
Ditto the fielding punts. Maybe I got spoiled with Peppers, but still... hidden yards. Fielding it is one less first down the offence needs to get.
October 8th, 2022 at 6:09 PM ^
Top marks again. Blocked FG was a bummer, but we blocked one of our own. Everything else was excellent. I hope AJ houses one against PSU.
October 9th, 2022 at 8:54 AM ^
I felt it was a rather sloppy ST game for us. While Moody’s blocked FG makes this easy to say, it was a combination of this, along with Henning being inconsistent in my eyes, between his nice return and what appeared to be his muff at the end. Returning the favor with a blocked FG of our own was nice, but we also need to remember the offsides that led to an IU do-over and pinning us on our 1 vs. it sailing into the end zone as it had initially. We’re too seasoned a ST group to make these mistakes, and it worries me that they’ll surface to a larger
extent when we play better competition. With Big Ten games thus far being closer than we all imagined, I can see ST miscues being the reason we drop 1 we shouldn’t or limiting our ability to keep the pressure on someone like OSU heading into the 4th.
October 8th, 2022 at 9:33 PM ^
Didn’t notice any issues with the long snapper change. Smooth transition.
October 9th, 2022 at 11:55 AM ^
Wow, people are too easy on the special teams.
Was it a pretty good game (e.g., a nice return by Henning; excellent punting by Robbins)? Sure.
But there was a blocked FG -- that should never happen on such a short FG. More importantly, there was ridiculous fumble by Henning in the 4th quarter when all that was needed was a fair catch -- we were up 24-10, getting the ball back, and at that point the only thing you should be focused on is ball security: you don't turn the ball over, you win b/c time runs out. Instead, Henning fielded a punt under duress and quickly fumbled it; if he wouldn't have recovered it, it would have given IU at least some life.
"Entertaining" is good early in the game and/or if you need to make a play (e.g., a close game). When you are salting a game away, "safe" needs to be the operating procedure.