Scholarship LS for fakes?
I, like the rest of you, was wondering why Hoke would give a scholarship to an LS this early in the recruiting cycle. It doesn't seem to make a lot of sense. Then I considered something that we saw a lot of last year: Fake Field Goals. Michigan attempted three fake field goals (and converted all of them), and I believe a couple of fake punts, though I can't find the instances.
Anyhow, it occurs to me that one of our new long snapper's highest rated attributes was his blocking. He gets out of his stance and into his block very quickly, they say, and blocks effectively. I'm thinking that Hoke is planning to make the fake kick an even bigger part of the game and wants a very good long snapper to make sure it works.
Your thoughts on this possibility?
Plus, we all know what can happen if a long snap is even a little off the mark.
Edit: I don't suppose that the Mathlete or another of our statistics savvy posters could look into their records and see what an agressive fake kick is good for in points over the course of a season?
I was a snapper in HS. With the struggles our kicking game has faced, having a kid who is not only spot on accurate, but also delivers a very catchable/very fast snap...this eliminates a good margine of error. Not to mention if he's 6'1" and 230..assuming he WILL work out and put on some solid muscle mass, he could easily be 270 in a couple seasons. Speed at that position getting downfield for coverage is as valuable as solid blocking...could be some upside to this behind the obvious 'holes' we need to fill. Just my thoughts on it.
Have we had struggles in our kicking game? Outside of our kickers simply missing?
he can throw the ball a 100 yards too! Probably be the only LS in history to win the Heisman. Wonder what we would think about BH's decision then. Who knows how things are going to turn out. Stop complaining already and go grab a couple of brews.
This is ridiculous, I thought I was aggrevated before I watched his film, now I am amazed!! His snaps are not spot on, he DOES NOT BLOCK, and he does not cover kicks well. I am very suprised. He better grow a sack if he is going to block on the big boy level because every snap on a FG he gets pancaked!!! WOW!