Western Michigan Snowflakes - Special Teams
September 4th, 2021 at 3:25 PM ^
Moody>Nordin
September 4th, 2021 at 3:26 PM ^
Excellent special teams play today.
September 5th, 2021 at 12:55 PM ^
All 3 phases looked good but SP Teams looked the best to me. Hit a longish FG from the hash, perfect on extra points, some good returns, a blocked punt that was some what questionably flagged, and aside from that no penalties. Really good stuff!
September 4th, 2021 at 3:29 PM ^
Fuck fluky injuries.
September 4th, 2021 at 3:31 PM ^
That first punt that Bell let go and landed 3 yards behind him was an incredibly dangerous play. We were very lucky it was not a turnover. It's clear the coaches want them doing that fake catch but that could really cost us down the road.
September 4th, 2021 at 3:31 PM ^
Need someone better than Kolesar to return punts. Harbaugh highlighted that #1 for pint returner is to CATCH THE BALL and I don’t recall him fielding even 1!?
September 5th, 2021 at 1:25 PM ^
Not going to downvote you, but from my perspective 3/4 the way up in the end zone, only one of those punts looked even remotely returnable. One was several yards out of bounds, from my recollection (though I'm going to watch the entire game replay on TV at some point over the next day or two to get a better look at many things).
FWIW, I'm rooting for the kid. The name "Kolesar" on the back of his jersey brings back many joyful memories!
September 4th, 2021 at 3:31 PM ^
Fergodsakes, don't ever do the Villari wildcat package on a conversion attempt ever again. Moody and Robbins were solid. Corum is electric on kick returns. Coverage units were impressively disciplined, especially for the first live action of the year
September 5th, 2021 at 10:36 AM ^
But. . . who could’ve possibly predicted Villari was gonna run?!
/s
September 4th, 2021 at 3:44 PM ^
I don't get what's up with the returner. I doubt he can break one off, but he didn't even field one and let a couple bounce pass him. I feel like they'll block some punts, they got close and the blocked field goal was refreshing. Corum was great returning, we have some explosive guys to put back there.
September 4th, 2021 at 3:49 PM ^
Between Blake Corum and Ronnie Bell, it was explosive. Now Ronnie is injured but I'll keep my fingers crossed. I didn't like running into the kicker late in the 4th quarter to keep WMU's drive alive and led to their garbage TD. That led them to a B+. Would have been an A if not for the kicker incident.
September 4th, 2021 at 4:54 PM ^
Punter deserves an Oscar.
September 4th, 2021 at 4:56 PM ^
Announcers watched the replay without even mentioning the kicker was never touched before collapsing like a international soccer star.
September 4th, 2021 at 8:50 PM ^
Special teams looked great. Obviously Ronnie Bell going down was a huge problem, but that’s no one’s fault. You just have to suck it up, move on and declare for the next man up. and hope to god he didn’t tear his ACL.
September 5th, 2021 at 8:23 AM ^
Great showing and might actually be a plus this year. Here’s to Ronnie Bell’s speedy recovery!
September 5th, 2021 at 10:48 AM ^
Hated the 2 point conversion attempt but otherwise special teams had a very solid showing.