New kickoff rule will help WVU

[Cuyahoga Falls Eers]

Fair catch inside the 25 and you get the ball on the 25 no matter where you catch it.

TD kickoff returns may be a thing of the past. Why risk it when you get it on the 25?

WVU rarely gets past the 25 anyway so this rule is a gift to the Mountaineers.

 

[Rootmaster]

Then why tackle? block? throw passes more than five yards? punt? return a punt? etc. Your logic is again childish...but expected.

 

[KeatonsCorner]

“WVU rarely gets past the 25”


Things that aren’t actually true

 

[steeleer]

A “no punt return”rule would help WVU immensely. We have mostly sucked at it for the past 10 years.

Tavon would be the exception.

 

[The Bell Tolls for Thee]

If true, this could really help teams with poor coverage teams like WVU has had in the past and hurt teams with dangerous return guys. Just kick a sky ball to around the 25 and give your coverage team a better chance to contain or force a fair catch.

 

[KeatonsCorner]

WVU averaged 24.5 yards per kickoff return last season.....

Simms, who fielded 31/40 of those kickoffs, averaged over 26 yards


Even if our players fielded the kick at the 1 inch line....... we made it, on average, to the 25


great thread

 

[Cuyahoga Falls Eers]

WVU averaged 24.5 yards per kickoff return last season.....

Simms, who fielded 31/40 of those kickoffs, averaged over 26 yards


Even if our players fielded the kick at the 1 inch line....... we made it, on average, to the 25


great thread

SO IF WE FAIR CATCH EVERY KICKOFF WE'LL AVERAGE A HALF-YARD BETTER?

 

[KeatonsCorner]

You just admitted you don’t watch kickoffs apparently.... congrats

Assuming every catch is fielded in or at the goal line, are we? tisk tisk tisk... such amateur mistake by a “paid sports expert”

If WVU field the kick in the field of play, it averages more than the 25 yard line

Not to mention that when Marcus Simms fields it, WVU gets on average over 26 yards.....

 

[WVUALLEN]

So the next thing will be no punts. Put the ball at the 25. Then perhaps no passing rule because receivers are at a disadvantage. Only allowed to run. Then it will be to much a risk on RB / QB or any hitting. Let's put a flag in their pockets. The flag gets pulled you are tackled. Touching the body at all will result in the ball being moved back to the 25 yard line. Toddler football can be fun.

 

[KeatonsCorner]

So the next thing will be no punts. Put the ball at the 25. Then perhaps no passing rule because receivers are at a disadvantage. Only allowed to run. Then it will be to much a risk on RB / QB or any hitting. Let's put a flag in their pockets. The flag gets pulled you are tackled. Touching the body at all will result in the ball being moved back to the 25 yard line. Toddler football can be fun.

This false fear needs to stop...


They are trying to control the single most violent play in the game, that’s all

 

[Rootmaster]

They are trying to control the single most violent play in the game, that’s all

LOL...just like "they" are trying to control every other aspect of our lives.

 

[KeatonsCorner]

LOL...just like "they" are trying to control every other aspect of our lives.

tin foil arrived....

 

[Rootmaster]

tin foil arrived....

Kind of like Russian collusion.

 

[steeleer]

This false fear needs to stop...


They are trying to control the single most violent play in the game, that’s all

The punt return might be even worse. At least the KR has a chance to see what’s ahead before the other team is on him. A PR usually has about 0.1 sec to decide if he is ready to get blown up or not.

I think 5 years from now we see both get legislated out.

 

[Rootmaster]

I think 5 years from now we see both get legislated out.

Sadly I think you are correct. Tee-ball football is on the way...that'll pack 'em in the stands.

 

[EERs 3:16]

WVU rarely stops anyone before the 25 anyway so this rule is a gift to the Mountaineer


I fixed it for you

 

[KeatonsCorner]

Sadly I think you are correct. Tee-ball football is on the way...that'll pack 'em in the stands.

No one goes to games for kickoffs and punts

 

[Rootmaster]

No one goes to games for kickoffs and punts

Of course not, they go for beer and tail gate parties. Who cares about the game right Keaton?

 

[WVUALLEN]

Fair catch inside the 25 and you get the ball on the 25 no matter where you catch it.

TD kickoff returns may be a thing of the past. Why risk it when you get it on the 25?

WVU rarely gets past the 25 anyway so this rule is a gift to the Mountaineers.

WVU ranked 15th last year in kickoff returns last year with an avg of 24.33
They ranked 43 in Kickoff return defense with 19.64 avg.

Only 7 teams averaged 25 yards and up in Kickoff returns last year.

 

[KeatonsCorner]

Of course not, they go for beer and tail gate parties. Who cares about the game right Keaton?

The game is still the same after this rule change

 

[Rootmaster]

The game is still the same after this rule change

And how would "Basketball is King(or Queen)" know? lol