Spring Practice: Special Teams - Page 2 - ScarletBuckeye

hollis · 01-19-2012, 07:18 PM

I'm happy with Basil's progress on FGs. Buchanan was solid all year too. Coverage and protection teams need help though.

OSUBasketballJunkie · 01-19-2012, 07:45 PM

Coach Meyer will be handling special teams............I am expecting vast improvement in this area.............

Bucknut502 · 01-19-2012, 08:15 PM

Special Teams will be so much fun to watch under Meyer, especially kickoff.

I saw two games live when he was at Florida when they played Kentucky. Randall Cobb is FAST and he barely got past the 10 yard line every time.

Their coverage team would all line up from the sideline to the far hash, only covering 2/3 of the field and their kicker would direct kick it to the side with all of the coverage. The return man always thought he could get around to the wide side where nobody was but was never successful.

i remember looking up to see how TG2 housed one on them and noticed that their formation was traditional then and they kicked it straight down the middle of the field.

Arapahoe · 01-19-2012, 08:42 PM

I know Meyer's ST units always blocked a lot of punts... does anyone know what kind of success they had in returning kicks and punts?

OSUBasketballJunkie · 04-15-2012, 12:06 AM

ozone.net

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Projected Spring Depth Chart: Special Teams
By Brandon Castel

COLUMBUS, Ohio — If you think Urban Meyer is only concerned with offense, you haven’t spent a day watching Ohio State practice this spring.

The Buckeyes’ new head coach is very much involved with everything Tom Herman and Ed Warinner are trying to implement offensively, but Meyer also has a second love—or maybe first love, depending how you look at it.

He seems to have a extra twinkle in his eye when the Buckeyes start practice special teams, especially the punt and punt block plays. Wide receivers coach Zach Smith is also heavily involved with the special teams.

Here is a brief preview of what Ohio State’s two-deep looks like this spring in the third phase of the game.

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