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2026 tOSU Special Teams Discussion

Zem
1926Buckeyes said:
I agree, but it’s also much more difficult to maintain elite ST performance than people are letting on. Tressel started out with an all time duo in Nugent and Groom, then slightly downgraded Sanders and then Huston. He had good Ps and Ks players after that, but no All Americans.

Here are the last 24 years of kickers:

Nugent (01-04) 82% (7-9 40-49, 5-6 50+) only found 04 splits, but he did have 8 career 50 yard FGs
Huston (05) 79% (5-8 40-49, 0-2 50+)
Pretorius (06-08) 77% (6-9 40-49, 3-5 50+)
Pettrey (06-09) 74% (12-13 40-49, 6-10 50+)
Barclay (09-10) 79% (4-7 40-49, 0-1 50+)
Basil (10-13) 78% (7-10 40-49, 1-5 50+)
Willoughby (15) 63% (0-3 40-49, 0-0 50+)
Durbin (16) - 77% (2-5 40-49, 0-0 50+)
Nuerenberger (14-18) 72% (6-15 40-49, 0-0 50+)
Haubeil (18-20) 80% (7-9 40-49, 1-1 50+)
Ruggles (21-22) 90% (11-11 40-49, 0-2 50+)
Fielding (23-25) 79% (15-20 40-49, 0-3 50+)

I was shocked to see Ruggles hit 100% from 40-49 and Fielding have more 40 yard FGs than everyone but, I assume, Nugent.

They can and should do better, but OSU has had 3 kickers that were >50% from 50+ in the last 25 years. If they find someone who hits >80% total and >65% from 50, it’d be the first time since Nugent, and probably only the 2nd time in school history. It’s not that they shouldn’t try, but this isn’t something that OSU had until recently and then stopped caring.

Also, this is still college. Tate Sandell won the Groza making 23-24 kicks, 8-9 from 50+, and 4 from 55+. The poor sob then went 1-3 against Bama, missing a 36 yarder and his first 50 yard miss of the season. It’s going to be hard to find a college kicker that’s a machine.
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As many here I'm sure remember, Tressel's kicker at YSU, Jeff Wilkins (49'ers, Eagles, Rams), spearheaded a training camp for kickers that Nugent attended, iirc. (It's a little hazy, but I'm pretty sure it was Wilkins' camp.) That was allegedly a main factor in his development. Don't know what happened to that camp. I wonder if Wilkins has ever been offered a coaching spot at OSU.
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LS Dalton Riggs (Official Thread)

BB73
Captain Buckeye said:
Just need a kicker with a last name of Murtaugh.

Glad he’s here but his name is the kind of name in 1st grade you were jealous of.

Like damn I got Kyle and this dude is named Dalton Riggs?
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Picturing a cross between “Road House” and “Lethal Weapon” characters?
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2026 tOSU Offense Discussion

Captain Buckeye
Jaxbuck said:
Come on.

You’ve never seen a team steal a possession at the half? By holding the ball and running out the clock at the end of the game?

You can’t get more than 1-2 edge but you can absolutely choke away the opportunities for the opponent with an efficient offense.

That said, it’s more of a per play edge that does it but given the trainwreck this has turned into I’m trying to keep it as simple as I can.
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We got 9 months man let’s keep this train wreck going!
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2026 tOSU Offense Discussion

BB73
Jaxbuck said:
Come on.

You’ve never seen a team steal a possession at the half? By holding the ball and running out the clock at the end of the game?

You can’t get more than 1-2 edge but you can absolutely choke away the opportunities for the opponent with an efficient offense.

That said, it’s more of a per play edge that does it but given the trainwreck this has turned into I’m trying to keep it as simple as I can.
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If you get the ball first and end the half with the ball, you get +1 in that half.

But in the other half the other team gets the ball first and the best you can do it make the number even (barring an onside kick).

So I just don’t see the 2-possession difference,
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2026 tOSU Offense Discussion

Jaxbuck
Captain Buckeye said:
I had a coach like you once lol… it was never the scheme or the play call. It was just a lack of execution.

Any rate, I don’t mean to bother but I’m going to settle in the middle.

Yes we need to execute but we absolutely need to be more explosive and work in some different speeds. We have to be able to do it all. You can’t just do the same thing because if you need to be explosive or faster tempo then it’s something you’re not comfortable doing.
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You can settle wherever you want to.

:lol:
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2026 tOSU Offense Discussion

Jaxbuck
BB73 said:
If Team A kicks off in the first half, and Team B kicks off the second, how does 1 team get 2 more possessions? Even a fumbled kickoff is a possession. An onside kick can steal a possession, but that’s really it.

Sorry, but I’m failing to see how Indiana has 12 possession to tOSU ‘s 10 (or 10 vs. 8), but if they speed up each team gets 12 possessions.
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Come on.

You’ve never seen a team steal a possession at the half? By holding the ball and running out the clock at the end of the game?

You can’t get more than 1-2 edge but you can absolutely choke away the opportunities for the opponent with an efficient offense.

That said, it’s more of a per play edge that does it but given the trainwreck this has turned into I’m trying to keep it as simple as I can.
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2026 tOSU Offense Discussion

Captain Buckeye
Jaxbuck said:
We went into each game with the better team. You aren’t going to change your approach pre game. The process would have worked with better execution.

That is what started this complete waste of my time. You have to execute.

The reason we lost wasn’t the fucking approach. It was a lack of execution.You are continuing to conflate the results you didn’t like with the approach.
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I had a coach like you once lol… it was never the scheme or the play call. It was always just a lack of execution. I always took that like he was blaming the players. Maybe the lack of execution or efficiency is because we do the same things? Maybe we could stand to be more explosive and have different speeds? I shouldn’t even say Maybe because it’s more that I know it would help.

Any rate, I don’t mean to bother but I’m going to settle in the middle.

Yes we need to execute but we absolutely need to be more explosive and work in some different speeds. We have to be able to do it all. You can’t just do the same thing because if you need to be explosive or faster tempo then it’s something you’re not comfortable doing.
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