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2023 tOSU Special Teams

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Quick Hits: Mickey Marotti Discusses Summer Workouts and Injury Prevention, Parker Fleming Talks Kicker Battle and Punt Returner Options

Mickey Marotti says Ohio State analyzes every year what it can do better to prevent injuries and Parker Fleming feels the kicker competition is “in a good place.”
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QUICK HITS: MICKEY MAROTTI DISCUSSES SUMMER WORKOUTS AND INJURY PREVENTION, PARKER FLEMING TALKS KICKER BATTLE AND PUNT RETURNER OPTIONS​

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  • “I feel like we’re in a good place,” Fleming said when asked about the kicker competition. He said the biggest thing he’s looking for is consistency. He said “it depends on the guys” whether one of Fielding or Lewis will handle both field goals and kickoffs or whether they will split those responsibilities.
  • Fleming thought Arizona State transfer long snapper John Ferlmann “had a really good spring.” He indicated that Ferlmann is in line to be the starter with Max Lomonico as his backup.
  • Fleming mentioned Jayden Ballard and Carnell Tate as other candidates to return punts along with Egbuka. He acknowledged that “the Internet went crazy” when Harrison was returning punts during spring practice, but he said “we want to have a bunch of guys ready to do that.” He said Lorenzo Styles could potentially be an option on returns too, but Fleming has to see how he does in practice first.
  • He said Jake Seibert is “a really good kicker” and that there wasn‘t a lot of separation between Noah Ruggles and Seibert in their competition two years ago, but that Ohio State is always going to bring in competition as it looks for the best possible players. He wished Seibert the best of luck at Northern Illinois.
 
I will be honest. I have always found it odd that no one has ever tried to be VaTech. Back in the day under Beamer Sr. they always won the Special Team portion of the game. Especially the punt block area. So why doesn't a team like tOSU that clearly has the talent to execute that type of SP do it? Was there some rule change that has limited the ability to execute what VaTech used to do?
Anyway, it is one of those things that seems so obvious and yet no one is doing it. My old HS has such a sweet kick return game that most teams refuse to give them anything returnable.
And to clarify I get why in the NFL it is just not that big, you do not have the extra bodies and the time to spend on perfecting that area of the game. But in college you have bodies and time and coaches.
 
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We had a few really good defensive special teams plays last year but the ones from the offensive side failed us. Of course one second faster on the play in the UGA game converts a 4th down and at minimum eats a few minutes off the clock which might have been enough to win it. Could have turned momentum in The Game as well but was not executed

That's what I meant wren I said just be special. Execute your job every single time
 
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Greyshirt said:
I will be honest. I have always found it odd that no one has ever tried to be VaTech. Back in the day under Beamer Sr. they always won the Special Team portion of the game. Especially the punt block area. So why doesn't a team like tOSU that clearly has the talent to execute that type of SP do it? Was there some rule change that has limited the ability to execute what VaTech used to do?
Anyway, it is one of those things that seems so obvious and yet no one is doing it. My old HS has such a sweet kick return game that most teams refuse to give them anything returnable.
And to clarify I get why in the NFL it is just not that big, you do not have the extra bodies and the time to spend on perfecting that area of the game. But in college you have bodies and time and coaches.
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Well, I think they want to do just that and it's why the Bucks have such an outstanding ST coach in Parke.......................nevermind.
 
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Bestbuck36 said:
We had a few really good defensive special teams plays last year but the ones from the offensive side failed us. Of course one second faster on the play in the UGA game converts a 4th down and at minimum eats a few minutes off the clock which might have been enough to win it. Could have turned momentum in The Game as well but was not executed

That's what I meant wren I said just be special. Execute your job every single time
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Yeah, one second faster AND one less guy on the field.
 
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