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2024 tOSU Special Teams Discussion

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In addition to those issues, the special teams looked suspect. Jayden Fielding missed a 42-yard field goal on the same afternoon Nebraska’s John Hohl – who had made two of six kicks before Saturday – nailed kicks from 39, 54 (!) and 47. While Joe McGuire averaged a season-best 47 yards per punt, that number received a significant boost from a 61-yard boot that bounced a dozen times. (His other punts traveled 47, 36, 46 and 45 yards.) Before this past weekend, McGuire had averaged 39.3 yards per punt, which ranked dead last in the 18-team Big Ten Conference.

 
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As much as Ohio State's offensive line had to hold its mettle on the road, college kickers go through every bit as big of a pressure cooker in hostile environments. Fielding has had unreliable moments this season – see his three kickoffs out of bounds against Marshall – but he proved dependable at Penn State, going 2-for-2 on his field goals with a 46-yarder and a 39-yarder.

Just sayin': I'd like to see Nick McLarty get a few more chances to punt the ball. He had 2 punts for 30 and 35 yards; however, he was brought in with a reputation of really "booming" the ball.
 
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Special Teams was almost completely absent yesterday. Returners sucked (multiple missed catches that led to big losses in yardage). Fielding sucked (just awful). Kickoffs sucked (couldn't get it even near the end zone). Punter sucked (40 yards was his very best!). I know it was windy, which maybe explains things but holy hell did the entire unit not deliver.
 
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