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Post by Trujillos & Beer on Sept 2, 2012 18:02:53 GMT -8
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Post by sdsuaztecs on Sept 2, 2012 18:08:53 GMT -8
I think Nick answered his own question. If you have a kicker that kicks 95% of his kicks through the uprrights from 60 yards, you kick the ball. But SDSU has never had that kind of kicker. So Nick.....with all due respect, you answered your own question. Buffalo lost a Superbowl because of a kicker and New England has won some Superbowls by having a good kicker. So what does that tell you? It's nice to have a good kicker.
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Post by sdsu1975 on Sept 2, 2012 18:11:51 GMT -8
It's ALWAYS something with State!!!! This f------ has to stop!
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Post by Trujillos & Beer on Sept 2, 2012 18:40:44 GMT -8
I think Nick answered his own question. If you have a kicker that kicks 95% of his kicks through the uprrights from 60 yards, you kick the ball. But SDSU has never had that kind of kicker. So Nick.....with all due respect, you answered your own question. Buffalo lost a Superbowl because of a kicker and New England has won some Superbowls by having a good kicker. So what does that tell you? It's nice to have a good kicker. So recruit one. That's the flip side of his story that you missed. ..Sent from my Samsung GS3..
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Post by sdsuaztecs on Sept 2, 2012 18:46:57 GMT -8
Send out a 911 call for a kicker. See what happens. I'm sure we can round one up by 10 or 11PM tonight.
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Post by sdsuaztecs on Sept 2, 2012 18:53:54 GMT -8
Here's the real "flip side" guys.
Rocky made some really gutsy calls last night. We failed. Ok....so now you're entitled to eviscerate him. That's fine. But he took responsibility for his decisions. He didn't blame the players for not getting it done on 4th down. So let's get Rocky...that's the solution.
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Post by sdsuaztecs on Sept 2, 2012 18:59:22 GMT -8
JYP,
Sandy Koufax would have lasted another 10 years except for the fact that pitchers were expected to go nine innings and throw their arms out. Thank god we've stuck with those "conventions". Oh and btw,...has Strasburg ever pitched a nine-inning game in the majors?
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Post by phantom on Sept 2, 2012 19:17:51 GMT -8
Scathing but deservedly so. What was even worse about the kicking decisions was Rocky's explanation afterwards in the ASR interview. If you wanted to use it as practice to better prepare your team for going on 4th, wouldnt common sense tell you to play it standard w/ UDub and start the experiment w/ Army and Dakota? As if Washington was a preseason game, unbelievable...
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Post by sdsuaztecs on Sept 2, 2012 19:21:55 GMT -8
Plutonium,
Scathing? Have not heard of that kind of smoke. Please tell me more.
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Post by Azthetic on Sept 2, 2012 19:24:42 GMT -8
It is hard to argue with Canepa on this one.
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Post by myownwords on Sept 2, 2012 19:25:05 GMT -8
JYP, Sandy Koufax would have lasted another 10 years except for the fact that pitchers were expected to go nine innings and throw their arms out. Thank god we've stuck with those "conventions". Oh and btw,...has Strasburg ever pitched a nine-inning game in the majors? No, Sandy had arthritis which retired him early no matter what he did.
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Post by jcljorgenson on Sept 2, 2012 19:33:53 GMT -8
The UW kicker, Travis Coons, was very interested in SDSU and actually made a visit last January.
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Post by phantom on Sept 2, 2012 19:39:36 GMT -8
Plutonium, Scathing? Have not heard of that kind of smoke. Please tell me more. lol...that's all you got?
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Post by sdsuaztecs on Sept 2, 2012 19:49:21 GMT -8
Azthetic,
Nick is an SDSU guy but he's brain-damaged by JYP's "convention". We've won a couple of games with good field goal kickers but lost a whole bunch more. And Nick admits a "bad" kicker (whatever that means) can cost you "W's". So who determines who is a good kicker v. a bad kicker? And if you don't know for sure you've got a "good" kicker, aren't you taking more risk by letting that guy kick rather than going for it?
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Post by sdsuaztecs on Sept 2, 2012 20:20:58 GMT -8
Myownwords,
Way too pompous.....sorry, but I'm not buying it. Sandy pitched till his arm almost fell off. You can attribute that to eating too much oatmeal but that's pretty lame.
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Post by aztecgaucho on Sept 2, 2012 20:23:33 GMT -8
There's a reason that coaches follow the accepted conventions of their sports. From time to time in baseball they bring up "innovative" ideas like changing pitchers every inning, batting the pitcher eighth, etc. It never happens and there's a reason it never happens. This. Why doesn't Saban, Myer, etc have gimmicks? They don't need to. You win by recruiting and good coaching. The Big East is not some "High School in Arkansas"...
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Post by FULL_MONTY on Sept 2, 2012 20:27:01 GMT -8
Lane Kiffin did this strategy of going go it on 2 point conversions his first year at sc. He cost me buks as they failed to cover the spread.
Going for 2 every time is not novel, and in fact has been tried and shelved.
Like the decision to go for it on 4th down after crossing he 50. I can even understand forgoing field goals, but you have to take the extra point and save he 2 for end game decisions.
JMO.
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Post by myownwords on Sept 2, 2012 20:27:34 GMT -8
Myownwords, Way too pompous.....sorry, but I'm not buying it. Sandy pitched till his arm almost fell off. You can attribute that to eating too much oatmeal but that's pretty lame. Not sure what your "pompous" comment is all about, but from Wikipedia: Koufax jammed his pitching arm in August while diving back to second base to beat a pick-off throw. He managed to pitch and win two more games. However, the morning after his 19th win, a shutout in which he struck out 13 batters, he could not straighten his arm. He was diagnosed by Dodgers' team physician Robert Kerlan with traumatic arthritis. With the Dodgers out of the pennant race, the book was closed on Koufax and his 19–5 record.[50]
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Post by sdsuaztecs on Sept 2, 2012 20:38:27 GMT -8
Myownwords,
Koufax "spent" himself on every game he pitched. Going nine innnings was expected. And Koufax would never have tried to blame anyone other than himself for his arm problems. That was not Sandy Koufax....... There is not one pitcher in the MLB today that is "expected" to go nine innnings every time out. MLB was and is not about to take responsibility for pushing guys like Koufax to the brink no more so than NFL footballl is willing to take responsibility for concussions today......as if the NFL is responsible for mesothelioma or cancer or whatever. There is big money in annihiliating people......just ask the Romans and the christians and the lions and the UFC......
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Post by myownwords on Sept 2, 2012 20:41:55 GMT -8
Myownwords, Koufax "spent" himself on every game he pitched. Going nine innnings was expected. And Koufax would never have tried to blame anyone other than himself for his arm problems. That was not Sandy Koufax....... There is not one pitcher in the MLB today that is "expected" to go nine innnings every time out. MLB was and is not about to take responsibility for pushing guys like Koufax to the brink no more so than NFL footballl is willing to take responsibility for concussions today......as if the NFL is responsible for mesothelioma or cancer or whatever. there is big money in annihiliating people......just ask the Romans and the christians and the lions...... I agree, there's a huge difference in how pitchers are handled today. I wasn't suggesting you were wrong about that issue. I was simply pointing out that in Sandy Koufax's case he had arthritis which severely cut his career shorter than usual---even for that time.
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