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Chris B. Brown, Smart Football editor, and author of The Art of Smart Football (Amazon: ). chris @smartfootball .com
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this man has 5 kids, this is just anytime he gets to sit down for longer than 45 seconds
when you throw for 300+ yards in 4 straight games and it's past your bedtime
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it’s called ROBOT (roll over and back) technique. The linebacker’s first responsibility is run, and if once he sees pass he backpedals he’ll never get there so he’s taught to turn and run and find crossers. He doesn’t get there but not “completely lost”
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the swifties solved 33 million puzzles in less than 24 hours, just to get the 1989 vault tracklist. they will be drawing up intricate tactics designed to get kelce open against Red 7 coverage by this thursday
@BunkiePerkins
The thing about Swifties and research is that they’ll go from ^^this, to talking like
@smartfootball
in 72 hours
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Incredibly momentous for football that Mike Leach has passed away. It is no understatement whatsoever to say that Leach fundamentally changed football forever, and I am not sure there was any more influential coach in the last 40 years, when you include high school and college.🧵
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Patrick Mahomes has been a starting QB in the NFL for six seasons, during which time he:
- has been to four Super Bowls, and won three
- has never finished worse than the AFC title game
- won the division in all six seasons
- has an 83% (!) playoff winning percentage
bananas
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This is easily the greatest athletic feat of 2020
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The timeout by Kirby Smart that nullified a successful fake punt might be the greatest timeout I have ever seen in my life
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college football is better when coaches are cutting wrestling promos in press conferences and at halftime
"Not done yet, we're not satisfied. Hope all those people that have been watching every week are watching this week"
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purdue DB chris jefferson just picked off a pass, ran it back 72 yards for a touchdown, and then promptly vomited on the sideline. college football is back, baby
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barry was unbelievable, and his 1988 heisman season just remains totally bananas. look at the stats - he ran for over 300 yards in a game four separate times! (and another with 293!)
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urban meyer today:
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what do you get when you mix philip rivers with john daly
Ohio State's 5-star quarterback commit Quinn Ewers (
@QuinnEwers
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He's definitely a sidearm master.
#GoBuckeyes
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There aren’t many plays in the playbook under the heading “what to call when you can’t block them”
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Nathaniel Hackett's father, Paul Hackett, was the head coach of Southern Cal immediately preceding Pete Carroll -- he was fired after going 18-19 over three seasons. (Carroll then went 97-19.) Now this...
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jameis needs to put out like a full workout program like his own p90x
Pray for the rest of the NFL. Jamies is so far ahead of schedule in his recovery hes doing exercises no ones ever even attempted
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what makes this truly a patriots/belichick "all dynasty" team is that it features not one but two long snappers
Patriots announce an "All-Dynasty Team" of the last 20 years. Includes 15 guys on defense and 18 on offense.
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it's really unbelieveable that tim boyle will be starting another NFL game. He has never had a single season college or pro with more touchdowns than INTs (1 TD to 13 INTs at UConn; 11 TDs to 13 INTs in one year at Eastern Ky; 3 TDs to 9 picks in NFL; career passer rtg of 50.3)
UConn legend Tim Boyle is now an NFL starting quarterback.
Never give up on your dreams, kids.
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Nick Saban retiring is just a monumental day in football. Obviously the on field success, the demeanor, persona, etc. But his influence - which is evidenced by his longevity - can’t be undersold. The language of modern defense nowadays is in many ways Saban-patois - Rip/Liz Match
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completely changed defensive approach after the first drive - went from odd to even front split safeties, which included judgments about how they were being formationed and how to adjust, but also how their personnel would hold up with a lighter box. still knows what he’s doing…
Coach Saban On Alabama’s Adjustments After The First Drive
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this is truly amazing. I have heard about this but never actually seen it.
the 49ers were up big (they would win 41-21) and running out the clock, and Bill Walsh busted out the wishbone to troll Bill Parcells. So, so good
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3rd and 1 with 50 seconds left in the Super Bowl, you’re moving the ball, and Taylor calls shotgun inside zone directly at Aaron Donald???
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four verticals
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in 1998-99 Tennessee had both Jamal Lewis and Travis Henry in the backfield at RB -- two guys who would combine for almost 17,000 NFL rushing yards. feel like that's a college backfield we don't mention very often
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easily explained: during those 9 years, obi wan had become a fan of the atlanta falcons
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Here is a somewhat better rep of the same technique - watch
#54
. (H/t
@theStevenRuiz
for the clip)
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Drafted a RB in the first round so he could be a third down back?
Urban says he sees J-Rob, Carlos Hyde as the 1-2 punch, Etienne as a third-down back.
“We wanna be Top-8 in the league... and with James Robinson, Hyde and Etienne, we think we’re there”
#Jaguars
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This is the exact shovel play with a pulling guard that people like to tell me Urban Meyer invented
Softball pitch technique on the screen for Navy. Guard pulling and leading the way for the HB.
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Every Memorial Day, have to re-read the Gettysburg Address.
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when someone says “hey that pass Pat Mahomes just threw wasn’t that special,” show them this
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I actually wrote something new: About no huddle tempos, procedures, defensive responses... and some tricks (including this "Peek" concept). Lots of video, playbook excerpts, etc.
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Don’t care about his forty, but Benny Snell can run. I watched the entire SEC struggle to stop that guy when everyone in the stadium knew he was Kentucky’s entire offense (sometimes quite literally)
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Patrick Mahomes: “Look what I can get done in 13 seconds”
Cowboys: “Look what we can accomplish in 14 seconds”
WHAT JUST HAPPENED?!
The
#Cowboys
season ends on a QB Draw, and the
#49ers
pull off the upset!
#NFLPlayoffs
#SuperWildCardWeekend
(via
@NFL
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the teams - coaches and players - forced the league’s hand.
I hope when you write it you point out that the teams clearly made the decision. Not the NFL.
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In 1995, Isaac Bruce had 119 receptions, 1781 receiving yards and 13 receiving touchdowns (and added another TD rushing)... and didn't make the pro bowl.
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I vividly recall sitting in a QB camp room at age 16, next to Jared Lorenzen, as then Kentucky offensive coordinator Mike Leach explained how to use the pythagorean theorem to calculate the distance a pass travels if the QB takes a 5 step drop and throws a 12 yard out
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kliff kingsbury, now: "when I called all those receiver screens the past two years that went nowhere, this is what I saw in my head"
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nobody loves anything like offensive line coaches love animals demonstrating great technique
(for real though this is pretty crisp)
OPEN THIS UP. ITS PERFECT ARCHING THE BACK, REFITTING HANDS AND ROOTING.
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the drill is called ban these idiots from ever coaching again
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In all seriousness, it was a quick whistle but (1) Tennessee’s RB’s forward progress was clearly stopped until (2)
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grabbed him and pulled him forward, which is against the rules (“aiding or assisting the runner”). So either he was stopped or it was a penalty, not a TD.
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Clear MVP of this game was the coin. A game deciding performance
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This got them a field goal before the half they otherwise wouldn’t have gotten - Larry is the man
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Kentucky's offense looks fun. They are just straight up running the Sean McVay/Rams offense (they hired a former Rams assistant as OC), and the QB and RB look quite good, and the X-factor is receiver Wan'Dale Robinson, who had 173 yards from scrimmage vs. Mizzou on just 8 touches
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Sort of surreal to me personally to see Saban musing about not understanding why “anybody gets in a huddle” (which I agree with). A decade ago I argued repeatedly that nohuddle (of varying tempos) was the way of the future to all kinds of crazy pushback. Well, here we are.
Nick Saban: I can’t fully understand why anyone gets in a huddle
<Eagles immediately go no huddle & score>
(Saban is right about the benefits of not huddling, a good listen)
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Panthers up 28-7 on Arizona. Matt Rhule out here trying to get Kingsbury fired a second time
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i don't understand all these people saying that rodgers should have run it in on third down. He has good feet but he ain't Lamar Jackson
Aaron Rodgers most definitely shouldn't have just ran it in. He clearly made the right decision.
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This is so subtle and smooth by Hopkins - he basically faked a back shoulder fade with his eyes and a small hand movement
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"the defining feature of football if you have to tackle the guy with the ball"
florida:
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This is nifty, where the orbit guy becomes the lead blocker for the RB on the swing
Dolphins RB Raheem Mostert already has 9 touchdowns this season through 5 1/3 games. His career-high is 10:
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at a 4th grade football game (for my daughter’s cheer) and the other team has scored on buck sweep 7 times in the middle of the 3rd quarter (with 10 minute quarters). just spamming it. poor coaches have no clue what to do
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they should start asking urban about fictitious players, so he can kind of nod and mumble agreement.
“it looks like ronald winnebago has been a revelation at defensive tackle. has he been getting more snaps?”
“why was buster cheesewright taken out of the game at left guard?”
#Jaguars
HC Urban Meyer was asked about Andre Cisco playing more (again). He said “Cisco is playing a little bit more, I believe, I don’t have his numbers in front of me”
Cisco played 0 defensive snaps yesterday.
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this is tremendous -- fake QB sneak, POP pass
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It’s beautiful
Air Force just beat UNLV by 34 & did not attempt a forward pass.
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No one has wanted anything more than Brian Griese wants Arizona to kick this field goal
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is why Michael Lewis profiled Leach in the NY Times, in many the best coach profile ever written. Like many of Lewis's subjects...
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weird to drag rod stewart into this? the guy has had 16
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singles, has sold I believe 100+ million records (and Faces is a bit underrated) -- regardless of your opinion, not sure why he's treated like a one hit wonder?
also the song is "Maggie May," not "Wake Up Maggie"?
Trump is “the Rod Stewart of politicians — he may keep coming up with new material but deep down he knows his fans just want to hear ‘Wake Up Maggie,’ so he keeps playing the same tune because he can’t stand the thought of them not loving his performance.”
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hiring brian schottenheimer for this role is like hiring darren rovell to read and summarize the complete collected works of shakespeare
Sources: The Cowboys are hiring Brian Schottenheimer, the Jaguars’ pass-game coordinator last year, into a unique role, where he’ll help both coordinators, Dan Quinn and Kellen Moore.
Much of Schottenheimer’s job will center on league trends and game-planning. Pretty cool idea.
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jameis has somehow become the king of unintentional comedy. this is amazing
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"Performative grinding" is an excellent term, and is far too prevalent in football (and lots of other professions/endeavors). Also tough to argue with working out more, sleeping more and drinking more wine
Sean McVay says this NFL offseason has taught him the importance of trying to "eliminate the fluff from your day." He's learned about the importance of balance in life, and not being obsessed with performative grinding. He's working out more, sleeping more and drinking more wine.
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wait, so jack easterby is "jack," nick caserio is "nick," and deshaun watson is just "4" and jj watt is "99," but yes they are all totally aligned with equal weight given to their viewpoints
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Jerry Rice is 40 years old in these clips. caught 92 balls for 1,211 yards
Who won MVP 20 years ago in 2002?
@Raiders
QB
@RichGannon12
.
#LVvsLAR
— Thursday 8:15pm ET on Prime Video
Also available on NFL+
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inventing the "Routes on Air" drill where five WRs/TEs/RBs run a pass play and *five QBs* drop back, go through each read and throw the ball -- designed to maximize reps for the receivers and for the QB to practice their reps -- would be enough.
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i hope none of ya'll ever doubted charlie murphy.
him spinning the ball on his fingers was all you needed to see, but to me the best part is when he stuck his tongue out just before throwing in that j. that's a real baller there
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Blending the Georgia/Kirby scheme with the Baylor/adage Aranda scheme (a lot of overlap already). Oregon’s defense will be an instant study
Sources: Oregon is expected to hire Baylor’s Matt Powledge as the school’s new co-defensive coordinator. He worked as the safeties coach and special teams coach at Baylor.
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kirby keeps making the same mistake at QB over and over, no? And it keeps costing him? No matter how historically good your defense is, you’re going to need to win a shootout or two (or three) in this era
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love that any football imperfection just infuriates peyton
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The main thing I liked about the Nickelodeon broadcast is they treated the game exactly like that: as a fun game, rather than the grim seriousness of most NFL broadcasts.
"Sunday’s wild-card game between the Saints and Bears came loaded with neon graphics and silly cartoons, but it wasn’t a joke.”
Here’s what we all should learn from Nickelodeon’s playoff broadcast |
@bylindsayhjones
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they need a passing game coordinator to fix things up, more than anything else
Ravens want Lamar Jackson long term, won't adjust offense to appease pass-happy fans
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as a guy who traditionally was a bit more of a fan of college than the NFL... the NFL is kinda fire these days
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Lots of fascinating stuff in this article, but Lane's own development on offense has been interesting. When USC got rolling with Norm Chow as OC and Carson Palmer at QB, it was to a large degree the BYU offense but with more one-back and zone running. When Lane/Sark took over...
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John Madden was simply the real deal: championship winning coach, truly a teacher, amazingly good at explaining things *simply* without ever showing off. He brought you along, got excited with you, taught you a bit (to help you appreciate what you were seeing) and knew it was fun
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the most complex and unique character maybe in football coaching history knew better than anyone else the value in football - and life - of keeping it simple by focusing on just a few small, truly important things, and then putting your all into them.
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this photo should be the first thing you see when you go to the university’s website
Arkansas has received a 50-yard penalty to start its next game
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Fun/fascinating stuff from a Patriots playbook from a couple of years ago with their one word calls. They are really good at word associations, including for left/right designation (Summertime/Bel Air, etc.). Wonder if Belichick came up with "Wide Right"...
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Leach the man was many things - curious, funny, thoughtful, often irascible, and, frankly sometimes, an asshole - but on the field he somehow found a formula and methodology that, not so much revolutionized offense, but democratized it, and brought it to the people. It's hard to
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Kliff Kingsbury has not forgotten his most lasting strategy lesson: if given the opportunity, always go after Big 12 corners
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Love this - sometimes football doesn’t have to be that complicated
Why rapport and trust are so massively important for QBs and receivers:
Kelce didn’t even run the called route on the play that got the Chiefs into FG range at the end of regulation
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“Best thing about Leach, is he don’t change shit.” - Dana Holgorsen
Mississippi State’s offense is 💯% the same scheme that WSU ran last year.
No new plays, no new formations.... so far.
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Who was Alabama going to get that was better than Kalen DeBoer? Also, no, I do not think Kalen DeBoer will be able to maintain the same level of success as *checks notes* maybe the single greatest coach in the history of college football?
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tavon austin has over $40M of career earnings. how much of that is attributable to how good his college highlights were? (I think the answer is: a lot)
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rod tidwell
Who is the first player you think of when you see this logo?
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stuff like this was happening way too much for Alabama. Bama’s OC and OL coach are two former NFL HCs, Bill O’Brien and Doug Marrone. Some of the issues were just inexcusable
Any time you can 4 man slide away from all of the rushers you gotta do it
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JaMarr Chase is one the best "Go" route runners ever. And it's not that he's just Tyreek Hill fast or just wins a lot of jump balls by Mossing people. It's leverage, body control, late hands, release, acceleration - it's almost spooky
JAMARR CHASE 76 YARD TOUCHDOWN
JAKE BROWNING IS DEALING
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when ben roethlisberger sees a throw well short of the first down marker
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saw "Tom Herman" trending and it's entirely just Sooners fans roasting him
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bluey has to be the most watchable kids show by a long stretch
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so you want to know what being a football coach is really like
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Mississippi State has packed the full Mike Leach experience into just three weeks
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Gary Patterson is/was crazy influential for defensive coaches. His legacy at TCU is immense, but he's one of those coaches that influenced an entire generation of coaches who never even coached with or met with him, just how he did things on defense.
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The thing to remember too is that one of the reasons why Leach's offense was so simple with so few plays, is he wanted the QB to be able to check/audible into *anything* based on the defense. From
@MichaelWeinreb
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My sophisticated analysis is if the Ohio State DC is going to sit in static coverages and let Sark get DeVonta Smith matched up on an *inside linebacker* on deep over/seam routes... it’s going to be a long day
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That ending sequence for Ohio State left something to be desired… can’t really blame a college kicker for not hitting a 50 yarder from the left hash
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