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I wasnt there yesterday so i dont know for sure but the stats looked like Mapps and Henderson were takin off the return team, is that true?

Henderson just hasn't been the same since his ankle injury it would appear.

Was it the last kickoff return when SMU received the ball, the player (forgive me but I can't recall who it was) looked panicked, and actually turned around backwards to try to get rid of the ball? Why on earth are we playing hot potato with the football?!?!?!?

The most remarkable thing about our kickoff returns are......if we don't get a penalty. Unbelievable!

All the credit goes to the special teams coach.

FWMustangGirl wrote:Was it the last kickoff return when SMU received the ball, the player (forgive me but I can't recall who it was) looked panicked, and actually turned around backwards to try to get rid of the ball? Why on earth are we playing hot potato with the football?!?!?!?

Rice was kicking off short and Butler had caught 2 or 3 in a row and had no real suucess in returning them. He did not panic. He was preparing to lateral to Robinson who had a pretty good night on returns except there were penalities on almost all of them. Robinson was either not ready or too far behind him so he turned up field to run. My guess would be either a coach or Robinson had told him to try and toss it back if he could. Had I been coaching I would have told Butler to fair catch the kickoffs that were coming down between the 30 and 35 in order to keep from gettting the half the distance to the goal holding call each time.

I kept hearing on every kickoff return in the fourth quarter "Holding #81".

mrydel wrote:

FWMustangGirl wrote:Was it the last kickoff return when SMU received the ball, the player (forgive me but I can't recall who it was) looked panicked, and actually turned around backwards to try to get rid of the ball? Why on earth are we playing hot potato with the football?!?!?!?

Rice was kicking off short and Butler had caught 2 or 3 in a row and had no real suucess in returning them. He did not panic. He was preparing to lateral to Robinson who had a pretty good night on returns except there were penalities on almost all of them. Robinson was either not ready or too far behind him so he turned up field to run. My guess would be either a coach or Robinson had told him to try and toss it back if he could. Had I been coaching I would have told Butler to fair catch the kickoffs that were coming down between the 30 and 35 in order to keep from gettting the half the distance to the goal holding call each time.

Would that be the special teams coach????

Pony Fan wrote:I kept hearing on every kickoff return in the fourth quarter "Holding #81".

That was Mario Walker - got flagged a couple of times on kick returns

He got 2 on kickoff returns, and 1 for a punt return. He had three in a row.

[quote="ALEX LIFESON"]He got 2 on kickoff returns, and 1 for a punt return. He had three in a row.[/quote]

He must have ordered those "Flozell Adams Instructional Blocking Videos"