Why don't we ever attempt to block punts?

Because we miss the ball and hit the kicker

I guess the coaches prefer our chances with a return with the weapons we have.

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Let me guess...Trindon is the answer to this problem.

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Not saying that nor was I saying they were correct though we are second in the SEC in punt returns.

UF has had like 30 or more blocks since UM took over.

We do seem to neglect that part of the game.

In fact during the MNC year of '07 Early Doucet was dispatched to fair catch punts rather than return them.

true...even during the lavalais years when our defenses would flat out scare opponents, we seldom tried to block punts....

trouble with attempting to block punts is, at best your returner gets to fair catch for no return....leave a returner all alone back there and some pretty nasty things can happen....

I don't care if LSU goes after punts or not, but you bring up a pet peeve of mine indirectly. IF you don't try to block punts, use twin safeties like everyone used to use. I guess you lose one player off one of the "gunners" but the decision making of the punt returner is much better because the other guy is going to yell "don't you dare catch that punt...you are at the 3 yard line." And if the punt returner fumbles you have someone back there to recover the ball.