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Punt ugly and its rise to power in college football
Posted on 7/26/14 at 7:03 pm
Posted on 7/26/14 at 7:03 pm
Back in the early to mid 2000s punt ugly was made fun of, laughed at, spit on, rejected.
Now there's hardly a team that doesn't use punt ugly. When was punt ugly accepted?
The NFL still mostly uses the old punt formation.
Now there's hardly a team that doesn't use punt ugly. When was punt ugly accepted?
The NFL still mostly uses the old punt formation.
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Posted on 7/26/14 at 7:05 pm to LSUTigers1986
Wat
Posted on 7/26/14 at 7:08 pm to LSUTigers1986
I think only LSU fans call it that..
Posted on 7/26/14 at 7:10 pm to goldenbadger08
LSU was one of the first teams to try it. It was the BCS championship game in January 04... LSU had a punt blocked. Part of the reason LSU fans hated it.
Posted on 7/26/14 at 7:40 pm to LSUTigers1986
Wth is punt ugly?
Posted on 7/26/14 at 7:50 pm to cheesesteak501
That goofy rugby kick.
It worked until teams started to prep for it.
It worked until teams started to prep for it.
Posted on 7/26/14 at 7:55 pm to LSUTigers1986
Justin Tucker was great at it, would be interesting to see him do it in the NFL.
Posted on 7/26/14 at 8:17 pm to LSUTigers1986
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The NFL still mostly uses the old punt formation.
Because the NFL has the athletes on the other side of the ball to deal with most return men. Devin McCourty is/was a gunner for New England... he's easily as or more athletic than most returners.
The reason the ugly punt is used in college is your gunners are usually not in the same sphere of athletic talent as the guy returning the kick.
Posted on 7/26/14 at 10:21 pm to LSUTigers1986
It's called a rugby punt or a spread punt. Punt ugly sounds idiotic, unintelligent, and ignorant.
Posted on 7/26/14 at 11:08 pm to MintBerry Crunch
have they always used the punt formation where you have 5 on the line, 2 gunners, like three upbacks, and then the punter behind them?
Posted on 7/26/14 at 11:13 pm to LSUTigers1986
I mostly remember thinking every punt LSU did from 2005-20010 was going to be blocked
Posted on 7/26/14 at 11:52 pm to Tiger1242
Yep
Posted on 7/27/14 at 12:09 am to Tiger1242
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I mostly remember thinking every punt LSU did from 2005-20010 was going to be blocked
This.
Posted on 7/27/14 at 12:19 am to LSUTigers1986
i know the gamecocks did it almost every year holtz was there.
Posted on 7/27/14 at 1:08 pm to Jcorye1
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The reason the ugly punt is used in college is your gunners are usually not in the same sphere of athletic talent as the guy returning the kick.
This was the same taking point used against Chip Kelly
Posted on 7/27/14 at 1:08 pm to MintBerry Crunch
quote:
It's called a rugby punt or a spread punt. Punt ugly sounds idiotic, unintelligent, and ignorant.
U mad
Posted on 7/27/14 at 1:12 pm to LSUTigers1986
I used to hate it. But I've come to accept it because we haven't had a punt blocked in a long time.
Posted on 7/27/14 at 1:38 pm to LSUTigers1986
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This was the same taking point used against Chip Kelly
I forgot there were "talking points" regarding rugby punting
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