Special Teams props

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 8:22 pm

The two young kickers have taken a shelling here, but today they earned quite a bit of love, IMO. Rojas with a 37 yard average, a 63 (!) yarder and four of five punts fair caught and four of five inside the 20. Great job Alonso!

Big Bird also came on and nailed the short FG attempt and hit all the ones he was supposed to. Good work guys!

Peregrinner · Post by **Peregrinner** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 8:35 pm

Before the game I heard a kid behind me talking trash about Rojas. I quickly told him so stuff it because he had no clue what he was talking about. It was good to be able to turn around and give him a 'told you so' look after that monster punt down to the 5.

Tricky_Falcon · Post by **Tricky_Falcon** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 8:37 pm

Coach said after the game it was nice to finally be able to allow Rojas to boom it down the field and not have to worry about the return men.

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 8:42 pm

Tricky_Falcon wrote:Coach said after the game it was nice to finally be able to allow Rojas to boom it down the field and not have to worry about the return men.

And I think another note is in order that one of his punts was from the EMU36 and another from the BG49, so there was no "booming" necessary... and he handled the job excellently!

FliccGirl · Post by **FliccGirl** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 8:49 pm

Peregrinner wrote:after that monster punt down to the 5.

That was a thing of beauty, no doubt about it.

The Niz · Post by **The Niz** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 9:45 pm

I'm pretty sure that one inside the five is the only time I've seen that happen in the three years I've been here. AWESOME!

Jacobs4Heisman · Post by **Jacobs4Heisman** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 9:55 pm

I see us having the best kicking duo in the league for the next few years.

Yay for Florida.

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 10:08 pm

Rojas was awesome today.

svillefalcon · Post by **svillefalcon** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 1:01 am

Rojas had a great game. And i think we are seeing a part of the game that we have struggled all of last year, develop into a helpful strength which is the special teams.

BGSU33 · Post by **BGSU33** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 8:55 am

No doubt it, in this game, our special teams were....SPECIAL!!! Great job by all ST units and both kickers, you guys did a great job.

orangeandbrown · Post by **orangeandbrown** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 10:16 am

Rojas had a great game. That last kick inside the 5 really made it difficult for EMU to come back. If we continue to protect him, he is going to have a great career here.

able1 · Post by **able1** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:20 am

When the punters were warming up right in front of us before the second half, I was thinking Wright was looking better than Rojas. He was getting some nice spirals and his punts were deeper and higher than Rojas' were. Then it suddenly became clear that Rojas was practicing going for the corner with his first kicks when he suddenly kicked the heck out of the next several in a row.

What I'm still trying to find out is, who made that SWEET hit on one of our kickoffs? I haven't seen it mentioned here yet, and I couldn't tell who it was from where we were sitting.

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:22 am

able1 wrote:What I'm still trying to find out is, who made that SWEET hit on one of our kickoffs? I haven't seen it mentioned here yet, and I couldn't tell who it was from where we were sitting.

I believe it was Kenny Lewis.

orangeandbrown · Post by **orangeandbrown** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:28 am

It might have been Tarrell Lewis.

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:38 am

orangeandbrown wrote:It might have been Tarrell Lewis.

You're right... it was #23, I remember... just had the numbers mixed up.