Special teams moving forward (1 Viewer)

[Tsakoi]

I've been thinking about special teams and the transfer portal and have come to the conclusion that Nebraska should always have a good experienced punter from now and always.

Because punting does not really not really differentiate between levels, Nebraska should simply offer a spot to whoever the best punter from the MAC, CUSA or whatever smaller division is out there. The portal basically allows for poaching players now so why not (for example) offer a good punter from North Texas or Georgia Southern?

Nebraska would get a proven guy. The player would get the chance to play at a bigger school.

Win/win

No more high school punters. No more experimenting with dudes from Australia. The portal has basically turned all small teams into feeder teams for bigger schools anyway so just start treating them as such. Nebraska had better realize this and take advantage.

Why punter? Because it's basically a plug and play position. QBs need development in your system often times, punters don't. OL need to gel as a group over seasons, punters don't.

what do you guys think?

 

[Daddy]

I don't hate the idea from 10,000 feet but it's more complicated than it sounds.

 

[dsbigred1]

I want a minimum of 2 punters that punt with different legs and completely different styles so we can continue to maximize the potential fuck ups from coaches and players. I don't care where they're from.
Personally, it'd be awesome to have a guy stand back there in a crane kick position waiting for the snap.

 

[Black Dean]

 

[lee_carvallo_12]

i feel good about our kicker situation suddenly. the kid from Furman should be solid and proven. the hs 5* kicker from KS looks like a total stud.

need to duplicate that in the punter category.

 

[Tsakoi]

They must have read my post. Boom, I'm an influencer.

 

[vailhusker]

They must have read my post. Boom, I'm an influencer.