Do we have worst special teams in top 25?

I can’t stress it enough, and if Coach Leavitt is listening, I hope he makes the most of this bye week. It is still hard to swallow the fact that we lost to Pittsburgh, but as I said before, it is time to move on and make this a great season when it’s all said and done.

This is a week to correct a lot of the wrongs. I don’t care if Leavitt needs to go get students from campus to throw deep passes down the sideline over and over again. We need to find an answer at the cornerback position. If our corners can’t be trusted to play, man, it really puts a lot of stress on all the other talent that our defense has. It won’t take long for other teams to realize that all they need to do is a five- or seven-step drop and just heave it up in the air, kind of the way Gino Torretta won a Heisman Trophy.

Am I wrong with this thinking? Am I alone? I know it is hard to come down on these players, but when I can point out a complete weakness it can’t be good. I am just a season ticket holder.

Do we have the worst special teams in the top 25? I have not looked into the numbers, but I would guess that we are pretty close to the worst in the top 25. I feel horrible as a fan, due to the fact we continue to lose games because of our special teams. How many times can you continue having a defender come around the edge and block a punt? Again, I am not a coach, but how does this not get corrected. It is not enough to say that we work on it everyday in practice. We have talented players, I have to look at the coaches. This is completely unacceptable, and until it is corrected we will continue to lose important games.

Well I hope that a week off will fix some of our problems, because if they don’t we can kiss our season goodBYE, goodBYE, goodBYE.

-- Brian Taylor

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Comments

[Dan]

Blocked punts? Sure. but how about those kick returns; 15 yards and then turn and run back the wrong way! There are some very obvious weaknesses on this team... players and certainly coaches. The offensive coordinator needs to go! Special teams need to be completely retooled. The season can be saved but Matt cannot win a season alone.

[Brian Taylor]

Dan, I agree with you. The season is not over, but if these mental mistakes continue our season will end early. It would be nice to see Leavitt do something to rock the boat and show that he can make a change. It is not time for excuses. Someone needs to be held accountable for the product we are watching. This is not a problem that just began. This can be traced back to many important games where special teams really put us into bad situations or flat out lost the game. I stress to everyone how much I do not want to put blame on the players, but I have no problem with a paid coach (VERY WELL PAID), loosing a job. We deserve more and I hope we get it. GO BULLS...

[Steve O'Neal]

Sorry to say ,but the rest of the team with the exception of Grothe played down to the level of OUR special teams during Pitt game. I understand that most college teams don't have a special teams coach, but we have to do something. Too many missed or blocked field goals. Without Teachey we have no kickoff guy to speak of. We give up too many return yards on kicking teams. And unless you're NEON DEION SANDERS, the best return is to pick a spot and run upfield, no dancing around. I sure hope the rest of season turns out well. GO BULLS

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