Comments on: We Can’t All Be Special: ND’s Kickoff Team Performance

By: Her Loyal Sons » Special Circumstances

Her Loyal Sons » Special Circumstances — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:23:21 +0000

[...] October, I began to really pay attention to the kickoff teams of Notre Dame, and here’s what I found of the 2007 Irish up to that point in the season: Notre Dame’s [...]

By: Her Loyal Sons » In Pursuit of Progress: Gimme Some Mo’

Her Loyal Sons » In Pursuit of Progress: Gimme Some Mo’ — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:26:22 +0000

[...] First, we looked at the ND kickoff teams to figure out just how bad they really are and how much they’re really costing the Irish. [...]

By: Her Loyal Sons » Mmmmm… Progress???

Her Loyal Sons » Mmmmm… Progress??? — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 23:29:56 +0000

[...] Kickoff return: Earlier this week, I took a look at ND’s kickoff teams, and found that ND typically receives a kickoff at the 9 yard line, returns it 19 yards, and starts their drives after kickoffs from the 28 yards line. For the UCLA game, ND received the kick, on average, on the 5 yard line, returned it for 24 yards, and started their drives from the 29 yard line. Really, this isn’t tremendously improved, though Armando Allen’s 31 yard return was one of those “momentum” building type returns. It was really solid, and came at a good time in the game. [...]

By: John

John — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:48:19 +0000

Great stuff mq.

By: Sir John

Sir John — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:19:41 +0000

Great research here. Thanks.