NDSU vs. JMU (Special Teams Analysis)

[IzzyFlexion]

Always an important part any football game.
With this matchup being so close, it becomes critical.

JMU PUNTING:

The Dukes punted only 46 times all season compared to 89 by their opponents.

JMU punter Harry O'Kelly averaged 38.57 yards per punt and dropped 21 of them inside of the 20 and had none blocked.

NDSU PUNTING:

The Bison punted only 51 times this season averaging 39.4 yards per punt. NDSU opponents punted 85 times.

Garret Wegner pinned opponents inside of the 20 yard line 19 times and had one punt blocked.

[MankatoBison]

Pack it up guys- we're effed.

Thanks for the analysis, I cant recall the blocked punt against us?? what game was that?

[G_Funky]

Pack it up guys- we're effed.

Thanks for the analysis, I cant recall the blocked punt against us?? what game was that?

UD...I believe it resulted in a safety.

Im more interested in their average punt return yards given up vs our average punt return yards gained.

[IzzyFlexion]

JMU Field Goal Kicking:

Dukes kicker Ethan Ratke was 25 of 31 on FG attempts this season with a long of 44 yards.
He was 7/9 from 40 to 49 yards and only attempted 1 from beyond 50 yards. He did not have any attempts blocked.

Defensively, JMU blocked 4 kicks this season.

NDSU Field Goal Kicking:

Griffin Crosa was 11 of 15 on FG attempts with a long of 46 yards. He was 2 of 4 from between 40 and 49 yards and had 1 kick blocked.
Will Cardinal was 2 of 4 with a long of 32 yards.

Defensively, NDSU had no blocked kicks.

[IzzyFlexion]

JMU Punt Returns:

34 returns for 433 yards (12.7 yards per return)

D'Angelo Amos returned 30 of the 34 with an average of 12.9 including 1 for a touchdown.

NDSU Punt Returns:

The Bison returned 30 punts for 350 yards. (11.7 yards per return)

Trevor Heit returned 28 of those 30 punts averaging 12.0 yards per return and no touchdowns.

[Bisonator98]

Our special teams haven't been real special since Bohl left. He seemed to put more emphasis on it than Klieman or Entz has so far. Still get a kick out of them saying FG's don't beat you and then they send out the FG unit.

[Bison 4 Life]

Yep. I'm almost sure this is going to turn into a "shit talk special teams" thread.

[IzzyFlexion]

JMU Opponents Punt Returns:

Only 12 punts returned for a total of 68 yards. (average of 5.7 yards per return) with a long of 21.

NDSU Opponents Punt Returns:

12 returns for 69 yards (average of 5.8 yards per return) with a long of 18.

Can't get much closer than that.

[Professor Chaos]

I predict #24 D'Angelo Amos will be Bison fans least favorite Dukes player. First off, because he's a really good punt returner and a pretty darn good DB as well but also because he'll make sure everyone on the field and in the stands knows how good he thinks he is whenever he makes a play.

[heffray]

Hard not to give the slight edge to JMU on this one.