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[RoyalPurple]

Rumor has it the Interim Coach at Buffalo is returning to interview in Massillon

[section13raiderfan]

Rumor has it the Interim Coach at Buffalo is returning to interview in Massillon

Alex Wood is only going to be in Massillon stadium next year as a fan. And then only if he isnt coaching D1 or pro ball again. Thats a great big pay cut! Its better than unemployment, but not what hes really looking for. He still has a house near Paul Brown Tiger Stadium so you might spot him around town but he will get snapped up pretty soon. The real question is who will apply for that job? Its a career building short term job. Nobody is ever going to retire from there . NOBODY!

[raiderpa]

Runke kicked more than extra points..I think 88 of 90
He made 25 of 29 field goals with four over 40 yards (two of 47), and 5 of over 35 yards.
For any Diii kicker, this is a great, potentially All-American year.

[Craft_Beermeister]

Rumor has it the Interim Coach at Buffalo is returning to interview in Massillon

Alex Wood is only going to be in Massillon stadium next year as a fan. And then only if he isnt coaching D1 or pro ball again. Thats a great big pay cut! Its better than unemployment, but not what hes really looking for. He still has a house near Paul Brown Tiger Stadium so you might spot him around town but he will get snapped up pretty soon. The real question is who will apply for that job? Its a career building short term job. Nobody is ever going to retire from there . NOBODY!

I agree.  Alex Wood is an up and coming football coach with a great offensive mind.  If Alex took the Massillon job it would be a short stay before moving up and that wouldn't be good for Massillon plus not something Alex would do to a organization he still cares a lot about.

[Craft_Beermeister]

Four D3 heavy weights have made it to the semis with this being athe 20th straight for Mount Union with number 9 for Whitewater, number 6 for Wesley , and number 3 for Linfield during the past 20 years.  Pretty impressive by all for schools and should be 2 exciting games.

[SaintsFAN]

Runke kicked more than extra points..I think 88 of 90
He made 25 of 29 field goals with four over 40 yards (two of 47), and 5 of over 35 yards.
For any Diii kicker, this is a great, potentially All-American year.

Good points - admittedly,  I was too lazy to look it up.

[Desertraider]

Runke kicked more than extra points..I think 88 of 90
He made 25 of 29 field goals with four over 40 yards (two of 47), and 5 of over 35 yards.
For any Diii kicker, this is a great, potentially All-American year.

Good points - admittedly,  I was too lazy to look it up.

Your numbers on Ruhnke are all correct except the over 35 yards part. He actually has 9 over 35 yards (2 from 36, 2 from 38, 1 from 39, 1 from 44, 1 from 45, and 2 from 47). On kicks 35 yards and out he is 9 of 10 (90%) with his lone miss beyond 35 being the block against Otterbein from 49. His other missed FG were against Marietta (34 yard wide right), Capital (22 yards wide right), and Adrian (short from 26 yards) - my guess on that one was he was kicking into the wind. Regardless he was 25 of 29 but only missed 3 (hard to count a block as a miss - but I understand it) and is 4/5 (80%) beyond 40 yards with the lone miss being the blocked 49 yard attempt. Give me a kicker that is 90% from beyond 35 and I will be happy.

As far as pressure goes - I guess the only game is the first one against JCU. 4/4 on XP and 1/1 on FG with a 47 yard. Works for me.

[mtfan]

Ok its that time for the annual wings and brew night this friday night at Reys 7:00 . I hope wesleydad is planning on making the trip along with the rest of the Raider contingent from the board. Saintsfan hope you're making the trip as well. I need a rough head count so if you can make it send me a PM and plan on seeing you all friday!

[Craft_Beermeister]

Runke kicked more than extra points..I think 88 of 90
He made 25 of 29 field goals with four over 40 yards (two of 47), and 5 of over 35 yards.
For any Diii kicker, this is a great, potentially All-American year.

Good points - admittedly,  I was too lazy to look it up.

I agree with SaintsFAN that Runke is having a great season and deserving of All-American recognition.

I suspect Andrew Franks of RPI might give Runke some stiff competition because Franks is drawing attention of NFL scouts because of his strong leg.  Franks has 3 field goals this year of greater than 50 yards with the longest 54 yards plus 38.6 yard average on punts.  However where Runke has an advantage is accuracy. Franks has missed 9 of 25 field goals with 2 blocked. Franks has put 12 of his
45 punts inside the 20 yard line, but Franks had 2 punts blocked.

I think accuracy wins over leg strength, but my vote don't count.

[D O.C.]

20 years
100 playoff games

Does UMU run schemes and plays they haven't shown all season long once in the semis?

[Pat Coleman]

Runke kicked more than extra points..I think 88 of 90
He made 25 of 29 field goals with four over 40 yards (two of 47), and 5 of over 35 yards.
For any Diii kicker, this is a great, potentially All-American year.

Good points - admittedly,  I was too lazy to look it up.

I agree with SaintsFAN that Runke is having a great season and deserving of All-American recognition.

I suspect Andrew Franks of RPI might give Runke some stiff competition because Franks is drawing attention of NFL scouts because of his strong leg.  Franks has 3 field goals this year of greater than 50 yards with the longest 54 yards plus 38.6 yard average on punts.  However where Runke has an advantage is accuracy. Franks has missed 9 of 25 field goals with 2 blocked. Franks has put 12 of his
45 punts inside the 20 yard line, but Franks had 2 punts blocked.

I think accuracy wins over leg strength, but my vote don't count.

Their punting will get evaluated separately from their kicking.

[Craft_Beermeister]

Runke kicked more than extra points..I think 88 of 90
He made 25 of 29 field goals with four over 40 yards (two of 47), and 5 of over 35 yards.
For any Diii kicker, this is a great, potentially All-American year.

Good points - admittedly,  I was too lazy to look it up.

I agree with SaintsFAN that Runke is having a great season and deserving of All-American recognition.

I suspect Andrew Franks of RPI might give Runke some stiff competition because Franks is drawing attention of NFL scouts because of his strong leg.  Franks has 3 field goals this year of greater than 50 yards with the longest 54 yards plus 38.6 yard average on punts.  However where Runke has an advantage is accuracy. Franks has missed 9 of 25 field goals with 2 blocked. Franks has put 12 of his
45 punts inside the 20 yard line, but Franks had 2 punts blocked.

I think accuracy wins over leg strength, but my vote don't count.

Their punting will get evaluated separately from their kicking.

Pat

I suspected that punting and kicking would be judged separately. 

Years ago it was more often to find one individual doing both for a team, but over the years there seems to be more and more specialization occurring in the kicking game. Some schools have a separate field goal kicker and kick off kicker as well as separate punter with often the longer leg kick off guy being the person used for long field goal attempts.  I should avoid saying guy because females are kicking in college and high school now a days. 

The kicking specialist strategy is probably occurring more at the bigger schools, D1, but we are seeing more and more of it at smaller schools and even high schools.  The continued growing popularity of soccer in this country and the common practice of letting soccer players try out for kicking duties in high schools probably has a very significant impact on the kicking specialist.

In my earlier discussion on this thread I compared Runke and Franks and I found it interesting that both players handled all the kicking duties for their teams and in doing so excelled at all facets of the kicking game.  Ok it must admit that with Mount Union Runke doesn't exactly do all the kicking since Burke is used on occasion to do a quick kick from his QB position.

In any event, hats off to both guys for being very good at their trade.  And hats off to you, Pat, for doing a great job with this site.

[mr_mom]

Spreads are up ... sorry for the delay. 

Hope my old computer can handle two streams simultaneously ... Should be a glorious weekend ! 

[Desertraider]

Ok - All region Kicker stuff aside - it is Wesley week. I have one concern with Wesley (ok I have a few, but one HUGE concern):

Steve Koudossou
Guy torched the D last year for 273 and 2 TDs. I know the D is better - but this kid is a beast. Do you think Mount puts Tre Jones on him (he has shut down just about everyone else), or do they not adjust for him and just play it as normal? Does Jones have the speed to match Koudossou? Thoughts?

[SaintsFAN]

Ok its that time for the annual wings and brew night this friday night at Reys 7:00 . I hope wesleydad is planning on making the trip along with the rest of the Raider contingent from the board. Saintsfan hope you're making the trip as well. I need a rough head count so if you can make it send me a PM and plan on seeing you all friday!

mtfan - would love to bump into you but it won't be on Friday night.  I have a thing with my wife and daughter on Friday night but the plan is to be in Alliance by 8am on Saturday so I can hang out with some of you guys.  Will you be able to make it to Poncho's for pregame festivities?  Have you heard from hurf?  I'm also sitting in the section on the pressbox side (have to pick up my tix at Will Call on Saturday morning).  Would love to talk football with some of you during the game -- sat with raiderguy two years ago for the MHB thriller in Alliance. 

skunkssidekick -- roll call:  Is Junior going to be around?  What about skunks?  Looking forward to whoever you have in your crew on Saturday.