Kyle Brindza

[ndftbl]

Do we have confirmation that he is not also doing the punting?

Surprised no one at the presser today asked this question, since I thought this was a likelihood when Kyle was originally recruited, based upon his performance punting in high school.

 

[mgriff]

Do we have confirmation that he is not also doing the punting?

Surprised no one at the presser today asked this question, since I thought this was a likelihood when Kyle was originally recruited, based upon his performance punting in high school.

Not a fan of vowels? I kid, I kid.

BK has stated that Turk has improved tremendously in the offseason, so Kyle would be second string at this point. Anything can happen throughout the season, especially with a player as talented as Kyle, but for now, it's still Turk.

 

[ndftbl]

Thanks; I had not heard that.

 

[Axl Rose]

Im just hoping for some touchbacks.

 

[GoldenDomer87]

Not a fan of vowels? I kid, I kid.

BK has stated that Turk has improved tremendously in the offseason, so Kyle would be second string at this point. Anything can happen throughout the season, especially with a player as talented as Kyle, but for now, it's still Turk.

I heard the same thing. Turk seems to have stepped up when pushed by Brindza. Brindza is KOS though.

 

[BGIF]

Im just hoping for some touchbacks.

Actually ND had 10 TBs out of 73 KOs last year. Pretty damn good!. In the past few years TBs have been to the benefit of the opposition as ND has had pretty good kick coverage. While TBs prevent runbacks so does the ND Kick Coverage Team. ND ranked 17th last year allowing 19.69 yds per KO. Auburn had the same average. The #1 Defense against KOs was WSU (amazing) with 17.00. Less than 3 yds separates ND from the Top. Plus with TBs the opponnet gets the ball on the 20 without risk of a turnover.


By comparison last year:

Oklahoma St lead the nation with 55 TBs on 106 KOs but allowed 27.38 yds/KO.
Nebraska 39 TBs on 86 KOs for 23.59 yds/KO
Va Tech the legendary Special Teams Experts had 30 TBs on 94 KOs allowing 24.35.
Alabama 10 TBs on 87 KOs allowing 21.42 yds/KO

 

[BGIF]

I heard the same thing. Turk seems to have stepped up when pushed by Brindza. Brindza is KOS though.

Last spring I compared Turk's punting as an underclassman with that of Hentrich, Hunter, and the other notable ND punters. His numbers were comparable to that stage of developement. Turk did struggle with consistency but he is capable of great hang time and burying the opponent depth inside the 20 both sacrifice yds/punt.

We may get more TBs with Brinzda kicking off but that means with Ruffer handling FGs and Turk punts, ND is taking 3 kickers on the road. That means a DB, an Lineman or some other position player gets left home on away games. The ideal situation is two kickers on the travel squad (you want two so you have a backup in case of injury).

 

[rtrn2glory]

nice stat...surprised to see the numbers

 

[rikkitikki08]

All i know is the kid could probably kick the slur out of lou holtz voice.....and probably the ball into the endzone 90% of the time. The kid is a beast

 

[Rhode Irish]

Im just hoping for some touchbacks.

Not on punts, though!