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per the Post Dispatch:
In addition to coaching defensive backs for Minnesota, assistant coach Jay Sawvel is in charge of special teams, which is why he has watched videotapes of Ohio State punts.
Well, he has watched a few.
“It’s scary when you play a team,” Sawvel said, “and you go to break down the film on their punt teams, and there are hardly any punts. I was sort of sitting there going, ‘Where’s the rest of this video?’ But that’s all they’ve punted. That’s a little bit of a problem.”
Sawvel, a native of Barnesville, Ohio, who played at Mount Union in northeastern Ohio, knows well the trouble that Ohio State’s offense will pose for Minnesota’s defense on Saturday. “This is a big-time challenge,” he said.
Statistics suggest that the Gophers (7-2) are solid but not smothering on defense. The unit ranks in the Big Ten’s middle pack in total, scoring, rushing and passing defense. The Gophers lack a star beyond senior linebacker Damien Wilson, who ranks second in the league with an average of 9.8 tackles a game.
http://buckeyextra.dispatch.com/content/stories/2014/11/14/minnesota-football.html
Go Gophers!!
In addition to coaching defensive backs for Minnesota, assistant coach Jay Sawvel is in charge of special teams, which is why he has watched videotapes of Ohio State punts.
Well, he has watched a few.
“It’s scary when you play a team,” Sawvel said, “and you go to break down the film on their punt teams, and there are hardly any punts. I was sort of sitting there going, ‘Where’s the rest of this video?’ But that’s all they’ve punted. That’s a little bit of a problem.”
Sawvel, a native of Barnesville, Ohio, who played at Mount Union in northeastern Ohio, knows well the trouble that Ohio State’s offense will pose for Minnesota’s defense on Saturday. “This is a big-time challenge,” he said.
Statistics suggest that the Gophers (7-2) are solid but not smothering on defense. The unit ranks in the Big Ten’s middle pack in total, scoring, rushing and passing defense. The Gophers lack a star beyond senior linebacker Damien Wilson, who ranks second in the league with an average of 9.8 tackles a game.
http://buckeyextra.dispatch.com/content/stories/2014/11/14/minnesota-football.html
Go Gophers!!