Denton Ryan scores on a crazy kickoff return

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[mulletpelini 5,230]

guy that received the kick made the final block.  

[LTtxfan 50,040]

Much crazier play in this same game....

 

Edited December 21, 2019 by LTtxfan

[Post Oak 20,595]

I wish Texas had that much speed

[Vito Andolini 9,465]

It’s a fine kick return, but Barstool Sports needs to get out more: the returner who’s then surrounded by several teammates... wait, who has the ball?... has been around a long time.

[Get ln My Van 934]

2 minutes ago, Post Oak said:

I wish Texas had that much speed

We will. #2 for Ryan is one of our 2021 commits Billy Bowman. Dude can fly

[Vito Andolini 9,465]

Not to recruit up the football board, but Bowman is my favorite recruit based on his sophomore Hudl tape. I haven’t seen his junior year stuff yet, kid is amazing.

Regarding the odd punter kick that turned into a TD, it seems as though that would essentially be similar to a drop kick missed field goal, which could indeed be returned for a score. But it’s ruled a penalty, declined and still a score. I’m no ref, so I hope they got it right.

(Drop kicks can probably only bounce once before the kick is attempted, so yeah, illegal kick.)

Edited December 21, 2019 by Vito Andolini

[Skipper 6,414]

Do you even Starburst bro?  Been around since the 80's at least.

[Pam Cummings 9,888]

Crazy finish to that game.

[David Dennison 19,574]

1 minute ago, Pam Cummings said:

Crazy finish to that game.

Poor kid had it in his hands on that hail mary.

[Hairy Biped 605]

Shit, we practiced the starburst return at my high school back in the mid to late 80s.  Never used it, but we always had it in the bag for a big moment.

[pyrohornIII 4,853]

2 hours ago, Post Oak said:

I wish Texas had that much speed

I seem to remember that Texas ran this for a while.   Thinking it was Ham, Lam, and Jam Jones a few times?  Can't remember who the swing guy was. 

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8 hours ago, Post Oak said:

I wish Texas had that much speed

Or was that smart.

[T-shirt Sip 2,209]

Our special teams aren’t smart enough to pull off either of those plays. They would find a way to hand off to the opposition and they score a touchdown. 

[Nivek 17,459]

Our special teams aren’t smart enough to pull off either of those plays. They would find a way to hand off to the opposition and they score a touchdown. 

We would hand it off to them in the end zone.

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[4th&Five 42,070]

Top play of the night on Sportscenter as well. 
 

That “punt” play still seems like it should have been a safety to me. 

[GotThatFire 166]

13 hours ago, David Dennison said:

Poor kid 

Who?

[4th&Five 42,070]

Guessing the one that dropped the Hail Mary. 

[GotThatFire 166]

I was horribly unclear. I’m curious if it was a known recruit that dropped it.

[Vito Andolini 9,465]

Some kid named Sanders had a chance. The Twatter above named Derek Ray Johnson has a clip of it on his feed, I don’t know how.to isolate it or I’d post it.

[RomaVicta 30,678]

14 hours ago, pyrohornIII said:

I seem to remember that Texas ran this for a while.   Thinking it was Ham, Lam, and Jam Jones a few times?  Can't remember who the swing guy was. 

It was '74 when most kickoffs allowed time for that maneuver. We ran it all season and I loved it. I think it went sour in the Gator Bowl and we abandoned it as too risky. I don't know if Ham was on campus yet and the other two Joneses were after him. Earl was here, but he didn't do kickoff returns.

My freshman year. 

[MaybeACoordinator 8,350]

1 hour ago, RomaVicta said:

It was '74 when most kickoffs allowed time for that maneuver. We ran it all season and I loved it. I think it went sour in the Gator Bowl and we abandoned it as too risky. I don't know if Ham was on campus yet and the other two Joneses were after him. Earl was here, but he didn't do kickoff returns.

My freshman year. 

Jam was the last of the Joneses, not Ham. 

[RomaVicta 30,678]

17 minutes ago, MaybeACoordinator said:

Jam was the last of the Joneses, not Ham. 

I believe that is what I wrote; the other Joneses being "after him."

[WBT 21,119]

On 12/20/2019 at 10:07 PM, LTtxfan said:

Much crazier play in this same game....

 

Would you ever consider taking the penalty?  You get a safety and a chance to then pick up the td anyway on presumably a short field after the free kick.  Probably only if it were late in a game and the safety would cut the lead to 7 or 8.

[Mileslong 4,815]

We will. #2 for Ryan is one of our 2021 commits Billy Bowman. Dude can fly

I thought that was Tre Smith who returned that kick

[Burt 4,150]

DISH pisses me off.  They've been fighting with FoxSports since before football season even began so I wasn't able to watch any of the games of FoxSW.

[shnsajax 3,607]

I thought that was Tre Smith who returned that kick

Bowman was the kid who came flying back into the screen around the 50 for the block.

[TxEx84 439]

Darrel Royal's teams did this in the 60's, early 70's.  He called it Mickey Mouse return or something like that.  

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[Steamboat1874 4,408]

On 12/21/2019 at 3:01 PM, RomaVicta said:

It was '74 when most kickoffs allowed time for that maneuver. We ran it all season and I loved it. I think it went sour in the Gator Bowl and we abandoned it as too risky. I don't know if Ham was on campus yet and the other two Joneses were after him. Earl was here, but he didn't do kickoff returns.

My freshman year. 

I remember Switzer told the refs before our game with them to watch that play because we were handing the ball off illegally.

Something to do with the angle of it or something. Never understood what they were calling but they flagged us several times for it in that game. 

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2 hours ago, Steamboat1874 said:

I remember Switzer told the refs before our game with them to watch that play because we were handing the ball off illegally.

Something to do with the angle of it or something. Never understood what they were calling but they flagged us several times for it in that game. 

I am sure Switzer's complaint was the first hand off was forward.

Denton Ryan took care of this by bringing the first ball carrier past the "dealer" before handing off.