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So once upon a time College Game Day would be looking at being in Big Rapids Michigan on 11/14 for potential 41, a record, and highlight the program, the heroes of it, the close calls along the way, etc
But now they’ll probably be at 1 of 3 sec sites to revisit the same stories they have all year
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This is not anything new. We were doing this at Bowling Green in 2000. If I was lined up 7 1/4 yds behind @DrDiepenbrock the holder (Andy Sahm) would catch it w/ the laces in his right hand & he could spot it w/out having to spin the ball at all.
The Jaguars gave a guy a $3.8 million contract to make a football spin the right number of times.
His name is Ross Matiscik, he's the highest-paid long snapper in NFL history, and getting that spin right is most of his job. Morgan Cox, another All-Pro snapper, told ESPN his number on field goals is three and a half spins. When it's humid out or the game's at altitude, he scoots his feet closer to the holder or farther back, just to keep it at three and a half.
Here's why these guys obsess over it. The ball has to show up with the laces in the exact right spot so the holder can slap it down with the laces facing the goal posts. If they come in sideways, the holder has to twist the ball while the kicker is already running at it. Snap to kick takes about 1.3 seconds, so there's no time to fix anything.
Now do the math. Seven yards at 35 mph is about four tenths of a second in the air. Fitting three and a half spins into that means the ball is turning around 500 times a minute. If the spin is off by a tenth of a turn, the laces land two inches from where they should be. That gives him roughly a 3% margin for error, and the second the ball leaves his hands he has to pop up and block somebody.
That's the same skill Connor Pay is showing off here, from shotgun. He started 41 games at center for BYU and coaches there now. When his snap gets there, the laces are already under the fingers, right where you'd grip it to throw.
Pay said on a podcast before the 2025 draft that on an under-center snap, the spot where the ball lands is a little different for every quarterback, depending on how long his arms are and how he's built. So the really good centers learn one specific guy's hands and snap to them.
Quarterbacks notice right away when it goes wrong. On a quick pass, every split second spent spinning the ball around to find the laces is time the defense gets for free. Snapping it perfectly is hard enough that Michigan and North Carolina went to something called the dead snap. The center palms the end of the ball and sends it back with barely any spin, mostly so bad snaps stop killing drives.
A ball spinning 500 times a minute has to land on a two-inch spot in less than half a second. The great ones do it so often that you only learn their names the day they miss.
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Im glad you’re alive, Brew. Quickly seeing the black & white picture before the annoying Twitter auto refresh had me thinking something different.
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You guys still have physical tickets?
Coach delivering the goods! 🏀
Greg Paulus hit the road to hand-deliver season tickets to some of our most loyal fans ahead of the home opener on 11/7 vs. Morgan State!
Get yours now - tinyurl.com/24aukvax
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Extremely honored to be acknowledged in Dave’s new book just released. A great read for any OSU fan! Pediment.com/Bennett @AdamJardy @OSUHoopsInsider @OhioStateHoops @BucketheadsLGPN @TheSchottPod @JoeySmoke14 @markleffel @clubtrillion @CoachECW @Buckeyedrew33
If you don’t love this kinda stuff we can’t talk Buckeyes with each other.
Random Friday Facts:
10/31 is the latest date for Ohio State to play a regular-season game west of the Rocky Mountains.
Bob Ferguson's 157 rushing yards against USC are the most by a Buckeye.
If Fahey starts against USC, he will be the 5th QB from California to start for OSU:
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@GriffeySuper How much is a KGJ signed 8x10 worth?
My buddy just paid a 1000$ for all this. The Ken Griffey jr signature alone should get him a couple hundred back plus a sealed box of 91-92 skybox basketball might have to get that myself 😂 @CardPurchaser
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That kid’s family is sitting on how many of these, Will?! @darrenrovell
Psyched to add a LeBron NBA Debut ticket to my collection.
On the rare occasions my collecting interests overlaps with what I consider a severely undervalued item, that’s my cue to go for it.
A cool tidbit: I bought it from someone who went to the game & kept it until now!
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