He just hurdled another man while I typed this.

I like reading the box score and seeing 0 punts for 0 yards for the whole game.
The one that he did get off was pretty decent, but the running into the kicker penalty made it moot.
I love seeing this guy leap over players to get the extra yard, but please, we do not need to lose another player due to injury.

edit: Just saw the video in the highlights on OhioBobcats.com.  He was in the air for an extra 5 yards, rather than just 1 or 2.

"The Hurdle" was the Play of the Day without a doubt.  That play was the end of all enthusiasm on the Akron sideline.  You could hear the wind being sucked out of the entire team; similar to the giant sucking sound one hears near Oxford most of the time.

He wa a pretty good high school receiver. His dad is also an alum.

You see an injury risk, I see a playmaker. 

5 keys to football.

1.  Having a QB who plays on the kickoff unit.
2.  Having a kicker who goes down the field for the tackle instead of hanging back.
3.  Having a DT who doubles as a FB on the goal line.
4.  Having a WR who played QB in HS to bring in for the Hail Mary.
5.  Having a punter who can hurdle people, twice.

If you have all that, you've got a championship team. 

No you're correct LC...In fact Coach re-affirmed that during post game.  Fiami has an awful lot to worry about don't they?!

This was not a called play by Frank.  It was a decision made by Hershey on the field as he sprinted to his right to make the kick and noticed a clear field in front of him.  Frank said, as others have affirmed, that Hershey has the green light to make this kind of decision.  I remember another, not so successful, decision of this sort by another kicker back in Grobe years.  It was against the Evil Empire, and I believe (from memory) led to the go ahead TD by A&M.  That, too, was not a called fake but a player decision because the PoisonNuts had left someone unguarded and it looked like enough space for the conversion but it failed.  I like coaches who give trusted players this kind of decision making power -- even when the result is failure.  I also, BTW, don't like the relatively new rule that let's coaches call TOs from the sidelines.  I like to keep as much of the game as possible in the hands of players.  I guess it's just another example of my old-style approach. 

You better believe it, RC.  And, thanks for the nice mobile version of the site . . . I wouldn't leave home without it.

In the Pizza Pizza Bowl I was sitting in the end zone near the 110 with the Bobcats headed away from us and early in the game we had to punt.  Marshall's right side two rushers fained a rush and peeled back after two steps and the left side was as wide open as the right side was for Akron on Saturday.  I told my friend to look at it the next series when we had to punt again and the very same thing took place.  Of course it is much more difficult for a right footed punter who veers to the right to see what the left side is bringing.  It would seem that the films should have picked up Marshall's tendencies to rush in that manor and a big play in the first half of that game may have changed the outcome.  

I'm a happy fan when there is a high percentage opportunity like Hershey took against Akron and as other posters have said it should make other teams be honest in their schemes.  Take what they give you.

A nice article in today's Post on Hersey:

http://thepost.ohiou.edu/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=32721

James Harrison should have to hand walk that pittance of a fine to the NFL offices so it can be donated to helmet advancement research.  His recent statements regarding not knowing how to play the game under the new rules are an embarassment.   Please do us all a favor and follow-up on your suggestion that you might walk away from the game before you permanently injur someone.

MAC or no MAC...That guys is one serious DB (and no that doesn't stand for Defensive Back).