Ethan Pulliam: MVP

[anon1787432961]

Going to shatter total punting yards record.

5 star left leg

And that's why he's my new avatar

 

[She Mate Me]

He looks like he could be a really good one. And we really need him to be.

 

[Tall Dawg]

I watched him punt on a live stream when Mad Central played at SHS when he was a senior. We had him committed to play baseball at that point. I told several dawg buddies we needed to let him punt and here we are.

 

[Drebin]

What's absurd is that even though Pulliam was night and day better, Lebby was playing two punters through the first four weeks of the year.

 

[basedawg]

Dude has a leg for sure!

 

[Crazy Cotton]

The commentators for our game noted that punts coming off the left-foot (e.g. Pulliam) have a different rotation, and because of the rarity of left-footers, can cause problems for punt-returners - apparently that was an issue for the TN returner. Secret weapon!

 

[Other Kind]

Would love to see this dude have a 15 year career in the NFL

 

[John Deaux VII]

The commentators for our game noted that punts coming off the left-foot (e.g. Pulliam) have a different rotation, and because of the rarity of left-footers, can cause problems for punt-returners - apparently that was an issue for the TN returner. Secret weapon!

Nothing more Mississippi State than having a punter for a secret weapon…

 

[DT4248]

What's absurd is that even though Pulliam was night and day better, Lebby was playing two punters through the first four weeks of the year.

well we won the first four games so***

 

[She Mate Me]

Nothing more Mississippi State than having a punter for a secret weapon…

Yup.

Logan Cooke has developed into probably the best punter in the world right now, and he's playing for Jacksonville, the Mississippi State of the NFL.

And you can watch him launch footballs into the stratosphere in prime time tonight.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

Jacksonville, the Mississippi State of the NFL.

I both laughed and cried at this.

 

[She Mate Me]

I both laughed and cried at this.

It's fitting that our laughing emoji here is also crying.

 

[MagnoliaHunter]

What's absurd is that even though Pulliam was night and day better, Lebby was playing two punters through the first four weeks of the year.

Maybe its my old age kicking in, but I thought I heard them say in one of our earlier games that Lebby was alternating them to cause more issues with fielding because of the difference in left and right footed spin which also causes the ball to drift the opposite direction when coming down.

 

[She Mate Me]

Maybe its my old age kicking in, but I thought I heard them say in one of our earlier games that Lebby was alternating them to cause more issues with fielding because of the difference in left and right footed spin which also causes the ball to drift the opposite direction when coming down.

That's probably true.

Fortunately coach figured out that if the right footed kicker kicks it off the side of his foot OOB, then that advantage is negated.

 

[Drebin]

Maybe its my old age kicking in, but I thought I heard them say in one of our earlier games that Lebby was alternating them to cause more issues with fielding because of the difference in left and right footed spin which also causes the ball to drift the opposite direction when coming down.

That's a classic example of outsmarting yourself as a coach and if true, it doesn't inspire confidence.

 

[anon1787432961]

Logan Cooke gets paid $50K each punt and plays 4-5 plays a game.

 

[Ozarkdawg]

The commentators for our game noted that punts coming off the left-foot (e.g. Pulliam) have a different rotation, and because of the rarity of left-footers, can cause problems for punt-returners - apparently that was an issue for the TN returner. Secret weapon!

Spin could have been it, but I was chalking that drop up to the sun. It was in almost the same spot on the field that our receiver dropped a would-be TD pass.

 

[patdog]

Maybe its my old age kicking in, but I thought I heard them say in one of our earlier games that Lebby was alternating them to cause more issues with fielding because of the difference in left and right footed spin which also causes the ball to drift the opposite direction when coming down.

Maybe, but it's still a huge mistake on his part. The difference between the two punters couldn't be any bigger. One looks like an average HS punter. One looks like he will be playing in the NFL in a couple of years. It's hard to imagine any coach looking at these two and saying, let's alternate them.

 

[The Peeper]

At the risk of getting the faculty ticket discount haters stirred up, both of Ethan's parents work on campus for MSU. Therefore he gets free tuition (1/2 tuition paid by the university for each parent that works for MSU) as do the children of all faculty. My question is I wonder if he even counts against our athletic scholarship total since that is the case?

I was introduced to him when he was in the 10th grade and was told then that he would be our punter one day soon....