2019 Spring Game - April 13 @ 1:00 CDT on BTN
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On BTN, Ameer and the other guy said it was "two hand touch." So there were of course several times when whichever QB skirted the defender enough to only get touched with one hand.
cheekygeek
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Scarlet Overkill
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IlliniHusker
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Don't want to be nit-piking, but I saw a lot of center snaps go very high. The QB's were lucky to jump up and grab the snaps but in crucial games a center snap over the QB's head could be a game changer. 
Scarlet Overkill
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Don't want to be nit-piking, but I saw a lot of center snaps go very high. The QB's were lucky to jump up and grab the snaps but in crucial games a center snap over the QB's head could be a game changer.
Definitely not nit picking - it’s definitely a concern. I heard or read somewhere it was happening in practice, too. Hoping that is a point they make during summer drills to get that cleaned up before fall.
Sker fer life
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Yeah, nothing like that I hope. More something in the 42-10 by the end of the third type scenario.
Sker fer life
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I counted six. Gotta clean that up for sure.Don't want to be nit-piking, but I saw a lot of center snaps go very high. The QB's were lucky to jump up and grab the snaps but in crucial games a center snap over the QB's head could be a game changer.
Center play is going to be interesting to gauge in general. I don't think Jurgens looked great, but he's learning the position and it seems (on the surface at least) the coaches are trying really hard to groom him for that spot. Here's to hoping he's 100% in the fall and makes big strides this summer.
WyoHusker56
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Scarlet Overkill said:
Easy fix in the summer. It's a repitition thing to learn how to hit your thing in the same spot every time. I'm confident he'll have it down by the opener.
I'm not sure it's easy to completely fix because we seem to have struggled with it for a few years now. And when you're in shotgun all the time there are more chances for things to go wrong.
But the guys who were doing most of the snapping on Saturday are new to the position. So experience should definitely get better with more reps.
I think this gets undervalued at times. A player can drill it thousands of times, but a clean snap (especially when you exclusively run shotgun) is tough. Even some of the best spread offense centers in the last decade have had a few whiffs here and there.
I remember in last year's MSU game, one of the final snaps in the victory formation almost went over Martinez' head. Drove me nuts that we were snapping the ball like that in that situation, but it's also the team's identity and they're far more comfortable with that than they are snaps under center, so there's really no other option.
FrankWheeler
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Sker fer life said:
Glad I am not the only one that was watching this. Jurgens' snaps definitely looked shaky, especially late in the 2nd quarter. Forbes looked better in my opinion . Farniok looked really sharp with his snaps.