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I'm guessing one of these guys told the coaching staff that part of the problem was long snapping. If the ball isn't back there quick and placed early then it throws off timing which throws off everything. It still sucks giving a longsnapper a scholarship, but i'm betting that's how it happened

I completely disagree... I think we just don't have anyone that the staff thinks can take over Carson Tinker's spot as well as him, and we have the luxury of using a scholly on a LS because of how stacked we are everywhere else.

Tinker has been a fine snapper for us. Our kicking problem is that the guy with the leg hasn't been that accurate up to this year and the guy that is accurate doesn't have the leg.

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Posted by Sandkhan

Hells and Wilderness, Northeast MS

Member since Jun 2009

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Posted on 2/5/13 at 12:45 am to NATidefan

I've seen us have slightly high snaps. We also get a lot of kicks blocked. I won't shite on Tinker because he's been through a lot and he's done it mostly for free. But I can't imagine that if we think someone could do the job just as well while not on scholarship that they'd burn a scholarship

It's also important to note that there is someone I know who is connected to the team who says that per Jeremy Shelley's parents, NO special teams player is on scholarship until their senior year if there is one to be had. Says our staff doesnt do schollys to ST. Could be just what they told Shelley to get him to walk on.

but he swears it up and down