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Punt and kickoff returns are way down nationally. by bleedsgreen04
At Notre Dame it's actually somewhat above average compared to the national numbers and even above some of the big dogs you'd think we'd be behind in... I'd love to post a link, but I'm going from memory on an ISD deep dive post that one of the guys on there put up.
In short, Polian doesn't deserve the shit he catches for not having Rocket or Zibby back there fielding punts. I do wish we would go for punt blocks a little more often, but ND actually hasn't been to shabby their either. But it truly is not 1988 anymore in terms of special teams.