If Hyde moves to safety he is going to break Sash return record.

[DuffMan]

I'll go on record as saying this will happen. He's shown an amazing ability to make things happen on interception returns. The way Iowa's schemes work the safeties are in position to ball hawk and unlike corners when the safties pick off a pass they frequently have room to run in front of them.

Sash has the record for 392 return yards.

Hyde has 142 return yards, and 2 more years to play.

 

[Jonesy86]

First: I thought Prater moved to Safety?

Second: I agree, he's got some amazing run after catch ability. He probably ran well over 100 yards on both his TD's last year, considered he nearly all the way across the field.

Third: If has a good year like we're all hoping, he might not stick around for his senior year.

 

[trj]

Didn't the coaching staff flirt with the idea of him returning punts? Or was it a message board deal that took on a life of its own?

 

[hawkfarmer]

First: I thought Prater moved to Safety?

Second: I agree, he's got some amazing run after catch ability. He probably ran well over 100 yards on both his TD's last year, considered he nearly all the way across the field.

Third: If has a good year like we're all hoping, he might not stick around for his senior year.

1st: NO

2nd: I think he breaks the record as long as he has the opportunity: AKA the 7 infront of him play well

3rd: I doubt it, he'd have to have an AMAZING year for that to happen.

 

[tm3308]

I'm surprised his return against MSU counts, since he wasn't the one to make the interception. I'd think it'd be a fumble return since the ball was pitched to him.

 

[DuffMan]

I'm surprised his return against MSU counts, since he wasn't the one to make the interception. I'd think it'd be a fumble return since the ball was pitched to him.

It's just like an option play. The original defender (Sash in this case) get's credit for the return yards from the point of the pick to the point of the pitch, and the second defender (Hyde) gets credit for the rest.

 

[RocknRollface]

Hyde has better return skills than Sash, we can mostly all agree on that.

Sash was extremely fortunate to be in the right place at the right time very often, especially in 09.

Hyde would have to have allot of luck to even get the chances Sash did.

 

[tm3308]

Hyde has better return skills than Sash, we can mostly all agree on that.

Sash was extremely fortunate to be in the right place at the right time very often, especially in 09.

Hyde would have to have allot of luck to even get the chances Sash did.

That's a pretty big slight to Sash. Some of his plays were pure luck (see: pinball pick 6), but most of them were the result of preparation and instincts. He was in the right place at the right time because he knew where and when that would be.

 

[JonDMiller]

I will take the under. Not saying he won't get picks, but it takes more than just picking it off to get a long return. Takes some skill, and some luck too

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[zhawkzrule]

Agree with others, he's got more return skills, not sure he'll have the same opportunities or enough time, if he has a great year I'd see him coming out early.

 

[RocknRollface]

That's a pretty big slight to Sash. Some of his plays were pure luck (see: pinball pick 6), but most of them were the result of preparation and instincts. He was in the right place at the right time because he knew where and when that would be.

A good number of his INts were huge overthrows where no one else was in the area, just saying.

 

[tm3308]

A good number of his INts were huge overthrows where no one else was in the area, just saying.

And this is different from the experiences of many other safeties, how, exactly?

 

[kicker22]

Why is it everyone always talks about how "lucky" Sash was to be in the right place at the right time on the majority of his picks? IMO, I absolutely hate hearing that because part of playing safety and being a ball hawk is all about putting yourself in a position to make a play every play. So how do people use the "he was just in the right place at the right time" or "lucky" excuse when he was doing exactly what he was supposed to be doing by ballhawking and being where he needed to be when he needed to be there (or simply doing what he was supposed to). I just don't get it.

 

[kicker22]

I also don't get why luck is always credited to defenses for making picks. A receiver runs a route, the defender puts himself in a position to jump the route and make a play, why's that perceived as having to be lucky versuses simply a playmaker making a play and getting the job done.

 

[ICHawk24]

Ricky was apparently unlucky throwing picks as a junior, but lucky to not throw them as a senior.