Deep snap leads to deep trouble
ATHENS, Ga. — The list for the Dale Hellestrae Award just got a little shorter. Actually, the award doesn’t yet exist, but OSU sideline reporter Robert Allen said last year he hoped to start the award, named after the long-time Dallas Cowboy deep snapper.
Allen’s motives were obvious; his son, Zach, is OSU’s deep snapper. But in the first minute against Georgia, Zach Allen got the kind of publicity a deep snapper doesn’t want. OSU survived a killer start against Georgia and trails 14-7 after one quarter, but the longer this game goes, the more Cowboy fans and Mike Gundy’s mind will look back on the bad snap that put OSU in an early hole.
Allen’s wild snap that sailed over punter Matt Fodge’s head gave Georgia a free touchdown — a one-play, 14-yard TD drive. You can’t give away touchdowns when you’re playing a team as good as Georgia in an environment as hostile as
Sanford Stadium.
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