"It was kind of a line drive and I saw that there was nobody on the left side, so when I saw the opening I thought, 'OK, Kenzel, this is your chance. I'm going to catch it and go.' I saw a touchdown.''
forced a punt from the UW 44. "When I ran the route, I kind of drifted towards
him (Alston), where if I had stayed flat I could have caught the ball and had a little bit of room and time to tuck it,'' Doe said. "Between coming flat and angling — drifting into him — made the difference between me catching the ball and drop- ping it. "I told Stave afterward, 'That was a good ball.
That wasn't on you. That was my fault.' It was right there," he added, holding up his hands. "But as soon as I caught it, the guy hit me and the ball came out. Those are little things that people in the stands don't see, the little route details that make a difference.'' Despite that drop, Doe measured up as a "differ- ence-maker'' against Utah State. After falling behind 14-3 in a lackluster first half,
and after a three-and-out on their first offensive possession of the third quarter, the Badgers were in desperate need of a spark. The UW defense did its part by getting a much-needed stop, forcing a punt from the Aggies' Tyler Bennett. When Doe took the field, the call was "punt safe''
which is exactly what it implies; a conservative, "safe'' strategy that more often than not results in a fair catch by the returner. The number one ob- jective is to cleanly field the punt. No more, no less. "When he (Bennett) kicked it, I looked to see
how they were coming at me,'' Doe said of Utah State's cover unit. "It was kind of a line drive and I saw that there was nobody on the left side, so when I saw the opening I thought, 'OK, Kenzel, this is your chance. I'm going to catch it and go.' I
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