Topic: HZ: As a Punter, Williams Would Rather Hang `Em High

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By JACK BOGACZYK
HERDZONE.COM COLUMNIST

HUNTINGTON – Tyler Williams is a punter – and a darn good one – but he’s also part meteorologist.

Talk to Williams, Marshall’s true freshman specialist, at this time of year and the discussion turns to talking on air, and not the kind that inflates a football, but the kind that can deflate a punter’s average.

Williams punted a season-high seven times in the Thundering Herd’s loss to UCF last Saturday, and the chilly, drizzling conditions were different than he’d booted in all season.

“I don’t think it makes a whole, whole lot of difference,” Williams said earlier this week when asked whether he prepares differently depending on the weather. “Once it does get cold, you can get into kicking talk, punting talk.

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