A lot people have been asking what's up with Ryan Cook and his two wild snaps the past two games.
Cook, who usually is automatic at center, has had to pick up a slightly heavier load with some younger guys on the offensive line next to him. Without Claude Terrell, there's a lot more pressure on him to protect Kole McKamey and DonTrell Moore in the backfield.
Rocky Long said with a lot of centers, snapping becomes so automatic that guys don't necessarily concentrate on it in the heat of a game. And that is precisely when guys slip up and make a bad snap.
He said people are questioning Cook a lot more because the bad snap is so much more dramatic out of the shotgun formation and ends up being a 20-yard loss when it flies over Kole's head. The coach also said Cook probably had just as many bad snaps when the team was hiking the ball under center, but few people complained because the Lobos usually recovered for a three to eight yard loss.
He stands by Cook and said no one feels worse than the senior about the mishaps.

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