with the punters this past spring but never
seriously considered pulling double duty.
Even with Chris Gulla and Danny Pasquar-
iello struggling – Penn State was 11th in
the Big Ten with a 34.4-yard average
through nine games, Ficken said he's not
been asked to step in. He said his hang
time wasn't very good when he worked
out at the position in the spring. And be-
sides, he added, "we have complete faith
in our two guys. They're working to get
better. They're right there. They're on the
precipice of being really good. We've seen
it in practice. It just
needs to translate
over
to games."
Ficken said he can
relate to the pun-
ters' di
