A lot more pressure toward the end of the year. I think they all played a little tighter toward the end.
Is Griffith the Kicker next season?
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From everything I hear coach is starting over this year. That means back to boot camp and every position is open. If Adam wins the position battle then yes, he will be the guy.
For sure you can find us a punter(and I mean the American term,ha) there in Scotland. LSU's punter Brad Wing's father kicked for the Scottish Claymores back in the day!! Preferably a young Ranger!I can drop kick a rugby ball (you have to let it hit the ground and kick it after the bounce) half the length of a Rugby field (70-80yds) and did it successfully 4 out of 5 attempts to win a bet. Soccer players for place kicking and Aussie rules players for punting.
Most semi fit soccer players would routinely make 40-50 field goals, but it's a different ball game when you have 11 man-mountains trying to rip your head off. Which is exactly the reason I never played rugby.
We will miss Cade Foster in kickoff coverage. Cade was a linebacker disguised as a place kicker.
I don't know who the kicker will be next year, but assume Griffith leads at the moment. I recall watching his highlight films when we were recruiting him a couple of years ago, and was incredibly impressed with his raw ability in both distance and accuracy. I would hope that no one would base an opinion on his first collegiate attempt from 60+ yards on the final play of the Iron Bowl to win/lose the game. I don't know many, even professional, or even Peter Kim, who was arguably the greatest ever at the Capstone who wouldn't choke in that situation.
No matter who the kicker is, I sure hope our coaches will let him BOOM the kick-offs out if the end zone, I absolutely hate those short placement kicks we like to do..Just kick the ball out of the end zone & not chance a long kick return that usually gives other teams the "Big Mo"..
hard to evaluate kickers in high school for 2 main reasons. you are kicking in front of a few thousand people you see everyday in a high school football game vs several thousand at deafening noise levels and millions watching on tv. And the goal posts in college are narrower.
Just ask the barn if they wish their guy had kicked it out of the endzone the other night.
This.
It amazes me how so many schools have kickers that can just drill kicks out of the EZ and yet we struggle to get it deep into the paint, much less beyond, with consistency.
Drives me nuts as well. I know scholarships are limited, but what is it worth to force teams to start at the 25 after every kickoff?
If you can get it high and drive it to the 10 yard line -- and can tackle them shy of the 20 -- you are making up 5+ yards of field position and increasing the odds of a turnover.....I think that's the strategy behind it.
BUT, I agree, there are times when kicking it through the end zone is a much preferred scenario.
I think we kicked to around the Five on purpose. Depending on coverage to stop them close to the Twenty.
BUT...
Sometimes that strategy bites you...
BUT...
Sometimes that strategy bites you...
Are we seriously going to have this discussion again?
http://www.tidefans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=208532&highlight=kick
I haven't seen AG practice, but his 57 yard kick certainly wasn't bad. He had the pretty spin. loft, and direction that often eluded CF. He just needed to be kicking from 50 yards or less. His loft, i.e. ability to kick over the line, looks good; many kickers will kick with less loft for long kicks and get blocked.
That said, I believe I read here that AG was behind CF in terms of accuracy, i.e. many kicks were this pretty while others were off target. I would love to hear how things were going in practice later in the season.
That said, I believe I read here that AG was behind CF in terms of accuracy, i.e. many kicks were this pretty while others were off target. I would love to hear how things were going in practice later in the season.
JK Scott is the real deal. He's just as good as any Australian out there. I'm excited to have him committed to us. Check out this video of him.
http://youtu.be/4wCXxtHqt6Y
http://youtu.be/4wCXxtHqt6Y
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