Adam Griffith is 10 for his last 12 FGs - Share the love
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WTG Adam, I am glad he is doing better.
I was thinking this too. I remember our debates on here if Foster kicked it short on purpose or not.
Those kick offs were big on Saturday. Made sure that UT had to drive the ball a long way. To their credit, they did it a couple of times, but it`s hard to make a living against this D if you have to do it time after time. Adam did his job superbly last weekend. I just wonder if maybe he`s feeling better (?)
He did a fantastic job on kickoffs as well as his place kicking. I will admit though that I never trust our kickers to make FGs...I can't explain it.
Heck...I think the last kicker I trusted was Michael Proctor.
Heck...I think the last kicker I trusted was Michael Proctor.
Against, Georgia, my sons and I leaned left his last kick to help him pull it through since everything was missing right.
Yes, I'm glad he's doing better. And yes, he hit a clutch kick against LSU. And no, I don't blame him in any way for the Kick Six.
But I was texting a friend at the time and when we failed the first shot at a TD (which enabled the Vols to take the lead), I even texted, "God, I hope this doesn't come down to the kicker." And that's weird. We are the school that once went about seven years without missing a PAT. We're the school had ace kickers like Van Tiffin, Phillip Doyle, and even to a large extent Michael Proctor (who hit a 40-yard PAT against UF in the 92 SECCG that was critical - and he was a freshman).
We haven't had a reliable kicker in 20 years. I was told the reason we didn't have a good one for the first ten is because we were on probation. But that's no excuse now.
Edited to add: Leigh Tiffin was all right, pretty good, but he wasn't money in the bank inside the 40, either. That's what I mean. So yeah he was reliable but he wasn't 'hey, we've got this.'
But I was texting a friend at the time and when we failed the first shot at a TD (which enabled the Vols to take the lead), I even texted, "God, I hope this doesn't come down to the kicker." And that's weird. We are the school that once went about seven years without missing a PAT. We're the school had ace kickers like Van Tiffin, Phillip Doyle, and even to a large extent Michael Proctor (who hit a 40-yard PAT against UF in the 92 SECCG that was critical - and he was a freshman).
We haven't had a reliable kicker in 20 years. I was told the reason we didn't have a good one for the first ten is because we were on probation. But that's no excuse now.
Edited to add: Leigh Tiffin was all right, pretty good, but he wasn't money in the bank inside the 40, either. That's what I mean. So yeah he was reliable but he wasn't 'hey, we've got this.'
9 of his last 15 have been touchbacks, and he's just shy of 50% overall
For the month of October, he's booted 58% of kickoffs for touchbacks, good for 28th overall.
http://www.cfbstats.com/2015/leader/national/team/offense/split16/category29/sort04.html
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