SEC Short: How Bama Fans Watch FG Attempts
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I just always assume something bad will happen. When it doesn't, I'm pleasantly surprised and grateful.
So they are saying Bama fans watching the FG is comparable to watching a horror film?
Touche, SEC shorts, touche.
Touche, SEC shorts, touche.
Peter Kim, and Van Tiffin set the bar pretty high (Years ago), and both men could kick the ball over it... In the Nick Saban era kicking has been a series of nightmares.
We need a Mr. Reliable. I don't care if it cost us a scholarship. It seems like nearly every game in recent years we have left points on the board, because of misses.
Wasn't too long ago a well known coach had poor kickers... He would go for it on 4th down, and go for 2 after a touchdown. Worked pretty well for him.
We need a Mr. Reliable. I don't care if it cost us a scholarship. It seems like nearly every game in recent years we have left points on the board, because of misses.
Wasn't too long ago a well known coach had poor kickers... He would go for it on 4th down, and go for 2 after a touchdown. Worked pretty well for him.
Pretty well sums up how I am when we attempt a field goal!!
I lol'd at the girl holding The Kick pic! I have that same picture of Van Tiffin (same size, same looking frame) hanging up!!
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I lol'd at the girl holding The Kick pic! I have that same picture of Van Tiffin (same size, same looking frame) hanging up!!
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Just checked the previous four seasons... It's as bad as fans feel.
2013: Cade Foster - 71% (11th out of 12 qualifying SEC kickers)
2014: Adam Griffith - 63% (13th out of 13 qualifying SEC kickers)
2015: Adam Griffith -72% (8th out of 13 qualifying SEC kickers)
2016: Adam Griffith - 75% (8th out of 13 qualifying SEC kickers)
Through one week, Andy Pappanastos is 60%, which puts him 9th out of 13 qualifying kickers.
Note: to qualify "Must play in 75% of team's games | Min. 1 FGA per game"
Foster and Griffith were both on scholarship as well. Heck, just give me Jeremy Shelley. From inside 35 he was $. My all time favorite was Phillip Doyle. Loved watching him come down on kicks and be in on the play and was a pretty good field goal man himself.
At this point I wish we would remove the FG from the play book. Probably a better chance at converting 4th downs then making a FG.
Van Tiffin was a 67% career FG kicker at Alabama with a tee. Peter Kim was 69.8 percent. Doyle was 74.3%, and Michael proctor was 71.4%. Leigh Tiffin was 74.8%
Foster was supposed to be our long range specialist. that didn't work out so well. Shelley had his moments but was inconsistent to say the least. his best game was obviously the 2011 Championship vs LSU.
Griffith for all the criticism, actually came through towards the end of his career for Bama. his best game came during the 2015 Iron Bowl where he nailed all the fgs when we couldn't find the end zone until later in the game.
We can't do that. If we didn't make it we would all complain about the offensive play calling. It would cause way too much stress.
All that is true, but compared to their peers in today's game, our FG kickers are lagging behind every year. Alabama shouldn't accept being in the bottom 1/3 of the league in anything. Hurts even worse when you see what Daniel Carlson is doing at Auburn and know that he wanted to be in crimson and we passed.
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