bwahahahahahahaha thanks for the laugh, that was funny!............roll tide
There is some of both. We have missed out on some elite kickers that changed their minds at the last minute.I find it hard to believe with all the recruiting skills you guys don't have a reliable kicker.
Is it just bad luck - or is there a valid reason you don't have one. It's not the only season this has happened either.
Serious post & question - not trying to be cute.
We routinely recruit and sign great high school kickers. Then we put them on the field and they fall apart.I find it hard to believe with all the recruiting skills you guys don't have a reliable kicker.
Is it just bad luck - or is there a valid reason you don't have one. It's not the only season this has happened either.
Serious post & question - not trying to be cute.
Skeeter got it. It's a painful subject, thus my attempt to introduce it on a light note...I find it hard to believe with all the recruiting skills you guys don't have a reliable kicker.
Is it just bad luck - or is there a valid reason you don't have one. It's not the only season this has happened either.
Serious post & question - not trying to be cute.
I still enjoy the theory that it was part of our deal with the devil. We get CNS and unparalleled success but we will forever be cursed with kickers who are either just bad or miss the biggest kicks.Skeeter got it. It's a painful subject, thus my attempt to introduce it on a light note...
No, just, er, INACCURATE. (The X's should have been more "equitably" stamped on the employment quiz - wide right, wide left, short of the crossbar, etc.)That is just mean man.
LOL, I don't want to do the work...No, just, er, INACCURATE. (The X's should have been more "equitably" stamped on the employment quiz - wide right, wide left, short of the crossbar, etc.)
Those are the only 2 games where the game ENDED due to a missed kick, but it wasn’t the only two where it came into play.In the Saban era at Bama I only recall 2 losses that were due to poor FG kicking, the 9-6 loss to LSU in 2011 and the "Kick Six" game and they were both lost by the same kicker so perhaps that's why that position is not a high priority and we have had mediocre kickers. If we'd had a bunch of "Wide Right" and "Wide Left" games like FSU had years ago then things might be different.
In the 2013 AU game I wasn't counting the FG kick on the final play. We missed 2 FG's earlier in the game and then had another one blocked with about 3 minutes to go. If we convert those opportunities then the Kick Six play doesn't matter.Those are the only 2 games where the game ENDED due to a missed kick, but it wasn’t the only two where it came into play.
Off the top of my head:
-we would have never needed 2nd and 26 to happen if Pappanastos didn’t shank his kick straight left
- 2017 AU, we had a FG blocked in the 4th that would have made a comeback more manageable
-2008 vs LSU- we missed a FG that would have won the game in regulation instead of overtime
-2014 vs LSU- same story, should have won the game in regulation with a chip shot FG but missed
Also I wouldn’t even really consider the FG kick at AU a bad kick- it was down the center but short at over 50yds.
Luckily the rest of our team is usually good enough to cover the difference. But it would be nice not to cringe everytime we go out to kick a FG, or lately an extra point!