OT: Texas kicker Nick Rose kicks 80 yard FG, also backflip FG
So, this is pretty impressive, practice or no:
http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2015-07-12/texas-kicker…
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Shouldn't OMG Shirtless be in the title? I think he's earned it with the backflip kick.
Here's your boy...
Not trying to hate on the kid - not too much anyway - but he missed a lot of kicks last year, including a couple XP's... but whatever, its fun to watch.
He looks a little like Kev from Derek.
Apparently formerly of One Direction
80 or easy idk pic.twitter.com/ocAjwWHsnc
— Nick Rose 2⃣3⃣ (@NickRozay23) July 12, 2015
it is a kickoff that went through the uprights. HUGE difference.
Yes technically since it didn't occur in a game its not a field goal. But he took regular FG step(s), not a kickoff run. That alone makes your assertion questionable. Additionally, he hit it off the ground, not off a tee--another difference with a kickoff. so yeah, while this is by no means the most impressive thing ever, it's pretty damn good, and certainly not a kickoff.
the defensive line and defenders jumpping to block the kick which causes kickers to put more loaf on the ball and sacrafice distance. I must have missed the snap and the hold and the timing of that kick that are all the things that differentiate a kickoff from a field goal. So what the video is showing is a kickoff off the ground with a short approach that went through the uprights. Miles away from a FG attempt.
I am not trying to diminish what the kid did cause obviously he has a big leg, but i am pretty sure the Texas coaches aren't going to be trying any 80-yard FGs this season based on that video. But I can see them taking a penalty and setting up on the 30 yard line for a kickoff and the coaches might tell the kid to kick it through the endzone.
So tell me again which is the video more indicative of?
You can hear a strong wind on the mic. I think it's safe to say it was at his back. It's still impressive, but I'm pretty sure he got some help.
I'm willing to bet most of the field goal records or near records also had a little help from the rear... just saying. I can maybe kick it 25 yards so I'm impressed.
Only if you don't know the difference between a kickoff and a fieldgoal.
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— Trey Holtz (@TreyHoltz) June 6, 2015
steroids or wind?
Does he have a video with a private jet?
Also, wtf. He's jacked for a kicker.
So does "ideal conditions" mean that he's just kicking from a tee with no linemen in front of him? Kicking a football 80 yards though uprights is a feat regardless, but if he did it from an offensive formation, with linemen in front of him and a holder, whoa.
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No you're not missing anything. Look at how low the trajectory of the ball is. It would hit the linemen in the back. Much harder to get the ball high enough over the line, and still get distance. Not to take anything away from the kicker however. One hell of a leg
If it is indeed the case that this kid - or someone else out there - can do it in game condition, I believe that by tradition someone is obligated to let Iowa know where such people can be found so that they can simply achieve the ultimate goal of going for 3 without even having to worry about mounting a drive of any length. Greg Davis would be very relieved, I am sure.
I think he split the uprights in the game at Hawaii too. I hope that with a prominent special teams coach we can avoid the open tryout kickers/punters that we have seen far too much. It's painful to see our key rivals with great specialists when we're sending former high school soccer stars out there.
Ever since Dusty whatshisface, I am not too fond of Texas kickers.
From Arlington, handle place kicking in the early eighties (including the team that won Bo's first Rose Bowl). He actually played in the NFL for a couple of years, which was a novelty for a Michigan kicker at the time.
Marlin Jackson was so close to blocking it.
...and turn to color when he lands in Oz (or Happy Valley)???
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only one who heard the wind and saw the flags on the goalposts. Nice kick but definitely wind-aided.
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in that ball. Sounds suspicious to me.
Don't a lot of kickers have videos doing crazy stuff? It all comes down to whether they hit them in the game, especially as the clock runs out.
FWIW - He doesn't really land the back flip.