Posted this on the recruiting thread. It looks like he may have gotten a commitment this morning (Tovani Mizell). He posted this, then posted it again with 2 piece. Looks like two commitments coming
Bouleware TWEET!!!!
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So, from now on when we get the so called "best kicker in the country" out of HS, I'll take a wait and see approach. Chance Poore is just NOW reliable enough to be given his shot at it and he was top ranked. Then, Jackson Smith was supposed to be the "best" in his class and he is NEVER mentioned as even competing for the starting job.
Chance Poore had a chance and did good until that miss that probably would have beaten UF. After that he kept missing and he is now getting another chance. Jackson Smith obviosly has not panned out so far
Big difference in kicking in front of 3k and 65k+ it seems
Ageee here. To not win the job kicking at Ky the last few years is bad….love the Italian meatball…but he was awful last year. Punting has been “meh” as well
Kicker ratings are mostly random
You try kicking field goals when the snap is so bad the holder cannot get it down.
Yeah that really screwed up the timing even when they did get it down. But I always thought his approach to the ball was unusually longer than most too and that caused some timing issues itself. Took him a half second longer to plant his foot and it allowed the rush to creep in. Always make me nervous on extra points as the other guys would barely miss blocks on those.
XP kicks were consistently too low, imo. Every so often, he'd hit it pure but, more times than not, he'd hit a 4-iron instead of a 9-iron.
And some of his FG attempts looked like a pull/hook with literally no chance of being good from the millisecond it left his foot. Some of that was indeed the snapping problem. I have to believe some was had the yips.
We have to improve this facet this year to have what could be another 10 win season.
And some of his FG attempts looked like a pull/hook with literally no chance of being good from the millisecond it left his foot. Some of that was indeed the snapping problem. I have to believe some was had the yips.
We have to improve this facet this year to have what could be another 10 win season.
Didn't UK have a QB who transferred TO Montana under Phillips? Maybe from Chattanooga or some such?
Maybe so. Trying to recall, the player I was thinking of was a QB under Joker Phillips....maybe Ryan Phillips??
Player I was thinking of was QB Reese Phillips who transferred to Montana in Stoops first year. From Chattanooga burb Signal Mountain, TN.
I do get jr was a multiple of issues….but Ruffalo missed a good bit with complete fine snaps…he was a mess last year
Yep and I think it was all in his long stride to the ball. Just harder to time and harder to balance when taking that long stride. Not to mention taking longer to get there. It is like swinging a 9 iron vs a 4 iron. One with shorter stance with up and down swing and other with wider stance with flatter swing because club is longer (unless your B Chambeau).
Unless Smith is slated to move to punter or kickoff specialist. We have a pretty long history of having different guys handle kickoffs vs FG. From what I understand Smith has had some trouble transitioning to kicking FG off the ground vs off the tee allowed in HS.
Which is not an uncommon problem. It isn't an easy transition for some kickers.
Only one I can remember was MTCatFan who ran the Stupid Underdog Picks Contest first.
