Kicker this weekend

I think he visited today but I don't know about tomorrow (Saturday). I think his coach may have been premature or misunderstood though in how fast he was going to make his decision. He still has some time before NSD so I think just maybe he is going back to Louisiana and talk it over with his parents and hopefully his coach before making a final decision.
 
Just saw the youtube highlights. He could hit the godillatron from the 50! BTW, he's also a baseball prospect so he could end up a non-scholarship player if he signs with the team who drafts him.
 
i understand the excitement to get a top kicker. i'm glad we're hopefully landing one, but let's not get too worked up. i remember the scouting films and reports on lawrence and tucker. "our kickoff problems are solved", "number 1 kicker in the country" blah blah blah... high school to college is a big difference. sometimes it's a coinflip between who's better - the walkon guy or the scholarship kicker.
 
One player doing all three can wear out a leg, seems we tried it with Richmond Mcgee one year but ended up stopping the experiment because it wore him out (or maybe it was Greg Johnson, not sure).
 
FW maybe he can be like Russell Erxleben and not wear out. Of course if we keep scoring like we are capable he will only mainly be kicking lots of kickoffs.
I really hope we get him but maybe he is going to wait till school next week and announce it at his school. That would be ok with me and everyone I am sure.
 
If the Horns scored on every possession, then punting would be a moot point. It would, however, be a great advantage to have a kicker for kickoffs who (a) can boom it through the endzone and (b) has a lot of stamina.

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and I just remembered Erxleben did get injured, he pulled a quad muscle I think. If we do try to get this kid to do all three, and I am speaking strictly his last three years, I am thinking kind of like I was thinking about the backup QB before the season started.

Here are my "rules" for putting in a backup at a scoring position.

1. Second half
2. up by 21 points or more.

Yes, I really would put in the backup when ahead by 21+, I don't care who we are playing. The key is the first team punt team, kickoff team, extra point team, FG team, whatever team it is, the first team is in there except for the kicker.

Our D is so good, if we were to get a punt blocked, returned for a TD and the score became 28-14, our D is gonna stop them. Because we're going to leave our 1st team D in there.
 
Mack's talked about 'dead leg' concerning a number of our kickers in years past and is a firm believer in having three separate kickers if at all possible. That said, our cupboard is getting pretty bare, so I really hope we can bring this guy in to help replenish the stock.
 
If we run the Leach pirate-spread offense the ther is no need for a punter. All 4 downs are equal no matter where you are on the field. Since we want the pirate-spread , I hope get this kid!
 
Mack seems to change strategy after he gets burned. He will now recruit a punter in case his starting qb gets hurt on the 4th play of a game against a worthy opponent. You never know what can happen so we might need one....
 
The 2005 Rose Bowl is the perfect example of why a field goal should not have been needed. If we had a great kickoff artist like this kid, they would have started at their 20 nine times out of 10. I give them the 10th drive at the 45.

Go back and add up the yardage they gained. Just from memory, they started at an average field position of their own 45. Our D wasn't great that day, but there is no way they have that many points if they have to start from the 20 9 of 10 times.

Okay, add the yardage, let's assume they returned the kickoff 10 times, their average of 45 gives them 25 times 10 = 250 hidden yards!!! Compared to what they could have had, one return to the 45 = 25 yards. 250 compared to 25 = no field goal necessary.
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I'm confused. Did we just now decide to offer? It's way too late to think we could just come in and decide to offer. Maybe this offer is a result of Buckner's scholarship opening up?
 
Well I'm amazed that this guy would go to all the trouble to visit UT at the last minute and after visiting, have a "low" interest in signing with Texas. Talk about a confused kid. He knows we can definitely use him right away.
 
I may have been too pessimistic. Even though his interest is listed as low we have to remember that he has verbaled to Arkansas. Usually when a recruit has verbaled they put none on the other list of schools as far as interest. So the fact that we are still listed as low may mean there is some hope so let's wait and see. I really would like to get him. So be encouraged everyone and let's wait and see what happens. Focus.
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If you look at the link again notice all the other schools that offered are listed as no interest which as I wrote is usually written as none after a verbal. The low I think and hope is there because they recognize that there is a possibility that he will change to Texas.
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Bill, I think that's what it is and also he's gone from solid to soft commit to Arkansas so this isn't out of the question. He's probably talking it over with his parents as we speak.. If he does end up on the 40, could this be the best kicking/defense combo since 1983?
 
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