Did You Forget Someone?

Gary Cismesia extra point MISSED.
Kevin Kelly 29 yard field goal MISSED.
Gary Cismesia 48 yard field goal MISSED.
Kevin Kelly 38 yard field goal MISSED.
Gary Cismesia 38 yard field goal MISSED.

This was in Penn State's 3 OT win over FSU.

I love to see football players joke about how the kicker is not really a "player", he's just this odd little guy on the team. He's the nerd, the chess club president that you only allow to hang out with you because he knows weird trivia like how many legs a spider has.

But check it out. In a high end division 1A football program, it's unacceptable to not have a bad ass swinging an iron foot. The Florida teams are great for being 3 deep with 4.3/40 guys but they historically have crappy kickers-- except when FSU had Janokowski who was great when you could keep him off the X.

And look at my school, Auburn. John Vaughn misses 5 FG's against LSU. That's the difference between Auburn losing by 3 or winning by nearly 2 touchdowns. That's 15 points he left on the field!! He went 1-6 that night. Hell, had he just shot 50% Auburn would have won the game.

So guys, don't forget your kicker. He not only knows the number of hairs on the average human's head, he can also win some games for you.