We really still debating this? 
Pineiro drills 81 yarder
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Interesting. I think you do it in high school as well. Interesting that you can't do it in college but you can in high school and the pros.
First time I heard of it was from John Madden. He always wanted to try it...remember, he had HOF punter Ray Guy (you can kick or drop kick).
Here is an attempt (and give Madden credit, he was on top of it). It didn't end well.
Alex.
It's truly insane, but what's the over/under on mac actually allowing a FG attempt on our side of the field? I'll take the under...
Gator2222
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The morons at Florida Football Insiders put out an article in which they claim it appears as though the video is doctored. Pineiro already has video of a 77 yarder. Why would he bother wasting time to doctor video to make it appear as though he made one from 81?
https://www.floridafootballinsiders...actice-field-goal-arent-completely-convinced/
If you follow college football, even in the off season, and specifically, the Florida teams (and if you are reading our site, you obviously do), you’ve likely heard about or now seen on social media the footage of Gators kicker Eddy Pineiro kicking what he claims and it does appear is an 81 yard practice field goal in pads earlier this week.
The Gators sophomore, who made all three of his field goals over 50 yards a year ago, including two 54 yarders, clearly has leg strength. And his video made the ESPN SportsCenter “Top 10” Tuesday.
But is what you are seeing 100% legit? We need more.
So, obviously, we notice a few things. First, the person taking the video clearly shows us the yard marker at the beginning of the footage and Pineiro is clearly kicking a ball off a holding tee at his own 29 yard line. That is obviously, not in dispute. With the 10 yards for the end zone that does equal the goal post being 81 yards away.
Next, however, there are some curious parts to it.
One, Pineiro kicks the ball ordinarily-almost too routine. Two, anyone that knows anything about distance field goal kicking knows that longer kicks usually require a kicker to “drive them” with a lower trajectory to travel greater distance. That is to say, they are not high arching kicks like ones are from say, 40 yards and in.
Watch the video again. It’s a high arching kick like a kickoff.
Another curious part: is there wind helping? Again, a 15-20 MPH wind at a kicker’s back could represent 10 yards or more of extra distance. However, in the video you can see the trees blowing in the background of the goal post and they appear to be blowing right to left at about 5 MPH only. Not really significant to the kick.
Finally, the video itself does make a quick “jump” right after the kick. The shooter was probably trying to zoom in a little bit with their phone, but it creates “suspicion” (we’ll go with that!) that there could be an edit of a closer field goal onto this video.
Now, much like the tremendous “Operation Genoa” episode of the HBO fictitious cable newsroom drama a few years ago “The Newsroom” starring Jeff Daniels as the lead “Bill O’Reily Clone” conservative anchor, there is a ticking clock to help us tell the truth.
In the television episode, the news editor who is fraudulently editing the military weapons expert’s answers doesn’t realize there is a basketball “shot clock” in the corner of the screen. So ,when he makes his edits, you can see by the shot clock having different times that the sentences weren’t continuous. It blows the whole story up and makes for great drama TV.
Now back to Eddy Pineiro.
There is a ticking scoreboard behind the goal post that reads 9:34 in the background when we see it and it’s visible ticking down to 9:16 throughout the kick as it goes through.
That would seemingly indicate that it’ a continuous kick/footage. Game over right?
However, with technology existing today, you can edit even a ticking clock. (They didn’t in ‘The Newsroom” episode, but they weren’t trying hard enough!).
Want a compelling example of edited astounding sports video? Remember the ad from NBA Superstar LeBron James for Powerade from the early 2000’s?
Here’s the Youtube link where you can watch him routinely tossing in 80 and 90 foot jump shots.
Except, he didn’t really make any of those shots. Clever editing rules the day! But….it was an effective commercial!
So, here’s the bottom line: Pineiro more than likely made the kick.
But, we are just like Agent Scully to Fox Mulder on “The X-Files” (our second pop culture TV reference in the same item!). We need the complete scientific evidence to back it up.
81 yard practice field goal? “The Truth is out there.”
https://www.floridafootballinsiders...actice-field-goal-arent-completely-convinced/
If you follow college football, even in the off season, and specifically, the Florida teams (and if you are reading our site, you obviously do), you’ve likely heard about or now seen on social media the footage of Gators kicker Eddy Pineiro kicking what he claims and it does appear is an 81 yard practice field goal in pads earlier this week.
The Gators sophomore, who made all three of his field goals over 50 yards a year ago, including two 54 yarders, clearly has leg strength. And his video made the ESPN SportsCenter “Top 10” Tuesday.
But is what you are seeing 100% legit? We need more.
So, obviously, we notice a few things. First, the person taking the video clearly shows us the yard marker at the beginning of the footage and Pineiro is clearly kicking a ball off a holding tee at his own 29 yard line. That is obviously, not in dispute. With the 10 yards for the end zone that does equal the goal post being 81 yards away.
Next, however, there are some curious parts to it.
One, Pineiro kicks the ball ordinarily-almost too routine. Two, anyone that knows anything about distance field goal kicking knows that longer kicks usually require a kicker to “drive them” with a lower trajectory to travel greater distance. That is to say, they are not high arching kicks like ones are from say, 40 yards and in.
Watch the video again. It’s a high arching kick like a kickoff.
Another curious part: is there wind helping? Again, a 15-20 MPH wind at a kicker’s back could represent 10 yards or more of extra distance. However, in the video you can see the trees blowing in the background of the goal post and they appear to be blowing right to left at about 5 MPH only. Not really significant to the kick.
Finally, the video itself does make a quick “jump” right after the kick. The shooter was probably trying to zoom in a little bit with their phone, but it creates “suspicion” (we’ll go with that!) that there could be an edit of a closer field goal onto this video.
Now, much like the tremendous “Operation Genoa” episode of the HBO fictitious cable newsroom drama a few years ago “The Newsroom” starring Jeff Daniels as the lead “Bill O’Reily Clone” conservative anchor, there is a ticking clock to help us tell the truth.
In the television episode, the news editor who is fraudulently editing the military weapons expert’s answers doesn’t realize there is a basketball “shot clock” in the corner of the screen. So ,when he makes his edits, you can see by the shot clock having different times that the sentences weren’t continuous. It blows the whole story up and makes for great drama TV.
Now back to Eddy Pineiro.
There is a ticking scoreboard behind the goal post that reads 9:34 in the background when we see it and it’s visible ticking down to 9:16 throughout the kick as it goes through.
That would seemingly indicate that it’ a continuous kick/footage. Game over right?
However, with technology existing today, you can edit even a ticking clock. (They didn’t in ‘The Newsroom” episode, but they weren’t trying hard enough!).
Want a compelling example of edited astounding sports video? Remember the ad from NBA Superstar LeBron James for Powerade from the early 2000’s?
Here’s the Youtube link where you can watch him routinely tossing in 80 and 90 foot jump shots.
Except, he didn’t really make any of those shots. Clever editing rules the day! But….it was an effective commercial!
So, here’s the bottom line: Pineiro more than likely made the kick.
But, we are just like Agent Scully to Fox Mulder on “The X-Files” (our second pop culture TV reference in the same item!). We need the complete scientific evidence to back it up.
81 yard practice field goal? “The Truth is out there.”
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You know how you used to have to write papers and they needed to be like 1000 words long and all you cared about was using as many words as possible not really making a point. Yeah that.
Wont be long now. Eddie will make a better video next time and there will be little doubt about his leg.
What a great Gator to have. Spiritedly slapping his OL's helmits and shouting "You don't want 3 points, you want 7" ...
Wonder if any CFB FG-kicker has ever espoused such an idea?
PS>> Wonder if our first drive Michigan lucks out to stop us on the far side of the 50 and has to watch Eddie kick a 65er with massive clearance... and that just starts our unrelenting scoring. Harbough had better bring a Pez dispenser of boogers.
Wonder if any CFB FG-kicker has ever espoused such an idea?
PS>> Wonder if our first drive Michigan lucks out to stop us on the far side of the 50 and has to watch Eddie kick a 65er with massive clearance... and that just starts our unrelenting scoring. Harbough had better bring a Pez dispenser of boogers.
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Yup getting to our own 35 or 40 is pretty difficult running a Nussfense.If only we could manage to get him within range.
Preach it, brother.
I don't now how likely it is, but it seems to be the most effective option for us.
FIFY
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