- Jun 11, 2014
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I turned on the boob tube and the potential game winning FG was just about to be attempted. I skipped back to the game winning play and began to reminisce. Then I skipped forward to watch the UT heartbreak over and over again. Oh what joy...
It was then that I noticed that the first attempted FG was from directly on the right hash marks and was for the most part kicked straight down the field. After the almost fatal "lets freeze the kicker" time out, the ball was kicked from about 2-3 yards to the left of the hash marks. Again the kick was fairly straight (yes it hooked left and then back right almost like a knuckleball, but it ended up almost straight ahead of where it started), just missing by about 2-3 feet to the right of the goal post.
Not sure if anybody has ever discussed this before but that error in ball placement by the officials very well could have cost us the game.
It was then that I noticed that the first attempted FG was from directly on the right hash marks and was for the most part kicked straight down the field. After the almost fatal "lets freeze the kicker" time out, the ball was kicked from about 2-3 yards to the left of the hash marks. Again the kick was fairly straight (yes it hooked left and then back right almost like a knuckleball, but it ended up almost straight ahead of where it started), just missing by about 2-3 feet to the right of the goal post.
Not sure if anybody has ever discussed this before but that error in ball placement by the officials very well could have cost us the game.