- Jun 12, 2014
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Kickers are minimized but they win and lose a lot of ball games. The last few years have been testament to that.
People pay them little heed until they really need one. I guess because they aren't involved in what we consider the real aspects of football (running, tackling, passing, catching) they are thought of as not very important. It's kind of like some golfers being more concerned about driving a long 300 yard drive than a 6 inch putt even though they each count equally.
The 2006 season comes to mind.
We played a lot of teams tight because we couldn't kick field goals (Hetland was 2-12 during the season). Then he hit one in the SEC Championship.
The two he hit in the NC game were huge. We went up by 10 and then 13 points and that made OSU panic, before half. That made them try for a 4th and short and throw on us late in the half (when Jarvis stripped fatboy).
If Hetland missed them, the bucks would have run out the clock, content with being down by only 7 at half. (of course, we still would have crushed them in the 2nd half).
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