"Dead heat" at kicker per Paul Rhoads

[Cyclone90]

When was the last time we didn't swing and miss on a scholarship kicker? 199x what?

 

[geburgess]

Are we really that surprised that our kicking game will be weak again this year?

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[ChrisMWilliams]

Here's the story:

Notebook: A competition of their own | News | Football | Cyclone Fanatic

 

[BuffettClone]

I'm guessing he just says that about all the position races to not give out any info

 

[price26]

Here's the story:

Notebook: A competition of their own | News | Football | Cyclone Fanatic

Well hopefully he's not sugar coating it and they're both making kicks.

Just make the gimmies. No more getting inside the red zone and not getting points.

 

[jay moe]

Do not like the sounds of the "dead heat". We need a good kicker to rely on and this "dead heat" talk makes me feel very uneasy.

 

[cyence]

Both kicking well, good accuracy and kicks from 50+ . Bonus to have Cole not be needed as Edwin has two years to play.

 

[Rhoadhoused]

Here's the video. Rhoads makes it sound a lot better than the tone you will read it in as a cyclone fan if you know what I mean. ISU Fall Camp: Reaction from Scrimmage 2 - YouTube The kicker part is at the end.

 

[PabloDiablo]

At least we haven't pulled a kicker out of the stands yet like Tech did.... yet.

 

[Clones85']

Did you go to the spring game? If hes the winner, we have problems.

Kudos to him if hes improved since.

I could be wrong but I don't think he missed a kick in the spring game at all. It was the other kickers who missed it

 

[Clones85']

Lets be honest, if we simply had a better offense the past decade we would probably think a lot more of our last couple kickers. But sadly we've had one of the worst offenses during that time span and we have had to rely on our kickers a lot more than most teams do to score points

 

[InCytful]

How come Ubben over at ESPN hasn't picked up on this story? It seems he does a weekly blog about how the sky is falling because ISU is the only team without a starter at QB named.

 

[cobraclone71]

Lets be honest, if we simply had a better offense the past decade we would probably think a lot more of our last couple kickers. But sadly we've had one of the worst offenses during that time span and we have had to rely on our kickers a lot more than most teams do to score points

...sad statement, but a a valid one :sad:

 

[nickwc]

Well, let's be honest, we haven't had a good kicker forever, so I doubt we have 2 good kickers all of the sudden. Scary

 

[WhatchaGonnaDo]

He's just trying to see if the walk on is good enough to cover the duties while Netten takes a RS year. Nothing more to see here

 

[Cyrok]

As some have said, it's too early to get worked up about this. Maybe they are both solid, maybe they are both performing poorly. I don't see why anyone should be concerned unless we start missing easy kicks in games.

 

[Jeffreyisu]

Well hopefully he's not sugar coating it and they're both making kicks.

Just make the gimmies. No more getting inside the red zone and not getting points.

I've never know Rhoads to be a 'sugar coater'.

 

[DesertClone1]

When was our last "good" kicker? Yelk?

 

[AIBClone]

I know the problem. Neither of them can get a kick off because Irving is blocking them all. That could why he cant choose one so far. CPR just refuses to allow the press to know that Irving has become such a beast so he said it was a dead heat.


IDK what flavor everyone else's Kool-Aid is but mine is better and I'm not sharing.

 

[cyclones500]

From pure-PK standpoint, I suppose it's Alex Giffords.