simonn won this thread

4/16/2008 5:05:53 PM

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"Kiker actually wasn't THAT bad....he just got the blame for missing a extra point to lose a game."

bullshit. he missed extra points with far too much regularity.

It got to the point where we would routinely go for two point conversions or go for it on fourth down in easy kicking range.

So if his stats are any good (I don't know them, so I will concede), they are inflated because amato wouldnt let him kick unless it didnt matter or unless it was so damn close he would have to try to fuck up.

4/16/2008 5:07:19 PM

Here are his stats per ESPN.com: Adam Kiker

2001: 13/14 FGs 24/27 PATs. Long of 41. Leading scorer on the team with 63 points
2002: 5/7 FGs 10/12 PATs. Long of 44. 35 points.
2003: 12/16 FGs 48/51 PATs. Long of 43. Leading scorer again with 84 points.

So total he was 30/37 on FGs and 82/90 on PATs. I will concede those PATs should automatic but 30/37 from FG? That is better than our beloved John Deraney did in his time here. How many of those FGs won us games? Yet he only gets the blame when we lose, no credit for the wins. Typical State.

4/16/2008 5:28:11 PM

i guarantee you that his average on those 30 made FG was probably no higher than 30 yards

4/16/2008 6:08:15 PM

People bashing Kiker are dumb. Yeah he wasn't that great of a kicker and most of his FGs were 30 yards or less, but he basically was our ONLY option when he played here because everyone else was either hurt or sucked worse than he did. It's not like he was some highly recruited kid who sucked balls (see Derrick Morris). Kiker was basically taking one for the team being our kicker.

Plus the dude was an aerospace engineer and managed to play football and keep an amazingly high GPA. None of us on this board could claim that.

4/16/2008 6:31:36 PM

Too bad all of his airplanes start out great, but take quick turns to the left at unexpected times.

4/16/2008 7:14:54 PM

30/37 is actually a lot better than I would have guessed. I guess it's just that 5 or 6 of those misses were heartbreakers.

4/16/2008 7:16:23 PM

Jerry Rice
Charles Barkley
Peter Crouch
Kevin Mitchell

[Edited on April 16, 2008 at 10:14 PM. Reason : ..]

4/16/2008 10:13:44 PM

4/18/2008 9:11:05 AM

MLB - Terry Pendleton, Deion Sanders, Ted Williams (wish I coulda seen him play)
NFL - Deion Sanders, Brett Favre, Peyton
NHL - Peter Forsberg
NBA - Penny Hardaway, Scottie Pippen

4/18/2008 11:52:00 AM