Grant Mahoney
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The wind was not that big of a factor tonight. As previously stated, the balls being set up on the tees for kickoffs didn't get blown over even once tonight. I gave him a pass on the first miss, but the second miss was a chip shot. A glorified PAT. It was reminiscent of another horrible miss we saw against Mizzou 6 years ago.
So if a guy is 10/10 inside 50 and 0/5 outside 50, he's a crappy kicker because he only hits 67% of the time? Percentage made doesn't tell you ****.
No, 67% of the time says he's shaky. You can't look at the percentages above and tell me what distance those kicks were from. You just see he's 47%/68%/65%.
2010:
0-19: 0-0
20-29: 1-2
30-39: 3-4
40-49: 3-6
50+: 1-5
By the way, Mahoney was 3-5 from 50+ a year ago.
Ok, without looking it up, I'd like the same breakdown for his freshman and sophomore years. I'll give you that he kicked 65% and 68%. Go. Percentage made is a worthless stat.
mahoney is BAD.. ever since K-state last year, he hasnt been the same kicker. completely unreliable. even in ZERO pressure situations. he just has no confidence in himself, and the fans have none in him..
dude, he is 8 for 17 on the season.. so unless it was windy every game he has had a bad season, period. he has the tools, im sure he tries hard... however if college football was just about trying hard i would be a starting safety..
One for three. His problem is none of kicks seem to go down the middle. They are always close to one side.
No excuses for tonight. He has a year left for redemption. Like others have said, no one feels worse about this than himself. Dont give up on him. I've seen far too many Cyclone fans simply just give up when things are looking down.
Sorry we need a new option for kicker. If our QB was throwing at that percentage we would all be calling for his head. He simply is not getting the job done.
What is sad, Iowa besides this year, can find a kicker that can make kicks. We can't. Same weather. Same state. Different results. Don't tell me JTS is 10x worse to kick at.
What is sad, Iowa besides this year, can find a kicker that can make kicks. We can't. Same weather. Same state. Different results. Don't tell me JTS is 10x worse to kick at.
I had high hopes for Mahoney. I thought our kicking woes were over and then came the 'Arrowhead Extra Point'.
He is just not very good.
The sad part is there isn't much we can do right now. We already have two scholarship kickers.
He is just not very good.
The sad part is there isn't much we can do right now. We already have two scholarship kickers.
I hope Grant rebounds mentally and I don't think anyone will work as hard as him in the offseason. He has a helluva leg, but I'd be fine with taking some mustard off it to increase accuracy. We also need some work on snaps/holds (not making excuses if it's down, he needs to kick it through) but there were some bad holds/snaps throughout the year.
Wow, need to rethink our kicked next year RT @ChrisMWilliams Now Grant Mahoney has missed 8 of his last 9 FG's. Something is wrong.
