Mahoney
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I would alternate the two against NU and future games until one of them separates himself from the pack. Mizzou took this approach when their kicker (Crossett) was struggling in 2006 and found themselves a dominant kicker (Wolfert) for the next three years.
I think Walters brought up a valid possibility last night on the call-in show. Does Mahoney have a "dead leg" since his kicks have been getting shorter and shorter as the year has gone on?
But can Guyer kick it to the end line? Is he accurate in practice? It would be hard to make that switch if that's the case.
Mahoney has become a head case. Bench him and he's done. Think he looks bad when he is nervous that he might miss? Think how bad he'll be when he is also nervous about being benched.
honestly i think the cold is gettin in his head and hes trying to hard.. i think grant will be fine
All of this talk of "confidence" is ridiculous.
At what point do the Iowa State homers admit the kid might just be not good instead of making excuses for how a blocked PAT is "in his head"?
An above-average to good kicker does not miss the chip-shots this kid does nor does he miss (or have blocked) that many extra points.
At what point do the Iowa State homers admit the kid might just be not good instead of making excuses for how a blocked PAT is "in his head"?
An above-average to good kicker does not miss the chip-shots this kid does nor does he miss (or have blocked) that many extra points.
He has the distance, thats not the issue, but mahoney needs to sharpen his accuracy. I really hope we can give Guyer a look to see what he can do.
I don't know what the answer is, but I do now that people need to stop booing the kid...that is hawk bs.
Ummmm.... a lot of teams have kicking problems or have in the past. Grant Mahoney is a good kick and will work himself out of it.
Shorter and shorter? His 50 yarder was long enough. Maybe not dead leg, but "cold leg"?
Didnt know he had a bad attitude.
If anything, as bad as this is for ISU, it may just be a good thing for Grant. Everyone has their downs, and his is right now. He's had 2 bad games. This past game he missed 3 kicks by probably a total of 3 feet. He's had two bad games, lets not throw him off the ship yet, it's not like he has lost a BigXII title on a kick yet.
As for Zach. I believe that they are planning on redshirting him this year so they can extend the gap between recruiting kickers. From what I understand, Rhoads isnt exactly a "kicker guy"...doesnt really like them.
Some of the best kickers in history have had this happen. Miss a big kick and they become headcases.
Agreed. But he better hurry up.
I'm going to disagree. The past few Lou Groza award winners have all missed PATs at some point in their career. Graham Gano missed one in his senior season in which he won the award. They most definitely should not miss, but it happens.