[Husker] UT-NU Observations from the Press Box

[gzimmerman at everestkc.net]

And this is the reason I posed the question. With a 30+ MPH tail wind, why not take a shot at a FG? Not saying it was a sure thing, but would it provide a better chance than a Hail Mary?

Greg Zimmerman, UNL '75
Overland Park, Kansas

----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Reichenbach <reich at inetnebr.com>
Date: Monday, October 23, 2006 5:09 pm
Subject: RE: [Husker] UT-NU Observations from the Press Box

> 
> 
> Another local kid, Greg Zuerlein, from Lincoln Pius X, now a freshman
> at UNO, kicked a 52 yarder in HS (43-45 PATs, 12-16 FGs).  I saw a 
> gamewhere he was putting kickoffs (which I understand are different)
> through the uprights.
> 
> If people continue to express doubt about HS kickers making 50+ yd
> FGs, I can provide additional examples.
> 
> BTW, Congdon kicked a 53yd FG in HS.  He has been very accurate and
> reliable at NU (most important in a kicker), but right now seems to
> lack the length right that sometimes may be required.
> 
> Yes, 58yds is a long FG, but with a 30mph tail wind, many kickers
> can do it. 
>