[Husker] High School Kickers

[Mike Jaixen]

In 1991, the NCAA rules were changed and now college
goal posts are the same width as the NFL goal posts at
18'6".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_goal#Football_Field_Goal_Dimensions

Some high schools still play with the 23' 4" goal
posts though.  I know when high school teams play at
UNO or for the state title in Memorial Stadium, they
use the narrower college goal posts.

--- gzimmerman at everestkc.net wrote:

> Goal posts in the NFL are 18'-6" wide and in the
> NCAA and High School are 23'-4" wide. 
> 
> College and high school goal posts are the same
> width.
> 
> Greg Zimmerman, UNL '75
> Overland Park, Kansas
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: JEN_SENS <answerman1 at hotmail.com>
> Date: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 4:43 pm
> Subject: [Husker] High School Kickers
> 
> > I haven't checked the rules lately, but remember
> when most of 
> > these high 
> > school kickers were making 50 yard field goals
> they were kicking 
> > from a two 
> > inch tee at goal posts that were almost five feet
> wider than 
> > college kickers 
> > have to work with. College kickers kick from the
> ground. Five feet 
> > gives a 
> > lot of forgiveness to an errant kick. And of
> course golfers know 
> > the benefit 
> > of teeing up the ball over a fairway shot. (Sorry,
> that is an 
> > analogy so it 
> > must not be true). ; )


Mike Jaixen
Blog: http://huskermike.blogspot.com

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