[NU Sports] kickers

[NUMBalum78 at aol.com]

Jim, 

The perplexing thing is that NU frequently has always been able to find good 
kickers in the past.   Heck, back in the Dark Ages of NU football, the kicking 
game was about the only thing we had going for us.  

Even more frustrating is that we've missed out on some real hotshot kickers.  
 It was widely reported that UVA's all-everything kicker, Connor Hughes, 
practically begged to come to NU, and he got the cold shoulder from our 
recruiters.   (Both his parents are university professors, btw -- currently at Purdue.)  

Hard to understand how we can miss out on great kickers, especially the ones 
who fall right into our lap.  


In a message dated 1/3/2006 5:46:35 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
jleonard518 at yahoo.com writes:
All,

I understand why large & fast defensive linemen might be hard to recruit to an
academic school like Northwestern. But why is it so hard to get good kickers? 

Most kickers don't fall into the classic "jock" mold. This country has to be
loaded with great kickers (place, punt, and kickoff) who have an academic mind
and would love a free Northwestern education. Why has it been so hard for
Northwestern to recruit these guys?

Jim