[NU Sports] kickers

[John A. DeGroat]

Maybe the good kickers read or heard of Walker's comment that he didn't 
know much about kicking.

John DeGroat

NUMBalum78 at aol.com wrote:

>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
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