Winning with the kicking game. (Football).

Coach and Athletic Director;  March 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...IF MY EXPERIENCE AS kicking game coordinator at Tuscaloosa County...unquestionable importance of the kicking game. Hoover HS annexed the state championship...down to the quality of each team's kicking game. Only the head coach can create...

RL: Johns says his kicking game will call the tune

AAP Sports News (Australia);  June 18, 2002 ;     509 words ...00-00-0000 RL: Johns says his kicking game will call the tune By Brent Read...third State of Origin game if his kicking game is on song. Maroons selectors yesterday...O'Davis' intimate knowledge of Johns' kicking game had played a part in the decision...

Shot in the foot: Big Ten affected by major errors in kicking game

University Wire;  October 3, 2001 ;     403 words ......State-Northwestern and Purdue-Minnesota -- the kicking game had as much to do with the outcome...in close ballgames, normally the kicking game is what decides it. When you look...the last couple of years in our kicking game and I thought maybe we had it resolved...

Special teams win the day; Spartans' strength in kicking game stuns...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  October 19, 2003 ;     490 words ......Spartans provided a long list of kicking-game exploits that made all the difference...or beyond. They beat us in the kicking game, Gophers senior safety Eli Ward said. If you don't win the kicking game, you don't win the ball game. Coach...

XTREME NOTEBOOK: KICKING GAME RECEIVES KICK IN THE PANTS.(Sports)

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  February 16, 2001 ;     380 words ......week. ``Last week, we were just horrible in the kicking game,'' Luginbill said. ``I was very, very disappointed. The No. 1 priority is to shore up the kicking game.'' The checklist of kicking-game disappointments included two missed field goals...

Kicking game's miscues hurt NU in first half

University Wire;  November 1, 1999 ;     423 words ......Nebraskan) (U-WIRE) LINCOLN, Neb. -- The kicking game hurt the Huskers early against Kansas...Miscues in both aspects of the kicking game resulted in Kansas shutting out...the block. Hadenfeldt ended the game with a lackluster average but was...

Penn State benefits from kicking game

University Wire;  October 11, 2002 ;     376 words ......And if Penn State's game at Michigan Saturday were reduced to a field- goal kicking contest, the Nittany...the Wolverines' woeful kicking game nearly cost the team...Michigan's struggles in the kicking game are a sharp contrast...

Suspect kicking game dooms homecoming comeback

University Wire;  November 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......seventh straight defeat. In a game where the Dartmouth defense...officials and the timekeeper. The kicking game has been an Achilles heel...Green a victory. In a recent game against Colgate, a missed...point would have won the game 14-13. But with the score...Lavin again and take the ...

'Ordinary teams' no more; Glen Mason and his staff made the fundamentals...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  September 11, 2005 ;     508 words ......nothing special about the Gophers' kicking game. Since Jermaine Mays blocked five...They did more live work on the kicking game in spring practice, and it has...fundamentals. We've worked hard on the kicking game, and I told the guys, `Hard work...

Davis rejuvenates USC's kicking game.(The Orange County Register)

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  October 31, 2001 ;     669 words ......resuscitated USC's long-ailing kicking game, but even the career-long 47-yard...chaotic state of affairs for USC's kicking game. Davis has made 10 of 12 field...rescues, but this season he revived a kicking game that for too long was mired in...

Kicking game hard to figure

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  September 25, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Kicking game hard to figure Problems can only be ignored...totals dropped off to 39 through Sunday night's game. Of those 134 scores, only 10 have come from...Davis carries the ball more than 27 times per game. He'll be Carolina's offense again this week...

PSU kicking game still a question

University Wire;  September 2, 2005 ;     425 words ......said. If that statement is any indication where the kicking game stands since the departure of Robbie Gould, there...It's easy to overlook such a vital aspect of the game until that very game hangs in the balance. But whomever Paterno decides...

Special thrill in bluster; Kicking game shines.(Sports)

The Boston Herald;  December 29, 2008 ;     334 words ......sustained winds of 35 mph, making the kicking game an adventure that bordered on absurd...impressed, he called it the play of the game. In those conditions, that punt was...third down with 1:18 to go in the game and the Pats up 13-0. Hanson's 45...

Carr frets kicking game

Chicago Sun-Times;  November 14, 1998 ;     455 words ......worried about heading into today's game (11:10 a.m., ESPN, 950-AM) against...Badgers in Ann Arbor, Mich.? The kicking game. "Because when you play the way they do and you have a great kicking game, you have a great team," Carr said...

Cyclones hope to avoid kicking game breakdowns; Blocked punts hurt ISU in...

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  September 8, 2004 ;     519 words ......Those sounds are all too familiar at Iowa State, whose kicking game broke down frequently last year. The two most glaring...assistants Terry Allen and DeMontie Cross in charge of the kicking game this year and spelled out their task clearly: straighten...