Word: kickers
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...holder - these days usually a team's punter like the Bears' Brad Maynard and the Colts' Hunter Smith, though occasionally a backup quarterback - must catch the ball and place it in the exact spot the picky kicker wants it. The whole process, from the snap to the boot of the ball, must happen in a flash. "The industry average is 1.3 seconds," says New York Giants long snapper Ryan Kuehl...
...team is paying a total of $103.1 million for rookie Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka. This is an exorbitant amount for any pitcher, but here’s the real kicker: $51.1 million of that price tag was merely for the right to negotiate with...
...three touchdowns was made much easier by some highly favorable field position. Two of his touchdowns came on drives in or near Crimson territory, including an eight-yard score on a drive lasting all of one play.That came thanks to a botched, seven-yard punt by junior kicker Matt Schindel from the Harvard one-yard line, a gaff that gave the Bulldogs by far their shortest field of the afternoon. Schindel also pooched the opening kick of the second half out of bounds in a short-lived stint as kickoff specialist, a spot that was quickly retaken by freshman Patrick...
...62nd Game?“I think we can beat them, but we can’t make any mistakes,” he says. “I would say maybe 28-21, maybe 28-24, [because] they’ve got a pretty good field goal kicker.”—Staff writer Brad Hinshelwood can be reached at bhinshel@fas.harvard.edu...
...Quakers at the Crimson 19.Penn was once again forced to settle for a field goal, putting Harvard behind 20-7 with 8:16 remaining in the first half.The Crimson settled down somewhat over the remainder of the second quarter, tacking on a pair of field goals from junior kicker Matt Schindel despite another drive ended by a red zone interception, Harvard’s fourth turnover of the first half.“To state the obvious, we made too many mistakes to win,” coach Tim Murphy said. “Specifically, four turnovers...