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FightWinDrink

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definitely deserved it. He didnt even play the first 3 games of the season and is sitting at 5th in Field Goals made for the season only 3 behind the leader. All of them came in the single month too. Pretty sure he also kicked the most field goals in the month of October, too, so he probably led the league in scoring
 

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I cracked up at the comment by the guy in Chiefs Chat that he had never even heard of Butker before the Chiefs.That's because he played college ball for a coach suffering from triskaphobia and wasn't going to add three to anything.
 

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I see that Harrison Butker's FG string is now 19 straight, and I confidentally say without research he has kicked more professional FGs in less than half a season than in four years of college. A couple have been in that 53-54 yard boomer range. As well his kickoffs -- that I've seen -- are all through the end zone which must make his ST pals happy. But the announcer said something the other night about him being erratic in college in "mid-range". Anybody have a good memory of that. I recall him making them and the Georgia kick of 53 was the outlier of his college career. Regardless, the kid is lighting it up, and I don't think anybody has more pressure than a kicker.
 
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Skeptic said:
I see that Harrison Butker's FG string is now 19 straight, and I confidentally say without research he has kicked more professional FGs in less than half a season than in four years of college. A couple have been in that 53-54 yard boomer range. As well his kickoffs -- that I've seen -- are all through the end zone which must make his ST pals happy. But the announcer said something the other night about him being erratic in college in "mid-range". Anybody have a good memory of that. I recall him making them and the Georgia kick of 53 was the outlier of his college career. Regardless, the kid is lighting it up, and I don't think anybody has more pressure than a kicker.
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30-35 from the right hash his first two years were "Hold your breath"
 

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Skeptic said:
I see that Harrison Butker's FG string is now 19 straight, and I confidentally say without research he has kicked more professional FGs in less than half a season than in four years of college. ... But the announcer said something the other night about him being erratic in college in "mid-range". Anybody have a good memory of that.
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Butker was 43 of 60 for his Tech career (10/14, 11/18, 7/11, & 15/17). He was 208 of 210 on extra points, the misses being a bad snap vs Miami his Freshman year and the UGA overtime blocked XP in 2014. As for the erratic comment, I remember the first half of 2014 he was solid outside of 40 yards, but was about 50% inside of 40. Whatever was the issue, he seemed to work it out and wasn't an issue during our strong finish to the year.
 
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dmurdock said:
He was 208 of 210 on extra points, the misses being a bad snap vs Miami his Freshman year and the UGA overtime blocked XP in 2014.
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I hate it when people blame things on refs calls or no calls, but uga should have been flagged both for that xp as well as the blocked FG in that game where both times they engaged the long snapper, which is against the rules.

NCAA Rule 9-1-2-o

When a team is in scrimmage kick formation, a defensive player may not initiate contact with the snapper until one second has elapsed after the snap (A.R. 9-1-2-XVIII-XX).
 
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dmurdock said:
Butker was 43 of 60 for his Tech career (10/14, 11/18, 7/11, & 15/17). He was 208 of 210 on extra points, the misses being a bad snap vs Miami his Freshman year and the UGA overtime blocked XP in 2014. As for the erratic comment, I remember the first half of 2014 he was solid outside of 40 yards, but was about 50% inside of 40. Whatever was the issue, he seemed to work it out and wasn't an issue during our strong finish to the year.
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dmurdock said:
Butker was 43 of 60 for his Tech career (10/14, 11/18, 7/11, & 15/17). He was 208 of 210 on extra points, the misses being a bad snap vs Miami his Freshman year and the UGA overtime blocked XP in 2014. As for the erratic comment, I remember the first half of 2014 he was solid outside of 40 yards, but was about 50% inside of 40. Whatever was the issue, he seemed to work it out and wasn't an issue during our strong finish to the year.
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For some reason I never thought he kicked that many at Tech. I am guessing that his accuracy and length -- some of his kickoffs are still flying -- are the results of virtually unlimited attention and practice time in the pros, as well as the personal attention of kicking specialists who have made a career of developing kickers. Whatever, I surely hope he enjoys his success because failure at that level hurts a long time.
 
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