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[QUOTE="SUFan44, post: 1399238, member: 39"]
That's an excuse. Elmurst kicker was  7/8 on FG in '11, 6/9 on FG in '10, 8/16 on FG in '09, 6/10 on FG in '08. One horrific year, the other three were 70.3%.

Syracuse kickers over the last four years: 17/23 (73.9%), 11/17 (64.7%), 15/23 (65.2%), 15/19 (78.9%). Overall 58/82 = 70.7%. Not all that different.

And you may say "Well they probably went for it on 4th down way more because they needed to avoid a longer distance FG due to kicking concerns"... Well, Elmhurst went 6/19 on 4th down in '11, 7/19 on 4th in '10, 15/21 on 4th in '09 & 15/21 in '08. So a total of 80 attempts. Over the last 4 years, SU has went for it on 4th down 12, 17, 19 and 17. 65 times. So 15 times less than Elmhurst over the course of 50 games. Once ever 3.3 games more. Not significant.

Those numbers in the red zone are mediocre at best. Syracuse has been AWFUL in red zone over last 3 years (66.7%, 111th of 128 D1 teams). His mark of 77.6% over his 5 years would rank 89th. Not good.
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