OTish: Female Kicker At NFL Tryout - SU Connection

[BlazeOrange]

Sounds like some sort of publicity stunt, to what end I don't know.
Would've liked to see a quote from her training partner:

"Silberman told USA TODAY Sports last week that she had been working with former Syracuse kicker Ricky Krautman. She wouldn't reveal the length of her longest field goal."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...e-kicker-nfl-tryout-ends-with-injury/1960553/

 

[rrlbees]

FWIW, Ricky trains many kickers and has his own kicking school. I don't know if that girl was scamming but when she did kick yesterday she got hurt and left. Also, Ricky signed as the kicker for the Roc City Thunder, an indoor football team in Rochester.

Rochester Thunder

 

[SU2NASA]

FWIW, Ricky trains many kickers and has his own kicking school. I don't know if that girl was scamming but when she did kick yesterday she got hurt and left. Also, Ricky signed as the kicker for the Roc City Thunder, an indoor football team in Rochester.

Rochester Thunder

It's understandable to lose some distance when you injure yourself, her second kick went only 17 yards as compared to her first kick of 20 yards.

 

[Upstate]

Rex Ryan said he didn't like her leg, but he sure loved her foot.

 

[TexanMark]

Rex Ryan said he didn't like her leg, but he sure loved her foot.

Hey, Rodney playing Grossinger's all week?

 

[BlazeOrange]

 

[Toga]

Solid effort. Should work on getting elevation.

 

[BlazeOrange]

Not that they're evaluated on their tackling skills or anything, but kickers do have some limited defensive responsibilities. Did the girl that actually made the college team (she's interviewed in the article) see any "real" game action or did she kick extra points only? Possibly just a token extra point at the end of her career to get her in a game? Or was she also involved in field goals and kickoffs where she would be subject to being blocked and having to make a tackle?

 

[SU2NASA]

Not that they're evaluated on their tackling skills or anything, but kickers do have some limited defensive responsibilities. Did the girl that actually made the college team (she's interviewed in the article) see any "real" game action or did she kick extra points only? Possibly just a token extra point at the end of her career to get her in a game? Or was she also involved in field goals and kickoffs where she would be subject to being blocked and having to make a tackle?

She's never even played football.

 

[All4SU]

Rex Ryan said he didn't like her leg, but he sure loved her foot.

Hey now!

 

[Jables]

she must be practicing onside kickoffs.

 

[Chip]

She's never even played football.

I'm not so sure she ever played soccer either. Or kickball. Or ever used her right leg before for any purpose outside of maybe walking.

 

[BlazeOrange]

She's never even played football.

I was talking about Katie Hnida, a former kicker for Colorado and New Mexico who was the first female to score in a Division I game. She criticizes the tryout girl in the article. Broke down and did my own research:
Hnida suited up for Colorado, but never got in a game. She transferred to New Mexico after allegedly being sexually molested and abused by some of her Colorado teammates, and raped by one of them (charges famously denied by Gary Barnett). She became the first woman to score in a Division I-A game when she kicked two extra points against Texas State in the fourth quarter of a 72-8 victory. Didn't play again until their bowl game (had a PAT blocked). Went on to play indoor and semi-pro football, no idea what degree she was physically involved though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Hnida