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I get that he missed a short one yesterday and had the two bad misses against UM last year, but the talk about him being bad is really puzzling.

Last year in the playoffs, he went 4-5 on field goals with the one miss being the long one at the end of the half versus Tennessee. And two of those makes were from 46.

This year, he was 15-17 before yesterday and 1 of those misses was from 50+.

That’s about as reliable as you are going to get.

People are acting like we’ve had Nuge kicking for us for the last 20 years and that simply is not true.

2005: Huston was 22-28 and was 0-2 from 50+
2006: Pettrey + Pretorius went 9-13 but were 3-5 from 50+
2007: Pretorius was 18-23 and 1-1 from 50+
2008: 22-27, 3-5 50+
2009: 21-30, 2-4 50+ — Pettrey missed 2 from inside 30 and 2 more from inside 40. He had a terrible time with those short, sharp-angle kicks. It was dreadful.

And so on. Remember 2016 when Durbin missed two short ones against UM?

It fucking sucks that he missed that kick yesterday, but he has NOT been a bad kicker. And I think it’s crazy that people think he has.
 
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Fungo Squiggly said:
I get that he missed a short one yesterday and had the two bad misses against UM yesterday, but the talk about him being bad is really puzzling.

Last year in the playoffs, he went 4-5 on field goals with the one miss being the long one at the end of the half versus Tennessee. And two of those makes were from 46.

This year, he was 15-17 before yesterday and 1 of those misses was from 50+.

That’s about as reliable as you are going to get.

People are acting like we’ve had Nuge kicking for us for the last 20 years and that simply is not true.

2005: Huston was 22-28 and was 0-2 from 50+
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He rarely is ever asked to kick deep. Making 30-40 yard kicks in blowouts where there's no pressure is nothing to brag about. He has completely choked on gimmes in big moments that have cost us games, plus he hasn't made a 50+ yarder in his career. He is a bad kicker, mostly because of what's between his ears. And you're right, our kicking game has been woeful since Tressel which is unfathomable and unacceptable.
 
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Fungo Squiggly said:
I get that he missed a short one yesterday and had the two bad misses against UM last year, but the talk about him being bad is really puzzling.

Last year in the playoffs, he went 4-5 on field goals with the one miss being the long one at the end of the half versus Tennessee. And two of those makes were from 46.

This year, he was 15-17 before yesterday and 1 of those misses was from 50+.

That’s about as reliable as you are going to get.

People are acting like we’ve had Nuge kicking for us for the last 20 years and that simply is not true.

2005: Huston was 22-28 and was 0-2 from 50+
2006: Pettrey + Pretorius went 9-13 but were 3-5 from 50+
2007: Pretorius was 18-23 and 1-1 from 50+
2008: 22-27, 3-5 50+
2009: 21-30, 2-4 50+ — Pettrey missed 2 from inside 30 and 2 more from inside 40. He had a terrible time with those short, sharp-angle kicks. It was dreadful.

And so on. Remember 2016 when Durbin missed two short ones against UM?

It fucking sucks that he missed that kick yesterday, but he has NOT been a bad kicker. And I think it’s crazy that people think he has.
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I agree that recency bias makes it feel worse than it actually is then again. Dude is shaky in the big games.

We’ve lost two games over the past calendar year, by 3 points each and he’s missed chip shot FG’s in each.

That makes an impression more than the makes in September.
 
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OregonBuckeye said:
He rarely is ever asked to kick deep. Making 30-40 yard kicks in blowouts where there's no pressure is nothing to brag about. He has completely choked on gimmes in big moments that have cost us games, plus he hasn't made a 50+ yarder in his career. He is a bad kicker, mostly because of what's between his ears. And you're right, our kicking game has been woeful since Tressel which is unfathomable and unacceptable.
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Those years I posted were under Tressel. And almost all were statistically worse than Fielding from inside 50. I didn’t even addressed all of the missed XPs over those years.

Hell, the only clutch field goal I can even remember since Nugent was the OT winner against Iowa in 2009, I think.

Tresa gets a lor of revisionist history on ST thanks to Nuge and Ginn. I’ll certainly grant that punting was much better under him. Thank god since we ended up punting so much more often than we do now.

I’m not giving him a pass on blowing those field goals, but what kicker since Nuge has been better? It feels like he’s getting the OSU treatment here — when OSU wins, no big deal, it wasn’t a “big game”. When OSU loses, “look, they still can’t win the big game!”. He gets no credit for making both his kicks against PSU and Oregon and Indiana last year and those kicks in the playoffs — those obviously weren’t “big kicks” since he made them. They sure would have been important if he’d missed them, though.
 
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Fungo Squiggly said:
I get that he missed a short one yesterday and had the two bad misses against UM last year, but the talk about him being bad is really puzzling.

Last year in the playoffs, he went 4-5 on field goals with the one miss being the long one at the end of the half versus Tennessee. And two of those makes were from 46.

This year, he was 15-17 before yesterday and 1 of those misses was from 50+.

That’s about as reliable as you are going to get.

People are acting like we’ve had Nuge kicking for us for the last 20 years and that simply is not true.

2005: Huston was 22-28 and was 0-2 from 50+
2006: Pettrey + Pretorius went 9-13 but were 3-5 from 50+
2007: Pretorius was 18-23 and 1-1 from 50+
2008: 22-27, 3-5 50+
2009: 21-30, 2-4 50+ — Pettrey missed 2 from inside 30 and 2 more from inside 40. He had a terrible time with those short, sharp-angle kicks. It was dreadful.

And so on. Remember 2016 when Durbin missed two short ones against UM?

It fucking sucks that he missed that kick yesterday, but he has NOT been a bad kicker. And I think it’s crazy that people think he has.
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He's shown that he will choke in pressure situations though even 30 and under yarders in big games you are holding your breath with him which is not good.
 
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Fungo Squiggly said:
Those years I posted were under Tressel. And almost all were statistically worse than Fielding from inside 50. I didn’t even addressed all of the missed XPs over those years.

Hell, the only clutch field goal I can even remember since Nugent was the OT winner against Iowa in 2009, I think.

Tresa gets a lor of revisionist history on ST thanks to Nuge and Ginn. I’ll certainly grant that punting was much better under him. Thank god since we ended up punting so much more often than we do now.

I’m not giving him a pass on blowing those field goals, but what kicker since Nuge has been better? It feels like he’s getting the OSU treatment here — when OSU wins, no big deal, it wasn’t a “big game”. When OSU loses, “look, they still can’t win the big game!”. He gets no credit for making both his kicks against PSU and Oregon and Indiana last year and those kicks in the playoffs — those obviously weren’t “big kicks” since he made them. They sure would have been important if he’d missed them, though.
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I was at the Marshall game when he drilled a 54 yard field goal to win it at the end of regulation
 
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He doesn’t get a pass because we’ve had other mediocre and worse kickers and we don’t get a pass for having had so many mediocre and worse kickers. There’s this thing called to transfer portal now and we seem to use it magnificently for most other positions. Go out and get a fucking kicker. It’s just not as difficult as we’re making it look.
 
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SEREbuckeye said:
This is gross, and sad. We have to do better. He had a placement foot error and we have idiots publicly destroying the kid. Very sad.
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I don't care why he missed. We (not that I'm harassing him or anyone else) absolutely cannot do this. I don't care if he's a kid or an adult, an amateur or a pro. You can't act like this.
We tell the kids to act like they've been here before. We need to do the same: act like we haven't won championships before. Act like we've been on the losing side, before.
If you're resorting to online (or real life) harassment when your team doesn't do as well as you want them to do, maybe you need to take a step back and re-evaluate your priorities.
 
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Tanner said:
I go back and forth on him. His resume is unquestionably pretty good overall. But when you come to Ohio State noone really cares what you do against Minnesota. I do not feel confident in him lining up for a 43 yarder in a playoff game, bottom line
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A 40 yarder? He missed an extra point essentially. Some people can't handle pressure. It is what it is. He obviously shuts down when the pressure is on, this has been proven, and in my experience you don't get better at handling it as time goes on. Its just a bad job to have if you crumble under pressure. You should find something else to do IMO.
 
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Zurp said:
I don't care why he missed. We (not that I'm harassing him or anyone else) absolutely cannot do this. I don't care if he's a kid or an adult, an amateur or a pro. You can't act like this.
We tell the kids to act like they've been here before. We need to do the same: act like we haven't won championships before. Act like we've been on the losing side, before.
If you're resorting to online (or real life) harassment when your team doesn't do as well as you want them to do, maybe you need to take a step back and re-evaluate your priorities.
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It's only getting worse with the proliferation of legalized, easily accessible online gambling
 
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