K Mike Nugent (All American, Lou Groza Winner, National Champion)

[UpNorthBuckeye]

NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGE!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

Nuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge

 

[Buckskin86]

Bob Hunter commentary: Nugent looks like perfect fit with Bengals -- for now
Monday, September 20, 2010
By Bob Hunter
The Columbus Dispatch

Ed Reinke | Associated Press
Mike Nugent was 5 for 5 on field goals, accounting for all of the Bengals' points in a 15-10 win over the Ravens

CINCINNATI - A year ago, Mike Nugent was nearing the end of his rocky, four-game season with Tampa Bay, about to be released to the unwelcome comforts of the Harrison West home he shares with brother Kevin in Columbus.

Yesterday, the former Ohio State kicker was in Paul Brown Stadium, booting five field goals for the team he cheered while growing up, field goals that accounted for all the Cincinnati Bengals' scoring in a critical 15-10 victory over the Baltimore Ravens.

Somehow, it's not quite enough to say a lot has happened in between.

"I sat my brother down and said we had to order NFL RedZone, where you can watch every game," Nugent said, "so (we could) see all the field goal kicking that was going on."

He said he "never hopes for someone to miss" - it's hard to do when you've been there - but "mentally" he did keep a chart of who was missing.

"You're doing the whole workout circuit and trying to make a team," he said. "If somebody has a tough week, there's a good chance you're going there to have a workout."

http://www.dispatch.com/live/conten...erfect-fit-with-bengals--for-now.html?sid=101

Nugent uses home-field advantage
By GEOFF HOBSON

Mike Nugent, who took his first kicks in a stadium on the river while in his mother?s womb, gave birth to the first win of the 2010 season when he scored all of his teams points on five field goals in his Paul Brown Stadium debut as a Bengal.

But it was far from his first Cincinnati appearance. Nugent helped lift Ohio State to that surprisingly tight win over the University of Cincinnati at PBS in 2002, and before that he often made the trip from Centerville, Ohio, to Riverfront Stadium to use his family?s season tickets.

And before that, 51 days before he was born, Carolyn Nugent went to the AFC championship game on Jan. 10, 1982 to watch the Bengals thaw the Freezer Bowl for a Super Bowl trip.

A total of 28 years and four NFL stints later, Carolyn stood with family and friends talking to Mike after his second game as a Bengal.

?Oh, yes,? she said, when asked if this was now her favorite Bengals? moment. ?By far.?

http://www.bengals.com/news/article...dvantage/2436d9e6-45eb-48fe-a960-7664aec00d9b

Bengals' Mike Nugent gets a high-five
New kicker drills five field goals to beat the Ravens
By Kevin Goheen ? Enquirer contributor ? September 19, 2010

Mike Nugent and the field goal unit were given five opportunities Sunday in the Bengals' home opener against Baltimore.

And on all five occasions Clark Harris' snap made it to holder Kevin Huber who put the ball down cleanly for Nugent to provide the Bengals with all of their points in a 15-10 win against the Ravens.

Nugent made kicks from 36, 30, 46, 38 and 25 yards and added three touchbacks on kickoffs as the Bengals beat the Ravens without benefit of a touchdown for the second time in four seasons.

It was the fifth time in team history Cincinnati has won a game without reaching the end zone.

The Centerville, Ohio native and former Ohio State Buckeye solidified his role with his new team with his performance. It was all the more gratifying for him considering injuries have limited him to just four field goals made in nine attempts with three different teams: the New York Jets, Tampa Bay and Arizona.

"It's one of those things where it's (gaining) confidence in practice. That's where it starts," Nugent said . "It's good that it gives confidence to everyone else to know that we're going to get three out of it if we get the ball to a certain yard line."

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100919/SPT02/9200331/1062/SPT/High-five-for-Mike-Nugent

With five FGs, Nugent wins it for the Bengals
By Tom Archdeacon | Sunday, September 19, 2010

CINCINNATI ? The guy who grew up rooting for the Cincinnati Bengals ? attended their games, wore their colors, fantasized about one day putting on the stripes ? lived his dream Sunday.

Mike Nugent ? the Bengals new kicker from Centerville High ? booted five field goals to lead Cincinnati to a 15-10 victory over the Baltimore Ravens at Paul Brown Stadium.

With a personal cheering section of 17 friends and family members he got tickets for ? most of them coming from Centerville ? Nugent kicked field goals of 36, 30, 46, 38 and 25 yards. The last two came in the game?s final 4:34 and helped lift the Bengals from a 10-9 deficit.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/blog...010/09/19/nugent_kicks_five_fgs_in_benga.html

 

[Buckskin86]

Nugent named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week
Kicker made five field goals in win over Baltimore
Aaron Wilson
September 22, 2010

Cincinnati Bengals kicker Mike Nugent has been named the AFC Special Teams Player of the Week.

He kicked five field goals during the Bengals' 15-10 win over the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday.

He made field goals from 36, 30, 46, 38 and 25 yards.

He also reached the end zone on five of six kickofffs with three touchbacks.

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Nugent-named-AFC-Special-Teams-Player-of-the-Week.html

 

[buckeyes_rock]

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Nugent-named-AFC-Special-Teams-Player-of-the-Week.html

Way to go Nuge! :osu:

 

[Buckskin86]

PK Nugent hitting his stride again
Posted Sept. 24, 2010
By Mike Wilkening

In PK Mike Nugent, Bengals special-teams coach Darrin Simmons sees someone driven to recapture his past form.

"He's a guy who's been up high," Simmons said of Nugent, a second-round pick of the Jets five years ago. "Over the course of the past couple of years, he's kind of been down at the bottom again. I think it's obviously frustrating for him, because he knows the talent is there. It's there because he's done it before, and he's eager to get back up on top and be back on top of his game again."

Nugent, whose Jets career was sidetracked by a quad injury after four seasons and who hit just 4-of-8 field goals last season in stints with the Buccaneers and Cardinals, is off to a good start in his first year with the Bengals.

He has yet to miss a field goal, and he earned AFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors after converting five field goals in a 15-10 victory over Baltimore in Week Two.

Simmons, in his eighth year coaching the Bengals' special teams, said Nugent hasn't dramatically altered his approach, but he has "worked extremely hard on refining some of his technique to make him more consistent. Because the bottom line with these specialists, especially kickers, is consistency. That's something I think he kind of lost, whether it was because of injury, because of confidence. For whatever reason, it just wasn't working real well.

"And we're trying to instill that confidence back in him. And the way that you instill confidence in these guys is they see themselves do well. They've got to experience success."

Simmons shared a technical area in which Nugent has improved.

"I think the one thing for him is to hit a good, clean, straight ball," Simmons said. "A lot of that has to do with his foot position at impact. That's something that we really try to stress and really try to overwork is having a nice, square foot at impact."

http://www.profootballweekly.com/2010/09/24/pk-nugent-hitting-his-stride-again

 

[Bestbuck36]

Love it.

I took a risk in the last round of my fantasy draft this season, hoping Nuge would win the job, and selected him. Paying off huge already.

Stay steady Nuge. All of Buckeye nation is still behind you!

 

[Tonyank]

LOVE having the NUGE as my fantasy kicker. I had NO clue why Dallas didnt have him last year or this year, dude is a stud

 

[Buckskin86]

Kicker Mike Nugent had his second 50-yard field goal in three games, and dating back to the preseason, it's his fourth game in the last five with at least one 50-yarder. Nugent raved about the way snapper Clark Harris and holder Kevin Huber worked in the wet conditions. Although it rained intermittently during the game, the field was soaked by a cloudburst about 90 minutes before the game.

"I don't know how Clark snapped it with the ball being that wet, and it didn't bother Kevin at all," Nugent said. "He didn't drop it or fumble it or anything. The easiest thing was kicking it."

http://www.bengals.com/news/article-1/Postgame-quick-hits/6e870c3f-8bc6-4340-b114-7fb02f0628fe

 

[Magua]

LOVE having the NUGE as my fantasy kicker. I had NO clue why Dallas didnt have him last year or this year, dude is a stud

Nuge is my fantasy kicker as well - homeboy is POINTS.

 

[Buckskin86]

Bengals' Mike Nugent named AFC special teams player of the month
Posted by Michael David Smith on September 30, 2010

Bengals kicker Mike Nugent went 8-for-8 on field goals in September, and as a result he was named the AFC special teams player of the month.

Nugent's longest field goal was 54 yards, and he also nailed a 50-yarder. No other NFL kicker who has tried more than five field goals this season has made them all.

Nugent's biggest game came against the Ravens', when he went 5-for-5 and scored all the Bengals' points in a 15-10 win.

The Bengals' official announcement of Nugent's award also notes that he has reached the end zone on nine of his 16 kickoffs, with five going for touchbacks, although it helpfully doesn't note that when Nugent's kicks are returned, they usually result in the other team getting good field position (an average of 34.4 yards per return against the Bengals this season).

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...-named-afc-special-teams-player-of-the-month/

OSU grad Mike Nugent returns to Buckeye state
By Steve Doerschuk
CantonRep.com staff report
Posted Sep 30, 2010

BEREA ?

?Noooooooooooj? is back where, it seems, he belongs.

After stumbling through hard times without a steady job, Mike Nugent comes to Browns Stadium Sunday as a Cincinnati Bengal who is the hottest place-kicker on the planet.

He is one of 12 in the NFL who has yet to miss a field goal in 2010, but none of the others has booted more than five. Nugent is 8-for-8, including hits from 54, 50 and 46.

It is a range he knows so well.

As a senior at Centerville High School, he converted five of seven field goals from 50 yards or longer.

As an Ohio State sophomore, he became the first Buckeye kicker to earn first-team, All-America honors, and what a year to do it ? the Buckeyes won a national championship.

By his senior year of 2004, with chants of ?Noooooooooooj? ringing around the horseshoe like an old friend, he was a hot draft prospect.

http://www.cantonrep.com/browns/x1616319444/OSU-grad-Mike-Nugent-returns-to-Buckeye-state

 

[Mrstickball]

Nuge is my fantasy kicker as well - homeboy is POINTS.

Nuge was money this week. No one in my league drafted him, then they fought over him on Tuesday trading. It was a huge Big-10 week due to Keller, Lloyd and 'Nuge. All of em got snapped up on the same day.

I just wish I would of spent more to try to get Keller and Nuge :-(

Big 10 has been incredibly well-represented in fantasy football. Brees, Orton, Brady, Thomas, Mendenhall, Keller, Olsen, Nugent, Henne and so on.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Nuge went 2 for 3, hitting a 24-yarder and 25-yarder, and having a 44-yarder blocked.

 

[Buckskin86]

Back where he belongs, former Buckeye Nugent back kicking in Ohio
By James Oldham
[email protected]

Published: Tuesday, October 5, 2010

After a season away from the NFL, Mike Nugent is back with the Cincinnati Bengals and off to a good start.

Mike Nugent was not used to being home at this time of year. After becoming a beloved place kicker as a Buckeye and playing for four seasons with the New York Jets in the NFL, Nugent was in an unfamiliar place last season.

He was sitting at home on his couch in Columbus, watching NFL games on Sundays with his brother, Kevin.

"He'd kind of been the man since high school and college, so it was definitely a reality check," Kevin said.

What a difference a year makes. Nugent is now the starting kicker for the Cincinnati Bengals and received the AFC Special Teams Player of the Month award for September.

"I was working with my coaches a lot, but we didn't re-invent the wheel or anything," Nugent said. "We made a few changes here and there, and I feel like I've been hitting the ball much more consistently."

Although his recent success shouldn't come as a surprise to any Ohio State follower, the inconsistencies and unemployment issues he suffered through a year ago certainly could have.

At OSU, Nugent was automatic. He holds the school record for field goal percentage for a career (82 percent) and a season (89 percent in 2002). His most accurate season coincided with the Buckeyes' last National Championship win 2003.

"My favorite memory was the National Championship game because we were big underdogs," Nugent said. "It's great going into a game knowing that you have nothing to lose. And to come out on top, that was definitely my greatest memory at Ohio State."

http://www.thelantern.com/sports/ba...buckeye-nugent-back-kicking-in-ohio-1.1666650

 

[Buckskin86]

Nugent, Barth compete again
Bengals notebook
By Joe Reedy ? [email protected] ? October 8, 2010

CINCINNATI -- At this time last year Mike Nugent and Connor Barth were competing on the workout trail in hopes of landing another NFL kicking job. On Sunday, they get to oppose each other again with Barth kicking for Tampa Bay and Nugent for the Bengals.

?It?s kind of a cool thing when you think about last year and then look at things a year later,? Barth said. ?He?s a great guy who works hard and is a good kicker.?

Barth and Nugent took part in workouts in New England and Baltimore but Barth ended up getting a job first. He joined Tampa Bay midway through last season and took part in nine games, making 14 of 19. He also became the fourth kicker in NFL history to make three field goals of 50 yards or more in a game in Week 10 at Miami. Ironically, he began last season with the Dolphins.

Nugent began last season with Tampa Bay but was released after four games when he went 2 of 6. He played two games late in the year with Arizona before signing with the Bengals in the offseason.

So far Nugent has been one of the biggest surprises of the young season, going 10 of 11 on field goals, including two from beyond 50 yards. His only miss came last week at Cleveland on a blocked attempt.

Nugent?s 10 are the most through four games in franchise history. Shayne Graham went 9 of 10 during the same span in 2005. The team record for most field goals in season is 31 by Graham three years ago.

When asked if he feels like there is anything extra to prove against the Bucs, Nugent said at first there was but now there isn?t.

?In the end it really comes down to not doing you?re job. I wasn?t kicking well and lost my job,? Nugent said. ?I?m the one that got myself out of there by not performing. Now I look at Sunday as another game we have to win.?

Barth has made all five of his attempts.

?I feel like I?m hitting it good. I have to continue to keep working hard and take one at a time. Take care of this kick and the next one will take care of itself,? Barth said.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20101008/SPT02/310080088/1062/SPT/Nugent-Barth-compete-again