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It's time to get rid of kickers in football

Posted on 9/13/25 at 6:39 pm
Posted by goldennugget
NIL Ruined College Sports
Member since Jul 2013
25929 posts
Posted on 9/13/25 at 6:39 pm
I can't stand the fact that kickers are still a thing in football.

Tennessee's football team, the actual players, battle all fricking game and put their lives on the line only for it to be ruined by a kicker who can't do the ONE job he has. A kicker who doesn't have to actually go out there and battle and risk injury.

Tennessee's loss is 100% on the kicker and the kicker alone. He had ONE job and couldn't do it. His arse should be thrown off the team.

Tennessee boosters and alumns are donating massive sums of money to the football team for NIL and player salaries and expect a return on their investment, and whether or not they get a return on said investment is all left up to a fricking kicker? Really? A kicker who probably isn't even getting any NIL money? If the kicker is getting NIL money it should be donated back to the NIL donors so they can get at least some of their hard earned money back.

Kickers have ruined football for too long
Posted by TackySweater
Member since Dec 2020
24650 posts
Posted on 9/13/25 at 6:40 pm to
Not wrong
Posted by deltadummy
Member since Mar 2025
1342 posts
Posted on 9/13/25 at 6:40 pm to
Regarding the rant:

Posted by LSUlefty
Youngsville, LA
Member since Dec 2007
28111 posts
Posted on 9/13/25 at 6:41 pm to
quote:

Tennessee's loss is 100% on the kicker


Not the coach or the OLine for False Start?
Posted by Athletix
Member since Dec 2012
5134 posts
Posted on 9/13/25 at 6:41 pm to
Bad take.

Some great moments in football have come from fg kicks
Posted by SpartyGator
Detroit Lions fan
Member since Oct 2011
81215 posts
Posted on 9/13/25 at 6:41 pm to
quote:

Tennessee's loss is 100% on the kicker and the kicker alone. He had ONE job and couldn't do it. His arse should be thrown off the team.


Josh Heupel also fricked up too.
Posted by dukke v
PLUTO
Member since Jul 2006
215974 posts
Posted on 9/13/25 at 6:42 pm to
I blame Tenns defense….
Posted by UnoMe
Here
Member since Dec 2007
6771 posts
Posted on 9/13/25 at 6:43 pm to
How much did you lose?
Posted by CSinLC
Member since May 2018
2040 posts
Posted on 9/13/25 at 6:44 pm to
Ill agree. Hate seeing good defensive stands near midfield then kicker gets them points anyway
Posted by bluestem75
Dallas, TX
Member since Oct 2007
4881 posts
Posted on 9/13/25 at 6:44 pm to
Heupel completely mismanaged the calls following UGA’s 4th Q fumble. 3 runs? No pass to the end zone?

And then the end of the game. Should’ve kicked at 7 secs before putting his Oline out there to get a false start.
Posted by LSUMJ
BR
Member since Sep 2004
20590 posts
Posted on 9/13/25 at 6:53 pm to
I bet GT disagrees
Posted by Bernie Bierman
Member since Mar 2019
1930 posts
Posted on 9/13/25 at 6:56 pm to
U got me fired up, OP.

I’ll be advocating for only touchdowns and safeties from here on out. Sixes and twos, boys.
Posted by cascadia
Georgia
Member since Jan 2014
2513 posts
Posted on 9/13/25 at 6:58 pm to
I think the defense giving up 38 is more of an issue. Then the defense caving again in OT.
Posted by Underwood
Member since Dec 2022
1055 posts
Posted on 9/13/25 at 6:59 pm to
Posted by Rrrrroger
Member since Mar 2021
941 posts
Posted on 9/13/25 at 7:16 pm to
We scored 38 vs Georgia and lost.


Defense owns this loss 100%
Posted by JohnnyKilroy
Cajun Navy Vice Admiral
Member since Oct 2012
40051 posts
Posted on 9/13/25 at 7:46 pm to
casual take
Posted by nvasil1
Hellinois
Member since Oct 2009
17351 posts
Posted on 9/13/25 at 7:53 pm to
quote:

Tennessee's loss is 100% on the kicker and the kicker alone.

That's stupid.

The miss in regulation didn't lose them the game, and he sacked up in OT and drilled the go-ahead FG. The defense let them down.
Posted by ReauxlTide222
St. Petersburg
Member since Nov 2010
88431 posts
Posted on 9/13/25 at 7:57 pm to
Until teams start playing as if they don’t have kickers, I can’t get mad at the kicker.

Tennessee could have easily pretended they didn’t have a kicker.


Why are you mad that Tenn let their kicker on the field? They could have just thought like you and not even let him on the field.
This post was edited on 9/13/25 at 7:59 pm
Posted by Deplorableinohio
Member since Dec 2018
7085 posts
Posted on 9/13/25 at 8:05 pm to
quote:

the actual players, battle all fricking game and put their lives on the line


Really? A little hyperbole? Calm down amigo.
Posted by SaintLSU
Gretna
Member since Apr 2007
4262 posts
Posted on 9/13/25 at 8:29 pm to
I agree the game would be more exciting if you got rid of all field goals. Teams would have to score tds and convert 2 pt conversions
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