How many...

[jegbomb52]

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Farley has proven time and time again he is going to ride this to the ground, he simply does not want to send out a transfer or a freshman to kick. I don't know what they could do worse (simply crap themselves?) but he thinks Billy is the guy, we might as well get used to it.

[panther1]

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Farley has proven time and time again he is going to ride this to the ground, he simply does not want to send out a transfer or a freshman to kick. I don't know what they could do worse (simply crap themselves?) but he thinks Billy is the guy, we might as well get used to it.

This seems to be the case unfortunately.

For anyone who says that a Senior D1 kicker in a controlled environment (Dome) that he has the opportunity to practice in every day should not make a 45 yard fieldgoal, I call shenanigans. He has missed time after time after time from that distance, and that is unacceptable in the Dome.

[coachdon]

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Ferentz at Iowa is using a true freshman ahead of a couple of veteran kickers. Seems to be working for them...

[JayJ79]

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Farley has proven time and time again he is going to ride this to the ground, he simply does not want to send out a transfer or a freshman to kick. I don't know what they could do worse (simply crap themselves?) but he thinks Billy is the guy, we might as well get used to it.

Except for the start of the SFA game, where he did send someone else out to kick (who promptly missed the XP)

[run&blade]

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I assume Billy is the better kicker, as bad as he has been I think Farley would yank his own mom if he had a better kicker on the bench.

[panther1]

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I assume Billy is the better kicker, as bad as he has been I think Farley would yank his own mom if he had a better kicker on the bench.

You are probably right. Maybe we need to see if there are any non-football students at UNI that can kick...there's gotta be someone out there... Or else, we just go for it on 4th down from here on out and take our chances with the offense on the field.

[PFan23]

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btw the outside guy is not supposed to be blocked because it should take him to long to get around the line to get to the kick. If you watch when we are doing FG block our outside guys are never touched either. That block was all on Billy, just like the ones at Iowa last year.

Heck if he makes that first FG against ISU I guarantee it would have been a completely different game. Not saying we would have won, but that was a huge momentum swing.

[hamalot]

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You are probably right. Maybe we need to see if there are any non-football students at UNI that can kick...there's gotta be someone out there... Or else, we just go for it on 4th down from here on out and take our chances with the offense on the field.

There is a better kicker on campus that wass on the roster last year. He has about the same distance as Hallgren with a much higher trajectory. He is a junior named Max Martin

[FOTY]

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Ferentz at Iowa is using a true freshman ahead of a couple of veteran kickers. Seems to be working for them...

Two things:

1. Thanks for that reminder.... UNI had been recruiting Meyer for some time. UI came in at the last second and offered "perferred walk-on". Dubuque loves to send their general student population to UNI, but send their athletes to UI, even if its to be on the practice squad for 4 years.

2. I believe that both of the experienced guys are dealing with injuries. At least that is what they were saying during last nights games.

[achrist70]

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There is a better kicker on campus that wass on the roster last year. He has about the same distance as Hallgren with a much higher trajectory. He is a junior named Max Martin

This

He would only be a Redshirt Sophmore, there needs to be something done, because Billy has gotten progressively worse every year he has been here.

[panther1]

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There is a better kicker on campus that wass on the roster last year. He has about the same distance as Hallgren with a much higher trajectory. He is a junior named Max Martin

There was a better kicker on campus. Max Martin is no longer listed on the UNI Registry...

[jegbomb52]

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Max Martin was not a better kicker than Billy Halgren, at least not while Max wore a Panther jersey. He might be today where ever he is because obviously for what ever reason Billy has struggled to the point of below average. I know he had a nagging injury last summer but is technically over it, he is just going through some problems, unfortunately I think they are mental.

Our next kicker will be Tyler Sievertsen. A freshman from Cedar Rapids Kennedy.

[Chitown Panther]

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We had some very talented Kickers who were legit at 55+

What is soo frustrating is that a FCS kicker should be automatic at home in a Dome stadium from 45 and in. For whatever reason Billy is not.

Farley is an idiot continuing to play him. Move on to the JUCO AA or Tyler.

[06panther10]

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I remember thinking about how good Billy was going to be for us when he was a freshman...

[Chitown Panther]

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I was just looking up some of our Kicking stats and we all know that Mitchell and Mac were a AAs. Some people on here are not huge wingert fans....but I will say this. He made the game winning kick in 05 at UNH, he made the game winning kick at Texas State in OT and he was 3-3 in the championship game setting the FCS championship record at 50 yds.

Some may say we have been spoiled. I say we should expect excellence.