What city has it better than Pittsburgh ?

[JD1976]

In the kicking department? Boz and Sauls are so damn fun to watch. Sauls has to be a slam-dunk Groza winner. He’s not just a good kicker, he’s a weapon.

Did anyone catch on the broadcast last night the story that Dan Mullen told? He said he ran into a Pitt fan and his son and the dad told Mullen to ask the boy who his favorite Pitt player is. The boy said “Ben Sauls”. Mullen said he’s never heard anyone say a kicker was their favorite player LOL

 

[pittdan77]

Kickers........

 

[prez41]

I was at the game with my son who kicks at a D2 school last night. He said that Sauls didn’t hit a great ball on the 57 yarder, it just kinda floated. Junko hit a couple of good punts, too.

Syracuse, on the other hand……

 

[TheWerewolfFromTwilight]

I was at the game with my son who kicks at a D2 school last night. He said that Sauls didn’t hit a great ball on the 57 yarder, it just kinda floated. Junko hit a couple of good punts, too.

Syracuse, on the other hand……

It's crazy how difficult it is for me to tell if a kick will be good or not at the game, so I've basically just given up and wait for the crowd/officials reaction. But one thing I did notice on the 57-yarder was that it looked like the hold might have been a little funky. It seemed like the ball was tilted more than it normally is. I'm not a kicker, so maybe I'm off on that.

 

[happjack]

What round does everyone think Sauls will go in the draft?

 

[Zeldas Open Roof]

What round does everyone think Sauls will go in the draft?

ironically enough, i was thinking that last night. Does he get drafted? i say yes, in the 6th. he has to be one of the best kickers coming out of college..

Hitting 57 and 58 yarders on grass in an open NFL stadium.

 

[happjack]

ironically enough, i was thinking that last night. Does he get drafted? i say yes, in the 6th. he has to be one of the best kickers coming out of college..

Hitting 57 and 58 yarders on grass in an open NFL stadium.

But every once and awhile a team will take a kicker higher than the 6th, usually the Raiders or a team who had kicking issues the previous season.

 

[Parkview57]

I was at the game with my son who kicks at a D2 school

I am wondering about kickers at this level, did your son come up through high school as a soccer player or football player who could kick?

 

[prez41]

I am wondering about kickers at this level, did your son come up through high school as a soccer player or football player who could kick?

He was a soccer player. Played goal up through U12 and U14 and scored numerous goals from the goalkeeper position. Played center back primarily through high school. When he was a junior in high school, the football team needed a kicker. He fell in love with it.

 

[Parkview57]

He fell in love with it.

Cool!

 

[prez41]

To add - of the four kickers/punters on my son’s team, two played soccer and two were football players that could kick. Their punter was a linebacker in HS and can still hit.

 

[JD1976]

I was at the game with my son who kicks at a D2 school last night. He said that Sauls didn’t hit a great ball on the 57 yarder, it just kinda floated. Junko hit a couple of good punts, too.

Syracuse, on the other hand……

Yeah you could tell from the replay that he didn’t hit it as clean as he usually does. Normally, he clears by 5 yards on those long ones, even at Acrisure.

 

[JD1976]

That Chaz guy who sells the illegal shirts should make a “Kicksburgh” shirt with Boz and Sauls likenesses.

 

[HailtoPitt]

What round does everyone think Sauls will go in the draft?

Raiders. 1st.

 

[PittPharm2002]

That Chaz guy who sells the illegal shirts should make a “Kicksburgh” shirt with Boz and Sauls likenesses.

In fairness , he’s had licensed shirts for decades now

 

[TheSpecialSauce]

ironically enough, i was thinking that last night. Does he get drafted? i say yes, in the 6th. he has to be one of the best kickers coming out of college..

Hitting 57 and 58 yarders on grass in an open NFL stadium.

Yes - he’s better than some guys currently in the NFL.

 

[thebadby2]

In the kicking department? Boz and Sauls are so damn fun to watch. Sauls has to be a slam-dunk Groza winner. He’s not just a good kicker, he’s a weapon.

Did anyone catch on the broadcast last night the story that Dan Mullen told? He said he ran into a Pitt fan and his son and the dad told Mullen to ask the boy who his favorite Pitt player is. The boy said “Ben Sauls”. Mullen said he’s never heard anyone say a kicker was their favorite player LOL

Kickers “so damn fun to watch”????

Come on guy.

 

[JD1976]

Kickers “so damn fun to watch”????

Come on guy.

Yeah I’d rather see touchdowns but it’s awesome to know both teams have 3 points in the bag once they cross midfield.

 

[thebadby2]

He was a soccer player. Played goal up through U12 and U14 and scored numerous goals from the goalkeeper position. Played center back primarily through high school. When he was a junior in high school, the football team needed a kicker. He fell in love with it.

scored numerous goals from the goalkeeper position.

No kidding? How, did they let him carry the ball out across midfield or did he score just by blasting it the length of the pitch? I have two daughters who have played pretty high level club soccer since they were little, now they are teenagers with one a varsity center back at her H.S. as a freshman and the other in middle school, and I've never seen that done or even close to it in one of their games. Hell the strikers and forwards have enough trouble scoring while playing in the attacking 3rd the whole game.