Kickers

Good weekend for kickers:

…61 yard field goal by the Clemson punter, to close the first half. ACC record.

…63 yard field goal by the 49ers kicker. Tied the NFL record.

…55 yard field goal by former UGA kicker Blair Walsh, to send the Vikings game into OT. Then he kicked the game-winner.

…the freshman kicker at UGA also kicker a 50+ yarder for the Dawgs (then missed a PAT).

…even Tech’s Scully made a FG at the end of the first half.

I follow ex-UGA kicker Rex Robinson on Facebook. He coaches kickers, and often posts about who he is mentoring. This weekend he mentioned that Walsh had made the Vikings.

As soon as I saw the SI cover mentioned kickers, I flipped to the article and read it. Good story. The SI story about the Patriots tight end was interesting. Wonder if there will be an outcry against the writer, who seemed to poke fun at the family. Very non-SI like. Similar to Pearlman/Rocker.

The reason I hope Roger Clemens doesn’t pitch: if he lucks into a win, he will tie Greg Maddux on the all time wins list. I don’t want that. Of course, Maddux is probably fit enough to come back and pitch a whole season. Not that Mad Dog was big on fitness.

On Twitter DOB was hit with the Kimbrell in a game tied situation. His followers were really getting onto him about re-tweeting dumb questions.

We’d been to a wedding at the Whitlock. The two weddings our kids were in turned out to be quite memorable. Claire’s twins were in a wedding Friday night.

Took A to a football game Friday night, though her friend didn’t play (home sick). Watched football and the Braves all Saturday. Went to Passion Sunday afternoon. The Braves game was at it’s most crucial moment when the service started.

The new GT BBall unis look good…throwbacks. Perhaps the Hawks will get going this year. We shall see.

Willy’s has $4.00 burritos on Tuesdays in September, if you wear a sports jersey. Ceil and I split a burrito, making it cheaper than we can eat at home. I did eat Moe’s both for the Monday lunch (special) and Sunday dinner (coupon).

Monday night Ceil cooked beef tips, egg noodles, and salad.