Thursday, October 23, 2008

Winner winner... Place kicker?

Texas Tech is lacking in the kicking department. They have already gone through two kickers - who have combined to miss six PATs and half of their field-goal attempts.

So in order to "fix" that the No. 6 Red Raiders are getting drastic for their upcoming game against No. 18 Kansas this weekend.

They are considering using Matt Williams. Williams is a Tarleton State transfer student who, during an on-field contest, won a month of free rent at the Tech/UMass game several weeks ago by kicking a 30-yard field goal.

According to Rivals.com. "initially, it was thought that Williams was ineligible this season due to transfer rules. However, according to Clay McGuire - who heads up the Red Raiders' special teams unit, Williams has been cleared to play."

"That is the way I understand it, yeah," confirmed McGuire on Tuesday. "He's got a real good shot. Only Mike Leach could bring a guy out of the stands and make it work."

"I've seen that guy try one kick," added Leach. "But the difference between his and the others is that they barely got off the ground. His got up right away."

Leach is very creative. Now if only the kid needed some dating advice...

Got me again Mike. What don't you do?

By: Jimmy Smith

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